My Top 100 TV Shows (updated 05-22-2020)

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1. Early Edition 2. Fame 3. Columbo 4. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 5. Frasier 6. WKRP in Cincinnati 7. Dragnet 8. Highway Patrol 9. Benson 10. Corner Gas 11. Fawlty Towers 12. Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em 13. Leverage (TNT) 14. $100,000 Pyramid/$25,000 Pyramid (Dick Clark) 15. Grand Slam (GSN) 16. 500 Questions 17. Mental Samurai 18. Wings 19. Barney Miller 20. Adam-12 21. Psych 22. I Love Lucy/The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour 23. Head of the Class (1986) 24. Family Affair (1966) 25. Coach 26. The Waltons 27. The X-Files (1993) 28. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour/Alfred Hitchcock Presents 29. Star Trek: the Next Generation 30. Designated Survivor (ABC) 31. Granite Flats 32. The Andy Griffith Show 33. The Wonder Years 34. The American Bible Challenge 35. Supermarket Sweep (David Ruprecht) 36. Newhart 37. Family Ties 38. Petticoat Junction 39. Touched by an Angel 40. Monk 41. Hostages 42. Blue Bloods 43. Boy Meets World 44. The Middle 45. Heartland (Canada) 46. Touch 47. M*A*S*H 48. Gilmore Girls (2000) 49. Make It or Break It 50. Murphy Brown (1988) 51. Happy Days 52. Seinfeld 53. 7th Heaven 54. Mr. Belvedere 55. I Dream of Jeannie 56. Bewitched 57. DAG 58. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 59. Switched at Birth 60. The Facts of Life 61. The Dick Van Dyke Show 62. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 63. Home Improvement 64. Without a Trace 65. The Practice 66. Prodigal Son 67. Law and Order 68. Major Crimes 69. Mad About You (1992) 70. Welcome Back, Kotter 71. The Kids Are Alright 72. Lincoln Heights 73. Diagnosis Murder 74. Matlock 75. The Lone Gunmen 76. Greed 77. Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction? 78. Night Court 79. My Two Dads 80. The Love Boat 81. The Munsters 82. Highway to Heaven 83. Diff’rent Strokes 84. Blockbusters (Bill Cullen) 85. Manifest 86. FBI: Most Wanted 87. Leave it to Beaver 88. Bachelor Father 89. The Patty Duke Show 90. That Girl 91. Scorpion 92. MacGyver (1985) 93. Growing Pains 94. The Jack Benny Program 95. Classic Concentration (Alex Trebek) 96. Split Second (Monty Hall) 97. Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minister 98. The Chase (GSN) 99. Eight is Enough 100. Mork and Mindy

What’s New/Back
Make It or Break It, Prodigal Son, Major Crimes, Blockbusters (Bill Cullen), FBI: Most Wanted, That Girl, Split Second (Monty Hall)

What’s Gone
Genius Junior, Superhuman, The Addams Family, The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, Ozzie and Harriet, The Good Doctor, The Weakest Link

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I have started updating my top 100 TV shows. 8 out of the 10 pools are ranked. Pools B and H are in alphabetical order mostly unranked except for Early Edition. I am waiting until I have seen episode 2 of College Bowl Tuesday night to give it a bit better sampling. Hopefully the Decades livestream cooperates and lets me see Ed Sullivan Monday and Tuesday night. Weakest Link's The is in parentheses for a reason. I have a slight preference for the Anne Robinson version but Jane Lynch, whose current version removes the from online listings and onscreen guide to distinguish them, isn't far behind. Here are the pool rankings.

Pool A: 1. Benson 2. Barney Miller 3. Boy Meets World 4. Blue Bloods 5. Adam-12 6. All Creatures Great and Small (2020) 7. Bewitched 8. Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction? 9. Bachelor Father 10. Believe 11. Blockbusters (Bill Cullen) 12. Cheers

Pool B: 1. Early Edition 2. TBD
Classic Concentration (Alex Trebek) Coach College Bowl (Peyton Manning) Columbo Corner Gas DAG Designated Survivor (ABC) Diagnosis Murder Diff’rent Strokes Dragnet Eight is Enough

Pool C: 1. Fame 2. Frasier (1993) 3. Grand Slam (GSN) 4. 500 Questions 5. Fawlty Towers 6. Family Affair (1966) 7. Family Ties 8. Greed 9. Granite Flats 10. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 11. Gilmore Girls (2000) 12. FBI: Most Wanted

Pool D: 1. Highway Patrol 2. I Love Lucy/The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour 3. Hostages 4. Heartland (Canada) 5. Happy Days 6. Home Improvement 7. Head of the Class (1986) 8. I Dream of Jeannie 9. Highway to Heaven (1984) 10. It’s a Living (syndicated) 11. Growing Pains 12. Hazel

Pool E: 1. Leverage (TNT) 2. Mad About You (1992) 3. Major Crimes 4. M*A*S*H 5. Lincoln Heights 6. Make It or Break It 7. Matlock 8. Manifest 9. Law and Order 10. Leave it to Beaver 11. MacGyver (1985) 12. Jeopardy! (Alex Trebek)

Pool F: 1. Petticoat Junction 2. $100,000 Pyramid/$25,000 Pyramid (Dick Clark) 3. Mental Samurai 4. Mr. Belvedere 5. Murphy Brown (1988) 6. Monk 7. Prodigal Son 8. Newhart 9. My Two Dads 10. Night Court 11. Mork and Mindy 12. People Puzzler

Pool G: 1. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2. Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em 3. Scorpion 4. Star Trek: the Next Generation 5. Psych 6. Rizzoli and Isles 7. 7th Heaven 8. Switched at Birth 9. Supermarket Sweep (David Ruprecht) 10. Seinfeld 11. Punky Brewster (1984) 12. Split Second (Monty Hall)

Pool H: 1. TBD
Taxi That Girl The Alfred Hitchcock Hour/Alfred Hitchcock Presents The American Bible Challenge The Andy Griffith Show The Beverly Hillbillies The Chase (GSN) The Dick Van Dyke Show The Ed Sullivan Show The Facts of Life The Greatest American Hero

Pool I: 1. The Waltons 2. The Middle 3. The Practice 4. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 5. The Nanny 6. The Lone Gunmen 7. The Patty Duke Show 8. The Love Boat 9. The Munsters 10. The Jack Benny Program 11. The Kids Are Alright

Pool J: 1. WKRP in Cincinnati 2. Touched by an Angel 3. Wings 4. The X-Files (1993) 5. Touch 6. The Wonder Years (1988) 7. Without a Trace 8. Welcome Back, Kotter 9. (The) Weakest Link 10. Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minister 11. Young Sheldon 12. 3rd Rock from the Sun

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I went ahead and ranked Pool H. With how horrible the Decades livestream has become today, who knows when I will see the Ed Sullivan hour next.

Pool H: 1. The Andy Griffith Show 2. The Beverly Hillbillies 3. The Dick Van Dyke Show 4. The American Bible Challenge 5. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour/Alfred Hitchcock Presents 6. The Greatest American Hero 7. The Facts of Life 8. The Chase (GSN) 9. Taxi 10. The Ed Sullivan Show 11. That Girl

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The final pool is ranked.

Pool B: 1. Early Edition 2. Columbo 3. Corner Gas 4. Dragnet 5. Designated Survivor (ABC) 6. Coach 7. Diagnosis Murder 8. DAG 9. Diff’rent Strokes 10. Classic Concentration (Alex Trebek) 11. Eight is Enough 12. College Bowl (Peyton Manning)