If you could only watch one classic TV show for the rest of your life, which would it be?

What would be your ''desert island'' choice?

 

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Television fans often debate what shows they simply could not live without. For example, if you were stranded on a desert island and could only have one show to watch, which one would you choose?

We've made it a little easier by breaking down all of classic TV into twelve categories. Pick which series in each genre would be the only one you would want to watch for the rest of your life.

  1. If you could only choose one to watch for the rest of your life, which sitcom would you choose?
  2. Which of these would be the one western you would choose?
  3. Which detective show would you choose?
  4. Which family drama would you want to watch on your island?
  5. Which sketch comedy show would you choose?
  6. Which sci-fi or horror show could you not go without?
  7. Which classic legal drama would you need with you on your desert island?
  8. Which talk show would you choose?
  9. Which action show would you want to watch for the rest of your life?
  10. Which superhero show would you watch on your island?
  11. Which musical variety show would you choose?
  12. Which of these far out, sixties fantasy shows would be your pick for the desert island?

If you could only watch one classic TV show for the rest of your life, which would it be?

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199 Comments

Lillyrose 44 months ago
55% similar. I Love Lucy is the best show ever!
KCCLARK 50 months ago
I just guessed which was the most popular. I was WAY OFF on some of them. For example, I didn't realize that The Andy Griffith, Bewitched, and Carol Burnett were so popular. I was also surprised that Gunsmoke ran neck n neck with Bonanza. When I was a kid, Bonanza rated #1 show on network TV.
TinkRoss 50 months ago
I've been watching I Love Lucy my whole life already so that wouldn't change. I would like to add All In the Family. I would need that on my island.
dekane54 50 months ago
53% I should have picked The Rockford files though and I didn't
MaryHelen 50 months ago
#10 for me superman but was not a choice-- shame!!!
pwe1959 50 months ago
75% similar. Usually like to be different but they really hit some of my favorite shows.
DJS3 50 months ago
49% similar.

1. M*A*S*H for the character development over the entire run and of course, for the incredible series finale.

2. Gunsmoke for the number of episodes. All the Westerns listed were great.

3. The Rockford Files for many reasons, least of which is the great theme song.

4. Dallas. All of the shows to choose from were great, but I love Dallas' opening credits and theme song.

5. The Carol Burnett Show for the variety and for Tim Conway.

6. Star Trek. Kirk, Spock, and Bones, my early Sci-Fi trinity.

7. L.A. Law for the great cast, especially Jimmy Smits and Corbin Bernsen.

8. The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson. Nobody is better than Johnny.

9. The A-Team for its outright campiness and humor.

10. Wonder Woman. 2 word: Lynda Carter!

11. The Ed Sullivan Show. It's a really big show!

12. The Munsters because they're relatable.
Lillyrose 50 months ago
59% similar. I Love Lucy is my all time favorite show!
Logical61 50 months ago
48% similar. Some of the shows I saw so often, like original Trek, that I know them by heart & wouldn’t need to see them on a desert island.
sovoguegirl 50 months ago
100% similar and I was born in the late 70’s...must just be an old soul❤️
HopeDuchaine 50 months ago
88% similar. I wish I could pick all of the show's: The Munsters,etc.
50 months ago
I would LOVE to see "I Married Joan" on ME TV!
moax429 Pilaf 50 months ago
It's on MeTV's sister channel Decades.
ebonylegolis55 50 months ago
I love Metv, it takes me back to when life was fun and easier.
lgbyrne1129 50 months ago
I went with long-running programs and ones I’ve seen way too often but still enjoy.
MadMadMadWorld 50 months ago
#12, '60s Far-out Fantasy shows reported: Bewitched at 36%, The Munsters at 27%, I Dream of Jeannie at 20%, and The Addams Family at 17%. I voted for "I Dream of Jeannie." How many men would turn down the exquisite, sexy Barbara Eden? Her only real competition was Elizabeth Montgomery on "Bewitched." Jeannie's costumes were absolutely gorgeous on her, while I don't recall seeing Samantha in a comparable, however lovely she also was!
Logical61 MadMadMadWorld 50 months ago
Barbara Eden was gorgeous & Bill Daily’s comic genius as Major Healey took a quirkier turn when he played Howard Borden the following decade. — Addams family was my favorite & it wasn’t till I was in my 30s that I discovered the Charles Addams cartoons from the New Yorker on which the series was based!
RichardMartin 50 months ago
My all time favorite is MASH “Goodbye, Farewell and Amen.”
Logical61 RichardMartin 50 months ago
Watched it with about two hundred people crammed into the only tv lounge allowed on my small campus in the Santa Barbara hills that spring...
Darlin 50 months ago
I wish my channel that carries this out of Tallahassee would get the dang station back on as I'm really missing MeTV
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