760 TV Shows

760. That’s the number of television episodes I watched in 2014. That’s way up from last year’s 672, maybe because of the 168 episodes of THE PRACTICE I watched in the fall. In 2013, I binge-watched TAXI and in 2012, it was MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE.

295 episodes I watched as AVI files, which I streamed through my Xbox 360 or (later) my Roku 3 to my HDTV.
Amazon Prime: 1 (the BOSCH pilot, and where the hell is the rest of the show, Amazon?)
Blu-ray: 1 (THE PRISONER)
DVD: 107
HDTV: 123
Hulu Plus: 130
Netflix: 49 (mostly LOUIE, STAR TREK, and THE ROCKFORD FILES)
SDTV: 44
Warner Archive: 5
YouTube: 5

First episode of 2014: PARENTHOOD, “Feelings”
Last episode of 2014: LAW & ORDER: TRIAL BY JURY, “The Abominable Showman”

From the 1950s: 48 (mostly SEA HUNT)
1960s: 60
1970s: 127
1980s: 41
1990s: 80
2000–2013: 131
2013: 273

Genres:
Action/Adventure: 74
Cartoon: 1 (JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS)
Comedy: 11
Crime Drama: 157
Documentary: 1 (30 FOR 30’s “Brian and the Boz”)
Drama: 226
Game: 1 (PASSWORD)
Horror: 1 (QUINN MARTIN’S TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED)
Science Fiction: 15
Sitcom: 266
Talk/Variety: 6
Western: 1 (THE REBEL)

Classic Television Series I Watched for the First Time:
THE ABBOTT AND COSTELLO SHOW
THE ALASKANS
THE AMERICANS (1961)
BIFF BAKER, U.S.A.
CHOPPER ONE
CODE 3
CORONADO 9
DELTA HOUSE
FRIENDS & LOVERS
HARBOR COMMAND
HARDBALL (1989)
HUNTER (1975)
MAKE ROOM FOR GRANDDADDY
MY LIVING DOLL
THE PARTNERS (1971)
QUINN MARTIN’S TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED
THE REBEL
THE SNOOP SISTERS
SNOOPS
SURFSIDE 6
TERRY AND THE PIRATES
THIS MAN DAWSON
TIGHTROPE!
TIME EXPRESS

Series I Watched Only One Episode Of:
30 FOR 30
ADAM-12
THE ALASKANS
THE AMERICANS
ARROW
BEYOND WESTWORLD
BIFF BAKER, U.S.A.
BONNIE
BOSCH
BRONK
BUNCO (unsold pilot)
CAR 54 WHERE ARE YOU?
CHOPPER ONE
CODE 3
DEADLINE (2000)
DELTA HOUSE
DOBIE GILLIS
DONNY AND MARIE
FRIENDS & LOVERS
HARDBALL (1989)
HAWAII FIVE-0 (1968)
HOGAN’S HEROES
HOT IN CLEVELAND
HUNTER (1975)
THE INVADERS
IRONSIDE (1968)
ISIS
JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS
KRAFT SUSPENSE THEATER
LAW & ORDER: TRIAL BY JURY
M SQUAD
MAKE ROOM FOR GRANDDADDY
MICHAEL SHAYNE
MY LIVING DOLL
THE NAME OF THE GAME
OWEN MARSHALL, COUNSELOR AT LAW
THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY
PASSWORD
PETER GUNN
THE PRACTICE (1976)
THE RAT PATROL
THE REBEL
SCORPION
THE SEINFELD CHRONICLES (technicality)
THE SNOOP SISTERS
SNOOPS
SURFSIDE 6
TERRY AND THE PIRATES
THIS MAN DAWSON
TIGHTROPE!
TIME EXPRESS
TOMORROW (Tom Snyder)
WELCOME TO SWEDEN

Episodes directed by actors:
Adam Arkin, JUSTIFIED, “Shot All to Hell” and “Restitution”
Adam Scott, PARKS AND RECREATION, “Farmer’s Market”
Danny DeVito, TAXI, “Jim’s Mario’s”
Danny Thomas, MAKE ROOM FOR GRANDDADDY, “A Hamburger for Frank”
David Hemmings, HARDBALL, “Every Dog Has Its Day”
Dylan McDermott, THE PRACTICE, “Infected”
Fred Savage, MARRY ME, “Bruges Me” and MODERN FAMILY, “Marco Polo” and “Strangers in the Night”
Griffin Dunne, THE GOOD WIFE, “A Material World”
Ivan Dixon, ROOM 222, “Half Way” and THE ROCKFORD FILES, “The Real Easy Red Dog”
Jason Priestly, WORKING THE ENGELS, “Jenna’s Friend”
Jerry Lewis, THE BOLD ONES: THE NEW DOCTORS, “In Dreams They Run”
Joan Darling, THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW, “Chuckles Bites the Dust”
Josh Charles, THE GOOD WIFE, “Tying the Knot”
Kelli Williams, THE PRACTICE, “In Good Conscience”
LisaGay Hamilton, THE PRACTICE, “Heroes and Villains”
Lou Antonio, THE ROCKFORD FILES, “The Aaron Ironwood School of Success”
Louis C.K., LOUIE, multiple episodes
Mariska Hargitay, LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT, “Criminal Stories”
Nick Offerman, PARKS AND RECREATION, “Flu: Season 2”
Peter Bonerz, THE TONY RANDALL SHOW, “Case: Franklin vs. Reubner and Reubner” and THE BOB NEWHART SHOW, “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do”
Peter Krause, PARENTHOOD, “A Potpourri of Freaks”
Peter Weller, LONGMIRE, “Wanted Man”
Roxann Dawson, STALKER, “Phobia”
Simon Baker, THE MENTALIST, “The Silver Briefcase”
Stuart Margolin, THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW, “The Seminar”

Most different series by one director:
Ken Whittingham, 5 (PARENTHOOD, PARKS AND RECREATION, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, SURVIVING JACK, THE MINDY PROJECT)
Jay Sandrich, 5 (THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW, THE STOCKARD CHANNING SHOW, THE ODD COUPLE, THE TONY RANDALL SHOW, THE BOB NEWHART SHOW)
Michael Zinberg, 4 (THE BOB NEWHART SHOW, THE TONY RANDALL SHOW, THE PRACTICE, THE GOOD WIFE)

Episodes titled “Pilot”:
THE BOB NEWHART SHOW (actually “P.I.L.O.T.”)
BOSCH
CHOPPER ONE
DEADLINE
ENLISTED
THE FLASH (2014)
HUNTER (1975)
LOUIE
MARRY ME
MCCLAIN’S LAW
MULANEY
THE PRACTICE (1976)
THE PRACTICE (1997)
SCORPION
SNOOPS
STALKER
SURVIVING JACK
THE TONY RANDALL SHOW
WORKING THE ENGELS

How many TV shows did you watch this year?