30 Days of TV: That would be an ecumenical matter!

Day 04 - Your favorite show ever

I find myself helpless to answer this question. Whenever I am asked my favorite of something, I either need incredibly specific parameters (see yesterday's "favorite new show (aired this TV season)"¹) or I will give you a list comprised of anywhere from a few to many items. My tastes are varied and my passion given without reserve to the things I enjoy. I have no one favorite author, no one favorite book, no one favorite song, no one favorite film, and certainly no one favorite TV show. What a strangely different person I would be if I did!

So, among my favorite TV shows ever, I count:

Babylon 5
Angel the Series
Battlestar Galactica
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Carnivale
Community
Cowboy Bebop
Dead Like Me
Doctor Who
Father Ted
Firefly
Glee
Haibane Renmei
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law
Lost
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Pushing Daisies
Sealab 2021
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Slayers
Supernatural
The Big Bang Theory
The Prisoner
The Venture Brothers
The X-Files
True Blood
Veronica Mars

I mean... you see what I mean? That list is ridiculous, and it's complicated by evaluation (only the first season of Veronica Mars, really, if you please) and qualifications (I haven't actually watched-watched Star Trek: The Next Generation since I was a kid).

Also, that list above is in no way complete, as I haven't factored in favorite cooking shows or favorite kid's shows or favorite webseries (The Guild, for the curious).

Almost comically, my husband's answer is straightforward and singular: Babylon 5.²



1. And even this I failed at, giving you two.

2. And ridiculously short, as Quixote doesn't feel his answer needs explication.

( 30 Days of TV: The List )

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FandomSecrets & Doctor Who

A friend of mine turned me on to Fandom!Secrets, which I have found myself compulsively reading ever since. I managed to miss a totally brilliant Doctor Who-related secret that was posted yesterday, though, until she pointed out.

Just. You guys. I'm putting it behind a cut, even though it's not large as graphics go. However, it's a bit spoilery. Not so much that you'd recognize it if you've seen nothing of S5. If you've seen a number of episodes, though, and are not up to date, you'd spoil yourself.

( Clever Doctor Who-related secret is clever... )

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