52. Harry Hill's TV Burp • 197 points

 

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No. of votes: 11, Highest score: 29 (Chez Wombat)

 

22nd December 2001 - 24th March 2012 (11 series) • UK TV and Soaps

 

The show that helped bring 'I'm ready' to our attention, Harry Hill manages to make it to 52nd place despite scraping through in a second tiebreaker. At it's peak, TV Burp brought us a very clever and observational look at the past week of TV, pointing out all the humorous bits we all may have missed as well as taking clips out of context to add a level of unintentional humour. It also helped to highlight some rather odd shows, 'Freaky Eaters' being one that became a regular and it helped bring 5 more minutes of fame to someone obscure who had featured in show that week, having them feature as a special guest or singing the audience out at the end. As the show got more popular though it stated to lose it's charm and you could tell Harry was getting tired doing it. It became a lot more silly and far less observational with running gags unnecessarily forced to the point that it became predictable. I mean, the Amanda Lamb song anyone? As I said, in its hayday it was one of the funniest TV shows and showed Harry can actually be funny, something he hasn't achieved since.

 

But which regular character was better Wagbo or The Knitted Character, there's only one way to find out...FIGHTTTT.

51. South Park • 205 points

 

 

34-14-51

 

No. of votes: 11, Highest score: 38 (Pavel)

 

13th August 1997 - present (19 seasons) • International TV

 

Perhaps one of the most controversial shows ever is South Park. It is an made in the week that the shows airs, helping it to remain VERY topical. Don't let the animation fool you as this is a show that is definitley for adults with it's dark, crude humour. It's also very satirical and has been known to have some form of social commentary underneath. The show has helped maintain its success throughout the years and while it's cultural peak was probably in the late 90s, (where it helped score a UK No. 1 with 'Chocolate Salty Balls'), it is still securing high ratings today and has been renewed until at least 2019. It follows four fourth graders, Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny ending up in bizarre situations. One of the most famous episodes surrounds Kanye West and fish sticks/fish dicks but the biggest controversy that surrounded the show was when it depicted Muhammed. The repeated death of Kenny is also one of the elements that the show is known for and it became a major plot point in its only feature film 'South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'.

I'm rewatching HIMYM currently and it's SO good. I really miss the show and I actually like the ending! I think it was a very fitting end. Season 5 is definitely my favourite season though I think. So many highlights. <3

51-100

 

51. South Park • 205

52. Harry Hill's TV Burp • 197

53. The IT Crowd • 195

54. How I Met Your Mother • 192

55. Spongebob Squarepants • 189

56. Modern Family • 187

57. The Voice UK • 187

58. Homeland • 183

59. Russell Howard's Good News • 183

60. The Good Wife • 182

61. Will & Grace • 181

62. Come Fly With Me • 180

63. America's Next Top Model • 179

64. Melodifestivalen • 176

65. Brooklyn Nine-Nine • 172

66. 8 Out of 10 Cats • 171

68= The Sarah Jane Adventures • 167

68= Waterloo Road • 167

69. Blackadder • 165

70. The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air • 165

71. Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. • 163

72. The 100 • 157

74= Big Brother US • 156

74.=The Killing (DK) • 156

75. Mock the Week • 154

76. Being Human • 148

77. The Bridge/Bron/Broen • 144

78. The Chase • 137

79. Adventure Time • 125

80. Orphan Black • 124

81. RuPaul's Drag Race • 121

82. Veep • 117

83. Criminal Minds • 116

84. Junior Apprentice • 115

85. Dancing On Ice • 112

86. Once Upon a Time • 103

87. Twenty Twelve / W1A • 103

88. Hollyoaks • 99

90.= 2 Broke Girls • 93

90.= The Story of Tracy Beaker • 93

91. Project Runway • 91

92. Hell's Kitchen • 85

93. Strictly Come Dancing • 80

94. 30 Rock • 74

95. The Amazing Race • 71

96. Top Gear • 69

97. Nurse Jackie • 65

98. America's Got Talent • 60

99. The X Factor US • 55

100. Geordie Shore • 32

So we're finally halfway through and so let's have a recap of all the shows that are still to come! (if you would like to do a write-up for any, please get in touch and PM me!)

