My Top 100 TV Shows (updated 05-21-2019)

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1. Early Edition 2. Fame 3. Columbo 4. Benson 5. I Love Lucy/The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour 6. WKRP in Cincinnati 7. Corner Gas 8. Dragnet 9. Adam-12 10. Highway Patrol 11. $100,000 Pyramid/$25,000 Pyramid (Dick Clark) 12. Fawlty Towers 13. Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em 14. Frasier 15. Grand Slam 16. 500 Questions 17. Coach 18. Head of the Class 19. Supermarket Sweep (David Ruprecht) 20. Heartland 21. The Andy Griffith Show 22. Barney Miller 23. Granite Flats 24. Star Trek: the Next Generation 25. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 26. Family Affair 27. Petticoat Junction 28. Designated Survivor 29. The American Bible Challenge 30. The Wonder Years 31. Wings 32. Newhart 33. Leverage 34. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour/Alfred Hitchcock Presents 35. The X-Files 36. The Waltons 37. Touched by an Angel 38. Blue Bloods 39. The Practice 40. DAG 41. Home Improvement 42. Boy Meets World 43. Family Ties 44. The Middle 45. Mr. Belvedere 46. The Kids Are Alright 47. Touch 48. Diagnosis Murder 49. Without a Trace 50. Mental Samurai 51. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 52. Matlock 53. M*A*S*H 54. Happy Days 55. Mad About You 56. The Munsters 57. Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction? 58. Greed 59. Monk 60. Gilmore Girls 61. I Dream of Jeannie 62. Bewitched 63. Murphy Brown (1988) 64. Hostages 65. Lincoln Heights 66. The Lone Gunmen 67. The Love Boat 68. Diff’rent Strokes 69. Genius Junior 70. The Patty Duke Show 71. 7th Heaven 72. Highway to Heaven 73. Welcome Back, Kotter 74. Bachelor Father 75. Superhuman 76. Switched at Birth 77. Seinfeld 78. The Dick Van Dyke Show 79. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 80. The Facts of Life 81. Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minister 82. The Addams Family 83. Law and Order 84. The Jack Benny Program 85. My Two Dads 86. Psych 87. Night Court 88. Manifest 89. The Chase 90. Leave it to Beaver 91. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father 92. Ozzie and Harriet 93. Growing Pains 94. Eight is Enough 95. Classic Concentration 96. Scorpion 97. MacGyver (1985) 98. The Good Doctor 99. Mork and Mindy 100. Weakest Link

What’s New
Supermarket Sweep, The Kids Are Alright, Mental Samurai, Lincoln Heights, Manifest, Classic Concentration

What’s Gone
What a Country!, Angie, C.P.O. Sharkey, Lou Grant, Hope and Faith, Star Trek: Voyager

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I will soon be updating my top 100 TV shows. Here are the 17 contenders listed alphabetically that will be competing with everything on the existing list. I am waiting on seeing the season finales of three of those shows to start this updated top 100: have not seen last night's Young Sheldon finale yet, Zoey's finale airs Sunday night, and I have not seen the Most Wanted that aired 3 days ago plus its finale is coming up on Tuesday. There are a lot of strong contenders to join, but most of what is already in is also good. Other than Blockbusters, all of the outside contenders have never been in my top 100 before. One show that had a terrible season finale has a guaranteed exit from my top 100. And Psych is ranked way too low at #86, the month of marathons on USA has really increased its value for me.

Contenders for Next List
Believe, Blockbusters (Bill Cullen), Dispatches from Elsewhere, Emergence, Family Matters, FBI: Most Wanted, For the People, Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector, Major Crimes, Make It or Break It, Prodigal Son, Sister/Sister, Split Second (Monty Hall), That Girl, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Young Sheldon, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist

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Pool rankings for the updated list are finished.

Pool A: 1. Wings 2. Coach 3. The Waltons 4. The X-Files (1993) 5. The Andy Griffith Show 6. Seinfeld 7. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 8. Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minister 9. 3rd Rock from the Sun 10. Young Sheldon 11. Emergence 12. Broke

Pool B: 1. Fawlty Towers 2. The Wonder Years 3. The American Bible Challenge 4. Without a Trace 5. The Practice 6. Prodigal Son 7. The Patty Duke Show 8. Scorpion 9. The Weakest Link (US) 10. Classic Concentration (Alex Trebek) 11. That Girl 12. Ozzie and Harriet

Pool C: 1. Fame 2. Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em 3. Adam-12 4. I Love Lucy/The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour 5. Family Affair (1966) 6. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour/Alfred Hitchcock Presents 7. Star Trek: the Next Generation 8. Touched by an Angel 9. The Dick Van Dyke Show 10. Law and Order 11. Leave it to Beaver 12. Superhuman

Pool D: 1. Newhart 2. Heartland (Canada) 3. Touch 4. DAG 5. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 6. The Facts of Life 7. Greed 8. Bachelor Father 9. The Chase (US) 10. Growing Pains 11. Dispatches from Elsewhere 12. Almost Paradise

Pool E: 1. Dragnet 2. Highway Patrol 3. Benson 4. Grand Slam (GSN) 5. Barney Miller 6. Granite Flats 7. Family Ties 8. Gilmore Girls (2000) 9. Happy Days 10. Highway to Heaven 11. Diff’rent Strokes 12. Believe

Pool F: 1. Frasier 2. Hostages 3. Blue Bloods 4. Murphy Brown (1988) 5. Matlock 6. The Lone Gunmen 7. Night Court 8. Diagnosis Murder 9. Blockbusters (Bill Cullen) 10. Eight is Enough 11. Genius Junior 12. Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector

Pool G: 1. Columbo 2. Leverage (TNT) 3. 500 Questions 4. Designated Survivor (ABC) 5. Boy Meets World 6. M*A*S*H 7. Major Crimes 8. The Addams Family 9. Split Second (Monty Hall) 10. Jeopardy! (Alex Trebek) 11. Family Matters 12. Sister, Sister 13. The Good Doctor

Pool H: 1. Early Edition 2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 3. Corner Gas 4. $100,000 Pyramid/$25,000 Pyramid (Dick Clark) 5. Head of the Class (1986) 6. The Middle 7. 7th Heaven 8. Mr. Belvedere 9. Bewitched 10. Switched at Birth 11. FBI: Most Wanted 12. For the People (2018)

Pool I: 1. WKRP in Cincinnati 2. Mental Samurai 3. Psych 4. Make It or Break It 5. Petticoat Junction 6. Welcome Back, Kotter 7. The Kids Are Alright 8. Lincoln Heights 9. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father 10. MacGyver (1985) 11. Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist 12. 9-1-1

Pool J: 1. Supermarket Sweep (David Ruprecht) 2. Monk 3. I Dream of Jeannie 4. Home Improvement 5. Mad About You (1992) 6. Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction? 7. My Two Dads 8. The Love Boat 9. The Munsters 10. Manifest 11. The Jack Benny Program 12. Mork and Mindy