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The Top 50 Television Shows of All Time

By December 9, 2011Culture

I stumbled on a list of the “top 50 television shows” of all time. It’s not my list. It’s a Wikipedia list, so i understand it’s not scientific, but it gives us something to talk about.

Here is a list of the top 50 shows of all time:

Seinfeld (NBC)
I Love Lucy (CBS)
The Honeymooners (CBS)
All in the Family (CBS)
The Sopranos (HBO)
60 Minutes (CBS)
Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
The Simpsons (Fox)
The Andy Griffith Show (CBS)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (NBC)
The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
Hill Street Blues (NBC)
The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS)
The Carol Burnett Show (CBS)
Today (NBC)
Cheers (NBC)
thirtysomething (ABC)
St. Elsewhere (NBC)
Friends (NBC)
ER (NBC)
Nightline (ABC)
Law & Order (NBC)
M*A*S*H (CBS)
The Twilight Zone] (CBS)
Sesame Street (PBS)
The Cosby Show (NBC)
Donahue (syndicated)
Your Show of Shows (NBC)
The Defenders (CBS)
An American Family (PBS)
Playhouse 90 (CBS)
Frasier (NBC)
Roseanne (ABC)
The Fugitive (ABC)
The X-Files (Fox)
The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
The Rockford Files (NBC)
Gunsmoke (CBS)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (WB/UPN)
Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In (NBC)
Bonanza (NBC)
The Bob Newhart Show (CBS)
Twin Peaks (ABC)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (syndicated)
Rocky and His Friends (ABC)
Taxi (ABC/NBC)
The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated)
Bewitched (ABC)

I agree with many on this list. I miss many of these shows. Wow! Some of the memories.

What shows is this list missing, in your opinion? Which shows bring back the most memories…which do you miss…on this list?

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