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Ask the Readers: What’s Your Favorite Geek TV Show?
Last month we asked about your favorite geeky movies; this week we’re interested in hearing all about your favorite geeky TV show. What’s the show any self-respecting geek should know and love?
From the earliest days of Sci-Fi television in the mid-20th century to the current crop of geeky offerings that range from hard sci-fi to geeky office adventures, there’s no shortage of shows that offer everything from laughs to serious ethical pondering.
Sound off in the comments with your favorite geek TV show and the check back in on Friday for the What You Said roundup to see what shows your fellow readers love.
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in order of preference…
Doctor Who
Red Dwarf
LEXX
Star Cops
Deep Space 9
Babylon 5
Thunderbirds
UFO
Mythbusters
Space 1999
Mythbusters.
The big bang theory,
Person Of Interest
1. Big Bang Theory
2. Doctor Who
3. Mythbusters.
Big Bang Theory
Outsourced (unfortunately discontinued after season 1 :( )
forgot one :)
IT crowd
Mythbusters
Eureka
Big Bang Theory
Doctor Who
Big Bang Theory
IT Crowd
Mythbusters
One word:
Firefly
The X-Files, for sure.
Fringe is a close second!
eureka used to have the top spot. Battlestar Galactica, Alias, MST3K, Firefly, X-Files, Sliders, LOST, Chuck, Red Dwarf, Cosmos, Defying Gravity
now it’s big bang theory, doctor who, sherlock, dirk gently, the IT crowd, Fringe, Breaking Bad (admit it, it’s geeky)
I’m going to have to disagree with Mythbusters. Sure it’s geeky, but they don’t really stick to the scientific method. #IMHO
Mystery Science Theater 3000
I got to meet the Cinematic Titanic crew this past spring in Detroit. OMG it was amazing! I SHOOK HANDS WITH JOEL! *squeeeee* And with Trace (who is an avid Maker fan!), Mary Jo, TV’s Frank, and Josh (whose bass playing ability is amazing). They were some of the most kind, *genuine*, funny, intelligent, and talented people I’ve ever been lucky enough to meet.
Yeah, yeah, I know…cool story, bro. But for me, it was like the completion of a 20-year journey. :3
My other faves:
Mr. Wizard, on Nickelodeon — I’d watch him before school every day.
Ren & Stimpy
How It’s Made
The Universe
Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman
And my all-time geekiest favorite: Demonstrations in Physics, presented by Professor Julius Sumner Miller. That man exuded such passion and levity in his work, that he still inspires me to learn, even though I watched his shows on PBS nearly 30 years ago. The world needs many more like Professor Miller.
Speaking of Professor Miller, enjoy this information from the Wikipedia article on the man:
Miller was intolerant of misspelled words and misplaced punctuation and often angered his colleagues because he charged that the students of most faculty were not learning enough. During an interview in the 1940s, he stated that intellectual life in America was in trouble, a belief he held for the rest of his life.
“We are approaching a darkness in the land. Boys and girls are emerging from every level of school with certificates and degrees, but they can’t read, write or calculate. We don’t have academic honesty or intellectual rigor. Schools have abandoned integrity and rigor.”
Battlestar Galactica! The new version.
In no order…..
Doctor Who
Firefly
The IT crowd
Fringe
The Big Bang Theory
Game of Thrones
Chuck
- Does Breaking Bad count? I hope so!
The Big Bang Theory.
- Manimal
– Mystery Science Theater 3000
– McGyver (Obviously)
All the shows I like have been mentioned!
Chuck
Dr Who
Torchwood
Firefly
Big Bang Theory
Farscape
X-Files
Mythbusters
Eureka
Warehouse 13
Current (or relatively current):
Dr. Who
Falling Skies
The Walking Dead
Top Gear
Eureka
Warehouse 13
Grimm
No longer airing:
Primeval (BBC)
Chuck
X-Files (all time favorite)
Sliders
The Incredible Hulk (Bill Bixby)
My Favorite Martian (Bill Bixby)
Lost In Space (Billy Mumy) – heck all the Irwin Allen shows were awesome!
