tv guide's 50 greatest shows of all time

[Arienette]

as provided by, oddly enough, tv guide...

1. Seinfeld

2. I Love Lucy

3. The Honeymooners

4. All in the Family

5. The Sopranos

6. 60 Minutes

7. The Late Show with David Letterman

8. The Simpsons

9. The Andy Griffith Show

10. Saturday Night Live

11. The Mary Tyler Moore Show

12. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

13. The Dick Van Dyke Show

14. Hill Street Blues

15. The Ed Sullivan Show

16. The Carol Burnett Show

17. Today Show

18. Cheers

19. thirtysomething

20. St. Elsewhere

21. Friends

22. ER

23. Nightline

24. Law & Order

25. M*A*S*H

26. The Twilight Zone

27. Sesame Street

28. The Cosby Show

29. Donahue

30. Your Show of Shows

31. The Defenders

32. American Family

33. Playhouse 90

34. Frasier

35. Roseanne

36. The Fugitive

37. The X-Files

38. The Larry Sanders Show

39. The Rockford Files

40. Gunsmoke

41. Buffy the Vampire Slayer

42. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

43. Bonanza

44. The Bob Newhart Show

45. Twin Peaks

46. Star Trek: The Next Generation

47. Rocky and His Friends

48. Taxi

49. The Oprah Winfrey Show

50. Bewitched



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[WintersEmbers]

okay. heres my beef with this list. the simpsons is the longest running sitcom in the history of cable. But The Sopranos (i show i absolutely love dont get me wrong) has only been out for three seasons and it ranks in the top 5. In the immortal words of homer simpson "SWEET MERCIFUL CRAP" what the hell is going on here.

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[Meatball]

Holy Crap - that was exactly my reaction!! I like the sopranos also - but its a simple show about some mobsters that isnt unlike many other dramas over the years. To put it at number 5 over classics like mary tyler moore or even Johnnie carson..PULESE!!
I guess we can argue placement all day long - but i think the good ones are all represented here. I quention the inclusion of THIRTYSOMTHING and Bewitched..where is the Practice or Odd Couple,

[Lulu]

wait, no osbournes?! thats crazy! and sopranos should have been higher! do these people even watch tv?!

sorry bout that, i'm a little retarded today. stupid me...

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[Mettelhead]

All in the Family is waaaaay too high on the list. I hated that show. The only thing good about it was the theme song.

[Earth2RON]

3. The Honeymooners
5. The Sopranos
8. The Simpsons
26. The Twilight Zone
37. The X-Files
46. Star Trek: The Next Generation

give me any one of these shows and ill be there with bells on:)

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[Arienette]

41. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
although i am glad that they were wise enough to recognize it at all, buffy should have been way higher

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[Fallon]

I only like 14 of the 50 mentioned.

My top 5:
Simpsons
Seinfeld
Cheers
Law and Order
Letterman

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[Lulu]

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[Ryan the Great]

I think SNL should have been a little hihger, and ive never even heard of the Honeymooners. the Sopranos havent been on long enough to be in the top 5, 60 minutes shouldnt even count as a tv show, the simpsons should have been in the top 5, Cheers should definetly have made the top 10, and Friends should have at least made the top 15. Oprah Winfrey shouldnt even have been on the list.


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[cheezeemee]

That's gotta be the most accurate list i've ever seen in my life!

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[Joey Cartoons]

and ive never even heard
of the Honeymooners


You've never heard of "The
Honeymooners"??? And you feel
that TV Guide didn't place the
shows accurately? If you've
never heard of a television classic
like "The Honeymooners" that
has been running in syndication
for about 40 years, if not more,
then how do you have any
opinion regarding the placement
of the shows???


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[Ryan the Great]

You've never heard of "The
Honeymooners"??? And you feel
that TV Guide didn't place the
shows accurately? If you've
never heard of a television classic
like "The Honeymooners" that
has been running in syndication
for about 40 years, if not more,
then how do you have any
opinion regarding the placement
of the shows???

i don't even watch tv.

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[cheezeemee]

Oprah Winfrey shouldnt even have been on the list.

First off I hate when people say they don't watch TV. Everybody watches TV. Wether you know it or not. Second dude.................that's rules! She sucks. She could give two shits about the topics on her show. She's just interested in whitecastles!
She's got the CRAVE!!!!!!!!!!

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[Arienette]

Oprah Winfrey shouldnt even have been on the list.
ugh i just hate that bitch and her dumbass book club. like i need a worthless talk show host to tell me what tear jerker book i should read next. no thanks. suck it, oprah

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[A.J.]

the simpsons is the longest running sitcom in the history of cable.


I thought it was "Married With Children"? Or did "The Simpsons" just pass that mark?

[pigpenn]

Family Guy should have been on the list - maybe towards the end because of a short run and ratings(which I blame Fox for), but come on! The baby wanted to kill his mother! They tore into the hypocrisy of religion on every show! The family dog was an intellectual alchoholic who became a porno director! Come On! <P> <P> <P>


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[Lisa Croft]

I have a few issues with the list as well, but I have to give them credit for ranking Seinfeld #1. I don't think there's an episode that didn't have me pissing my pants the first time I saw it. Every episode was witty, and to tie in 3 or 4 seemingly separate stories at the end of every half hour was comic genius. I've actually heard people say "I don't get what's so funny about that show". I just don't get that.

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[Green Lantern]

they forgot the The Greatest American Hero & Sanford & Son.

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[Ryan the Great]

First off I hate when people say they don't watch TV.

i was just kidding dude. i watch tv all he time. i havent been living long enough to have heard of the honeymooners.

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[brijjack]

Who's the crack addict who came up with this list. The Honeymooners at #3? and where's THE MILTON BERLE SHOW (a.k.a. Texaco Star Theater).

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[IkeaBoy]

Well I agree with some, don't agree with others. As some have said it's good to see shows like Buffy and Peaks on it but Seinfeld is not the number one best show of all time, it's not even the best sitcom of the 90s (that honor goes to NewsRadio). And The Mertz and Arnezes is in no way, shape or form, even half as great as the Kramdens and Nortons. And Twilight Zone should be in the top 10 because even now it's just still so damned cool (the Anthony "think only happy thoughts" episode was on last night).

Sopranos has no right being in the top 5 after just 3 seasons, two of which left us very disappointed.

Shows they left off: South Park, The Daily Show (if news shows count, this definitely does- any show that calls Big Bird a "giant retarded canary" automatically smells greatness), Mystery Science Theater 3000, NewsRadio, Oz (better than Sopranos), The Prisoner (it's on PBS midnights Sunday and if you haven't seen it, WATCH THE FUCKING THING), Kids in the Hall, Conan O'Brien, and the ultimate troupe comedy show- Monty Python's Flying Circus.

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