TOP 10 FAVORITE T.V. SHOWS (not including current shows)
this list does not include animated shows

10. One Day At A Time
I'm 13-years-old and in love with Valerie Bertinelli. Who wouldn't understand that?

9. Barney Miller
Say what you want about cop shows. This was the benchmark. Even after Jack Soo died, the show carried on and carried me away.

8. The Carol Burnett Show
Carol Burnett is the funniest woman in the history of television (sorry, Lucy). Add Harvey Korman and Tim Conway to the cast and you have excellence. They were the first to say it was okay to laugh while performing.

7. Hogan's Heroes
Who knew the war was so funny. The fact that the commandant (as well as one of the prisoners) was Jewish in real-life only made it that much better. Did I care that Bob Crane was murdered? You bet yer sweet ass I did.

6. LA Law
I liked St. Elsewhere and Hill Street Blues, but LA Law ruled the roost. It's been copied, many times, but it's the best of the 80's yuppie-dramas. Plus, it had Benny.

5. Mary Tyler Moore
She turned my world on with her smile. When I look back at what the CBS line-up was like in 1970 (MTM, Bob Newhart and Carol Burnett), I often wonder why I didn't die of laughter at the tender age of 8. A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer in my pants. Brilliant.

4. Night Court
What Barney Miller created, Night Court perfected. The timing and the sideline characters were hysterical. But Mac was the one who held it all together. Well, him and Mel Torme.

3. Dallas
In the late 70's, my hometown had it all - championship football, the cover of Time and Newsweek and J.R. Ewing. Dallas rewrote the rules of the nighttime soap and did it with the most outrageous story lines. You couldn't help but hate J.R., love Bobby and feel sorry for Ray. Only Dallas could get away with having a whole season be a dream. The show lasted about 3 years too long, but when it was good, it was Baaaaad.

2. Soap
Soap broke not only the rules of comedy, but of good taste. Too many people took it too seriously at the time to realize what an incredible cast can do with the right scripts. Benson may have been the "normal one", but my vote was for Chuck and Bob (which one was the dummy?).

1. WKRP in Cincinnati
OH MY G-d, THEY'RE TURKEYS! Do I need to say more. Unfortunately, because of music rights, this show is no longer in syndication. But my desire to be a DJ all stemmed from my infatuation with Dr. Johnny Fever. Of course, most people considered me more like a Venus Fly-Trap kind of guy, but at least I wasn't Herb! What other show could possible make a whole story about fake walls? Oh, and as much as some people disagreed with me then, I always though Baily Quarters was the pretty one.