What Is Best Night of Television Ever?

[lleeder]

The other day on the show Ron mocked how The New Adventures of Old Christine into Gary Unmarried was the best night of comedy ever. What in your opinion was or is the best night of television ever? It doesn't have to be just comedy. To qualify as a "night" it has to be at least 2 hours in length. To be truly the best go for overall quality, not just Seinfeld and whatever else was on the next hour and a half. I wish I put a "the" in the title of the thread. It has to be on one channel during a specific time in history no cherry picking.

[GreatAmericanZero]

Sunday BY FAR..not even close


Fox has simpsons and some other entertaining cartoons

HBO always has some good shit on sunday nights

Adult Swim

VH1 reality shows

of all time, i gotta give it to Sundays

[cougarjake13]

for awhile for me it was wednesdays


house into bones into csi ny then without a trace

[lleeder]

No I mean what 2 hour block on a specific channel on a specific day on a specific year or group of years.

[GreatAmericanZero]

No I mean what 2 hour block on a specific channel on a specific day on a specific year or group of years.

i know, but im so confident that Sunday is consistently the best night of tv out there that you can choose any sunday night. Sundays always rule

[lleeder]

i know, but im so confident that Sunday is consistently the best night of tv out there that you can choose any sunday night. Sundays always rule

Which sunday? Animation Domination or Married with children into...into... or Dexter into Californication into Californication rerun, or

[torker]

ABC's Tuesday night line-up:
1974- "Happy Days" makes its debut
1976- "Laverne & Shirley" makes its debut
1977- "Three's Company" makes its debut
1978- All three in the Top 3
1983- "Laverne & Shirley"cancelled
1984- Both "Happy Days" & "Three's Company" cancelled

[AnnoyedGrunt]

I can only think of two times when I'd watch 2 hours of TV in a row on the same network. First was Fox on Sunday with Simpsons, King of the Hill and X-Files. Then Monday's on Fox with Prison Break and 24. I suppose the former was better.

[GreatAmericanZero]

Which sunday? Animation Domination or Married with children into...into... or Dexter into Californication into Californication rerun, or

wait, it all has to be on the same channel? Why can't you watch an hour of FOX, then watch an hour of HBO, then watch an hour of vh1 then cartoon network for the rest of the night?

[biozombie]

it's a fucking hack answer, but NBC Thursday 1983 to 1998. Gimme a Break, The Cosby Show, Family Ties, Cheers, Night Court, Wings, Friends (ugh), Seinfeld...

Classic shit sitcoms I loved at the time, but could care less about now (Except for Seinfeld, I'd still watch the re-runs if I had any idea when they were on)

[cougarjake13]

No I mean what 2 hour block on a specific channel on a specific day on a specific year or group of years.

ok then bones and house used to be back to back

[Don Stugots]

must see TV thursdays. not now but in the 80's and 90's. GAZ your love of shitty reality TV makes me lose faith in you.

[Hottub]

Sunday Night on Fox.

Simpsons
Down The Shore
Herman's Head
Married with Children

[ChimneyFish]

Sunday nights are too good.
Between HBO and Showtime you've got a whole night of goodness going on for yourself.

[lleeder]

Ive done some research and my favorite sunday night was 1988 on Fox.

America's Most Wanted
Married With Children
Its Garry Shandling's Show
Tracey Ullman Show

[ChimneyFish]

It's Garry Shandling's Show was fantastic.

[Chigworthy]

Ufc

[Snoogans]

Saturday from 12 noon through midnight rotating through College Football games on ESPN, CBS, ABC, NBC sometimes. Running every saturday usually from labor day through the end of nov/first week december, every year. It is rivaled only by every night of capital one bowl week, running from around chirstmas to new years, every year, on ESPN and some of the above networks.

[underdog]

Thursday Nights on NBC are pretty fucking great. My Name Is Earl (pretty decent) into The Office into 30 Rock into Whatever show follows. Any 2 hours that include The Office and 30 Rock is pretty amazing.

HBO with The Sopranos into Entourage into Sex In The City was a pretty strong 2 hours, also. I think it went that way, anyway.

[brettmojo]

Sci Fi Fridays on the Sci Fi channel back in the day.

It was Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and Battlestar Galactica back to back to back. Best lineup ever.

[Marc with a c]

snick 93-94

-Clarissa Explains It All
-The Adventures of Pete & Pete
-The Ren & Stimpy Show
-Are You Afraid of the Dark?
-Roundhouse

[GreatAmericanZero]

remember on USA when they had "Weird Science" then "Duckman"?

that was sweeeeeeeeet

[underdog]

snick 93-94

-Clarissa Explains It All
-The Adventures of Pete & Pete
-The Ren & Stimpy Show
-Are You Afraid of the Dark?
-Roundhouse

I really wish I could disagree with this but I cannot.

This was a great lineup of television.

[Fallon]

it's a fucking hack answer, but NBC Thursday 1983 to 1998. Gimme a Break, The Cosby Show, Family Ties, Cheers, Night Court, Wings, Friends (ugh), Seinfeld...

Classic shit sitcoms I loved at the time, but could care less about now (Except for Seinfeld, I'd still watch the re-runs if I had any idea when they were on)

You forgot Caroline in the City and all the other garbage that was in between the hit shows.

