of the slo-mo finger gun-fight. Written by Pegg and co-star Jessica Hines, proceedings kick off in typical sitcom fashion with strangers Tim and Daisy pretending to be a couple for the sake of their apartment lease.That plot-point becomes an irrelevance when we are introduced to their friends and neighbors, however, with the likes of horny landlady Marsha, unhinged artist Brian, and gun-obsessed simpleton Mike taking the plot in deeply weird places. But while the characters are great, it's the countless cultural references -- from Star Wars to Resident Evil to Night of the Living Dead -- that makes the show so special. Combined with Wright's inspired, kinetic direction, Spaced is visually stunning, consistently hilarious, and actually improves with repeat views.

In 1999, Seth MacFarlane struck gold when he createdanother animated FOX sitcom that centered on an odd overweight husband, his suspiciously attractive wife and their "normal" family. Fueled by a ton of funny pop culture references and a wonderfully sadistic baby named Stewie, Family Guy caught on with audiences who were so loyal, they succeeded in helping get the show resurrected in 2005 after it had been cancelled.Since then, Stewie has become as popular a mascot as Bart Simpson for FOX, while other characters like Quagmire have also broken out, thanks to Family Guy's anything goes, "yes we're going there" sense of humor. The show may be formulaic, but that doesn't detour its fanbase, as long as the laughs keep coming.

After airing old episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus from '87 to '89, MTV tried its