The Munsters
Babylon 5
Weird Science (the TV show from the 1990s)
Space Above and Beyond
Earth 2
Star Trek Enterprise
Star Trek the Next Generation
Star Trek Deep Space 9
Star Trek Voyager
Star Trek (animated series)
Star Trek (original series)
I’m sure there are a few more that I have forgotten but this is definitely my short list.
Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf
Big Bang Theory
Red Dwarf
All flavors of Star Trek
Doctor Who
Quantum Leap
Mythbusters.
Doctor Who
Eureka
Wharehouse 13
Firefly
Stargate (all)
Star Trek (all)
Castle(it’s geeky to me)
Diners, Drive Ins, & Dives (food geek)
TV sucks
Red Dwarf
Firefly
Star Trek (TNG)
No 1 – Anything with Dr. Michio Kaku (I think he’s my hero)!
BSG
SG1 + SGU (not sure yet on SGA)
Star Trek Voyager (plus others)
Space Above and Beyond (Oh why did you get canned!)
Babylon 5
Here’s some new ones – how about Electric Playground and Attack of the Show? Briana McIvor, Candace Bailey & Sara Underwood FTW!
Big Bang Theory
Tekzilla (you want geek, go check out Revison3)
Mythbusters
Doctor Who
Futurama
Those are the ones that still air.
I see a lot of people like The Big Bang Theory. To me it seems to be a great insult to geek kind.
Doctor Who
Mythbusters
Anything on the Science Channel
MST3K
The Screensavers before it devolved into Attack Of The Show
Don’t get me started… this could take awhile…
X-Files
Fringe
Firefly
Red Dwarf
Farscape
Lexx
The Lone Gunmen
Briscoe County Jr.
Mighty Boosh
Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace…
are we counting anime and cartoons?
Ghost In The Shell
Cowboy Bebop
Moribito Guardian of the Spirit
Futurama
I could go on Ad nauseam…
X-Files
IT Crowd
Big Bang Theory
Deep Space 9
Enterprise
LOST
all the rest of the Star Trek’s
USED to like Big Bang Theory…it has gone to garbage after season 3…more romance, less geek
But check out 1-3 seasons, if you haven’t
Mystery Science Theater 3000- Want obscure references and some funny geekatude(patent pending) than THIS is the show you MUST watch–I say watch Space Mutiny or Final Sacrifice…you’ll be hooked
Community -NBC –PLEASE WATCH! Need to keep it on air
The IT Crowd – BBC
Grimm- New Show on NBC
Star Trek -TOS
Firefly -Which I think will be the nerd outage of the next generation like Star Trek was for us
Spaced-BBC
Quantum Leap
Carl Sagan specials
and lastly
BOB ROSS- PBS…happy little clouds, because if you are 100% tech…you miss out on life
Eureka (Now Gone)
Big Bang Theory (Penny is hot)
Firefly Reruns
Don’t know if it counts as being geeky, but I love Falling Skies
lol silly ppl..Star Trek
Current:
The Big Bang Theory
Lost Girl
Game of Thrones
In re-runs:
Blade Runner
Serenity (the movie) & Firefly (the series)
Dune
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Eureka
Total Recall
The Librarian (all)
2001 A Space Odyssey
Farscape
Alien (all)
Carl Sagan’s Cosmos
Species (all)
Star Wars (all)
Cherry 2000
And any thing with a far-out theme … most things from BBC and even The Neverending Story (all) and The Chronicles of Narnia (all)
Hell … put a tech or sicence fiction spin on it and I’m there with my beer and popcorn ready for some good entertainment!
Oh … and how could I for get:
The Fifth Element
I Robot
E.T.
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Moon
District 9
Dragon Heart
The Golden Compass
Jurassic Park
Damn … the list just keeps going
cant beleive i aint seen anyone else say this yet…
Battlestar Galactica! < this is awesome!!
