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Skywalker · 09-07-2007, 10:31 PM

http://www.time.com/time/specials/20...651341,00.html

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The Abbott and Costello Show
ABC’s Wide World of Sports
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
All in the Family
An American Family
American Idol
Arrested Development
Battlestar Galactica
The Beavis and Butt-Head Show
The Bob Newhart Show
Brideshead Revisited
Buffalo Bill
Buffy the Vampire Slaye
The Carol Burnett Show
The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Cheers
The Cosby Show
The Daily Show
Dallas
The Day After
Deadwood
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Dragnet
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ernie Kovacs Show
Felicity
Freaks and Geeks
The French Chef
Friends
General Hospital
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Gilmore Girls
Gunsmoke
Hill Street Blues
Homicide: Life on the Street
The Honeymooners
I, Claudius
I Love Lucy
King of the Hill
The Larry Sanders Show
Late Night with David Letterman (NBC)
Leave It to Beaver
Lost
Married With Children
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
M*A*S*H
The Monkees
Monty Python’s Flying Circus
Moonlighting
MTV 1981-1992
My So-Called Life
Mystery Science Theater 3000
The Odd Couple
The Office [American]
The Office [British]
The Oprah Winfrey Show
Pee Wee’s Playhouse
Playhouse 90
The Price Is Right
Prime Suspect
The Prisoner
The Real World
Rocky and His Friends
Roots
Roseanne
Sanford and Son
Saturday Night Live
Second City Television
See It Now
Seinfeld
Sesame Street
Sex and the City
The Shield
The Simpsons
The Singing Detective
Six Feet Under
Soap
The Sopranos
South Park
SpongeBob SquarePants
SportsCenter
Star Trek
St. Elsewhere
The Super Bowl
Survivor
Taxi
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Twilight Zone
Twin Peaks
The West Wing
What’s My Line?
WKRP in Cincinnati
The Wire
Wiseguy
The X-Files
Your Show of Shows

TJL · 09-07-2007, 10:33 PM

Never heard of any of them!

Mr. Television · 09-07-2007, 10:34 PM

no Three's Company but at least their's Beavis and Butt-head.

hno:

dawsongirl · 09-08-2007, 12:27 AM

I don't think miniseries/made-fors/whatever should be included.

And any list with American Idol compared with scripted shows is tainted. Ick.

MTV is a network, not a "show".

The Super Bowl? Okay...don't think that should really count either. That's more an event than a show.

The American version of The Office?! Oh please...

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman was horrible.

Mr. Television · 09-08-2007, 12:29 AM

I'm glad the French Chef is up there.

Ireneparalegal · 09-08-2007, 12:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Walking Tall

no Three's Company but at least their's Beavis and Butt-head.

hno:

My sentiments. WTF?????

My shows are on there: I Love Lucy, Roseanne and DALLAS.

Overdose · 09-08-2007, 04:07 AM

Go "Roseanne"!

Zoneboy · 09-08-2007, 04:52 AM

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
All in the Family
The Carol Burnett Show
Dallas
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Dragnet
The Ed Sullivan Show
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Gunsmoke
Hill Street Blues
The Honeymooners
I Love Lucy
M*A*S*H
Playhouse 90
The Price Is Right
Sanford and Son
Soap
Star Trek
St. Elsewhere
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Twilight Zone
What’s My Line?
WKRP in Cincinnati

Classicshowsgurl15 · 09-08-2007, 05:10 AM

There are alot more that could have been on the list that weren't. Like Happy Days, Who's the Boss?, The Wonder Years, My Three Sons, The Andy Griffith Show. Some of the ones that they have on the list I wouldn't consider "top" shows.

Buffyboy323 · 09-08-2007, 07:43 AM

This is one of the worst top 100 lists I've ever seen. I only agree with a quarter of the list:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skywalker

All in the Family
Battlestar Galactica
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Cheers
The Cosby Show
Felicity
Freaks and Geeks
Friends
Gilmore Girls
The Honeymooners
I Love Lucy
Lost
Married With Children
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
My So-Called Life
The Office [American]
The Office [British]
The Oprah Winfrey Show
Roseanne
Seinfeld
Sex and the City
The Sopranos
Star Trek
Twin Peaks
The West Wing
The X-Files

Buffyboy323 · 09-08-2007, 07:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dawsongirl

I don't think miniseries/made-fors/whatever should be included.

