My Top 10 Shows by Letter

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I will have up to 10 shows depending on how strong the individual letters are. Since shows starting with The are numerous, any show that starts there and with just A, its letter will be counted as the second word.

A
1. The Andy Griffith Show- Black and white era is one of the best shows ever made. Color era is not nearly as good but still better than a lot of shows.
2. Adam-12- one of the best police dramas ever made
3. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour/Alfred Hitchcock Presents
4. The American Bible Challenge- too bad GSN or other stations don't rerun this anymore
5. All Creatures Great and Small (2020)- I am sure the 1978 version is great as well, but just including what I have seen.
6. Around the World in 80 Days (2021)
7. The Addams Family (1964)
8. Almost Paradise
9. Awake
10. America Says

B
1. Benson
2. Barney Miller
3. Blue Bloods- easily the best crime drama from the 21st century
4. The Beverly Hillbillies
5. Boy Meets World seasons 1-5
6. Bewitched (Dick York era only)
7. Bachelor Father
8. Believe
9. BrainDead
10. Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction?

C
1. Columbo- Peter Falk was amazing single handedly carrying the show.
2. Corner Gas- This is easily the best 21st century sitcom ever made, only other to come near it is The Middle.
3. Coach
4. Castle- seasons 1-6 only
5. Cheers
6. The Chase (GSN)
7. Charlie's Angels (1976)
8. The Courtship of Eddie's Father
9. Classic Concentration (Alex Trebek)
10. Cash Cab (Ben Bailey- only the original Discovery run)

D
1. Dragnet '67- So many crime dramas could learn from this with no bad language.
2. Designated Survivor- ABC seasons only
3. The Dick Van Dyke Show
4. Diagnosis Murder
5. Diff'rent Strokes- episodes before Sam and Maggie joined
6. DAG- best one season sitcom ever made
7. Dispatches from Elsewhere
8. The District
9. (A) Different World
10. Double Dare (Alex Trebek)

E
1. Early Edition- best TV show of all time
2. Eight is Enough
3. Everybody Loves Raymond
4. 8 Simple Rules for Dating my Teenage Daughter- what a shame John Ritter died so prematurely
5. Emergence
6. Emergency!
7. Extreme Cheapskates- a rare show worth watching on TLC, only thing they had better was Outrageous 911.
8. 800 Words
9. The Ed Sullivan Show- If only full episodes of this were available, all I have seen was a few best of airings on Decades.
10. Extant season 1

F
1. Fame- 2nd best TV show of all time, only show I have considered unseating Early Edition as the overall #1 in my top 100 lists.
2. Frasier (1993)- First six seasons are top notch. Second half of the show tumbled some, but still several good episodes.
3. Family Affair (1966)
4. Fawlty Towers
5. Family Ties
6. 500 Questions- fantastic game show that deserved a lot better ratings
7. The Facts of Life- Charlotte Rae seasons
8. For the People (2018)
9. Family Feud- Richard Karn and John O'Hurley versions only
10. Family Matters

G
1. Grand Slam- GSN's tournament of game show champions. Too bad this has never re-aired since its original run in 2007.
2. Granite Flats
3. Gilmore Girls (2000)
4. Greed
5. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
6. The Greatest American Hero
7. George Lopez seasons 1-5
8. Growing Pains
9. Green Acres
10. The Guardian

more letters coming later

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H
1. Hostages- best one season drama of all time
2. Highway Patrol
3. Heartland (Canada)
4. Head of the Class (1986)- Howard Hesseman seasons
5. Home Improvement
6. Happy Days
7. Hazel- seasons 1-4 only
8. Highway to Heaven (1984)
9. Hope and Faith
10. Hawaii Five-O (1968)

I
1. I Love Lucy/The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour- Since the comedy hour is just another season of I Love Lucy, they will be joined together here in the Is.
2. I Dream of Jeannie
3. It's a Living- This became really good when Crystal Bernard joined the cast in the syndicated run, became even better when Sheryl Lee Ralph replaced Ann Jillian.
4. I'm with Her
5. Indebted- nowhere near as good as The Nanny and Wings, but as said below I doesn't have much options.
6. Nothing- I is a really weak letter. I would probably like I'll Fly Away and I Spy but haven't seen them, Ink with Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen could be good as well.

