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As is often my wont this time of year, I've been spending some time at Fandom March Madness and while I'm procrastinating my inevitable choice between John Watson and Mary Crawley I thought I'd come here and ask you folks that question of Eirene's that got everybody's input. Also so I can answer, even though my list is pathetic.

Once Upon a Time (so far -- it's easy when it's still in the first season)
Sherlock (again, so far)
Wordgirl (my brother and I have decided that I'm likely to have seen all of these, though sadly not Arthur anymore)
Doctor Who (just the new series, though)

...

Here's the shows that I need only to watch a few episodes to catch up on:
Psych
Downton Abbey

...

Yeah, that's pathetic. I'm off to agonize over John and Mary some more...

The X-Files
Full House
Gilmore Girls
The Simpsons
House
Father Ted
Faulty Towers
The Vicar of Dibley
Boy Meets World
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Family Matters
Sister Sister
The Office
The Nanny
Dave's World

... probably more

The Office
Arrested Development
Community
Parks and Recreation
Up All Night
Breaking Bad
Lost
Freaks and Geeks
The Adventures of Pete and Pete
Pushing Daisies
Mad Men
Modern Family
If not the entirety of Twilight Zone, very very close
Same goes for Monty Python's Flying Circus
And Star Trek: TNG
The Simpsons up until a few seasons ago
Wonderfalls
Batman: The Animated Series, I think
catching up on Fringe
the new Sherlock
Yo Gabba Gabba
Twin Peaks
Battlestar Galactica
and, fittingly after the previous two: Portlandia

and probably more

Arrested Development
Awake (all two episodes so far )
Better Off Ted (all but the final two episodes, which didn't air in the US)
Castle
Community
Downton Abbey
Expedition Impossible
Firefly
Hawaii Five-O (the new version)
Jeeves and Wooster
Life on Mars (the American version)
Lost
No Ordinary Family
The Office
Outsourced
Pushing Daisies
The Pretender
Ringer
Sherlock
Star Trek Voyager
Suburgatory

I know there are others I can't remember right now.

There are several shows where I'm pretty close. I watched all of Alias up until the middle of the last season, when law school finals got in the way, and I didn't get around to finishing it. I'm also just a few episodes short of having seen all of Doctor Who, Psych, White Collar, and Once Upon A Time.

My name is not NerdGirl, but I am a nerd, so I invented an algorithm to determine which TV shows would give you the most bang for your buck if you watched all the episodes. (The algorithm is a combination of the number of episodes—fewer is better, because your goal of watching all the episodes is easier—and of the number of times the show was mentioned by the writers—more is better, because multiple people are recommending it.)

Top 5 finished shows:

Arrested Development
Pushing Daisies
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Seinfeld
Star Trek: TNG

Top 5 ongoing shows:

Sherlock
Downton Abbey
Up All Night
Community
Modern Family

The only show that I might be close on is Perry Mason.

I don't watch much TV.

Arrested Development
Psych
30 Rock
Jericho
Full House

and...

Gilmore Girls (you can take my man card, Marduk)

I'm currently working my way through Parks & Recreation (ESPECIALLY funny to me right now because of a huge battle with local government my parents just fought), and Community.

Avatar: The last Airbender

And maybe Star Trek: Voyager

I'm not a big TV watcher. Normally.

Golden Girls
West Wing
Buffy
Firefly

I think that's it...but it could be more.

Oh, I think I actually did see all of Firefly, now that Imogen mentions it.

Mad Men! I forgot Mad Men.

Angel
Arrested Development
Batman: The Animated Series
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Chuck
The Cosby Show
Everybody Loves Raymond
Firefly
Frasier
Lost
Pushing Daisies
Scrubs
Star Trek
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Superman: The Animated Series
Veronica Mars
The West Wing
X-Men
Possibly the Twilight Zone

Current series:
Castle
Person of Interest
Downton Abbey
Sherlock Holmes
Modern Family
Bones
Community
The Office
Doctor Who (since the relaunch)
Alcatraz
Falling Skies

I think I watched all the episodes of The New Adventures of Lois and Clark growing up. But it's quite possible we missed some on TV.

I feel really lame now.

Dragon Lady wrote:I think I watched all the episodes of The New Adventures of Lois and Clark growing up. But it's quite possible we missed some on TV.

I finally finished that last year. It got so much worse after the 3rd season.

No Heroics
It's a shame there are only six episodes.

Ok, my list of shows I want to watch completely:

- Monk
- Psych
- White Collar
- Covert Affairs
- Merlin (working on it)
- Pushing Daisies

That's all I can think of right now.

Oh, Terriers! What a great show. It was cancelled instantly because of terrible marketing, but it was perfect.

Also, The Prisoner. The one from the seventies. A+

Katya wrote:My name is not NerdGirl, but I am a nerd, so I invented an algorithm to determine which TV shows would give you the most bang for your buck if you watched all the episodes. (The algorithm is a combination of the number of episodes—fewer is better, because your goal of watching all the episodes is easier—and of the number of times the show was mentioned by the writers—more is better, because multiple people are recommending it.)

Top 5 finished shows:

Arrested Development
Pushing Daisies
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Seinfeld
Star Trek: TNG

Top 5 ongoing shows:

Sherlock
Downton Abbey
Up All Night
Community
Modern Family

This is awesome.

Dragon Lady wrote:I think I watched all the episodes of The New Adventures of Lois and Clark growing up. But it's quite possible we missed some on TV.

I feel really lame now.

LOL! I was quite certain there were no shows I had seen entirely . . . until you mentioned Lois and Clark. That one I know for certain. I was a teeny bit obsessed with that show, and never would have missed an episode so I could discuss it with my (also obsessed) friends the next day. So, I guess we can feel lame together. Katya is right though, they really jumped the shark when he proposed.

The only other ones I can think of are What I Like About You (which was on all the time when I was nursing Shy Girl) along with Property Brothers and Income Property on HGTV (what can I say, I like cute handymen). I have seen a lot of random other shows, but never enough to see them all. Though I am probably close on Saved by the Bell and Animaniacs.

Facebook is ruining me. I really wanted to "like" your post, 42.