Figured I'd get to it before someone else did...
Alien Nation
Amazing Stories
Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Max Headroom
STar Trek: The Next Generation
Quantum Leap
Red Dwarf
Starman
The Twilight Zone (redux)
Other
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Figured I'd get to it before someone else did...
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Hey, you forgot "The Man From Atlantis".
And "Manimal".
Those were high quality shows, y'know! (Not!)
And you forgot "V". Y'know, the one with the lizards from space invading Earth. I actually liked that series back then. Saw every episode but the last one (and I regret missing the last episode to this day, because it was never re-aired!)
And "Buck Rogers" was still on the air, I seem to recall.
And you totally forgot Brit TV. Peter Davidson was great as Dr. Who. And there was "The Tripods" as well.
Get the facts, man!
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...and I only had 10 spaces. Actually, I almost put Manimal on there to reaaaaly offend.
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TNG, baby!
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Yep. TNG
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I gottagottagotta go with the M-M-Maxman, you know.
I mean, blipverts rule, baby!
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Doctor Who, all the way.
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Alien Nation
Ground breaking Sci Fi without doubt, but it was originally a movie and I would have not considered for a list as it was not originally developed for TV.
Amazing Stories
Good storys and good acting however much of he ground covered had already been largely covered by Twilight Zone/Outer Limits in the 60's and Night Gallery in the 70's. In the end it did not add much to the artform in the end.
Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy
OK, British and was not to be included on my original list.
Max Headroom
Please! the first travisty of great specicial effects tomented by poor writing and acting.
Star Trek: The Next Generation
OK, you say how can I say this would be included and not be a Hypocrite for not including Amazing Stoies simple GR put enough new stuff into TNG to make it fresh and original.
Quantum Leap
Without doubt on the list
Red Dwarf
British TV
Starman
You have me here, I had not considered Starman, However it was material rehashed, at time not very good for TV from a Motion Picture and thus I would not have conisdered it further. Not to mention its relation in story to another former show called Phonix
The Twilight Zone (redux)
remakes don't count especially when they even reuse scripts
So what would have been my list?
V
Totally new and ground breaking for TV even if the Series was hampered by poor values and poor casting. the basic concept which would have made a better regular series would have made this a great series.
ALF
(DUcks the pans flown at him) Sorry but TV Sci Fi sitcoms had largely died by the time Alf appeared. It was sappy, hammy and corny but it was fanny, warm and original and the animated series was even better.
Star Trek TNG
Quantum Leap
And in the end I would have conceded my own rules which I had already done once before with Planet of the Apes and put Alien Nation due to its importance and fan base on the list
V
ALF
Star Trek TNG
Quantum Leap
Alien Nation
Other
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Gotta go with ST: TNG. But how can one not enjoy Red Dwarf. If not, you're a shmeg head.
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had to pick TNG; quality TV at its best- what resparked interest in sci-fi in general in the last 80's/early 90's.
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Max Headroom, despite the annoyance of the stuttering AI running a flawed ghost program of the main character. You wouldn't see decent cyberpunk on tv again until Dark Angel. (Granted, you wouldn't see any cyberpunk on tv again until Dark Angel... unless you count 2nd season of War of the Worlds)
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Other... Quantum Leap.
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M-m-m-mMAx Headroom coming live and direct here on Network 23...
Ahhhh the days.....Thanks for the memories
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Max Headroom, hands down.
Between it and the movie Aliens, got me into Cyberpunk and dark future type stuff, of which I still have yet to tire of.
If I was to choose a runner up it would be:
Misfits of Science.
*Pause*
*Looks Around*
Guess I was the only fan. Probably why it didn't last a full season...
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