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A few days ago, I was thumbing through a magazine and noticed a list someone made of the 100 best TV shows of all time. This was not a universally acknowledged compilation based on ratings or reviews, but only the opinions of a writer for that specific publication (and, presumably, his fellow co-workers). Admittedly, it's not a bad list, but it does reflect the age of the people who put it together. With that in mind, I decided to make my own list, partly because I don't have anything better to do with my time this week, and partly because I just wanted to make a list that isn't a grocery list. First, and most importantly, there will not be 100 TV shows* on my list, although I originally considered it. Now that I've narrowed it down to a more manageable 25, I can proceed, adding a nominal (but not really) bit of commentary with regards to each show. These are my personal favorites, and not based on critical opinions, awards or overall popularity. Also, I have not seen...
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The Count of Monte Cristo - PBS Masterpiece Series First things first: I've never read Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo . I know, I know, it's a timeless classic of world literature but since it wasn't required reading for any of my high school or college courses, I let it slide. Maybe that was a good idea, maybe it wasn't. All I knew back then was that it was a 1300+ page doorstopper of a novel, a mid-19th Century swashbuckler--most likely overwrought and verbose--translated from the French. And since I had places to go and people to see, I simply couldn't picture myself tackling a tome of that size and scope. To this day, I still haven't read it. But let's be honest, how many people do you know who have? I'll wait.  As a limited series,  The Count of Monte Cristo  is currently running on PBS Miami Channel 2, and won't wrap up for another 3 weeks so I thought that, maybe, by watching this, I'd somehow make up for the literary neg...
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