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Post by franklin on Jun 7, 2022 9:00:32 GMT
Which do you think is the most popular and famous TV Show of all time??
Vote in the poll above and comment
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Post by stabcaesar on Jun 7, 2022 9:11:45 GMT
Considering global reach, it's probably Friends.
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Post by Nikan on Jun 7, 2022 12:00:11 GMT
Friends, followed by Game of Thrones.
24 should be in there somewhere.
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Post by TheAlwaysClassy on Jun 7, 2022 12:19:58 GMT
The Simpsons.
Edit: out of these, I'd say MASH. Doesn't it still have the highest viewing ever for a finale?
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Post by fiosnasiob on Jun 7, 2022 12:32:24 GMT
Voted for Friends.
Dallas and Baywatch were absolute worldwide's phenomenons in their times tho.
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Post by pacinoyes on Jun 7, 2022 12:39:48 GMT
Twilight ZoneHow is this missing from the list? Wtf It's been re-booted 4 times and all of them somewhat worked because the idea is so strong - it's been ripped off countless times - it still pulls ratings all these years later on TV marathons..............the recency bias on this board is awfully strong  Submitted for your approval.......  |
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Post by JangoB on Jun 7, 2022 13:33:13 GMT
Twilight ZoneHow is this missing from the list? Wtf It's been re-booted 4 times and all of them somewhat worked because the idea is so strong - it's been ripped off countless times - it still pulls ratings all these years later on TV marathons..............the recency bias on this board is awfully strong Submitted for your approval....... I don't think it's the recency bias - I can fairly confidently say that it's pretty much unknown in the whole USSR block of countries. I think there's something to the Friends and The Simpsons options. Especially the latter - I'd have to take a poll but it seems to me that most people throughout the world will at least recognize those yellow fellows  |
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Post by mhynson27 on Jun 7, 2022 13:49:40 GMT
Yeah, Friends or The Simpsons.
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Post by urbanpatrician on Jun 7, 2022 17:05:15 GMT
www.cbsnews.com/pictures/most-popular-tv-shows-america-ranked/32/According to this list...... Top 5 1. Jeopardy 2. Tom and Jerry 3. The Flintstones 4. Bugs Bunny 5. Sesame Street Only one of those I don't like/rarely ever saw is Sesame Street. This of course is the broadest sphere, because we were all children once. I would say you gotta add The Brady Bunch - that show is like the Bible for some old women. And add The Addams Family, tho it's hard to identify which specific show or just the entire universe. I don't think Stranger Things, Squid Game, Money Heist, Boardwalk Empire, Westworld, Twin Peaks, True Detective, House of Cards, The Handmaid's Tale, Dexter, Oz, Mad Men, Curb Your Enthusiasm and like 1/3 of these are anywhere in the neighborhood of most popular shows of all time. There's gotta be an older reach to this.
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Post by flasuss on Jun 7, 2022 17:54:36 GMT
What's the point of a poll like this that has WestWorld or fucking Oz, but doesn't have The Simpsons?