Doll House < if youaint seen this it is awesome
Star Trek Voyager (then enterprise, but i want to see enterprise remastered on blu-ray)
IT Crowd
Big Bang Theory < its get more stupid and more for people who arnt geeks (noticed the shift during the series as i started laughing less and my GF started laughing more)
Red Dwarf
The IT Crowd
Big Bang Theory
*oh i can see others have said Battlestar… thank god, this is the best show ever working my way through it again now… :)
It just has to be ‘The Big Bang Theory’
Call For Help
Big Bang
Mythbusters
Has to be a bunch already listed but I’m shocked a couple didn’t make everyone else’s list:
Doctor Who (original, not the new series)
Blake’s 7
Mister Wizard
Millenium (well, except for the third season)
Twilight Zone
The Prisoner
Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes (Gene Hoont!!!)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Star Trek (“TOS” && “TNG” && “DS9″ && “VOY” != “ENT”)
Dr. ?
Quantum Leap
Big Bang Theory (I know its only for wannabe geeks, but I still like it)
Battlestar Galactica (1978 and 1979)
Firefly
Eureka
IT Crowd
Mythbusters
BigBang Theory
Rated to whats being aired now, what is in netflix / home stream and what is no longer aired:
1. walking dead
2. game of thrones
3. TNG (star trek the next generation)
4. Battle Star Galactica (new one)
5. FireFly
6. Doctor WHO
7. x – files
8. sliders
9. quantum leap
10. IT Crowd
Star Trek Voyager. Every 2 years I watch all 7 seasons.
Current favorites:
Doctor Who (2005) – I hate spoilers. I have avoided all news articles about this to avoid spoilers. Yet they keep finding their way to me in the first line of someone’s text without a [spoiler] warning. From several separate spoilers, I know that [Person] [verb]s in episode [number] in [place] by [enemy]. If anyone can tell me when the first episode of series 7 is to air (without more spoilers) I would greatly appreciate it.
Torchwood – I consider it as still watching Doctor Who
Doctor Who (1963) – Currently have watched only 4 serials for the first doctor, but I am on Tom Baker’s 5th season, plan to watch in order from that point through the 8th, then return to the first 3.
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic – I am very nerdy about this show and fandom.
Tennant is best Doctor, Twilight is best pony.
Watch as it gets episodes: (but not a top favorite)
Legend of Korra – Includes all of the developments of technology and fighting styles that came into existance during Aang’s travels from the original Avatar seires, and still continue to surprise you. Sadly it did not end in a cliffhanger.
Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt – The last 20 seconds of episode 14 will baffle you. (Watch whole season first) And will continue to baffle until it stops being a cliffhanger.
Actively / Passively watch:
Futurama
Big Bang Theory – (I think the inclusion of more characters for episode plots ruined this a bit.)
Web shows & rehashed shows:
Red vs. Blue – I really, really need to catch up on this.
Dragonball Z Abridged – You SERIOUSLY should be watching this. Even if you don’t like anime all that much you can still watch the Dragonball Z Kai Abridged – which is like.. abridged abridged.
My Little Pony: Friendship is Witchcraft – Faked a ceist and desist message to make you think Hasbro was upset with them… Then blurred out all apples, and censored the audio censor (which is the phrase “Buy some apples!”) with a robotic voice saying a random fruit. On behalf of the Dole company. Ahhh… ~ Tech geek humor. Also: Sweetie Belle is unknowingly a deadly robot in voice and dialog.
Past favorites that are no longer running:
Original Pokemon
Megas XLR
One Peice (Dubs) – Until dessert.
Bleach
Death Note – Especailly the first half, since it was more of a chess game
Dragonball Z
X-Files – This has to have been the best live action show I watched as a kid! I should see if it’s on Netflix.
Invader Zim
Teen Titans – THIS IS COMING BACK!! Original cast too! (Titled: Titans GO!)
Avatar: The last Airbender – Books 2 & 3 are alot more interesting to watch than book 1.
