Top 10 TV Shows Of All Time

Alright, I’m almost back. I’ve been really busy lately and have sort of lost my desire to blog. Which I’m sure is evident to most since all I can seem to care about these days in the blogging world is lame YouTube videos. Blogging has just started to feel so vain and cyclical at times. At least the what I’ve let my blog devolve into over the past year.

Now I’m having some sort of a mid-life crisis of blogging. Which a lot of people seem to be going through these days. So I’m going to try and get back to letting this blog be more of a forum for my thoughts. More of an online journal the way I started it off as 4 years ago.

So I really have no idea how the top tv shows of all time fit into this. But Anna and I talked about it all weekend. And these are the best ones we could come up. She wanted to add Silver Spoons and Charles in Charge but I couldn’t even put them in my Honorable Mention Category. And something about Fraggle Rock.

So without further ado, here are my votes for the top 10 TV shows of all time. You’re free to leave yours in the comments. But don’t critique my list or rip on me for putting LOST ahead of 24. I fully understand the ramifications of their inverted order to most people.

TOP 10 TV SHOWS OF ALL TIME (in my estimation)

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1. Arrested Development
2. Seinfeld
3. LOST
4. 24
5. Freaks & Geeks
6. Wings
7. Newhart
8. The Cosby Show
9. WKRP In Cincinatti
10. American Gladiators

Honorable Mentions: Alf, Benson, G.I. Joes, A Different World, Quantum Leap, Matlock, The Simpsons

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20 responses to “Top 10 TV Shows Of All Time”

  1. #1. jessicaNo Gravatar on October 30th, 2006 at 11:05 am

    that is a very interesting list. and just so you know 24 sucks!

  2. #2. EricNo Gravatar on October 30th, 2006 at 11:24 am

    I can’t believe American Gladiators is tenth. I mean, the thing where the contestant is on the floor, and the gladiator is up in the booth with the gun that shoots tennis balls? cmon, that is like the best TV has ever had to offer. Incredible.

  3. #3. JoshNo Gravatar on October 30th, 2006 at 11:25 am

    i’ll pretend i didn’t hear that jessica.

    eric, i agree. anna and i talked about the other day how that is our favorite contest of all. but for as cool as that is, do we need to talk about how lame the football tackling game was?

  4. #4. Joe KennedyNo Gravatar on October 30th, 2006 at 11:39 am

    Well okay, no ripping. But there are only 2 in your top ten that I would put in mine. Wings and The Cosby Show.

    Where’s Mad About You? Or the Dick van Dyke Show? Or Earth 2? Okay, I was kidding about the last one.

  5. #5. JoshNo Gravatar on October 30th, 2006 at 12:18 pm

    joe! you’re killing me. have you even seen arrested development?! LOST?! 24?!

    give me your top 5 and let me rip it. please?

    :)

  6. #6. daveNo Gravatar on October 30th, 2006 at 12:40 pm

    Yea…I agree, 24 sucks! :)

    Here is my top ten…

    1. Ed
    2. Ed
    3. Ed
    4. Ed
    5. Ed
    6. Boston Public
    7. Simpsons
    8. Seinfeld
    9. Friends
    10. Sportscenter?

  7. #7. e's wifeNo Gravatar on October 30th, 2006 at 12:43 pm

    I totally agree with anna about Charles in Charge and Fraggle Rock - Fraggle Rock was da bomb!11

    me being the trekie that I am, I would have TNG on my top ten list, and probably now, DS9 as well.

  8. #8. CaseyNo Gravatar on October 30th, 2006 at 12:48 pm

    Those are some pretty good picks…
    But if you’re going for nostalgia picks, which you obviously are…
    What about CHiPs? The A Team? Knight Rider?
    Quantum Leap and Wings are both great calls.
    I’d put Welcome Back, Kotter in my top five.
    And probably Scrubs and Malcolm in the Middle somewhere in the list.
    And definitely The Simpsons.
    Freaks and Geeks sucked.
    Arrested Development might be my number one as well…thanks for that.
    And I know that you know you’re wrong…cause 24 is definitely better than Lost.
    “and just so you know jessica sucks!”

    p.s. our dogs would totally be friends.

  9. #9. drewNo Gravatar on October 30th, 2006 at 1:30 pm

    In no particular order:

    * Heroes
    * Mork and Mindy
    * House
    * King of Queens
    * Good Times
    * Beverly Hills 90210
    * Law and Order: SVU
    * My So-Called Life
    * Friends
    * A-Team

  10. #10. JoshNo Gravatar on October 30th, 2006 at 1:49 pm

    great call on my so called life. i’d put that in my top 10 if i could go back and change it. wait i can. take out gladiators and add that to #10. a-team and dukes of hazard would make honorable mention as well. all good calls.

  11. #11. jessicaNo Gravatar on October 30th, 2006 at 2:24 pm

    OMG I JUST REMEMBER WHAT AMERICAN GLADIATORS IS!!! OMOMGOMG I use to watch that all the time

  12. #12. jessicaNo Gravatar on October 30th, 2006 at 2:25 pm

    wait a second … i don’t suck CASEY … hmph

  13. #13. JoshNo Gravatar on October 30th, 2006 at 2:26 pm

    i told you it was an awesome show.

  14. #14. jamesNo Gravatar on October 30th, 2006 at 4:05 pm

    Some good picks here man. Love that you’ve included both Quantum Leap and American Gladiators. Question. How did Newhart, Wings, G.I. Joe and Alf all beat out The Simpsons?

    Second question: Did you ever secretly wish to be one of the American Gladiators? If so, what did you hope your Gladiator name would be?

  15. #15. JoshNo Gravatar on October 30th, 2006 at 5:53 pm

    well i was always partial towards lazer. cause i like things that change the “s” to a “z” in the spelling. but to be honest, i invented a wrestler name one time called skye (spelt with an e) and i always felt like he would one day cross over from the wwf to american gladiators if only given the chance. so skye since he’s my alter ego wrestling name.

    you?

  16. #16. sethNo Gravatar on October 30th, 2006 at 10:16 pm

    you’re missing the great “firefly”, as well as “dark angel”, and the wunderful “street hawk”, and “maninmal”

  17. #17. DonNo Gravatar on October 31st, 2006 at 9:03 am

    All in the Family
    I Love Lucy
    MASH
    West Wing
    Gunsmoke
    Star Trek
    Saturday Night Live
    House
    Happy Days
    The Practice

  18. #18. jamesNo Gravatar on October 31st, 2006 at 9:07 am

    Since I was an astronomy buff as a kid, I once thought the name “Orion” would be pretty cool. So Orion it is!

  19. #19. NicholasNo Gravatar on October 31st, 2006 at 11:41 am

    Curb Your Enthusiasm
    24
    Lost
    The Simpsons
    Seinfeld
    Ghost Writer
    The X Files
    Undressed (MTV)
    MST3K
    Matlock

  20. #20. welcome to the story on November 9th, 2006 at 2:00 pm

    [...] If you like The Office, you seriously need to watch the whole things. It’s brilliant. I may have to add it to the Top 10 now. [...]

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