Poll: Save two television shows, the other seven must go...

Agreed. It was always going to be a difficult one to predict. It's such a strange blend of shows, many of which I hadn't even heard of.

 

This is one of the more difficult and sad polls based on the rules. The rest are gone forever? Ouch. Probably Seinfeld or The Office and Breaking Bad. I want to save Samurai Jack, just as a fan. It's a visual and audial delight, at times minimalist and at other times chaotic and explosive. Jack wasn't as "pop culturally" relevant as some of the other shows. I guess I'll say Seinfeld and Breaking Bad (one comedy and one drama), but I'm not happy about it.

 

A fellow Seinfeld fan!

 

Yes. Oddly, I never really watched Seinfeld when it was popular. But I heard a lot of the classic lines from my friends. I watched on reruns later. A classic show. It was either that or the American version of The Office. Uncomfortable humor that had some nice heart at its peak. That was tough.

 

I only watched 4 of these.

1. Seinfeld - I grew up watching this, and probably motivated me to learn some english.
2. The Office (watching it atm, no spoilers please)
3. Fresh prince - Have not seen that much, but has it nice values.
4. Breaking Bad - was good but way over hyped for me.

**I watched the whole office piece by piece by watching their youtube channel before i watched the series.

 

Of these shows I only know of 4 and have actively watched 3 of them:

1. The Office
Loved it, recently decided to re-watch it. Really strong universal office humor.
2. Breaking Bad
Watched this show with much suspense, loved it but could do without.
3. Phineas and Ferb
This one is a blast! It was a great part of my school-going life, much happy memories watching it, I can't lose these.
4. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Only seen a handful of episodes, they were fun, but not to attached to it.

For me it will be The Office and Phineas and Ferb.

Grrr, !mrahil

 

Most of these I've either never watched or don't care for. I love Samurai Jack for so many things and my youngest son watches P and F so I have a bit of a liking for it due to enjoying the time spent with him. I agree if we had Farscape on the list I would pick that as it's on my top three shows. Babylon 5 is also up there. I mostly prefer older American shows or British as long as they are from the 70s and earlier.

 

Yea, my problem (that isn't me being a contrarian about popular shows) is that these are all big-time popular shows.

If you'd made this list of cult-hits instead, I'd be far more invested. Farscape... hell let's go real old-school a moment: Blake's 7. 70's British sci-fi masterminded by Terry Nation, who asked himself "what happens if you have Robin Hood in space, but the Merry Men are anything but merry?". Yea, the same guy that created the Daleks in Doctor Who.

Loved that show as a kid, back when my mom would watch the re-runs on UKTV Gold.

 

But "cult classics" can be more difficult to pick out for a list because, almost by their very nature, they are more unique to an individual. Now a "cult hit" may very well be popular enough that most geeks know about it... but maybe not.