Cult television, like cult film and cult radio, attracts a hardy band of aficionados who have diverse opinions as to the cult status or otherwise of particular offerings. (For a fuller discussion of this sense of "cult", see cult film.)
A list of programmes that achieved cult television status might include:
... exemplified by "Dark Star" -- but lacked the energy of the shows and did not sell terribly well. The 1970s live album Live Dead did capture more of their essence, but ...