Red Dwarf’s inclusion in “greatest ever TV series” polls and listicles

[Nick R]

Empire did a readers’ poll of The 100 Best TV Shows Of All Time, and Red Dwarf made it on there:

https://www.empireonline.com/tv/features/best-tv-shows/

This news on its own isn’t really worth making a new topic about. So let’s expand the scope: if you know of any other publications that have done lists of the greatest sitcoms/comedies/TV programmes/sci-fi series that featured Red Dwarf, post about it here.

Or, if you can’t think of any, you can – if you must – use this as a place to complain about what did and did not make it onto Empire’s list, and in what order.

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[Ben Saunders]

The Orville was worth it for “500 cigarettes”

[Technopeasant]

Red Dwarf is the only British show on the list (though I’d agree Doctor Who only somewhat counts as a space show), but I will give them credit for including an anime (that isn’t Cowboy Bebop).

[Technopeasant]

The Orville was worth it for “500 cigarettes”

[Warbodog]

I will give them credit for including an anime (that isn’t Cowboy Bebop).

I watched the original 110-episode-plus-movie LotGH, but don’t think I made it into double figures for Cowboy Bebop once they introduced the kid.

[Moonlight]

Nothing I read about The Orville made it sound like it was worth my time.

The Orville has an iffy start but it genuinely does get very good.

I will give them credit for including an anime (that isn’t Cowboy Bebop).

Is it Space Dandy?

[Nick R]

I watched the original 110-episode-plus-movie LotGH, but don’t think I made it into double figures for Cowboy Bebop once they introduced the kid.

Whereas I watched the Cowboy Bebop movie first, and then was disappointed that Ed (the best character) wasn’t introduced until surprisingly late in the series.

[Moonlight]

I have somehow seen the Cowboy Bebop movie twice yet seen it sober zero times.

[Moonlight]

Is it Space Dandy?

Space Dandy is a comedy by the Cowboy Bebop creator that follows three losers on a spaceship struggling to hunt rare aliens to make a living, one of which is a space cat and another a cleaning robot. It zigzags between zany comedy and surprisingly poignant storytelling with lots of high concept sci-fi ideas. It wouldn’t say it’s the anime equivalent to Red Dwarf but I doubt you’d find anything closer.

[Moonlight]

Oh, triple posting like an asshole but I completely forgot and I need to throw this in since it’s always a crapshoot with anime, the dub is actually solid.

[Technopeasant]

I don’t think I made it into double figures for Cowboy Bebop once they introduced the kid.

But did you get to the rather unfortunate Space Shuttle Columbia episode?

[Technopeasant]

Is it Space Dandy?

[Technopeasant]

“It ran for eight seasons and was revived for four between 2007 and 2020.”

https://movieweb.com/90s-tv-shows-that-became-cult-classics/

Get the dates right MovieWeb, there’s a bag of chips in it for ya!

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

“It ran for eight seasons and was revived for four between 2007 and 2020.”
https://movieweb.com/90s-tv-shows-that-became-cult-classics/

Get the dates right MovieWeb, there’s a bag of chips in it for ya!

Hey now. Red Christmas was released in 2007. Don’t be doing it dirty

[RunawayTrain]

Well, technically, it was between 2007 and 2020 …

[Hamish]

There were five productions in that time though, but let’s not get into “seasons” again…

[Technopeasant]

Six if you do include the Mobisodes.

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

Seven if you include Bodysnatcher 

[Technopeasant]

Makes excluding Identity Within seem unfair though.

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