Not a bad suggestion. I've been meaning to revisit it.

I'm trying to think of some older shows that might be good for this purpose.

Now we just need to find a show.

I would like something older. I thought the Twin Peaks suggestion was very interesting, and I'm partial to it because I haven't seen it myself.

Wiki says 30 episodes. Is that correct? Tried to not read too much info due to spoiler potential.

Looks like it's on CBS for free, so maybe we just start with that series? Be best if we avoid the issue of a show not being available to all because between all of us we check out all the Netflix copies.

http://www.cbs.com/classics/twin_peaks/

I would definitely be interested in this, but I think we should really try and make this something that's either on Hulu/Fancast or at the very least on Netflix's instant watch. I would like to think that something is picked that a lot of people haven't seen yet as to make it something we could look forward to more. If not, a TV series can be quite expensive to buy on DVD, though more nefarious ways are out there to get them I suppose.

NF would be cool so we 360 nerds could party up if we wanted to.

Totally OT, but during our teacher's meeting this morning one of my colleagues noticed this carved into the desk he was sitting in: "Who killed Laura Palmer?"

We got a good laugh out of that.

Some shows with their first season (and more sometimes) on Netflix instant-watch...

Farscape
Wire in the Blood
Beverly Hills 90210
Friday Night Lights
The A-Team
The Incredible Hulk
Maverick

On Hulu (harder to find there):

Doogie Howser, MD
McHale's Navy

On both:

Dragnet '67
I Spy
Magnum PI
Miami Vice

I'd be down for Twin Peaks. I was watching The Simpsons tonight and the bit where Homer was back in 1990 watching it had me on the floor.

I've been meaning to check it out and I definitely think it's "one of the those shows". It'd be a good one to start off the series.

Twin Peaks is a classic serial-drama. It set the groundwork for shows like Lost, 24, etc.

I'll be down for TP. I have the full gold series box set, and still haven't gotten around to watching it. I did hear that since i know there are 2 versions of the pilot, that the american version is the right one to watch correct?

Rypro,

You are correct. I totally forgot about the pilot "fiasco".


edit: Looks like CBS has episode 101 online (the first episode), but does not have the pilot. It's important because they do not contain any of the same scenes.

yes, from what i understand, the full pilot sets everything up, and is made like a mini movie, and the second episode (or 101) starts the show assuming you know everything that happened. i also heard that the european version of the pilot does give away 'who killed laura palmer' too.

Indeed. It's very important that if/when anyone decides to watch this series, they watch the right pilot episode. If you have the Gold set, then you're good.

the gold box dvd (just got up to look), lists "both original and international") sucks that CBS.com doesn't list it. i would say, if you must, look via other ways.

I would recommend The Young Ones or Black Adder. Both have short seasons and I have been wanting to watch them again.

I'd be down for Twin Peaks.

This would be a great time to get started too, most shows are in repeats for a couple weeks.

I'm in depending on the show. I don't think I'd want to go out and buy or rent (I share my netflix with roommates and we make communal decisions on what to get) shows that I'm not 100% interested in watching.

Ideally, it would be something available for streaming on Netflix.

So I'll throw out 2 nods: Season one of Dexter or Freaks and Geeks

I haven't seen the first but have been trying to get started and it is available for streaming on Netflix.

Freaks and Geeks is a classic that I'm sure many here wouldn't mind revisiting.

We also don't need to limit ourselves to one show at a time.

I'd be done for Twin Peaks. Never seen it and would really like to see what all the hype is about.

Well it sounds like Twin Peaks is the consensus for the show to start with so I don't think we need another thread to poll the show. Perhaps we just come back to this thread for ideas and consensus.

However, are we really talking about taking 30 weeks to go through this? That seems like a long time since we'd be hitting up against July. I suppose we don't have to go through all 30, but since it's relatively so short I'm inclined to go all out for this one.

Yeah but I think the point of this was to act like we were watching the show again like it was being broadcast today and starting threads and commenting as such. If I understood the OP correctly

Well, Season 1 of Twin Peaks is 7 45-minute episodes (plus the double-length pilot).

We can end after Season 1 and see if anyone still feels like continuing?

As for the pilot... I just remembered that the Season 1 set had a written synopsis of the episode that covers every scene. I could type it out or scan it for those who don't have access to the pilot episode. All other episodes can be watched on CBS.com

I think, as mentioned, threads should be something like:

DVDTalk TV Rewind: "Twin Peaks Season 1" PILOT {*}
DVDTalk TV Rewind: "Twin Peaks Season 1" Episodes 1 & 2 {*}

{*} would be the date of the Sunday in which each week begins.

yay?

I am all for this, and coincidentally enough, I just started watching Twin Peaks for the first time.

I've been tossing around this idea in mind for ages but didn't think anyone would be down for it.

I think perfect shows would be the the ones that only lasted a couple seasons. Also since people are hesitant about dragging it out, we could do simultaneous Rewind threads. One comedy and one drama per week.

Despite having a following here, these shows would be fun to go through with everyone again. Plus I'm sure there are plenty of people that have missed shows like these:

Wonderfalls
Freaks and Geeks
Sports Night
Firefly
Pushing Daisies
Chuck
Veronica Mars
the Office UK
Titus
Brisco County Jr.
Band of Brothers (good one to ramp up for the Pacific premier in March)

Not sure which are on Netflix or Hulu though.

/\ I'd be down for Firefly, most defintely. I blind-bought the series about year back, followed shortly after by Serenity, and I still haven't watched any of them.

I'll have to abstain from Twin Peaks, but if this idea takes off like I think it will, I'll be looking forward to Firefly as another entry in the DVDTalk TV Rewind (Great name, by the way spainlinx0)