allegedly great allegedly science fiction shows

www.boston.com, which I think gets its content from the Boston Globe, has a list of the 50 best science fiction shows of all time. Unfortunately, it seems like you have to click through the list one entry at a time, so here's a list of them all (without boston.com's helpful comments). (Also unfortunately the list is full of filler.)

1. Star Trek (original series)
2. Battlestar Galactica (current series)
3. Star Trek: The Next Generation
4. The X-Files
5. Babylon 5
6. Stargate SG-1
7. The Twilight Zone
8. Dr. Who
9. Mystery Science Theater 3000
10. Sliders
11. Lost
12. Xena: Warrior Princess
13. The Outer Limits
14. Star Trek: Voyager
15. Logan's Run
16. Flash Gordon
17. Firefly
18. V
19. Dark Angel
20. The Hitchhiker
21. Quantum Leap
22. Andromeda
23. Tales from the Crypt
24. Wonder Woman
25. The Jetsons
26. Stargate Atlantis
27. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
28. Adventures of Superman
29. The Six Million Dollar Man
30. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
31. Alien Nation
32. My Favorite Martian
33. Lost in Space
34. The Avengers
35. Battlestar Galactica (original series)
36. The Bionic Woman
37. Space 1999
38. Batman
39. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
40. The Thunderbirds
41. Futurama
42. Science Fiction Theatre
43. Nowhere Man
44. Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
45. The Greatest American Hero
46. That Was Then
47. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
48. 3rd Rock from the Sun
49. The Wild Wild West
50. Earth: Final Conflict

brief notes to TV shows

Battlestar Galactica: Some really bad episodes lately, which just accentuate the sad fact that you seem to have lost your way. It says something about my diminished expectations for the series that I'm not really disappointed that all the mystico-religious stuff appears to be actually true. Still, it would be nice if you could decide what, exactly, you're about, and even nicer if whatever that is doesn't suck. It is cute how the show opening still pretends that the Cylons have A PLAN.

All may be forgiven if the human survivors do find Earth again, and it is revealed that it's 1980.

Lost: The Others were a lot more interesting when we didn't know much about them, weren't they? More focus on the folks on the beach, please, and also please make Kate kickass again. (Hey, didn't there used to be some caves or something?) I almost hesitate to mention this, but consistent characterization would be nice, and if you could make people stop acting like idiots for plot purposes ... OK, OK, I know, start with little steps.

Heroes: Congratulations on making it through an episode without killing a female character! (Not counting the one that died at the end of the previous episode who we saw dead at the beginning of this one. Hmm, I appear to have reduced expectations here too.) Also, it was nice to see Mohinder do something almost useful.

I look forward to the next episode, but I've still got my eye on you -- please don't do anything too mean to Claire's mom.