View Full Version : What shows(s) keep you, or kept you on the edge of your seat?


liane60
05-05-2016, 11:34 AM
All My Children
Gunsmoke

tlc38tlc38
05-05-2016, 12:26 PM
Desperate Housewives
In the Heat of the Night
Days of our Lives

Wheel of Fortune: I'm on the edge of my seat every weeknight trying to solve the puzzles before the contestants do!

bmasters9
05-06-2016, 09:10 AM
$ale of the Century w/the late Jim Perry, especially in the time of the shopping, and also with the speed round, because a lot could happen in 60 seconds!

Svenfan1234
05-06-2016, 09:12 AM
Some of Svengoolie's movies keep me on the edge!

dakert
05-06-2016, 10:33 PM
The first thing that came to mind was
The Edge Of Night

Tubehead
05-07-2016, 12:27 AM
mine are:
current
Arrow
gotham
the flash
ledges of tomorrow
super girl
Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D
Quantico
Hawaii Five-0
The Mentalist
person of interest
NCIS: New Orleans
NCIS: Los Angeles
CSI: Miami
reality shows:
America's Got Talent
storage wars
pawn stars
shark tank
Container Wars
Beverly Hills Pawn

cartoons:
teeange mutnat ninja turtles 1980;s
he-man masters of the universe 1980's
swat kats
doug
muppet babies
super mario brothers
ben 10
ben 10 alien force

not really cartoons
mighty morphing power rangers
power rangers samurai
power rangers super samurai
power rangers megaforce
power rangers super megaforce
power rangers dino charge
power rangers super dino charge

classic
numbers
wonder women
batman with adam west
The Incredible Hulk
cannon
the rockford files
magnum pi
the A-Team
seven days
flash forward
quantum leap
early edition
kung fu
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

opus
05-07-2016, 01:19 AM
Not literally, of course, but 24.

bmasters9
05-07-2016, 08:36 AM
Also, the various Pyramid shows w/the late Dick Clark, especially for the Winner's Circle, where in 60 seconds, one could win $10K, $20K, $25K, $50K, or $100K (and there was plenty of suspense in each attempt, especially with the "tick of doom," as I refer to it).

Svenfan1234
05-07-2016, 02:18 PM
Not literally, of course, but 24.

You know what's funnier than 24?

opus
05-07-2016, 03:29 PM
You know what's funnier than 24?

Everything? I don't get the question. 24 wasn't a comedy.

Svenfan1234
05-07-2016, 03:39 PM
Everything? I don't get the question. 24 wasn't a comedy.

Apparently you've never seen SpongeBob?

opus
05-07-2016, 04:05 PM
Apparently you've never seen SpongeBob?

Nope. They do a parody?

Svenfan1234
05-07-2016, 04:18 PM
^Nope. It was an episode where they went to school and they go "You know what's funnier than 24? 25." It wasn't a parody. Just makes me think of that.

treky
05-08-2016, 01:17 AM
THE FUGITIVE. No matter how many times I see the episode that always happens.
Same with STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.

factsoflife
05-08-2016, 02:15 AM
The Good Wife
Melrose Place
Beverly Hills, 90210
Madam Secretary
Desperate Housewives
Brothers & Sisters
Felicity
Dawson's Creek
One Tree Hill
Knot's Landing
All My Children
One Life To Live
General Hospital
Port Charles
The Newsroom
The West Wing
Party of Five
The O.C.

Tubehead
05-10-2016, 10:40 PM
i like to add Madam Secretary i also just watched containment it was good it kind of remind me of jericho it comes on tuesdays at 9:00 pm on cw after the flash i think its just limited series!!

lakesgirl
05-11-2016, 10:05 AM
To this day, the one episode that I remember keeping me totally glued to my seat was ER's Love's Labor Lost (S1, Episode 19). This is the episode where Dr. Greene tries to help a woman give birth and things go terribly wrong. I still remember being totally shaken by this episode. Great televison!

danderson400
05-23-2016, 09:59 PM
China Beach like when Cherry the Red Cross worker died when she was in a all night attack during the tet offensive or in the episode Fever when McMurphy was sad over how lost she felt. Dana Delany sometimes brought out the waterworks sometimes in episodes like that.:( also the episode where Hang and Holly perform the song "Blowin in the Wind" and next thing you know they have Hang taken away because they thought she was part of the Viet Cong group:confused: . I watched Little House on the Prairie too and Michael Landon and Melissa Gilbert could also bring out the waterworks too a lot:(

i'd add those game shows too like SOTC, WOF and TPIR. sometimes someone would win big time, other times they'd lose!

treky
05-24-2016, 01:50 AM
THE FUGITIVE-even though I've seen just about every episode there is, I still get "on the edge of my seat" watching it.