 

YOUR TOP 50

 

Absolutely Fabulous

Alan Carr’s Chatty Man

American Dad

American Horror Story

Big Brother UK

Breaking Bad

Britain's Got Talent

Broadchurch

Celebrity Big Brother

Celebrity Juice

Come Dine With Me

Desperate Housewives

Doctor Who

Eastenders

Eurovision Song Contest

Family Guy

Fawlty Towers

Friends

Fringe

Futurama

Game of Thrones

Gavin & Stacey

Glee

Gogglebox

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!

Keeping Up Appearances

Little Britain

Lost

Miranda

Misfits

Orange is the New Black

Outnumbered

Parks & Recreation

Pointless

QI

Sherlock

That's So Raven

The Apprentice UK

The Big Bang Theory

The Catherine Tate Show

The Graham Norton Show

The Great British Bake Off

The Inbetweeners

The Simpsons

The Vicar of Dibley

The Walking Dead

The X Factor UK

Top Of The Pops

Torchwood

Ugly Betty

 

 

So, out of the three TV forums, how many shows represent each?:

 

UK TV and Soaps: 25

International TV: 18

Reality TV: 7

TV Burp was a lot of fun, I miss it but I think it ended at the right time. As you said Froot, it lost its charm nearer the end. The Knitted Character though *.* and Heather Trott :')

50. Glee • 206 points

 

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No. of votes: 9, Highest score: 39 (Fgiboy2511)

 

19th May 2009 – 20th March 2015 (6 seasons) • International TV

 

Glee experienced one of the biggest rise and falls of the last few years in terms of popularity (even bigger than that the rise and fall of Lee Wallace). It exploded onto our screens in 2009 in a post-High School Musical world featuring a cast of outcasts and misfits plus the usual popular guy joining together to create a Glee club. It's of course most notable for the endless list of songs the show covered which, during its heyday of the first two seasons, featured in charts worldwide. Any popular/notable song is guaranteed to have featured in the show, yes even Rebecca Black's 'Friday'. Certain episodes also had musical themes such as Britney and Madonna. The most notable song to emerge from the show though is their cover of 'Don't Stop Believing', which featured in the pilot. It is by far the show's best selling song and created a world where it and the original were completely inescapable. Aside from the music, the show also focused and highlighted on many social issues, particularly relating to teenagers. The group of misfits helped the show to explore homosexuality, teenage pregnancy, bullying, disability, relationships etc. The show was a phenomenon in it's initial first few years but it couldn't sustain this with the show completely fading out in its fifth and sixth seasons with little fanfare. I've seen a lot of comments that the quality nosedived after the first couple of seasons and the sad death Cory Monteith did not help. Despite its nosedive in popularity, it will be remembered as a cultural success and the Glee Cast do have the most appearances on the Billboard Hot 100, whether you count it as cheating or not.

Froot 2 me

 

49. Gavin & Stacey • 209 points

 

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41-49-49

 

No. of votes: 12, Highest score: 30 (Jahq)

 

13th May 2007 – 1st January 2010 (3 series) • UK TV and Soaps

 

Gavin & Stacey is one of the prime examples of why BBC Three can excel and therefore should not be axed. It was initially shown on the channel before its brilliant success led to it being broadcast on BBC One for its final series. The show follows Gavin, from Essex and Stacey, from Wales, from their first meeting right through to after-marriage life. What makes the show special is the focus on the two families and therefore the show focuses on key events that bring the two families together. It is this focus on the two families that helps us to follow other storylines such as Smithy and Nessa's relationship. The show was written by James Cordon and Ruth Jones, who both star in the show as well, and helped bring significant prominence to the two despite some previous successes. Most notably, James is now hosting a late night talk show in the US. As with many other successful British comedies, the show highlights the best of British humour which is why two US remakes have failed. It is hard to imagine the show without its Essex and Welsh characteristics.