Monk
Psych – I think it’s still airing, but I don’t watch it anymore because I figured out too much and the predictability got very annoying. Except the season finalies with Yin and Yang. Those were not predictable.
I really wish they would make a live action Batman series with a 1 hour story format.
The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory., never a dull moment.
1. Doctor Who
2. Sliders
3. Big Bang Theory
4. Chuck
5. Star Trek TNG
In order of preference (still on the air):
Grimm/Falling Skies
Bones/Torchwood
Big Bang Theory
Now defunct:
Eureka
The 4400
“V”
Firefly
Defying Gravity
Lost
X-Files
The original Star Trek
Voyager
Quantum Leap
Big Bang
Game of Thrones
Big Bang Theory
In order:
Eureka
The IT Crowd
Doctor Who
Falling Skies
The Walking Dead
Warehouse 13
All Star Trek
Big Bang Theory
and I am sure there are many more…
Big Bang Theory
NCIS
Eureka
[almost gone, not forgoten]
X Files
Star Trek Next Gen
Star Trek
Warehouse 13
Order of importance:
CHUCK!!
Firefly
Space: Above and Beyond
Grimm
Big Bang Theory
CSI (Love New York & Las Vegas; Hate Miami!)
MacGyver
Battlestar Galactica (New One)
How it’s Made
Star Trek (Next Gen, Enterprise, Deep Space 9, Voyager, Original)
Big Bang Theory!
Honestly, the Discovery channel is like a grown-up babysitter for my husband and I. Between me and my techy husband, we currently watch (or DVR when not at home)…
Big Bang Theory
NCIS
How It’s Made
Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman
Top Gear
Mythbusters
Oddities
Dark Matters
If it is on (and nothing else we watch), we will watch Prophets of Science Fiction.
On things like Hulu, Netflix and Amazon, we love to watch old goodies like…
Firefly
Doctor Who
Red Dwarf
Chuck (had to buy this one)
Star Trek (original and Next Generation)
X-Files
Mystery Science Theater (anything we can find ^^)
A favorite of my husband that I don’t watch is Eureka.
And then my personal favorite is Numb3rs which my husband doesn’t watch. He also won’t watch Black Adder, Supernatural or ReGenesis with me, but I still love him :)
Big Bang Theory
NCIS
NCIS LA
Weired Science
Mythbusters
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Red Dwarf
Person Of Interest
Firefly
Eureka
Dr. Who
Fringe
X Files
Twilight Zone
Doctor Who!
Big Bang Theory, of course!
Firefly
Warehouse 13
Mr Wizard
Star Trek of all flavors, especially the original TV series
Connections – the old BBC series
McGyver
Man from Uncle (more fiction, less science, but good effects for the day)
Walking dead
Big bang theory
Game of thrones
True Blood
Lost
Nikita
and some others.
Firefly
Farscape
Star Trek (all)
Big Bang
X-Files
Chuck
Fringe
Lost
Connections (+ Connections 2 and 3)
Stargate SG-1
Stargate Atlantis
Big Bang theory
Firefly
X-Files
Alias
Sliders
Josh 2.0
Red Dwarf (Rimmer, shutup)
IT Crowd (haveyoutriedturningitoffandonagain)
Mythbusters
Hahahaha. Jake 2.0. Knew that didn’t sound right.
Lathe of Heaven
don’t know if it counts because it was a PBS mini-series (1980)
The Big Bang Theory
Dr. Who
Torchwood
Stargate SG-1
any Star Trek variety
Firefly – too bad they canned it
Eureka
Big Bang Theory
Star Trek (Original, Next Generation, and all the rest)
Primeval (BBC)
Stargate SG1, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate Universe
Big Bang Theory!
And many many thanks to my three friends, Ellen, Maria and Shawn who all said, Ang, you’ve GOT to watch Big Bang Theory, you would love it! And who bought me the boxed set of Season Two for Christmas a couple of years ago now (because I had immediately gone out and bought Season 1 – my friends know me pretty well).
