Final episodes often gets lots of hype and rarely live up to it. The finale of MASH was awesome, but the finale for Seinfeld, for example, was a big disappointment. The same problem exists for sitcom's past their prime that have lost characters along the way. The finale is usually not memorable and very anti-climactic (i.e., Happy Days ran for a dozen years, and was number one for several of those years, but does anyone remember the finale?). Then, luckily, there's the finale of Newhart, to which all other sitcom finale's should be measured! The final scene revealing the entire series to be a dream of Bob Hartley's is brilliant. A great series during it's entire run, it ended on such a memorable, wonderful final scene. As for dramas, I would put the series finale of St. Elsewhere up there with the best, but that's for another posting...
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My Life and Times
(1991)
Best show nobody saw
25 August 2004
Six episodes aired on ABC in the spring of 1991 and that alone was enough to make this my favorite TV show of all time. A unique concept, great writing, and an endless list of possible story lines had they given the show a chance to grow. The first episode dealt with the '89 San Francisco earthquake, subsequent episodes took place in New York City in the '70s ("Jessie") and 80s, as well as New Year's Eve, 1999. Whoever came up with the concept for this show had something unlike anything we've seen on TV before or since. Helen Hunt was terrific, as were all of the characters, but Tom Irwin as Ben Miller really stood out. He later went on to star in another great show that was pulled way too soon, My So-Called Life. Great memories of this show. A true classic. "I'm Ben Miller....and these are My Life and Times..."
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