[Marc with a c]

i always wanted to have sex with leah thompson

[boonanas]

The only time I can remember ever being excited for TV was Friday Nights for TGIF on ABC (I believe). It was Step by Step, Family Matters and a rotating block of other shows like Dinosaurs (which they cancelled so abruptly, stating that the Dinos went extinct and made me sad), that witch show with Clarissa and other shit but it was always solid for me, probably because I was a kid.

[GreatAmericanZero]

The only time I can remember ever being excited for TV was Friday Nights for TGIF on ABC (I believe). It was Step by Step, Family Matters and a rotating block of other shows like Dinosaurs (which they cancelled so abruptly, stating that the Dinos went extinct and made me sad), that witch show with Clarissa and other shit but it was always solid for me, probably because I was a kid.

its so weird how long time sees when you're younger. I would think "dinosaurs" was on for 5 seasons and it was 10 years between "dinosaurs" and "Sabrina" on TGIF

how long was it between the two? Cuz i know i watched TGIF when "Dinosaurs" was on, but i was too old by the time "Sabrina" was on to watch it anymore

[ChimneyFish]

its so weird how long time sees when you're younger. I would think "dinosaurs" was on for 5 seasons and it was 10 years between "dinosaurs" and "Sabrina" on TGIF


I don't remember Sabrina being on when I was watching TGIF. And thought Dinosaurs was on for a few seasons.

[GreatAmericanZero]

I don't remember Sabrina being on when I was watching TGIF. And thought Dinosaurs was on for a few seasons.

cuz i remember watching "Dinosaurs" when it started..but then i stopped watching it, but a friend of mine taped their last episode where they all freeze to death and i watched it like "whoa..thats depressing"

[King Hippos Bandaid]

1980's

1986 NBC

Cosby Show
Family Ties
Cheers
Night Court

1990's

1992 Fox Sunday Night

Simpsons
Ben Stiller Show
Married with Children
Get a Life

2000s

2006-2007

My Name is Earl
Office
30 Rock
Scrubs

[El Mudo]

Saturday from 12 noon through midnight rotating through College Football games on ESPN, CBS, ABC, NBC sometimes. Running every saturday usually from labor day through the end of nov/first week december, every year. It is rivaled only by every night of capital one bowl week, running from around chirstmas to new years, every year, on ESPN and some of the above networks.


To that effect, just this Saturday I was trying to keep up with 8 hockey games, the LSU/Florida game, and the baseball playoffs all at the same time, after spending the afternoon watching Texas/Oklahoma into Nebraska/TTech, Georgia/Tennessee, and Notre Dame/North Carolina

Nothing beats Saturdays in the fall

[boonanas]

cuz i remember watching "Dinosaurs" when it started..but then i stopped watching it, but a friend of mine taped their last episode where they all freeze to death and i watched it like "whoa..thats depressing"

yeah sabrina was probably way later, but it all melded together for me in my mind.

Full House and Boy Meets World were also once part of the lineup

[chubbyknuckles]

I actually Like Mursday, it's on thursday when I watched all the show's I've DVR-ed over the last week. I get Dexter, Heroes, Fringe, True Blood and a few others, back to back. It's awesome, long live Mursday!

[WampusCrandle]

sunday:
simpsons
family guy
true blood
entourage
adult swim

[Caseyelan]

snick 93-94

-Clarissa Explains It All
-The Adventures of Pete & Pete
-The Ren & Stimpy Show
-Are You Afraid of the Dark?
-Roundhouse

THIS.



Or

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Perfect Strangers
Full House
Mr. Belvedere
Just the Ten of Us

[Crossweird]

i always wanted to have sex with leah thompson

I think he spells it "f-r-e-d".

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Fred_Thompson.jpg/200px-Fred_Thompson.jpg

[EddieMoscone]

This thread is the reason old ladies save 20 years worth of TV Guides. I need to go to grandma's and do some research.

[ozzie]

CBS Saturday, 1973
All in the Family
M.A.S.H.
Mary Tyler Moore
Bob Newhart
Carol Burnett

ABC Tuesday Night, 1977
Happy Days
Laverne and Shirley
Three's Company
Soap

[Mullenax]

Wednesday... but I have to cheat and change channels.
Project Runway
Sons of Anarchy
UFC reality show

[badorties]

No I mean what 2 hour block on a specific channel on a specific day on a specific year or group of years.

sunday is/was always great

60 minutes
simpsons
x-files
arrested development
sopranos
six feet under
oz
wire
dexter

[brettmojo]

remember on USA when they had "Weird Science" then "Duckman"?

that was sweeeeeeeeet

Yes and yes.

i always wanted to have sex with leah thompson
I still do.

[CruelCircus]

CBS Saturday, 1973
All in the Family
M.A.S.H.
Mary Tyler Moore
Bob Newhart
Carol Burnett


Wow. Best answer yet.

NBC "Must See" Thursdays is a good one, too. Maybe the best long term answer if you have to add 'ER', 'LA Law', 'Hill Street Blues', 'Mad About You', and 'Will & Grace' to that roster, too.

House and Bones? Really? All-time?

[EddieMoscone]

1980's

1986 NBC

Cosby Show
Family Ties
Cheers
Night Court


Also, Hill Street Blues was on 10-11.

A few years later Family Ties was replaced by A Different World and Hill Street Blues was replaced by LA Law. Still Solid.

[EddieMoscone]

CBS Saturday, 1973
All in the Family
M.A.S.H.
Mary Tyler Moore
Bob Newhart
Carol Burnett


Sorry Folks, this thread needs to be locked after this one. Unbeatable.