Big Bang Theory
Firefly
Primeval
Red Dwarf
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: Voyager
Hands down it’s THE BIG BANG THEORY!
Mythbusters,
beyond the wormhole,
daily planet,
Reboot
Wow! So many old shows I had forgotten! Mr Wizard for sure. I recreated one of his experiments (I think it was an RC cola and baking soda, creating an erupting mess). I was banned from any more experiments.
Don’t forget Adventures of Superman, Buck Rogers and Captain Video.
In more modern times I love Big Bang Theory, Through The WormHole, most of the Discovery , Sci and H2 programming. Also the “factual” UFO programming. The Geek still lives deep inside my 7 decades old body.
Firefly
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Eureka
Warehouse 13
There are so many great shows, past and present, that have captivated audiences all over the world it’s hard to not have a list 25 shows long but on top of my list is The Big Bang Theory.
Current or relatively current:
Big Bang Theory
Dr. Who
Eureka
Warehouse 13
Classics:
Babylon 5
ST:DS9
ST:TNG
ST:TOS
Firefly
Geek TV? I’ll go with “geek” meaning nerd-core and exclude all forms of scifi.
* Chuck – the first episode had me hooked. Who thought that pron-popups could save the world?
* IT Crowd
* Mythbusters (haven’t seen it in many, many years)
If you like dumb man vs physics shows, Wipeout.
There was a rocket show for a few episodes a few yrs ago on discovery or bravo or AMC or Spike or one of those nameless channels in the mid-60s, but they seemed to be more about the art of flying rockets than the science. Still, I watched every episode.
I dislike fantasy. When _Defying Gravity_ started using a Ouija board for plots, they lost me.
Big Bang Theory
Mythbusters
The I.T. Crowd. loved it.
Comedy: Monty Python’s Flying Circus
Animated Cartoon: The Jetsons
Regular Series: Star Trek, Twilight Zone, Lost in Space
@TheFU
You have sparked a curiosity for me to look into Chuck.
Sherlock
Big Bang Theory
Big Bang Theory :-)
Big Bang Theory
Warehouse 13
Star Trek Voyager
All of the Star Treks, of course. But currently it has to be Big Bang Theory. My girlfriend and I watch it every week. We often say that we know these people… then realize we ARE these people.
what is this “TV” of which you speak? is this something to do with the time before Hulu or Netflix?
@bobro
That’s exactly how I started realizing Big Bang Theory was going to lowest denominator humor.
I would say Big Bang Theory now makes fun of geeks, rather than laughs with them
and I totally forgot Hitchiker’s guide, and Monty Python
I would love to hang out with all you guys….funny stuff
IT CROWD!!
Does nobody enjoy Stargate???? (All of them!)
and of course . . .
Star Trek – the whole lot :)
Battlestar Galactica (Original and new)
Firefly,
Farscape,
Falling Skies
The Walking Dead
Primeval
Warehouse 13
Big Bang Theory (more down to Earth, but as geeky as they get)
Mythbusters comes in as well – I enjoy the ‘Lets overdo it endings’ :)
The Big Bang Theory
Modern Family
Big Bang Theory, of course!
One glaring omission that I see – Reboot. It was an animated series with a short run but a very cool concept – life inside a computer.
Well obviously Doctor Who
Falling Skies
Walking Dead
The Big Bang Theory
Leverage
Used to like Chuck, but then after a while it got too cheesey (still continued to watch it though)
Warehouse 13
Eureka
Doctor Who (but it has jumped the shark)
Lost Girl
Supernatural. anything with ghosts demons or spirits
I don’t know if I actually consider these “geeky”, but:
Star Trek (TOS)
Space:1999
UFO
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Thunderbirds
Firefly
most of the Star Trek series
Quantum Leap
McGyver, a few more but I would like to mention two other short lived series that I believe weren’t given a fair shot: Journeyman and Flash Forward– any one agree?
