#13 Daily Show (1996-____)
Comedy, News
Mega Mana's Ranking: 11
I'm sure everyone is shocked that this is the next show.
Anyway, here's how Daily Show compares to Colbert for me. I like John most than Stephen. John's opening section is my favorite part of the whole fake news hour. His goofy voices, amazing comedic timing, great delivery, all just works perfectly. Here's what makes this so close for me; will take Colbert over any correspondant (including when Stephen was on there) with the possible exception of John Oliver. John Oliver is amazing. I am not such a big fan of the current news team. Outside of Oliver all my favorites of the recent crew have been guys who only show up on occasion like Black, Hodgman, and Wilmore. The old correspondants were just better, which is probably why they have moved on. Aasif and the rest of the replacements just haven't been able to stack up.
Still, its a great and truly funny show and Jon Stewart can carry it above Stephen all by himself.
#12 Doctor Who (2005-____)
Sci-fi, British
Mega Mana's Ranking: Not on list
Yes, I'm only including the New Who. Cause I haven't seen much of the old stuff and I haven't loved most of what I have seen.
Anyway, Doctor Who is a great, unique, and very interesting sci-fi show that centers around one of TVs greatest characters: The Doctor. The Doctor is awesome and is the main reason this show is so high. Whether we are talking 9, 10, or 11 I love them all (seriously, I did a favorite character thing a couple years back and 9 and 10 were both in the Top 4). That is also one of the unique things for this character. He goes through these big changes, which really do change the character, but he is still the same person at the core. It's a very cool idea and the three guys in New Who have all done a tremedous job of putting their own spin on this tremendous character.
Combine that with some good companions (though not Amy, I really don't like Amy that much) and occasionally even some good plots and you are in for a great piece of Sci-fi TV.
The bad side is that the cast is too small for my liking, and it often becomes to cheesy and campy for me. Plus some of the timey-wimey (using technical Dr. Who terminology here) stuff annoys me. Then again, given my dislike of time travel plots the fact that I like Dr. Who at all is a real testament to how well it handles things.
#11 Stargate SG-1 (1997-2007)
Sci-fi
Mega Mana's Ranking: Not on list (yet? I certainly hope so.)
One of the longest running sci-fi shows of all time, and for good reason. Led by a stellar cast of main characters with great chemistry, and backed up by some excellant minor characters and a few great villains, this is just a great show to watch.
It went through a lot of changes over the years, some good (Vala, Daniel's hair) some bad (Jonas, Teal'c having hair). Some seasons were great while some real were a let down, and of course it had some classic bad sci-fi episodes (which are outnumbered by the really good episodes), but over 10 seasons that is to be expected. Overall this was a truly high quality show with a fun sense of humor, good action scenes, solid scripts, and grand adventures. Plus one of my favorite episodes of anything in its take on Groundhog Day "Windows of Opportunity', such a hilarious episode.
You want to talk about a show that doesn't take itself to seriously, just watch the episodes where it spoofs itself. I love the Wormhole Xtreme stuff and especially the shout out to the pilot retcon involving "three shots disintegrate".
I also have to say that Jack O'Neill is another truly great character, and the heart of this amazing show.
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