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100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time
There's never been a creative boom for TV like the one we are living through right now. Ever since The Sopranos changed the game at the turn of the century, we've been in a gold rush that gives no signs of slowing down. What better moment to look back and celebrate the greatest shows in the history of the art form?
So we undertook a major poll – actors, writers, producers, critics, showrunners. Legends like Carl Reiner and Garry Marshall, who sent us his ballot shortly before his death this summer. All shows from all eras were eligible; anybody could vote for whatever they felt passionate about, from the black-and-white rabbit-ears years to the binge-watching peak-TV era. The ratings didn't matter – only quality. The voters have spoken – and, damn, did they have some fierce opinions. On this list you'll find vintage classics and new favorites, ambitious psychodramas and stoner comedies, underrated cult gems ripe for rediscovery, cops and cartoons and vampire slayers. You'll find the groundbreaking creations of yesteryear as well as today's innovators. (There was nothing like Transparent or Orange Is the New Black or Game of Thrones a few years ago, but who could imagine this list without them?) Our list is guaranteed to start plenty of loud arguments – but the beauty of TV is how it keeps giving us so much to argue about.
I see these bitter Cac's done left the Cosby show off of the list.
100. Eastbound and Down
99. Oz
98. The Golden Girls
97. Portlandia
96. Gunsmoke
95. Key & Peele
94. Jeopardy
93. Mystery Science Theater 3000
92. American Idol
91. Broad City
90. The dikk Van Dyke Show
89. Homeland
88. Party Down
87. Doctor Who
86. Good Times
85. The Real World
84. Real Time with Bill Maher
83. House of Cards
82. The Jeffersons
81. Dallas
80. The Fugitive
79. In Living Color
78. Thirty Something
77. The Walking Dead
76. Late Night with Conan O’Brien
75. American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson
74. The Ren & Stimpy Show
73. Transparent
72. Girls
71. Mr. Show
70. Roseanne
69. The Ed Sullivan Show
68. The State
67. The Odd Couple
66. Downton Abbey
65. Happy Days
64. Chappelle’s Show
63. The Wonder Years
62. Sex and the City
61. Your Show of Shows
60. Beavis and Butt-Head
59. Hill Street Blues
58. Roots
57. Fawlty Towers
56. 24
55. Six Feet Under
54. The Muppet Show
53. The Bob Newhart Show
52. The Colbert Report
51. Fargo
50. ER
49. Taxi
48. The Office (U.S.)
47. The Rockford Files
46. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
45. Battlestar Galactica
44. Columbo
43. The Americans
42. NYPD Blue
41. The Honeymooners
40. The Shield
39. Lost
38. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
37. Orange is the New Black
36. Law & Order
35. My So-Called Life
34. 30 Rock
33. South Park
32. I Love Lucy
31. Sesame Street
30. The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
29. Monty Python’s Flying Circus
28. The X-Files
27. Arrested Development
26. Friends
25. Veep
24. Friday Night Lights
23. Deadwood
22. Louie
21. The Office (U.K.)
20. Cheers
19. Curb your Enthusiasm
18. Star Trek
17. Twin Peaks
16. M*A*S*H
15. The West Wing
14. The Larry Sanders Show
13. Late Night with David Letterman
12. Game of Thrones
11. Freaks and Geeks
10. The Daily Show
9. All in the Family
8. Saturday Night Live
7. The Twilight Zone
6. The Simpsons
5. Seinfeld
4. Mad Men
3. Breaking Bad
2. The Wire
1. The Sopranos
There's never been a creative boom for TV like the one we are living through right now. Ever since The Sopranos changed the game at the turn of the century, we've been in a gold rush that gives no signs of slowing down. What better moment to look back and celebrate the greatest shows in the history of the art form?
So we undertook a major poll – actors, writers, producers, critics, showrunners. Legends like Carl Reiner and Garry Marshall, who sent us his ballot shortly before his death this summer. All shows from all eras were eligible; anybody could vote for whatever they felt passionate about, from the black-and-white rabbit-ears years to the binge-watching peak-TV era. The ratings didn't matter – only quality. The voters have spoken – and, damn, did they have some fierce opinions. On this list you'll find vintage classics and new favorites, ambitious psychodramas and stoner comedies, underrated cult gems ripe for rediscovery, cops and cartoons and vampire slayers. You'll find the groundbreaking creations of yesteryear as well as today's innovators. (There was nothing like Transparent or Orange Is the New Black or Game of Thrones a few years ago, but who could imagine this list without them?) Our list is guaranteed to start plenty of loud arguments – but the beauty of TV is how it keeps giving us so much to argue about.
I see these bitter Cac's done left the Cosby show off of the list.
100. Eastbound and Down
99. Oz
98. The Golden Girls
97. Portlandia
96. Gunsmoke
95. Key & Peele
94. Jeopardy
93. Mystery Science Theater 3000
92. American Idol
91. Broad City
90. The dikk Van Dyke Show
89. Homeland
88. Party Down
87. Doctor Who
86. Good Times
85. The Real World
84. Real Time with Bill Maher
83. House of Cards
82. The Jeffersons
81. Dallas
80. The Fugitive
79. In Living Color
78. Thirty Something
77. The Walking Dead
76. Late Night with Conan O’Brien
75. American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson
74. The Ren & Stimpy Show
73. Transparent
72. Girls
71. Mr. Show
70. Roseanne
69. The Ed Sullivan Show
68. The State
67. The Odd Couple
66. Downton Abbey
65. Happy Days
64. Chappelle’s Show
63. The Wonder Years
62. Sex and the City
61. Your Show of Shows
60. Beavis and Butt-Head
59. Hill Street Blues
58. Roots
57. Fawlty Towers
56. 24
55. Six Feet Under
54. The Muppet Show
53. The Bob Newhart Show
52. The Colbert Report
51. Fargo
50. ER
49. Taxi
48. The Office (U.S.)
47. The Rockford Files
46. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
45. Battlestar Galactica
44. Columbo
43. The Americans
42. NYPD Blue
41. The Honeymooners
40. The Shield
39. Lost
38. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
37. Orange is the New Black
36. Law & Order
35. My So-Called Life
34. 30 Rock
33. South Park
32. I Love Lucy
31. Sesame Street
30. The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
29. Monty Python’s Flying Circus
28. The X-Files
27. Arrested Development
26. Friends
25. Veep
24. Friday Night Lights
23. Deadwood
22. Louie
21. The Office (U.K.)
20. Cheers
19. Curb your Enthusiasm
18. Star Trek
17. Twin Peaks
16. M*A*S*H
15. The West Wing
14. The Larry Sanders Show
13. Late Night with David Letterman
12. Game of Thrones
11. Freaks and Geeks
10. The Daily Show
9. All in the Family
8. Saturday Night Live
7. The Twilight Zone
6. The Simpsons
5. Seinfeld
4. Mad Men
3. Breaking Bad
2. The Wire
1. The Sopranos
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