TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time

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The 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time is a best of list published the week of May 4, 2002 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the magazine TV Guide.

The shows were chosen by a panel of editors of the magazine and ranked. The list received much criticism for focusing too much on older shows and for listing a sitcom at the #1 spot. Also, only one show, The Cosby Show at #28, featured a primarily minority cast.

[edit] The List

  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. The 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. The Phil Donahue Show
  30. Your Show of Shows
  31. The Defenders
  32. An 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. The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
  48. Taxi
  49. The Oprah Winfrey Show
  50. Bewitched
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