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Post by mhynson27 on Jun 7, 2022 22:32:17 GMT
www.cbsnews.com/pictures/most-popular-tv-shows-america-ranked/32/According to this list...... Top 5 1. Jeopardy 2. Tom and Jerry 3. The Flintstones 4. Bugs Bunny 5. Sesame Street Only one of those I don't like/rarely ever saw is Sesame Street. This of course is the broadest sphere, because we were all children once. I would say you gotta add The Brady Bunch - that show is like the Bible for some old women. And add The Addams Family, tho it's hard to identify which specific show or just the entire universe. I don't think Stranger Things, Squid Game, Money Heist, Boardwalk Empire, Westworld, Twin Peaks, True Detective, House of Cards, The Handmaid's Tale, Dexter, Oz, Mad Men, Curb Your Enthusiasm and like 1/3 of these are anywhere in the neighborhood of most popular shows of all time. There's gotta be an older reach to this. I think the OP is asking about worldwide though. |
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Post by urbanpatrician on Jun 7, 2022 22:54:21 GMT
www.cbsnews.com/pictures/most-popular-tv-shows-america-ranked/32/According to this list...... Top 5 1. Jeopardy 2. Tom and Jerry 3. The Flintstones 4. Bugs Bunny 5. Sesame Street Only one of those I don't like/rarely ever saw is Sesame Street. This of course is the broadest sphere, because we were all children once. I would say you gotta add The Brady Bunch - that show is like the Bible for some old women. And add The Addams Family, tho it's hard to identify which specific show or just the entire universe. I don't think Stranger Things, Squid Game, Money Heist, Boardwalk Empire, Westworld, Twin Peaks, True Detective, House of Cards, The Handmaid's Tale, Dexter, Oz, Mad Men, Curb Your Enthusiasm and like 1/3 of these are anywhere in the neighborhood of most popular shows of all time. There's gotta be an older reach to this. I think the OP is asking about worldwide though. I have no clue what American shows are popular overseas. And what American shows are not popular overseas. If overseas are random in what American culture they choose to distribute and what they choose not to. It would be unfathomable to me if Baywatch, The Brady Bunch, Beverly Hills 90210, or The Twilight Zone are unknown to foreigners. Like seriously lol. What kinda stuff do they show on TV in Queensland or the Philippines lol. It looks to me like the OP just watches stuff in the last 15 years. |
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Post by quetee on Jun 7, 2022 23:22:10 GMT
Not sure how you can have an all-time list with Squid Game and not have I love Lucy on there. If we are talking all-time it has to be a show that boomers=== Gen x===== Millennials ---- Gen Z know and have watched. That would mos def be a sitcom and I believe it has to be I love Lucy. I would give Friends runner up status.
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Post by ibbi on Jun 20, 2022 13:09:22 GMT
I would say it's surely The Simpsons. From these maybe... I mean, I think there is a difference between what is popular and what is famous, and I'd be inclined to go with Star Trek for the latter.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2022 20:05:06 GMT
What about the Miami double-bill of The Golden Girls and Miami Vice?
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Post by DaleCooper on Jun 20, 2022 22:00:05 GMT
I would say Friends of these because it has such incredible global reach.
I think that something like Game of Thrones could have reached pretty high, but then the last seasaon happened.
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Post by stabcaesar on Jun 21, 2022 2:32:05 GMT
The Simpsons is huge in America but nobody knows anything about it elsewhere. Friends is legit unparalleled. I would say Sex and the City is the runner-up behind it in terms of global reach. Then maybe Grey's Anatomy.
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Post by mhynson27 on Jun 21, 2022 6:16:40 GMT
The Simpsons is huge in America but nobody knows anything about it elsewhere. Friends is legit unparalleled. I would say Sex and the City is the runner-up behind it in terms of global reach. Then maybe Grey's Anatomy. I mean that's just blatantly not true. It's massive here. |
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Post by stabcaesar on Jun 21, 2022 7:13:20 GMT
The Simpsons is huge in America but nobody knows anything about it elsewhere. Friends is legit unparalleled. I would say Sex and the City is the runner-up behind it in terms of global reach. Then maybe Grey's Anatomy. I mean that's just blatantly not true. It's massive here. Where is "here"? |
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Post by mhynson27 on Jun 21, 2022 8:15:44 GMT
I mean that's just blatantly not true. It's massive here. Where is "here"? Australia |
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Post by stabcaesar on Jun 21, 2022 8:17:05 GMT
Well I guess I should've said Anglophone. Simpsons is not at all relevant in for example Asia, but Friends is HUGE. |
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Post by mhynson27 on Jun 21, 2022 8:19:49 GMT
Well I guess I should've said Anglophone. Simpsons is not at all relevant in for example Asia, but Friends is HUGE. Fair enough |
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Post by ingmarhepburn on Jun 21, 2022 9:19:21 GMT
I would definitely say The Simpsons for the most famous, but for the most popular I would go with something like Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones.
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Post by flasuss on Jun 21, 2022 15:29:22 GMT
I think the OP is asking about worldwide though. I have no clue what American shows are popular overseas. All the ones you mentioned are very popular though...apart from your #1, which I don't know anyone outside US/Canada who even has access to it. Trebek is more famous worldwide for the Will Ferrell impression than anything else. |
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Jun 21, 2022 15:57:31 GMT
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