And any list with American Idol compared with scripted shows is tainted. Ick.

MTV is a network, not a "show".

The Super Bowl? Okay...don't think that should really count either. That's more an event than a show.

The American version of The Office?! Oh please...

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman was horrible.

I agree with everything you said (except for that snub for The Office).

I mean really, The Real World? General Hospital? Pee Wee's Playhouse? COME ON!

BensonFan · 09-08-2007, 09:09 AM

Any top ten list that doesn't include Frasier (it lasted for 11 seasons, for Pete's sake) is complete and utter crap (whether you like the show or not).

Zoneboy · 09-08-2007, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BensonFan

Any top ten list that doesn't include Frasier (it lasted for 11 seasons, for Pete's sake) is complete and utter crap (whether you like the show or not).

I've never seen Frasier but considering it's history I'd have to agree with you. It does belong on the list but not necessarily in the top 10. Other shows not on the list that deserve to be:

The Andy Griffith Show
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Outer Limits (Original)
Death Valley Days, Over 500 episodes and it doesn't make the list yet Spongebob does.

At least Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Twilight Zone made the list & that's good but overall this is nothing but a joke.

PrettyinPink55 · 09-08-2007, 11:35 AM

YAY for Gilmore Girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mrs.gingerhinkley · 09-08-2007, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buffyboy323

This is one of the worst top 100 lists I've ever seen. I only agree with a quarter of the list:

yeah, I know...
come on Lost made it but not my beloved island?!
and I was sure Brady Bunch would be on there!

09-07-2007, 10:31 PM	#1
Skywalker Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 04, 2003 Posts: 14,204	Time Magazine's Top 100 TV Shows of All Time http://www.time.com/time/specials/20...651341,00.html 24 60 Minutes The Abbott and Costello Show ABC’s Wide World of Sports Alfred Hitchcock Presents All in the Family An American Family American Idol Arrested Development Battlestar Galactica The Beavis and Butt-Head Show The Bob Newhart Show Brideshead Revisited Buffalo Bill Buffy the Vampire Slaye The Carol Burnett Show The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite A Charlie Brown Christmas Cheers The Cosby Show The Daily Show Dallas The Day After Deadwood The Dick Van Dyke Show Dragnet The Ed Sullivan Show The Ernie Kovacs Show Felicity Freaks and Geeks The French Chef Friends General Hospital The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Gilmore Girls Gunsmoke Hill Street Blues Homicide: Life on the Street The Honeymooners I, Claudius I Love Lucy King of the Hill The Larry Sanders Show Late Night with David Letterman (NBC) Leave It to Beaver Lost Married With Children Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman The Mary Tyler Moore Show MAS*H The Monkees Monty Python’s Flying Circus Moonlighting MTV 1981-1992 My So-Called Life Mystery Science Theater 3000 The Odd Couple The Office [American] The Office [British] The Oprah Winfrey Show Pee Wee’s Playhouse Playhouse 90 The Price Is Right Prime Suspect The Prisoner The Real World Rocky and His Friends Roots Roseanne Sanford and Son Saturday Night Live Second City Television See It Now Seinfeld Sesame Street Sex and the City The Shield The Simpsons The Singing Detective Six Feet Under Soap The Sopranos South Park SpongeBob SquarePants SportsCenter Star Trek St. Elsewhere The Super Bowl Survivor Taxi The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson The Twilight Zone Twin Peaks The West Wing What’s My Line? WKRP in Cincinnati The Wire Wiseguy The X-Files Your Show of Shows

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Classicshowsgurl15 Happy Days Senior Member Join Date: Jun 28, 2004 Location: California Posts: 2,088	There are alot more that could have been on the list that weren't. Like Happy Days, Who's the Boss?, The Wonder Years, My Three Sons, The Andy Griffith Show. Some of the ones that they have on the list I wouldn't consider "top" shows.
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dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,140	I don't think miniseries/made-fors/whatever should be included. And any list with American Idol compared with scripted shows is tainted. Ick. MTV is a network, not a "show". The Super Bowl? Okay...don't think that should really count either. That's more an event than a show. The American version of The Office?! Oh please... Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman was horrible.

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