Best Sci-Fi television series EVAR!

[KenM]

Just a B5 note, JMS was forced to end some major stoylines at end of season 4, because they did not know until last minute that TNT was going to pick it up for its 5th season.
I heard that the end of shadow war/ battle agianst Clarke was suposted to be one big battle above Earth, JMS was forced to change things.

 

[Umbran]

This is not Highlander, where there can be only one.

For greatest effect on the genre, I'd go with ST:TOS and ST:TNG, one for really starting it, the other for giving it a modern rebirth.

I'm one of those who doesn't generally pick single favorite shows. There are many good ones, and the thing that I like best at any given moment depends largely on my mood. TNG, Farscape, Firefly, DS9, B5, Early X-Files, the first two seasons of Andromeda - all good stuff.

 

[Wormwood]

Doctor Who (Tom Baker/Peter Davidson years)...

The most fun I'd ever had watching televison.

 

[GreyShadow]

Thunderbirds!

 

[Dagger75]

I got to go with Babylon 5. Sure ST: TNG brought sci-fi back to the mainstream, B5 was the peak during the mid 1990's.

Whats funny, just last night at work we were talking about Sci Fi shows. Anyone else remember Space Rangers?

 

[Silver Moon]

My pick would be Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. A lot of Star Trek fans didn't care for it, but I thought the characters were all very well developed and well acted, and the characters all evolved as the series went on. The episodic element during the final two seasons was also great. It also had the best supporting cast of any of the Trek series, heck there was even an episode in the final season that revolved almost entirely around two supporting characters, with only a few brief cameos from the ones in the title credits.

 

[Holy Bovine]

Babylon 5. hands down. Period. End of story.

What made it the best sci-fi show was the story arc. Most episodes were self contained and could be watched on their own but the overall effect when seen together and all the little developments that are occuring in the background to the main stroy arc is simply awesome. Season 5 was a dissappointment but there were still some great moments in it. Compare that to the dissappoinment seasons 5-7 were of TNG

Thanks gawd B5 is finally coming out on DVD - now I can retire all of those VHS tapes

 

[Hand of Evil]

In order...

Farscape - this show had it all, plot, story, villians, heros, and twist. How I miss it but rumor from Virginia Hey at Gencon is that something is in the air!

Babylon 5 - This show was a true space opera, the only issues was it could not find a home and support.

Star Trek: TOS - wonderful stories (don't hurt me) but was it sci-fi or western? Stories were powerful and it hinted at a lot of things in the future (only one with vision).

Stargate SG1 - still up and coming, good actting and stories but nothing really new.

Dr. Who - story and plot over special effects. It was the show that showed you do not need bells and whistles to be good sci-fi. Should be higher on the list but have not seen every one!

 

[Dimenhydrinate]

Farscape for me. Before that one I didn't really go out of my way to watch any sci-fi on the tube. That show made me not want to miss an episode.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Another vote for Farscape here.

Oh, and an unrelated(sort of) question about Firefly. I caught a few episodes(loved it), but how long did it run in the USA? From what I'm told, its running very strong in Britain....