What’s a TV show you used to love but not many people seem to remember?

[Tefached]

I have several, and a few I think about more often than others.

Dead Like Me
Beakman’s World
Gargoyles
Biker Mice From Mars
Street Sharks
Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series
Pirates of the Dark Water
Bucky O'Hare
Salute Your Shorts
Tripping the Rift
Better Off Ted

There's a few more I would list, but then it would just be a list of totally mainstream shows that everyone remembers fondly and might even rewatch every now and then.

 

[ObiWanJabroni]

Taz-Mania
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
Candle Cove
Carnivale
Reaper
MTV's The Head

 

[Death_Rictus]

Jericho
Jeremiah
Red Dwarf

And I'll concur with Carnivale and Pirates of Dark Water.

Shows that I can pretty much guarantee aren't as good as I remember:
Dark Angel
Andromeda

 

[huntgod]

I remember Dead Like Me, Tripping the Rift, Better of Ted, Carnivale, Reaper, Jericho and Dark Angel very fondly.

My additions:

Brimstone
Highlander
Brisco County Jr.
Jack of all Trades
Being Human (UK and US)
Connections 1-3 (James Burke, brilliant series)
Forever Knight
Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
Misfits
Penn & Teller Bullshit
Stan against Evil
Thundarr the Barbarian
Young Ones

Basically just went through my plex for less mainstream stuff...

Of course in the older category, you can't forget:

Black Adder
The Thin Blue Line (another Rowan Atkinson sitcom, where he is a police Captain)
Fawlty Towers

Oh and Life on Mars & Ashes to Ashes, both fantastic shows and the US version wasn't terrible.

 

[jonathonhawke]

I enjoyed Misfits of Science

 

[Krishach]

This is going to date me, but I watched Exo Squad as a kid and loved it. Not sure how well it would hold up, but it was one of my favs when it was airing.

Also +1 for Gargoyles.

 

[jonathonhawke]

How about Dark Shadows? (The original, as well as the remake. But not the movie)

 

[Captain_Coma]

Coupling - BBC sitcom that's still my industry standard for brilliant dialogue and absurd ideas thought all the way through. Huge and obvious influence on the later Friends or How I met your Mother. Edit: I see that Friends actually predates Coupling, I had remembered it the other way around. Oh well, Steven Moffat's masterpiece is in a class of its own, obviously distorting temporal perception ;-)

Spaced - early Simon Pegg sitcom, it's been a few years but I still remember the season one finale show to both thoroughly baffle and entertain me.

Dead Set - Zombie mini series by Charlie Brooker (Black Mirror). The zombie apocalypse is happening - but will the contestants in the British Big Brother house even notice they're not the center of attention any more? The biting media satire one expects from Charlie and a damn well made little drama in its own right.

 

[Theoddis]

Wizards and warriors way back in the 80s or chuck wagner in Automan was always on my wooden CRT tv that sat on the floor lol

 

[huntgod]

Dead Set - Zombie mini series by Charlie Brooker (Black Mirror). The zombie apocalypse is happening - but will the contestants in the British Big Brother house even notice they're not the center of attention any more? The biting media satire one expects from Charlie and a damn well made little drama in its own right.

I remember Dead Set and enjoyed it, they did a Brazilian remake that was also entertaining, it was different enough from the BBC version that I still enjoyed it, though the premise is the same, the focus in the Portugese or Spanish version is a little different and the cast is entertaining. It's called Reality Z and I think it's on Netflix.

 

[jonathonhawke]

Oh well, Steven Moffat's masterpiece is in a class of its own, obviously distorting temporal perception ;-)

Not surprised that you're having your time twisted with Moffat involved.

 

[AKArachnae]

Darkwing Duck was one I loved. Gargoyles and Mighty Ducks too, but they're mentioned above. I can't be the only one who watched Swat Kats, although I rarely see people talking about it. Oh, and Batman Beyond, although that was probably mainstream enough that more folks remember it. Beast Wars: Transformers, Megas XLR, the list goes on...

 

[Mutiny]

My favorite insult of all time came directly from Grace Under Fire, for which I will forever be grateful.

 

[Kilreed]

Darkwing Duck was one I loved.

I don't know, this sounds dangerous...

 

[Krishach]

My favorite insult of all time came directly from Grace Under Fire, for which I will forever be grateful.

do tell...

 

[Mutiny]

do tell...

"You must be great at sex. I bet you can get into all kinds of positions without a spine."

 

[Krishach]

"You must be great at sex. I bet you can get into all kinds of positions without a spine."

... That was a much better line than I even hoped for. Well picked.