[Oztrich Boy]

Most. influential. show. Ever?

hardly. It was a another cop show, not the first. And twenty years later the Sopranos? long pregnancy.

OTOH: Two words Vampire Shows, the new genre of the 21st Century

And "It was a serialized mixture of drama and comedy featuring diverse, colorful and three-dimensional characters "

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Also No Buffy, no Angel, No Summer Glau

[morphing libertarian]

I agree with the comments about Breaking Bad etc. I loved Hill Street, but influential?

I would say All In the Family and The Tonight Show with Carson. For better or worse.