Crusinforabrusin
06-08-2016, 09:24 PM
You know what's funnier than 24?


25 😂

danderson400
02-17-2018, 03:47 AM
Also, the various Pyramid shows w/the late Dick Clark, especially for the Winner's Circle, where in 60 seconds, one could win $10K, $20K, $25K, $50K, or $100K (and there was plenty of suspense in each attempt, especially with the "tick of doom," as I refer to it).

And the one thing i liked about the 100k version w/the late Dick Clark, was that when $100,000 was on the line he'd ask the audience to be quiet. That was very tense, because he always said it very strongly.

principehomura
02-17-2018, 07:15 AM
The Wire
Twin Peaks
The X-Files
Buffy
Justified
Friday Night Lights
Miami Vice
Battlestar Galactica
Lost

bmasters9
02-17-2018, 07:37 AM
And the one thing i liked about the 100k version w/the late Dick Clark, was that when $100,000 was on the line he'd ask the audience to be quiet. That was very tense, because he always said it very strongly.

Indeed! He meant business in that tournament-- a lot was on the line!

Becca3557
02-17-2018, 09:37 PM
I can think of one straight off: Rich Man, Poor Man with Peter Strauss. Loved that! Even though I know it was categorized as a “mini-series”.

jimpickens
02-19-2018, 01:11 AM
Sons Of Anarchy
Justified
Pro wrestling especially New Japan Pro Wrestling

danderson400
07-06-2018, 10:03 PM
Indeed! He meant business in that tournament-- a lot was on the line!

Have to agree. Dick Clark is one of the best hosts, i believe in television history. Bill Cullen said best in 1980- "I remember when you moved from the shows you had done prior to that to a pure game show- and i rememberer your beginning, i remember your improvement though the years and i remember you now- you have become one of the finest general not only game show but general television hosts of all time." That from a man who also would be considered one of the best hosts of all time too. Johnny Carson and Bob Barker would be on that list too.

danderson400
07-27-2019, 12:39 AM
Indeed! He meant business in that tournament-- a lot was on the line!

And was likely a good reason why he won Daytime Emmys for his work on the show, in 1985 and 1986. The other host that deserved Emmy wins too was Bob Barker for his Price is Right work.

Edward216
07-27-2019, 03:03 AM
And the one thing i liked about the 100k version w/the late Dick Clark, was that when $100,000 was on the line he'd ask the audience to be quiet. That was very tense, because he always said it very strongly.

While I liked Dick Clark I've always believed game shows should be fun and relaxed and I think he took things a bit too seriously. So I guess there were times I didn't like him. Just my opinion.

Ed.

Schmoopie
07-29-2019, 02:37 AM
Monk did that for me several times as did Joan of Arcadia and NYPD Blue

AB
07-29-2019, 04:12 PM
The first season of The Walking Dead

OH Nuts!
07-29-2019, 11:19 PM
The Twilight Zone

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Tubehead
07-31-2019, 07:59 PM
Current shows:
Arrow
the flash
dc ledgens of tomorrow
Marvels Agents of shield
court room tv shows
impractical jokers
the carbonaro effect
shark tank
PAWN STARS
Storage wars
Joe kenda homicide hunter
whose line is it any ways?

almost newer shows but CANCELED SHOWS THAT are not here
Alasia
forever
Kalye xy
day break
now & aging
mutant x
moon light
jericho
Early edition
Marital law spin off of early edition
quantum leap
kung fu legend countie
renegade
white collar
burn noticed
person of interest





classic shows
Macgyver
mannix
cannon
sun set strip 44
route 66
planet of the apes tv series
time tunnel
parry mason
the rockford files
the A-team

loaferman
07-31-2019, 08:39 PM
Revenge
The Edge of Night
Dark Shadows

loaferman
07-31-2019, 08:43 PM
Have to agree. Dick Clark is one of the best hosts, i believe in television history. Bill Cullen said best in 1980- "I remember when you moved from the shows you had done prior to that to a pure game show- and i rememberer your beginning, i remember your improvement though the years and i remember you now- you have become one of the finest general not only game show but general television hosts of all time." That from a man who also would be considered one of the best hosts of all time too. Johnny Carson and Bob Barker would be on that list too.

Whenever Bill Cullen was a celebrity guest on a game show the contestant he was playing for usually won big. Bill was one of the best game show players ever.

danderson400
03-13-2023, 11:24 AM
Also, the various Pyramid shows w/the late Dick Clark, especially for the Winner's Circle, where in 60 seconds, one could win $10K, $20K, $25K, $50K, or $100K (and there was plenty of suspense in each attempt, especially with the "tick of doom," as I refer to it).

I would add American Gladiators w/Mike Adamle, especially during the 3rd season, where the Eliminator decided the match. Making that change made the earlier events more important, because that decided how much of a head start the leader had.