From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: epwise{at}yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Ha HA!

"Wouter Valentijn"  wrote in
news:51b35a3d$0$15951$e4fe514c{at}news2.news.xs4all.nl: 

> ToolPackinMama wrote:
>> http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/06/wga-officially-declares-
>> star-trek-better-written-tng 
>>
>> The Writers Guild of America has officially decided what the best
>> Star Trek is.
> 
> Interesting!
> 
> Let's see (other) 'genre' shows:
> 
> 03: The Twilight Zone (okay, will always be a classic...)
> 26: The X-Files (only good in the first seasons)

Many series on this list degenerated in the final seasons.


> 27: Lost (sometimes good, in the end a great big let down)
> 33: Star Trek (my favorite)
> 35: Twin Peaks (in my view 'proto X-Files')
> 38: Battlestar Galactica (2005?? Should be 2003 I think, starting from
> the mini)

They had some rules governing mini-series.  Perhaps only the series was 
elligible for listing.

> 40: Game of Thrones (never seen it)
> 49: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (my favorite, along with Star Trek)
> 79: Star Trek: The Next Generation (what? no Star Trek: Deep Space
> Nine? Imo STDS9 should be on this list!)

True that DS9 was the best written of the Star Trek series. Unfortunately, 
it was also the most boring.

> 90: The Prisoner (heard about it)
> 
> Did I forget any 'genre' show? (SF, Horror, Fantasy?)
> I missed Doctor Who. Not always super writing, but it has memorable 
> classics.
> 
> Non-genre shows, also interesting. I think House MD should have been
> higher. 
> 

I think Mission: Impossible (1966) should be there.  
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