J
1. The Jack Benny Program
2. Justice (2006)- Great cast and writing, this deserved a longer run.
3. Jeopardy!- No one will top Alex Trebek as host of course. But honorable mentions go to Ken Jennings, Mayim Bialik, and Buzzy Cohen.
4. Joan of Arcadia
5. The Jeffersons
6. The Jeff Foxworthy Show- Season 1 was better than season 2.
7. The Jay Leno Show
8. Jericho (2006)
9. Judge Judy
10. Jay Leno's Garage

K
1. The Kids Are Alright- 2nd best one season sitcom after DAG
2. Kevin (Probably) Saves the World
3. Keeping Up Appearances
4. Kraft Suspense Theatre
5. Nothing- this is a very weak letter. I would probably like Kojak and Kirk but have not seen them.

L
1. Leverage (TNT)
2. Law and Order- Jerry Orbach seasons are the best.
3. The Love Boat (1977)
4. Lincoln Heights
5. The Lone Gunmen
6. Leave it to Beaver
7. Law and Order: Criminal Intent- Vincent D'Onofrio episodes
8. Law and Order: Trial by Jury
9. Lou Grant- I really liked the three episodes I saw awhile back, would be nice to see the whole thing.
10. Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector

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M- an immensely strong letter, I will double the usual 10 here.
1. Mad About You (1992)
2. M*A*S*H
3. The Middle- by far the best 21st century US sitcom
4. Mental Samurai
5. Murphy Brown (1988)
6. Manifest- NBC seasons
7. Major Crimes
8. Mr. Belvedere
9. Monk
10. Matlock
11. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
12. My Two Dads
13. Make It or Break It
14. The Munsters
15. MacGyver (1986)
16. The Million Second Quiz
17. Mork and Mindy
18. My Favorite Martian
19. Merv Griffin's Crosswords
20. Million Dollar Password

N
1. Newhart
2. Night Court
3. The Nanny
4. NCIS first 18 seasons- became unwatchable when Emily Wickersham and Mark Harmon left last year
5. 9-1-1
6. No Ordinary Family
7. The Neighborhood
8. Necessary Roughness
9. Now You See It (Jack Narz)
10. Numb3rs

O
1. $100,000 Pyramid/$25,000 Pyramid (Dick Clark versions)
2. Once Upon a Time seasons 1-4, season 6
3. Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
4. Our House
5. Outrageous 911
6. Ozzie and Harriet
7. The Odd Couple (1970)
8. Outmatched
9. 1 vs. 100 (Bob Saget)
10. Nothing- O is as weak as M and A are strong. Under its full "The Adventures of" title, Ozzie and Harriet did not make the cut in the As. Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law and the Ron Glass version of The Odd Couple sound interesting, but I have not seen them.

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P
1. Petticoat Junction
2. The Practice (1997)- Dylan McDermott seasons
3. Psych
4. Punky Brewster (1984)
5. People Puzzler
6. The Patty Duke Show
7. Password Plus (Allen Ludden)- Alphabetics made this a much improved version of the original.
8. Privileged- Joanna Garcia's best show including Reba. what a shame it flopped
9. Promised Land (1996)
10. The Partridge Family- live action only

Q- Naturally nothing with as scarce as this letter is. I would probably like og Quantum Leap being an Early Edition fan but have never seen it.

R- somewhat weak with how common this letter is. I would probably like og Route 66 and Room 222 but have never seen them.
1. Rizzoli and Isles
2. Resurrection
3. Reba
4. The Rockford Files
5. Rebel
6. Ruby and the Rockits
7. Rich Man, Poor Man- Book I
8. Raising Hope
9. Reef Break
10. Runaway (2006)- It would be nice to see all the unaired episodes of this, I might like it even more now being a Donnie Wahlberg fan from Blue Bloods.

