Top 10 TV Shows of All Time

catalogs ^ | July 6, 2010

[JoeProBono]

"Any top ten list is bound to be subjective, but this one has criteria: to make this list, a show must have longevity (Sports Night was great, but didn’t last), staying power (Three’s Company was funny, but hopelessly dated), strong writing (hopefully self-explanatory) and memorable moments (there’s a good reason that the final episode of M.A.S.H. was until very recently the most watched show in television history). Here are my choices, and let the debate begin."

[gov_bean_ counter]

Combat. Beat me by that much. :)

[Bringbackthedraft]

“Your show of shows” We all tuned in on Saturday night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0SG4YhiuYU&feature=related

You bet your life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQee1i2ZW0A&feature=related

Far too many great but forgotten shows. Most of you probably didn’t live during the early days of TV. Can any of you remember 10 top radio shows? Rhet.

[alicewonders]

Some of my picks would be:

The Carol Burnett Show (funniest show I’ve ever seen)

Rockford Files

The Blackadder

Breaking Bad

The Ed Sullivan Show

I Love Lucy

Mystery Science Theater 3000

Second City TV

Star Trek

Taxi

The Odd Couple

Frasier

Everybody Loves Raymond

The King of Queens

[Responsibility2nd]

Shows you how little I know....

List of longest running United States television series

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_running_United_States_television_series

[Vince Ferrer]

I agree with others that Twilight Zone and Star Trek deserve mention. Also, if SNL is on the list, the Tonight Show of the Johnny Carson years should be there.

[gov_bean_ counter]

I saw The IT Crowd on BBC in Iraq. There was also a British version of a call center outsourced to India. Funniest stuff I have seen in a long time.

[massmike]

No one mentioned the longest-running sitcom of all time?

[RegulatorCountry]

While I hate the whole idea of government-run television, I thank PBS and The Beeb for The Vicar Of Dibley, as well as Keeping Up Appearances and As Time Goes By. Really nice, human-scaled, gentle comedies with warmth. Millicent Bucket is an hilarious character, very memorable. Judy Dench is great in everything she's ever done.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Can any of you remember 10 top radio shows? Rhet.

Our Miss Brooks
Fibber Magee and Molly
The Shadow

[Lancey Howard]

Any list that has "top ten" and "TV" in it must include 'I Love Lucy' to be credible.
But hey!, these kind of totally subjective threads are great! I once did a similar one:

(VANITY) The Greatest TV Sitcoms of All Time

[Sto Zvirat]

IT Crowd is written by Graham Linehan, who wrote “Father Ted” and “Black Books”, he is 3 for 3 in great comedy shows. Much funnier than any American comedy offering these days.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

How about “Taxi” with Andy Kaufman and Christopher Lloyd?

For a brief SciFi show, “Farscape”, the best in decades.

“Law and Order” was pretty good.

“Friday the 13th” back on late night scifi channel

“Benny King Show” - British. will have you wetting your pants

“Red Green Show” - Canadian - brilliantly funny

[NavyCanDo]

I can’t stop at ten, but I have to stop some where, because so many were good. Friends is teh most recent. Everything else I have to go back aways

Voyage to teh Bottom of the Sea
Gunsmoke
Sea Hunt
I Love Lucy
Happy Days (first couple of seasons)
The Honeymooners
Star Trek
Gilligans Island
Ed Sullivan Show
Friends
Dick Van Dyke Show
Wonderful World of Disney
Cheers
Leave it to Beaver
Get Smart
The Odd Couple
Sanford and Son
The Fugetive
The Invaders
Rat Patrol
The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson

[packrat35]

Agree completely. SNL jumped the sharked 20 years ago and coasts on fumes. Seinfield was mostly funny to Easterners. I’ve met one person in my whole life that actually watches this show. I’m from the South.

I did try to watch Seinfield but it was painfully UNFUNNY!

[latina4dubya]

my faves are Frasier, NYPD Blue, Homicide: Life on the Streets... my current favorite is Criminal Minds... i did like Star Trek: The Next Generation...

[upsdriver]

1. M*A*S*H

2. Barney Miller

3. Perry Mason

4. Andy Griffith

5. The Tonight Show w/Johnny Carson

6. Cheers

7. Mary Tyler Moore

8. Leave it to Beaver

9. 3rd Rock from the Sun

10. That 70s Show

[Responsibility2nd]

Good show. But not even close to being the longest-running sitcom of all time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_running_United_States_television_series

[upsdriver]

Solid picks!

[JoeProBono]

[Age of Reason]

How about 1960s Twilight Zone?