What American TV show best represents America?
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Hitro
Feistus Raclettus
Out of those you gave, I don't know.
In general, The Simpsons maybe?
But I'm not American anyway.
In general, The Simpsons maybe?
But I'm not American anyway.
Zarn
Le Républicain Catholique
I want to see what the non- U.S. people think of us, before I comment.
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dannyevilcat
DESTROYER OF FURNITURE
I pity the fool that doesn't vote A-team.
anarchywrksbest
Deity
Aaah the memories, The A-Team was perhaps the best non sci-fi show ever!
Hogan's Heroes? That was that cartoon with Hulk Hogan and a bunch of other wrestlers....hmmm....OK
Let's make a deal? A gameshow?
Sunday, Monday HAPPY DAYS! Tuesday, Wednesdays HAPPY DAYS! Very nice!
Sesame Street, aaah the program that taught me to read & write before I started school and in my opinion gave me an educational advantage that remans to this day.
Dunno anything about the rest.....
In my opinion you left out the one show that typifies the US - JackAss...no wait - America's Most Wanted...no, no South Park. Just to many to choose from.
Hogan's Heroes? That was that cartoon with Hulk Hogan and a bunch of other wrestlers....hmmm....OK
Let's make a deal? A gameshow?
Sunday, Monday HAPPY DAYS! Tuesday, Wednesdays HAPPY DAYS! Very nice!
Sesame Street, aaah the program that taught me to read & write before I started school and in my opinion gave me an educational advantage that remans to this day.
Dunno anything about the rest.....
In my opinion you left out the one show that typifies the US - JackAss...no wait - America's Most Wanted...no, no South Park. Just to many to choose from.
Most of America is too shabby for Hollywood's tastes. For that reason, a lot of filming is done in BC ("Hollywood North") for shows that are set in the USA. 
Roseanne is close to reality, Baleog. From the list, I'd pick Rockford Files. Good Times was a sitcom but too damn heavy: JJ gets venereal disease from his junky girlfriend. Dad goes downtown with a crowbar to find money for the apartment rent. The bright kid is punished for getting a "B" in highschool. Oh yes, and the dear old lady down the hall sustains herself on canned dogfood. Stick with Rockford Files, it travelled.
Roseanne is close to reality, Baleog. From the list, I'd pick Rockford Files. Good Times was a sitcom but too damn heavy: JJ gets venereal disease from his junky girlfriend. Dad goes downtown with a crowbar to find money for the apartment rent. The bright kid is punished for getting a "B" in highschool. Oh yes, and the dear old lady down the hall sustains herself on canned dogfood. Stick with Rockford Files, it travelled.
King of Camelot
Camelot's King
Happy Days because its so happy! Most shows don't represent America best because most shows are wither based on the bad side of life, or the good side of life, but not many are based on both. Atleast in my opinion....
Most shows don't represent America best because most shows are wither based on the bad side of life, or the good side of life, but not many are based on both. Atleast in my opinion....
Leonel
Breakfast Connoisseur
I hope that MTV's Real World doesn't represent American life because I will kill myself if America was a bunch of horny young adults who don't get along with everyone around them. 
Like with this one episode where they're at Mardi Gras, this guy just has sex with this stranger he met and when she left he says that he didn't even know her name! That's just depressing! I hope that never happens to me! At least I'd like to know my partners name before I give her my all. 
Like with this one episode where they're at Mardi Gras, this guy just has sex with this stranger he met and when she left he says that he didn't even know her name! That's just depressing! I hope that never happens to me! At least I'd like to know my partners name before I give her my all. 
Scrimshaw
Out there...lurking
Double post. Sorry
Scrimshaw
Out there...lurking
Trailer park boys. Name says it all. 
Not sure it's actually american but from what I've seen it's almost scarily accurate about some parts of the states. Not all but parts.