S
1. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine seasons 1-6 (Ezri Dax was a terrible replacement for Jadzia Dax).
2. Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em- amazing Michael Crawford Britcom most Americans sadly wouldn't have heard of
3. Star Trek: the Next Generation
4. 7th Heaven- I will always be a fan of this show despite the Stephen Collins controversy. Unlike so many, I can separate the actors from the characters they play.
5. Scorpion
6. Switched at Birth
7. Supermarket Sweep (David Ruprecht version only)
8. Seinfeld
9. Sabrina, the Teenage Witch- ABC era definitely better than the WB era
10. Split Second- I like this a lot better than Monty Hall's more famous show Let's Make a Deal.

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T- I am including Dick Clark's $25,000 Pyramid with his $100,000 Pyramid in the Os. They are practically the same show, only difference is a few tournament weeks.
1. Touched by an Angel
2. Touch
3. 3rd Rock from the Sun
4. Taxi
5. Too Close for Comfort seasons 1-5
6. That Girl
7. The Twilight Zone (1959)
8. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
9. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
10. The Thing About Pam

U- This letter is unique, both shows on it have really good portions (first two seasons for Dome, first 1.5 seasons for Al) and really horrible portions (season 3 for Dome, last half season for Al).
1. Under the Dome
2. United States of Al
3. nothing else

V
1. Vegas (2012)
2. nothing else

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W
1. WKRP in Cincinnati
2. Wings
3. The Wonder Years (1988)
4. The Waltons (1971)
5. Welcome Back, Kotter
6. Without a Trace
7. (The) Weakest Link- Anne Robinson US and Jane Lynch versions
8. Win Ben Stein's Money- This hasn't aired anywhere in way too long.
9. What a Country!- I would sure like to see the complete series of brilliant Yakov Smirnoff's sitcom, only 3 episodes were available online.
10. Who's the Boss?

X
1. The X-Files seasons 1-7
2. nothing else

Y
1. Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minister
2. Young Sheldon
3. You Bet Your Life with Jay Leno
4. nothing else

Z
1. Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist- Season 1 was a lot better than season 2.
2. Zoo
3. nothing else

I completely missed The Facts of Life and The Rockford Files when making my F and R lists, they will be edited in.

[Sal]

My updated Top 5 lists for all letters, with M having 10 shows on it because there are so many good ones to choose from.


A

1. The Andy Griffith Show
2. ALF
3. The Addams Family
4. The Adventures Of Ozzie and Harriet
5. All In The Family

B

1. The Brady Bunch
2. Bewitched
3. The Beverly Hillbillies
4. The Big Bang Theory
5. The Bob Newhart Show

C

1. The Cosby Show
2. Car 54, Where Are You?
3. The Courtship Of Eddie's Father
4. Cheers
5. Coach

D

1. The Dick Van Dyke Show
2. Donna Reed Show
3. Dennis The Menace
4. Dobie Gillis
5. Diff'rent Strokes

E

1. Everybody Loves Raymond
2. Eight Simple Rules
3. Eight Is Enough
4. Empty Nest

F

1. Friends
2. Frasier
3. Family Ties
4. Family Affair
5. The Facts Of Life

G

1. Gilligan's Island
2. Green Acres
3. Get Smart
4. The Golden Girls
5. George Burns/Gracie Allen Show

H

1. Happy Days
2. The Honeymooners
3. Here's Lucy
4. Hogan's Heroes
5. Head Of The Class

I

1. I Dream Of Jeannie
2. I Love Lucy
3. I'm Dickens, He's Fenster

J

1. Jack Benny
2. The Jeffersons
3. The Jetsons
4. Julia
5. Joanie Loves Chachi

K

1. King Of Kensington
2. Kate And Allie

L

1. Leave It To Beaver
2. Laverne & Shirley
3. Love American Style
4. The Lucy Show
5. The Love Boat

M

1. The Monkees
2. Mork & Mindy
3. My Three Sons
4. Make Room For Daddy
5. The Munsters
6. Married With Children
7. Mad About You
8. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
9. MASH
10. The Middle