Doctor Who
Merlin (BBC)
Babylon 5
Torchwood
Star Trek The Original Series
Star Trek Enterprise
The Big Bang Theory
Space: 1999
UFO
Captain Scarlet
Thunderbirds
(basically all Gerry Anderson shows)
Battlestar Galactica (original 1978 series)
V (the miniseres and the serie)
Firefly
The Incredible Hulk (Bill Bixby)
Lost In Space
Quantum Leap
Primeval (BBC)
Space Above and Beyond
Animated and Anime:
Robotech
All Macross Series
Star Trek The Animated Series
Avengers Earth’s Mighties Heroes
Batman Animated (1992~1995)
Ulyses 31
Battleship Yamato (Star Blazers)
TekkaMan
ThunderCats (Original & 2011)
Gargoyles
Astroboy (All versions)
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Avatar: The Leyend of Korra
Red Dwarf
Doctor Who
Chuck
The Big Bang Theory
Fringe
Dexter’s Laboratory
IT Crowd
Big Bang Theory
Chuck
NCIS
The Last Enemy, Masterpiece Theatre, television,[Boston, Mass.] WGBH Boston Video
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Enemy-Benedict-Cumberbatch/dp/B001H9JBW6/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1343926577&sr=1-2&keywords=the+last+enemy ISBN: 9781593757984, 1593757980. This riveting thriller explores how technology and terror could transform civilization into a dystopian society of constant surveillance.
Most of my faves have already been mentioned. I’m going to nominate “The Finder” for Walter’s unique problem-solving techniques.
1. Doctor Who (Tom Baker years and Current)
2. Star Trek: Next Generation
BBC’s Sherlock! (Even if it’s not science fiction.)
In order ….
Big Bang Theory – CBS
NOVA – PBS
Nature – PBS
History Detectives – PBS
Star Trek (Original series)
What’s a television show? Oh yeah, a great time waster for which I have no time
Big Bang Theory is way stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Outer Limits
The magician with Bill Bixby
night gallery
red dwarf
UFO
Space 1999
Star Trek
SCTV
Tennessee Tuxedo
Nova
Hows that Made
Mythbuster
Ancient Aliens
Love all the shows mentioned. This will show my age but in the 50s there was a 15min show that was used as a filler when they didn’t have anything else to put on called Industry On Parade.that showed u how things were made.
OMG,
I forgot
the IT Crowd!
Firefly
Jeopardy
In Search Of with Leonard Nemoy
Monty Python
Blake’s 7
Doctor Who
Eureka
Farscape
Firefly
Fringe
He-Man
Man from UNCLE
McGyver
Primeval
ReGenesis
Sherlock
Torchwood
Big Bang Theory
MST3K
Dr. Who
Big Bang Theory – no contest
Not in any order
Doctor Who
BBC Click
Mythbusters
A Town Called Eureka
#1 … Baywatch
#2 … Star Trek (all)
I.T. Crowd
Im showing my age with a these.
1) Twilight Zone (it was in black and white)
2) Star Trek
3) Lost in space
4) The Munsters
Newer shows
1) Game of Thrones
2) True Blood
3) Firefly
The Big Bang Theory
The most recent show being one of my all time favorites was: Eureka. Unfortunately the SciFy channel thought it wasn’t good enough for them but Professional Wrestling was – Go figure…
Star Trek – always and any…
Supernatural
Sherlock
Big Bang Theory
Eureka
The IT Crowd
X-Files
Falling Skies
And by X-Files I include The Lone Gunmen (much too short a run…)
Falling Skies
Fringe
McGyver
X Files
Lost in Space
Twilight Zone
Planet of the Apes
Logan’s Run
ALF
Firefly
The Big Bang Theory
Twilight Zone (all versions)
The Outer Limits
Spaced
Beyond a doubt – BIG BANG – they must have the best writers in the country. Great geeky cast.
…and lets not forget PENNY!
Have I got News for you
Doctor Who
Not going out
Would I lie to you
QI
Mythbusters
Driving Wars
Wheeler Dealers
TopGear!!!
