I don't watch many current shows. (Note that I make no apologies for that.) Below are some thoughts about a few faves from the distant and not-so-distant past.

[ 21 Jump Street ]
The sometimes ugly dealings of some attractive undercover cops.

[ Alias ]
I didn't always like the turns the plot took, but overall, this series remains one of my favorites.

[ Angel ]
Clever humor. Deep drama. Fascinating characters. So much more "real" than most so-called reality shows.

[ The A-Team ]
It makes sense that a group hiring themselves out to right wrongs would find themselves in one adventure after another. By contrast, what's up with those shows where adventure repeatedly finds the characters when they're just walking down the street?

[ Beauty and the Beast ]
In case we didn't know, looks can be deceiving.

[ Bewitched ]
I still prefer the first Darrin.

[ Blossom ]
To the person that cast a real-looking female as the lead in a show: thank you!

[ Buffy ]
One of the finest shows that ever graced television.

[ Caroline in the City ]
LOVED Caroline and Richard - hated Julia.

[ Charmed ]
For the record, I stopped watching after the third season. I did not appreciate how they spent all that time setting up the Chosen Three, only to change it to, "Oh, not those Three. THESE three."

[ The Dukes of Hazzard ]
Good clean fun.

[ Family Ties ]
Liberal parents. Conservative son. Wackiness ensues.

[ Frasier ]
Proof that a show can be intelligent and still be funny.

[ Full House ]
I can only think of John Stamos as Uncle Jesse.

[ FX: The Series ]
This show reminded me a lot of MacGyver, the way the hero used what was at hand (in this case, movie props) to save the day and/or stop the bad guy.

[ Golden Girls ]
With age comes ... hilarity?

[ Growing Pains ]
Cute family fare with the very crushable Kirk Cameron.

[ Guys Next Door ]
The few, the proud, the GND fans.

[ Happy Days ]
The name says it all.

[ Home Improvement ]
Before I watched this show, from the commercials, I always thought that Jill was a real (w)itch. After I started watching, I realized that she's nothing short of a saint for putting up with Tim!

[ Knight Rider ]
I'm not so sure this show would be a hit if it came out today. Cars are already too smart.

[ MacGyver ]
Have brains, will travel.

[ Mama's Family ]
If ever a show made me appreciate my own family, this is it.

[ Moonlighting ]
For me, this is the height of romance. It's passionate without being sappy.

[ Mork and Mindy ]
I hear that during filming, it was tough for the other actors to keep a straight face because they never knew what Robin Williams would do next.

[ My So-Called Life ]
I could really relate to a startling number of scenes in this show. (If only one of them was having attracted my long-time crush. Sigh.)

[ Nash Bridges ]
Okay, it could be a bit predictable, but overall, it was watchable.

[ Parker Lewis Can't Lose ]
Cute, non-traditional sit-com about the almost charmed life of the titular character, a high school student.

[ Perfect Strangers ]
Did they ever actually reveal what the name Balki means?

[ Quantum Leap ]
As Al would say, "Ain't that a kick in the butt?"

[ Remington Steele ]
Fascinating premise: a detective agency with its own unsolved mystery.

[ Sabrina the Teenage Witch ]
For a long time, watching this was the highlight of my Friday nights. And I'm not complaining!

[ Saved by the Bell ]
Was there ever another character as cool as Zach Morris?

[ Sliders ]
A not-so-far-out variation on the popular theme time travel.

[ That 70's Show ]
Laugh-out-loud funny.

[ Third Rock from the Sun ]
An alien's perspective on human life can be downright hilarious. (Fave moment: After the aliens first arrive, Sally is complaining about being the woman. "Why do I have to be the woman?" she moans. Dick replies matter-of-factly, "Because you *lost*.")

[ Wings ]
From the people that brought us Frasier. Did you know that one of the producers of Wings was named Roz Doyle, the same name as Frasier's producer?

[ The Young Riders ]
History should be so attractive.