48. Misfits • 210 points

 

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No. of votes: 9, Highest score: 35 (Noahspike)

 

12th November 2009 – 11th December 2013 (5 series) • UK TV and Soaps

 

From one multichannel hit to another, Misfits is one of E4's most successful drama's of the past few years. Based around a group of young adults in a community service programme, the show explores how they deal with supernatural powers. These include telepathy, invisibility and immortality. Again, it is a very British at the heart and features some often very dark comedy. One of the highlights of the first couple of series was the character of Nathan who had some great lines, most are probably not suitable to say here. Each episode mainly focused around battling another person who had obtained a power, my personal favourite was one who saw life in Grand Theft Auto-style! As with most things, it struggled once the original characters started to leave and whilst, Rudy was still very good, he lacked what made Nathan so hilarious. Kelly was my ultimate favourite though, possibly providing my favourite moment of the entire series when she changed her power to be a rocket scientist. Overall, the show was great, helping to mix comedy and tense plotting together to create something never quite seen before.

I actually really enjoyed Misfits.

 

However as time progressed it rapidly became boring, I'm glad it ended when it did.

47. Fringe • 212 points

 

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No. of votes: 7, Highest score: 39 (Johnkm)

 

9th September 2008 – 18th January 2013 (5 seasons) • International TV

 

Back in the days when he wasn't expanding some of the biggest science-fiction brands, JJ Abrams was creating his own sci-fi series. I'm not really sure how to describe the main basis of the show but it focuses on scientific abnormalities. It mainly follows the procedural format with a new investigation each week but as the series went on, it paint a broader overarching story that began to become the main focus. The main team consists of Olivia Dunham, a Government agent, Dr Walter Bishop, a 'mad' scientist and his son, Peter Bishop as well as Astrid. The series explores many scientific elements, particularly that of parallel universes which becomes central to the main story. In particular, we learn of the Observers who watch over all of these and end up playing a crucial part. Initially though, they aren't featured too heavily but still manage to make small cameos in each episode which is something to look out for! There's a lot that features in the show and it's a good balance of procedural and serialized. The parallel universes also allow an interesting look at each character and how consequences of certain actions can easily affect someone. There were also fun experimental episodes with one particular animation episode standing out as a series highlight. The show also features legendary Star Trek actor, Leonard Nomoy. It started out particularly successful in the ratings but as more scientific elements were introduced, it became more of a niche show but thankfully Fox stuck with it and allowed it to tell the full story it wanted to.

 

It's only writing this (and I haven't really done it justice) when I realise how much actually went on over the five series and it really makes me want to go back and watch it now!

I've never seen Fringe yet :o

46. American Dad • 214 points

 

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19-9-46

 

No. of votes: 11, Highest Score: 36 (popchartfreak)

 

6th February 2005 – present (12 seasons) • International TV

 

American Dad is often overshadowed by it's sister show, Family Guy but can often be just as good if not better! It differs from that show due to there featuring no cutaway gags and focuses more on the realism of the family members. The father, Stan, is a CIA agent who lives with his wife and their hippy daughter and nerdy son as well as an alien called Roger. Roger obviously adds a more eccentric aspect to it and he is indeed eccentric himself, often found dressing up in some bizarre costume, creating some alter-ego. It's received modest ratings throughout its run which has since seen it move channel but the future still looks good.

 

It's a shock fall after two times in the Top 10 though!

FRINGE! :wub: :wub: bloody loved that show. I must've underrated it here a lot for some reason if Johnkm lead it with 39 points...

 

American Dad is ok but obv Family Guy is 100x better.

45= That's So Raven • 215 points

 

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94-xx-45

 

No. of votes: 9, Highest score: 39 (Alex!)

 

17th January 2003 – 10th November 2007 (4 seasons) • International TV

 

I've never seen this show so have no idea why this is so high although I am aware Raven is an icon with her sass. So apparently Raven had psychic powers and used this as well as 'ingenuity, talent as a fashion designer and a variety of disguises to get into and out of amusing adolescent and pre-adolescent situations.' It was a massive hit for the Disney Channel, becoming one of the highest rated and longest running shows. It resulted in a spin-off, Cory in the House.

 

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'Fringe' is technically very good and while I enjoyed most of it, I did go in and out of interest with it as the story archs started overlapping and the faux-characters were introduced. Still some brilliant moments throughout though.

erm the shade, i prepared a much better commentary for American Dad

 

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DOES ANYONE LIKE FROOT?

 

You should have sent me it then.

 

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You weren't pestering me enough

 

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