a preview of my newest Top 100 list

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There are 169 contenders to make this list. Now that the pools are ranked, I will start on the overall list tomorrow.

The Top 100 Shows I Want to See Most

Pool A: 1. Apple’s Way 2. $25,000 Pyramid (Bill Cullen) 3. $10,000, $20,000 and $50,000 Pyramids (Dick Clark) 4. 24 (2001-2010) 5. Blondie (either TV version) 6. Angie 7. Barnaby Jones 8. B.J. and the Bear 9. American Bandstand 10. 9 to 5 11. $64,000 Question 12. Blockbusters (Bill Rafferty) 13. Bob 14. Adam’s Rib 15. Blansky’s Beauties 16. After M*A*S*H 17. The Bob Cummings Show (1955)

Pool B: 1. Car 54, Where Are You? 2. C.P.O. Sharkey 3. Dave’s World 4. Dark Skies 5. Cop Rock 6. The Charmings 7. Brooklyn Bridge 8. Chain Reaction (Bill Cullen) 9. Chicken Soup for the Soul 10. Bridget Loves Bernie 11. Charles in Charge 12. Cagney and Lacey 13. Café Americain 14. The Danny Thomas Show 15. The Bonnie Hunt Show (1995) 16. Chico and the Man 17. The Closer (1998)

Pool C: 1. (Gene Roddenberry’s) Earth: Final Conflict 2. Dolly Parton untitled Netflix anthology series 3. Due South 4. December Bride 5. Double Trouble 6. The Don Rickles Show 7. Family Law 8. The Ed Sullivan Show 9. Eerie, Indiana (1991) 10. Ellery Queen 11. Fantasy Island (original) 12. The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin 13. The Doris Day Show 14. E-Ring 15. The Famous Teddy Z 16. Eisenhower and Lutz 17. The Eddie Capra Mysteries

Pool D: 1. The Fitzpatricks 2. Highway Patrol 3. The Headmaster 4. Get Smart 5. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 6. The F.B.I. (1965-1974) 7. Hail to the Chief 8. George and Leo 9. Harry and the Hendersons 10. Hello, Larry 11. Hiller and Diller 12. Harper Valley P.T.A. 13. The Fugitive (1963) 14. Fish 15. The Farmer’s Daughter 16. Hearts Afire 17. Frank’s Place

Pool E: 1. Homefront 2. I’ll Fly Away 3. It Takes Two 4. I’m Dickens, He’s Fenster 5. The Jimmy Stewart Show (1971) 6. Jake and the Fatman 7. The Jim Nabors Hour 8. Jeopardy! (Art Fleming) 9. Hooperman 10. Holmes and Yoyo 11. Ink 12. Ironside (1967) 13. House Calls 14. Hotel 15. Hudson Street 16. It’s a Miracle 17. Hollywood Squares (Peter Marshall)

Pool F: 1. Johnny Staccato 2. The Lone Gunmen 3. Julie 4. Kirk 5. Life Goes On 6. Just the Ten of Us 7. The Law and Harry McGraw 8. Major Dad 9. Lemony Snickett’s a Series of Unfortunate Events 10. Julia 11. The John Forsythe Show (1965) 12. Kojak (1973) 13. Lincoln Heights 14. Joanie Loves Chachi 15. Knight Rider (1982) 16. The John Laroquette Show 17. Kate and Allie

Pool G: 1. Mrs. Columbo 2. Man of the People 3. My Sister Sam 4. The New Dick Van Dyke Show 5. Murder One 6. My Favorite Martian 7. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 8. Nakia 9. Nanny and the Professor 10. National Velvet 11. Moloney 12. The Nancy Walker Show 13. The Net 14. Monty Python’s Flying Circus 15. Mission: Impossible 16. Name That Tune 17. The New WKRP in Cincinnati

Pool H: 1. Pacific Station 2. New York News 3. The Powers That Be 4. Quantum Leap 5. Out of This World 6. Our Miss Brooks 7. Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law 8. The Paul Lynde Show (1972) 9. Private Benjamin 10. Please Don’t Eat the Daisies 11. Punky Brewster 12. Perfect Strangers 13. Private Secretary 14. The Pretender 15. The Phil Silvers Show 16. Phyllis 17. Quincy, M.E.

Pool I: 1. Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em 2. Simon and Simon 3. Remington Steele 4. The Real McCoys 5. Route 66 (1960) 6. State of Grace 7. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 8. Reasonable Doubts 9. Sirota’s Court 10. The Streets of San Francisco 11. She’s the Sheriff 12. Tabitha 13. Raising Dad 14. Stark Raving Mad 15. Smart Guy 16. Science Fiction Theatre 17. Rhoda

Pool J: 1. What a Country! 2. The White Shadow 3. Yonderland 4. Tallahassee 7000 5. To Rome with Love 6. WIOU 7. The Torkelsons 8. Topper 9. Wheel of Fortune (Chuck Woolery) 10. Whitechapel 11. Trapper John, M.D. 12. Thunder Alley 13. Tales from the Neverending Story 14. Tenspeed and Brown Shoe 15. Three Wishes 16. Up the Elephant and Round the Castle