Interesting thread. I agree with some of the series mentioned, but some of them I've never heard of, let alone seen! Maybe they were shown after I came to Hong Kong, and were never shown here. Or maybe I just missed them; there have been large periods of my life when I've preferred NOT to watch TV!
Regardless of how long they did or didn't run, I'd like to see more of:
COMEDY:
Married With Children ("The Al Bundy Show". Irreverent, but often hilarious.)
Keeping Up Appearances (British "class" humor at its best. "Mrs. Bucket - that's pronounced "bouquet!")
SCI-FI:
Primeval (A little goofy in spots, but overall well-done UK Sci-fi series.)
Starship Enterprise (follow-up series to Star Trek)
Original
BattlestarGalactica (see comments below)
Babylon Five (Guess I must like "epic starship" stuff!
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I was really starting to get into Stargate Universe, but it got canned. 2 years I think it was on?
I'm suprised it only lasted 2 years. Seems like it has been on, every-other-show or so, for AGES on the Sify channel. I didn't realize they were re-runs!
The original Battlestar Galactica.
I hope no one says Dallas or Gunsmoke.
I completely agree about the original BG. The later remake series was okay, but overall I got tired of the heavy religious overtones, and found the cylons being replicant people instead of shiny metal CYLONS a bit disappointing. (Didn't they have the budget, given all the effects used? Just recycling the same actors/actresses smacks of cheapness to me.) A lot of other subtle changes that didn't really amount to improvements, too. On balance, I preferred the first/original series.
You can keep Dallas. I didn't like it when it was new!
But Gunsmoke? Sorry, I know it ran for then-record-breaking "ages", but I'd love to hear more gunsmoke radio shows. [TV shows, too, but I liked the radio shows the most.] I've listened to over 400 episodes (most of the ones made) TWICE, and some of them 3 or more times, and would gladly hear more, if they (had) made them.
In fact, I wish they still made great radio shows. I often enjoy them more than TV shows. As with reading great novels, no flat-screen visual interpretation can ever compare with the intensity of one's own imagination!
Werewolf - with Chuck Connors
I liked "The Rifleman" with Chuck Connors, as a kid. I'm not so sure that I'd enjoy more episodes as an adult, though. I have only a vague recollection of Werewolf, but I think it left me with a positive impression. Hadn't thought of that show, at all, in YEARS.