Not sure it's actually american but from what I've seen it's almost scarily accurate about some parts of the states. Not all but parts.
starlifter
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hey, nice poll rm! A list of some good shows...
I voted A-Team.... a great example of Americans fighting against the odds, doing good, and thwarting the bad guys at the end of the day. And they used guns, bullets, bombs, and did not kill people!
Runner up was probably the Rockford Files... what a great show. BTW, yes... James Garner may be a pinko leftist in real life, but he usually keeps quiet about it, and his screen and film work is quite good.
Beverly Hillbillies, Happy Days and Hogan's Heros are pretty darned good comedies.... at one time, Happy Days probably represented America best for a segment in time.
One show totally stands out from the rest, however... it is one of those rare shows that could not be made in today's world of TV... most things get more tolerant and permissive with time, but not the topics tackled in this one: All in the Family! A true classic! Many Americans are quite a bit better educated than Archie Bunker, but then again lots are not.
I voted A-Team.... a great example of Americans fighting against the odds, doing good, and thwarting the bad guys at the end of the day. And they used guns, bullets, bombs, and did not kill people!
Runner up was probably the Rockford Files... what a great show. BTW, yes... James Garner may be a pinko leftist in real life, but he usually keeps quiet about it, and his screen and film work is quite good.
Beverly Hillbillies, Happy Days and Hogan's Heros are pretty darned good comedies.... at one time, Happy Days probably represented America best for a segment in time.
One show totally stands out from the rest, however... it is one of those rare shows that could not be made in today's world of TV... most things get more tolerant and permissive with time, but not the topics tackled in this one: All in the Family! A true classic! Many Americans are quite a bit better educated than Archie Bunker, but then again lots are not.
Richard III
Duke of Gloucester
"Married with Children" should be on the list.
But the Rockford files in lieu.
But the Rockford files in lieu.
Bamspeedy
CheeseBob
It's been so long since I've watched TV I had to really think about this one.
The problem with TV shows is alot of times they excessively stereotype alot of things for comedy.
Married with Children and Roseanne represents the poorer americans but stereotype them too much in a bad way (especially Married with Children). And Roseanne is such a...... You know what I want to say.
Beverly Hills 90210 and all the 'soaps' (Young and the Restless, Days of our lives, As the World turns, etc), are the excessively rich people.
The Brady bunch is the extreme nice/polite. Not saying that everyone is rude, but people just don't act as EXCESSIVELY nice like is portrayed in that show. Leave it to Beaver is another show that makes me ROTFL thinking of people actually saying some of the things these characters say.
The Facts of Life, the Cosby Show and the Wonder Years (although this show was made in the early 90's?, it supposedly takes place in the 60's) I think better represents the 'average' American.
The problem with TV shows is alot of times they excessively stereotype alot of things for comedy.
Married with Children and Roseanne represents the poorer americans but stereotype them too much in a bad way (especially Married with Children). And Roseanne is such a...... You know what I want to say.
Beverly Hills 90210 and all the 'soaps' (Young and the Restless, Days of our lives, As the World turns, etc), are the excessively rich people.
The Brady bunch is the extreme nice/polite. Not saying that everyone is rude, but people just don't act as EXCESSIVELY nice like is portrayed in that show. Leave it to Beaver is another show that makes me ROTFL thinking of people actually saying some of the things these characters say.
The Facts of Life, the Cosby Show and the Wonder Years (although this show was made in the early 90's?, it supposedly takes place in the 60's) I think better represents the 'average' American.
Becka
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The Wonder Years! I forgot about that. That was a very good show, especially for representing America.
There was another show, kind of obscure, from a children's cable channel called Nickalodeon. It was called "The Adventures of Pete and Pete" which also represented America well, I think, in a weird kind of way.
Switch625
I don't care.
Of those choices, I picked "All in the Family." You've got a bigot, a ditz, a daddy's girl, a Jew with a chip on his shoulder, annoying neighbors of various ethnicities... very representative of America, I think.
