1950s- I Love Lucy, Perry Mason, The Untouchables, The Naked City, Father Knows Best

1960s- The Mod Squad, Rowan And Martins Laugh-In, Gunsmoke, Gilligan's Island

1970s- Happy Days, The Rockford Files, One Day At A Time, The Streets Of San Francisco

1980s- Macgyver, Magnum P.I., Newhart, Differ'ent Strokes, Family Matters, Perfect Strangers

1990s- Mad About You, Saved By The Bell, NYPD Blue, Seinfeld, Frasier, Empty Nest

2000s-

2010s-

For TV shows in general I'd say the 1950s to the 1990s. Things went downhill FAST after two shows called Who Wants to be a Millionaire and Survivor came on the scene.

I will admit things are looking a bit brighter these past couple of years, with the various Superhero shows becoming popular. But I'l have to wait until i get them on DVD before I can affirm this (I've grown attached to watching my shows at the rate of 0 hours per minute of commercials!) :D

I liked the 60s... 70s was good and I don't like most of the 80s

The 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's had great sitcoms!

I can't even watch sitcoms now...they're all dumb! I tried to watch them, but almost all modern sitcoms has bland characters!

I liked the 60s... 70s was good and I don't like most of the 80s
Thanks for sharing...... Do you like ANY of the 80's tv shows??

The 50s and 60s were great the 70s and 80s hit or miss and the 90s to the present except for a few gems mostly blew chunks.

There were several good shows in the 50's through the mid-00's IMHO. I don't watch any of them now; I do watch some drama series like Blue Bloods. The last sitcoms I watched with any regularity were probably Everybody Loves Raymond, Seinfeld and The King of Queens.

Definitely the '70s! Norman Lear was revolutionizing the medium with "All In The Family" (and its spinoffs)!

For sitcoms, the 70's by far. For overall...the 50's had some great drama like Playhouse 90 and great westerns, too. I think the variety of television was better in the 50's and 60's; they had night time game shows, variety like Sullivan, etc.

Today the variety show is dead, likewise westerns (for the most part) and the idea of real stage drama is gone for good. Also no real game shows at night, either. I'd make an argument that the sitcom is dead, too, though I know many would argue that point.

1950s Dragnet, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, I Love Lucy, Bachelor Father, Ozzie and Harriet, The Jack Benny Program, Leave it to Beaver

1960s Family Affair, The Andy Griffith Show, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Petticoat Junction, Dragnet, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Patty Duke Show, The Munsters, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Gomer Pyle USMC

1970s WKRP in Cincinnati, Barney Miller, Lou Grant, Adam-12, The Waltons, Fawlty Towers, Happy Days, M*A*S*H, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Mork and Mindy

1980s Fame, Benson, $100,000/$25,000 Pyramid, Mr. Belvedere, Family Ties, Newhart, Night Court, The Love Boat, Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minister, The Facts of Life, Different Strokes, Growing Pains

1990s Early Edition, Diagnosis Murder, Frasier, Murphy Brown, The Wonder Years, Star Trek: the Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Wings, Mad About You, Touched by an Angel, Boy Meets World, Coach, 7th Heaven, Home Improvement

2000s Corner Gas, Grand Slam, Monk, Gilmore Girls, Hope and Faith, Greed, Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, Dag, Without a Trace, Weakest Link

2010s Once Upon a Time, Granite Flats, Heartland, The Middle, Scorpion, Blue Bloods, Switched at Birth, Under the Dome first 2 seasons, Hostages, Touch, Limitless, The American Bible Challenge, The Chase