Where do you think Everwood ...
Question: Where do you think
Everwood ranks as far as TV's greatest dramas ever? I am an older viewer and I can honestly say that it is No. 1 for me. Compared with most "great" shows, it had a relatively short run, but it never lost its magic. Every episode gave the viewers something to think about, something to cherish, a quote to remember. I can't think of any other drama that has touched me and gotten inside of my head and heart the way
Everwood has these last four years.
Answer: I'm glad you feel that way, and I hope you won't take it as a sign of disrespect when I do a little reality check here. I enjoyed
Everwood as much, probably more, than the next person, but it's a show limited by its genre (young-adult soap), even if
Everwood often transcended that genre. Much as I loved the characters, enjoyed the writing and acting, and was satisfied by the happy ending, it's still a show that was built around the contrivances and reversals of soap opera, where even characters I liked, such as Jake (
Scott Wolf), were so obviously just devices to keep Andy and Nina from getting together too soon. I'm OK with all of that. It's entertainment, the finest kind. But even if I were to put together a list of my favorite WB shows of all time,
Everwood would rank below
Felicity and
Golden Girls, and none of these are of the historic, groundbreaking nature of TV's all-time top series, like
Hill Street Blues,
All in the Family,
The Mary Tyler Moore Show and (I'm not joking) WB's very own
Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
