Six shows? Steel yourselves. It's weird.

1. GBBO
2. HOUSEWIVES (it's TV ethnography!)
3. Classic UNC bball games
4. Angels in America
5. Chris Hayes
6. Mary Tyler Moore

And six friends: @DrJeffreyPJones @jonathanagray @katbat67 @gnawaihtnyc @aschrock https://twitter.com/aswinp/status/1245443872039239682

Oops..I only picked five friends...proof I don't do quant. Here's one more...last but not least. @ThomasJBillard

I forgot THIRTYSOMETHING...which explains why I don't watch scripted TV. When David Marshall Grant and Peter Frechette described the AIDS obituaries as the "gay sports pages", I felt seen. When the series ended, it broke my heart and I vowed never to fall in love again.

OOPS...VEEP should be on this list. Although I consider it less scripted than inspired by real life. #ItsFunnyCauseItsTrue And ALAN PARTRIDGE is top 10. Armando Iannucci is a genius.

Plus DAILY SHOW...dating back even to Craig Kilburn.