1. Simpsons-season 1
2.Family Guy-season 1 and 2
3.Chappelle's Show-season 1
4.Simpsons-2nd season
5.Sex and the City-season 1
6.Simpsons-3rd season
7.Sex and the City-season 2
8.The Sopranos-1st season
9.Family Guy-season 3
10.Friends-first season\


What i want to know is what tv show from the 70's is selling the most between these shows, the hell with shows from the 1990's and after.


All in the Family-season 1 and 2
Good Times-seasons 1 and 2
Jeffersons-seasons 1 and 2
Three's Comany-seasons 1 and 2
Sanford and Son-seasons 1 and 2
Barney Miller-season 1
What's Happening-season 1

I contributed to number 1. I have the 1st season of The Simpsons, but not 2 & 3. :lol:

I do not have any of those DVD sets. I feel so very left out.

Originally posted by tvobscurities
I do not have any of those DVD sets. I feel so very left out.

OT but.... great site!!
Is that yours??

The one in my signature that shares my moniker? Yep.

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
According to USA Today, these are the Top Ten Selling TV Shows on DVD
1. Simpsons-season 1
2.Family Guy-season 1 and 2
3.Chappelle's Show-season 1
4.Simpsons-2nd season
5.Sex and the City-season 1
6.Simpsons-3rd season
7.Sex and the City-season 2
8.The Sopranos-1st season
9.Family Guy-season 3
10.Friends-first season\


I guess you didn't notice when I posted this info (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=114441) two weeks ago.

Originally posted by vashti1999
I guess you didn't notice when I posted this info (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=114441) two weeks ago.


No i didn't

Where does the first season of The Waltons rank?

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
1. Simpsons-season 1


:eek: That season stunk too!

Originally posted by dawsongirl
:eek: That season stunk too!

while it certainly wasn't the best, IMO there is no such thing as a "bad season" of The Simpsons. The only problem was that everything wasn't fully fleshed out and developed yet at that point, especially voices and the characters of Homer and Lisa, but even then, Call Of The Simpsons, Krusty Gets Busted, The Crepes Of Wrath and Bart The General still rank as classic episodes. Even the not-as-good season 1 episodes do hold up very well considering it's been just about 15 years since they were produced. Usually with animated shows, you can tell how generic the early episodes look when compared to latter seasons, especially if you compare the current Simpsons and South Park episodes to the very early ones. As the shows got more profitable, their animation became more impressive.


What I really wanna see is a list of the top 50 or 100 tv-dvd titles up to this point. Of course recent programming will dominate, but when you find a top 100, you're very likely to find a lot of older classic shows as well.

Originally posted by James
Where does the first season of The Waltons rank?


I would lke to know that too. How are the older shows doing. The hell with the current shows.

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
I would lke to know that too. How are the older shows doing. The hell with the current shows.

no offense, but todays current shows, many will be classic shows in 20 years too

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
no offense, but todays current shows, many will be classic shows in 20 years too


LIKE WHAT? Will and Grace? Friends?

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
LIKE WHAT? Will and Grace? Friends?

Friends certainly will, any sitcom that scores that type of ratings becomes a classic regardless of the quality.

That 70's Show definately will be like Happy Days, I can see people having Kelso avatars all over the place in 2025.

Will And Grace has certainly won enough Emmys that it'll probably be regarded as one of those "smart shows" like Mash or Cheers or MTM down the road, same with Raymond.

The Simpsons is ALREADY a classic, and they're still on

Malcolm In The Middle will probably be like Diff'rent Strokes

Sex And The City will probably be regarded as a show that pushed the sexual envelope on tv while staying funny, like people regard Three's Company today

maybe none of these shows will ever be as classic as AITF. But I think if Who's The Boss and Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air are now "classics", no reason to think these shows won't be too

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
That 70's Show definately will be like Happy Days, I can see people having Kelso avatars all over the place in 2025.


:lol: I can just picture that!
And I agree that all of the shows you mentioned will be classics. The word classic doesn't just denote quality - it's about nostalgia too.

Originally posted by Chambers
:lol: I can just picture that!
And I agree that all of the shows you mentioned will be classics. The word classic doesn't just denote quality - it's about nostalgia too.

very true, not every "classic" tv show is good. Buffalo Bill was a GOOD show from the 1980's, but I doubt it's considered a classic, yet Full House is already being considered a classic, and I don't know anyone who will claim the show was Emmy-worthy

Originally posted by Chambers
:lol: I can just picture that!
And I agree that all of the shows you mentioned will be classics. The word classic doesn't just denote quality - it's about nostalgia too.

Is it technically nostalgia if its "before your time"??

I HATE the term "before my time"

Good point. I'm "nostalgic" about things "before my time"...just because either I grew up watching old shows or because things looked so much better decades ago.
Anyway, technically, anything that is "classic" has to be by definition "historically memorable." Many shows that aren't great fit in that category.

Originally posted by Chambers
Good point. I'm "nostalgic" about things "before my time"...just because either I grew up watching old shows or because things looked so much better decades ago.
Anyway, technically, anything that is "classic" has to be by definition "historically memorable." Many shows that aren't great fit in that category.


What would be historically memorable about Will and Grace? The way Jack FLYS inside Will's apt-LOL

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
What would be historically memorable about Will and Grace? The way Jack FLYS inside Will's apt-LOL

Besides your blatent homophobic post....
how is it any less historically memorable than George Jefferon's "walk"??

Originally posted by barwars
Besides your blatent homophobic post....
how is it any less historically memorable than George Jefferon's "walk"??


George's strut was memorable because it was never seen on TV before at the time the Jeffersons aired. Characters like Jack and Will are seen all the time. Nothing memorable

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
George's strut was memorable because it was never seen on TV before at the time the Jeffersons aired. Characters like Jack and Will are seen all the time. Nothing memorable

Just because something isnt first, doesnt mean its not memorable.

Originally posted by barwars
Just because something isnt first, doesnt mean its not memorable.


True, but the George strut will always be remembered. It was called the "I got it and there no doubt it" Walk-lol

How many other shows before Ellen and Will and Grace had main characters who were gay??

Originally posted by Chambers
How many other shows before Ellen and Will and Grace had main characters who were gay??

Soap, Dynasty, Daddy's Girls, Spin City and My So Called Life to name five.

Originally posted by Chambers
How many other shows before Ellen and Will and Grace had main characters who were gay??

Gomer Pyle

j/k

Originally posted by vashti1999
Soap, Dynasty, Daddy's Girls, Spin City and My So Called Life to name five.

The characters in the last two shows were supporting characters (I don't know about the other ones). My point in asking that question was to argue that Ellen and W&G will become classics because they are "historically memorable."

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
"I got it and there no doubt it" Walk

what does that mean??

Originally posted by Chambers
The characters in the last two shows were supporting characters (I don't know about the other ones). My point in asking that question was to argue that Ellen and W&G will become classics because they are "historically memorable."

while not remembered like Ellen or W&G, in the early 1980's, Tony Randall played the gay main character on the series "Love Sydney", but it didn't last very long because at the time, there was a huge backlash to the gay community over the AIDS epidemic at the time.

Originally posted by barwars
what does that mean??


THat He was doing financially well

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
THat He was doing financially well

I know.
I wasnt being serious.

You said "I got it and there no doubt it" Walk

when its REALLY "i got it and theres no doubt about it" walk

Originally posted by barwars
I know.
I wasnt being serious.

You said "I got it and there no doubt it" Walk

when its REALLY "i got it and theres no doubt about it" walk


I guess i typed it too fast Mr. English Teacher.LOL

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
I guess i typed it too fast Mr. English Teacher.LOL

haha