My Favorites: Today's 5

My Favorites: Today's 5
M.D. Wright
2.8.10

***EDITOR'S NOTE: Today's Top 5 takes a cue from one of my readers, Candace Matthews -- as we delve into the past and wax nostalgic. This time? About shows we WISH we could have back -- especially in lieu of the trash that we were inundated with over the pasta decade.

Today's 5: TV SHOWS WE WISH WE COULD HAVE BACK.

1. NEW YORK UNDERCOVER.
I can't speak for everyone, but I loved that show. Thursday nights were my jumpoff. The show premiered my freshman year of high school and ran through my freshman year of college (although I didn't really watch the final season for reasons obvious to any other fan of the show). So basically, Thursdays in high school -- when we were out at basketball games, track meets or traveling were Martin, Living Single and New York Undercover. Doesn't get much better than that.

We all hated that Torres got killed off, even though we knew weeks in advance that it was coming. We had just begun to accept McNamara and he gets whacked by that bank robber broad (she took out McNamara AND Torres as a matter of fact!), and well, by the last season... ugh.
















2. LIVING SINGLE.
As a segue to the first post, Living Single just embodied everything that the 90s were, whether you were coming of age as I was, or already in your 20s and living the single life in New York (or anywhere for that matter; but the vibe here is different and anyone from New York and lived elsewhere during their lives during their teens and 20s knows what I mean). We don't necessarily need the same cast back, but the same format, themes, etc. would be a good look. I never missed an episode.

3. HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET.

I love those Baltimore-based shows. It's just something grimy and gritty about them that had me hooked. Plus I'm a Cop Show fanatic (thanks to my grandmother, who had us hooked on LA Law, Law & Order and In The Heat Of The Night from their respective inceptions. The acting was great and the stories hit close to home, with that real-life feel.
















4. MIAMI VICE.
The 80s were spectacular for me. I had great TV, great sports, didn't have a care in the world other than eating, playing sports and having fun (part of that fun included watching TV). Set in Miami just as Miami was experiencing a social renaissance of sorts, it made you want to move to Miami and be a part of the action. Even though Don Johnson is a clown now, who didn't think he was cool back in the day?

5. THE FLINTSTONES.

To me, they never made enough episodes of this cartoon. Quotables for a lifetime for me. I grew up watching syndicated episodes, still watch them today, had 5 of the 6 seasons on DVD (two of them were stolen somehow -- who even cares about the Flintstones that much ha?) Everyone knows someone who carries themselves and looks like each of the characters featured throughout the entire series. My sister and I (along with a few of my cousins and some friends out there my age) share inside laughs about episodes past; too bad these youngins nowadays just don't appreciate it. While I LOVE Family Guy, without appreciating The Flintstones for what it was, well, you're missing out.

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