Comments on: Top 30 Cult Shows http://boxcutters.net/2007/07/05/top-30-cult-shows/ It's Television: Dissected Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:59:22 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Adam D http://boxcutters.net/2007/07/05/top-30-cult-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-2350 Adam D Fri, 06 Jul 2007 13:33:58 +0000 http://boxcutters.net/blog/index.php/2007/07/05/top-30-cult-shows/#comment-2350 It's a US list. It’s a US list.

]]> By: fourthof5 http://boxcutters.net/2007/07/05/top-30-cult-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-2349 fourthof5 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:58:32 +0000 http://boxcutters.net/blog/index.php/2007/07/05/top-30-cult-shows/#comment-2349 That list is rubbish. How can Doctor Who be at 22 ??! That list is rubbish. How can Doctor Who be at 22 ??!

]]> By: catbrain http://boxcutters.net/2007/07/05/top-30-cult-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-2348 catbrain Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:39:59 +0000 http://boxcutters.net/blog/index.php/2007/07/05/top-30-cult-shows/#comment-2348 I always think of 'cult' being outside the mainstream when it is contemporary, so I would tend to agree that something like <i>Lost</i> cannot be considered cult, whereas <i>Star Trek</i> original series can. Just because something doesn't fit the mainstream also doesn't make it cult, such as <i>Monty Python's Flying Circus</i> - very popular from the get-go at the time of its original broadcast. In terms of American pop culture, these probably are all cult shows, although I totally agree that <i>Arrested Development</i> should be in there: an outrageous omission, for what - <i>Beauty And The Beast</i>, perhaps?! puh-leeeese.... I always think of ‘cult’ being outside the mainstream when it is contemporary, so I would tend to agree that something like Lost cannot be considered cult, whereas Star Trek original series can. Just because something doesn’t fit the mainstream also doesn’t make it cult, such as Monty Python’s Flying Circus – very popular from the get-go at the time of its original broadcast.

In terms of American pop culture, these probably are all cult shows, although I totally agree that Arrested Development should be in there: an outrageous omission, for what – Beauty And The Beast, perhaps?! puh-leeeese….

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