Quoting Dr. Killpatient:

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1. Babylon 5
2. John Doe
3. Star Trek: Enterprise

Those who didn't make the cut in no particular order:
Star Trek: DS9

I'm confused.  The fact that Enterprise made #3 and Deep Space Nine didn't make the list at all is a clear indication that you have poor taste in TV shows.  Yet you picked Babylon 5 as #1, which shows that you have excellent taste in TV shows.

Help! My poor brain can't reconcile these two conflicting facts! The paradox is making my head hurt!  

For the record, I enjoyed Enterprise (particularly the excellent 4th season).  But it's very rare to see that top someone's list of the best Treks in my experience.  And since DS9 is sooo similar to Babylon 5, it's shocking it didn't make the list.

Quoting widescreenforever:

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Well I'm just as confused - at all these  lists , My list, which I submitted many pages back would have to be as close as you can get to any top 10 TV series ( or shows) of all time..

Since it's a very subjective topic, what's best for one person may not even feature in a top 100 for another person. I haven't even seen any episodes of your top 3 so they certainly wouldn't appear in my list. I may have caught the odd episode or part episode of Seinfeld or 24 but again they aren't what I would consider to be the best of all time.

#1  LOST
#2  Firefly
#3  Battlestar Galactica (2003)
#4  Scrubs
#5  X-Files
#6  Buffy the Vampire Slayer
#7  Quantum Leap
#8  Bablyon 5
#9  Star Trek TNG
#10 Friends

Quoting Dr. Killpatient:

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One of the main factors I had for ranking was how "involved" I was marathoning through the series.  I totally plowed through Enterprise and thought it was a most excellent series.  I also enjoyed the large story arcs which was also prevalent in B5.  DS:9 had big arcs too, but not as often until towards the end of the series.

I thought about adding ST: Voyager but I really only overly enjoyed Season 6.

I was obviously just having a good time.  Still, thanks for the explanation.  I really did find it interesting.  Anyway, thinking about Babylon 5 & Deep Space 9 reminded me of this page comparing the two.

01. LOST
02. Stargate SG-1
03. Battlestar Galactica (2003)
04. Stargate Atlantis
05. Star Trek TOS
06. Star Trek TNG
07. Firefly
08. The Outer Limit
09. Knight Rider
10. Smallville

I once thought The Simpsons was okay, but I have an ex-roommate who was obsessed with that show and after living with her (and having to watch it every day for two years) now I can't stand that show.  Bart and Homer can go die in a fire. 

(Because of our other roommate, she now hates Ranma 1/2, so I guess that's even...?)

Besides, if we're surprised not to see shows on these lists because of their long runs, where are the soaps?  There's what, over 60 years of Guiding Light? 

Quoting NightHawke:

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Funny that all the shows are fairly recent (except for a very few from the 70s).  No one mentioned shows like Bonanza, The Big Valley, Gun Smoke, Have Gun Will Travel, The Virginian, The Tall Man, Red Skelton, Laurence Welk, Johnny Carson's Tonight Show.  It is pure heck to be old.

Look at my list. Except for HGWT, you listed shows which I never enjoyed on a regular long-term basis. Well, maybe Red Skelton, too, but he stole so much from Keaton, it hurt too much to watch after a while.

Good day, Sirs,

some mentioned "The Twilight Zone".

Did the posters mean the 1959 or the 1985 series?

Love, bbbbb