Star Trek Voyager
Star Trek Next Generation
Red Dwarf
Lost in Space-series
Dr Who-original series fro the start( that is how old i am)
space 1999
how it is made
my favorite martian
to name a few
Big Bang Theory
Mythbusters
Fringe
In no particular order:
Mythbusters
Doctor Who
Cosmos (mini-series, yes, but still)
Firefly
The X-Files
Funny, I just finished watching season 1 of the IT Crowd. Really great TV Show. I also started watching to the Big Bang Theory but it’s not as good as The IT Crowd.
1. firefly
2. futurama
3. walking dead
4. twilight zone
5. breaking bad
6. dr. who
7. big bang theory
8. x files
9. mst3k
10. star trek tos
11. lost
12. stargate atlantis
13. bsg original
Doctor Who, of course!
The LinuxAction Show http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linuxactionshow/
I also follow a bunch of blogs, but the only one I know has a TV presence is cnettv
Breaking Bad
Damages
Fringe
Community
Dr Who!!!
I like some of the others but not enough to put them on this list. DW is truly the only one I HAVE to see.
OOPS, Too hasty a response. I assumed truly geeky stuff, not regular television shows that might have geek appeal.
Eureka
Falling Skies
the original Battlestar Galactica
anything Star Trek
MacGyver (though I have seen them all too many times)
Stargate SG1
way too many that have fallen off the radar (I guess MacGyver should be in this group)
I think it’s a tie between IT Crowd and Mythbusters. Mythbusters is more of a documentary than anything else, but its extremely entertaining… but IT Crowd is pure entertainment. Both are hilarious and full of geekery.
My favorite TV show? What’s TV?
Mythbusters is THE BEST show. There is no denying it.
The Big Bang Theory
Through The Wormhole
Star Trek
Doctor Who
Red Dwarf
Babylon 5
Thunderbirds
UFO
Space 1999
Captain Scarlet
Lost In Space
Voyage to The Bottom Of the Sea
Time Tunnel
Quark
Battlestar Galactia (the original series, not the Sci-fi Channels abortion)
@DaddyBurrito
Be watching for Primeval: The New World, a Canadian spinoff off the original.
The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory
Chuck
IT Crowd
Stargate
Big Bang Theory
SCI-FI SCIENCE: PHYSICS OF THE IMPOSSIBLE
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
1. X-Files
2. The IT Crowd
3. The Inbetweeners
4. Freeks & Geeks
5. Doctor Who
6. The Outer Limits
7. Vic Reeves Big Night Out
Attack of the Show
Max Headroom
This show came and went so fast that if you blinked you missed it, so maybe I am the only one who saw it. All the shows listed above were pretty good in their own way, but Max Headroom is in a class by itself. It was great SF and it was great SF satire. It was great parody of TV networks, big corporations and most of all it poked fun at all of our sacred cows.
chuck
firefly
leverage does it count?
big bang theory is cool too
mythbusters
also bones with brennans squintish
The hilarious “IT Crowd”
Of course Star Trek TOS
The Gumby Show.
Undoubtedly Science Fiction Theater, hosted by Truman Bradley. Stories were extrapolated from
Known science at that time. Some were outright scarey to a kid of 8 years old. Series ran from
1955 through 1958 and is still being rerun. I saw it a few months ago on an HD tv componjent
station of one of thr regular tv channels in Memphis TN. I don’t know if it is still on as I’ve moved on
since then.
The Big Bang Theory
Red Dwarf
Falling Skies
@ Daddy Burrito
Primeval has just started a new series on ITV1.
Buffy TVS
Pinky and the Brain
Bones
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Phineas and Ferb
and I am 56 years old! :-) Geek to the end!
