We here at the TV Show Blog obviously love our Science Fiction. But what about those shows that we love too much? io9 asks what the most overrated sci-fi show of all time is:

We’ve all had the experience of looking back at a movie or TV show that rocked our worlds a few decades ago, and going, “Oh.” Suddenly, the awesome classic of the 1970s or 1980s looks kind of cheesy and silly. The robot pets, the speechifying, the Klingons in cowboy hats. You expect the special effects not to be that special or effective, but you’re not prepared for the dialog or the acting.

Right now, Star Trek: The Original Series is winning by a mile. Star Trek: The Next Generation and the original Doctor Who are in a close second place. The Twilight Zone is in last place, as it should be. Of all the shows on the list, I can see what problems people have with them. But The Twilight Zone easily had some of the best writing to grace television, in an era when writing wasn’t that well rewarded. Especially not such subversive stories like Rod Serling liked to tell.

But I wonder how much of the poll is really people voting for something that they feel is overrated, or something that they’re just tired of or have a specific complaint against. Since Babylon 5 is rarely “rated” at all, and sadly has been mostly forgotten, I can’t imagine it being “overrated.” I admit to being a huge fan, but at the same time I think it deserves quite a bit of the praise it gets, despite the terrible fifth season.

To me the term overrated applies to a show that is consistently praised while it’s faults are consistently ignored. I’d say until recently, Battlestar Galactica fits that bill pretty nicely. But Alien Nation? Was it even that big a hit when it first aired?

Who did you vote for? I personally cast my vote for classic Trek, simply because I think people are all too willing to pretend it was so much better than we all remember. But it really wasn’t, it was a good show, and it was innovative. But it had some pretty big faults too.