N

1. Night Court
2. Newhart
3. The New Leave It To Beaver
4. The New Gidget
5. Nanny and the Professor

O

1. The Odd Couple
2. One Day At A Time
3. Our Miss Brooks

P

1. The Partridge Family
2. The Phil Silvers Show
3. Petticoat Junction
4. Punky Brewster
5. Phyllis

Q

1. Quantum Leap

R

1. Roseanne
2. Rhoda
3. Room 222
4. The Ropers
5. The Real McCoys

S

1. Sabrina The Teenage Witch
2. Scrubs
3. Soap
4. The Simpsons
5. Sanford and Son

T

1. Three's Company
2. Two and a Half Men
3. That Girl
4. The Trouble With Tracy
5. 3rd Rock From The Sun

U

1. Ugly Betty

V

1. Valerie/Valerie's Family (The Hogan Family)


W

1. Welcome Back Kotter
2. WKRP In Cincinnati
3. When Things Were Rotten
4. Webster
5. Wings

Y

1. Young Sheldon

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A
Ally McBeal
Archer
According to Jim
B
Buffy: The Vampire Slayer
Battlestar Galactica
Bewitched
C
The Conners
The Crown
Columbo
D
Deadwood
Dr. Who
Duck Tales (original)
F
Frasier
Family Ties
Friends
G
Gilmore Girls
Gravity Falls
Good Omens
H
Hill Street Blues
Home Improvement
Homicide: Life on the Streets
I
I Love Lucy
J
Justified
Judging Amy
K - nothing
L
Lost
M
Mom
Married... with Children
Miami Vice
N
The Nanny
Newhart
Newsroom
O - nothing
P
Picket Fences
Pushing Daisies
Q - nothing
R
Roseanne
S
The Simpsons
Sense 8
Suburgatory
T
Twin Peaks
Three's Company
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)
U
Unhappily Ever After
W
The Wire
X
The X-Files
Y - nothing
Z
Zoeys' Extraordinay Playlist

[brianjohnson1984]

Top 5 in descending order (#1-#5) for each letter, unless I can't think of five favorites...
A - American Gladiators, ALF, America Says, America's Got Talent, Arthur
B - Boy Meets World, Body Language, Big Bang Theory, Beat the Geeks, Blackout
C - Coach, Candid Camera, Cram, Catch 21, the Chase
D - Distraction, Duel, Double Dare, Dancing with the Stars, Diff'rent Strokes
E - Ellen's Game of Games
F - Family Matters, Full(er) House, Family Game Night, Family Feud, Finder's Keepers
G - Grand Slam, Greed, Go, Get the Picture, Girl Meets World
H - Home Improvement, Hollywood Game Night, Hollywood Squares (Bergeron)
I - Idiotest, It's Your Chance of a Lifetime
J - Jackpot, Joker's Wild, Jeopardy
K - Kids Say the Darndest Things
L - Let's Make a Deal, Lingo
M - Mental Samurai, Monopoly (Millionaires' Club), Million Dollar Money Drop, Match Game ('7x/PM and '90), Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
N - Now You See It, Name that Tune
O - $100,000 Pyramid (favorite of all time), On the Cover
P - Pointless, Pass the Buck, Playmania, Price Is Right, Play the Percentages
Q - (nothing)
R - Russian Roulette, Remote Control
S - Supermarket Sweep (Ruprecht), Stump the Schwab, Street Smarts, Step by Step, Sabrina the Teenage Witch
T - TalkAbout, Trivia Trap, Trivia Unwrapped, Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 25 Words or Less
U - (nothing)
V - (nothing)
W - Wheel of Fortune, Win Ben Stein's Money, Whew, Whose Line Is It Anyway, Wintuition
X - (nothing)
Y - You Don't Know Jack, You're On

That was fun! C, M, S and oddly W were the hardest for me to narrow down.