Big Bang Theory, Numbers, Bionic Woman, Quantum Leap, Perception
wow impressive list all
My list would actually be all listed above, this is my list but I think I may be forgetting a few
1000 ways to die
321 contact
Are you being Served
Babylon 5
Benny Hill Not geeky but funny
Big Bang Theory
CSI
Doctor Who
Earth 2
Eureka
Farscape
Firefly
Fringe
Grimm
How It’s Made
Jake 2.0
John Doe
Lost In Space
Manimal
McGyver
Mentalist
Milineum
Monty Python Flying Circus
My Favorite Martian
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Mythbusters
Origonal Battle Star Galactica
Primeval (BBC)
Quantum Leap
Red Dwarf
Ren & Stimpy
Robotech
Sliders
Space 1999
Space Above and Beyond
Spiderman TV Movies from the 70′s
Star Trek (animated series)
Star Trek (original series)
Star Trek Deep Space 9
Star Trek Enterprise
Star Trek the Next Generation
Star Trek Voyager
Tales from the darkside
The Addams Family
The Incredible Hulk (Bill Bixby)
The Munsters
The Walking Dead
Torchwood
Tranzor Z
Twilight Zone
Warehouse 13
Weird Science (the TV show from the 1990s)
X-Files
For those of us of us, old enough to remember, I nominate: Science Fiction Theater and The Outer Limits.
In no particular order: Star Trek TOS and, well, et al + Nova Science Now + Buck Rogers (Yes, I’m a senior geek – came to it late in life.) + Svengoolie + X-Files + Dr. Who (Tom Baker) + Lost in Space (for a giggle) + COSMOS (god bless Carl Sagan ‘out there’) + Big Bang Theory of course + Fringe (delicious) + Twilight Zone + Primeval (still on PBS) (I just found this program) + anything about UFO’s and aliens (guilty interest) + anything by Issac Asimov, Arthur C. Clark, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Frank Herbert, Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and Stephen King (too many to mention) + anything by Stephen Spielberg and/or George Lucas + those 1950′s black-and-white science fiction movies (scared me to death and I loved it!) + way too many more to list. If this is the mark of a geek then most of the population must be geeky! I enjoy all the How-to Geek discussions. This was fun.
<Old enuff to remember The Outer Limits – still in syndacation
The Twilight Zone (original)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Firefly
Numbers
(In no particular order):
Big Bang Theory
Chuck
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Bill Nye The Science Guy
Firefly
Big Bang Theory
Game of Thrones
GAME OF THRONES
the walking dead
not really geeky but still amazing shows
ok on the geeky side
mythbusters
big bang theory
Person Of Interest
and a childhood favourite
thunderbirds
My daughter is FAR from a geek but one day she was watching some show on TV. I asked her “what is this geek show you’re watching?” She said “The Big Bang Theory”, “It’s hysterical mom”. I’ve been hooked on it ever since. So am I now officially a geek? LOL.
Its the Big Bang Theory!!
And if it counts, Supernatural (complete series)
And did I mention the Big Bang Theory?
IT Crowd
Big Bang Theory
#1 Big Bang Theory – The new MASH…MASH wasn’t geeky but I still laugh even after seeing them over and over…same with BBT, over and over again and I still laugh, and it’s technically accurate…that’s ‘geekdom’
#2 Babylon 5 – Totally destroyed the Trekker in me and Claudia Christian..WOW!
#3 UFO – Gerry Anderson at his best…and the girls with the purple hair…
#4 Space:1999 – For the sets alone it was a favorite…the writing, less so, they were ‘Brits’ who weren’t used to writing for the American Sci-Fi TV Show market. Still the actors pulled it off and created something enduring.
#5 Firefly – Only because I haven’t seen them all, over and over again, yet…like the shows I grew up with.
It truly says something about where the current Geek/Sci-Fi TV Show market these days is when we’ve got wrestling and ghost shows on the Sci-Fi channel, I mean C’mon! Next we’ll have The National Geographic Channel showing reality shows about prisons.
1) Big Bang Theory (Sheldon reminds me of my oldest son, only not quite so socially inept)
Doctor Who
NCIS
Supernatural (gotta have a little of the dark side…)
Kingdom Hospital (Stephen King – awesome)