TV Guide's 50 Greatest Shows of All Time

TV Guide's 50 Greatest Shows of All Time

Debuting in May 2002, this list of the 50 greatest shows of all time was compiled by TV Guide and is considered to be a list of the most influential TV programming in America. This list includes news programs, variety shows, sitcoms, dramas, talk shows and reality shows.

RankTV ShowNetwork 
1 Seinfeld SeinfeldNBC 
2 I Love Lucy I Love LucyCBS 
3 The Honeymooners The HoneymoonersCBS 
4 All in the Family All in the FamilyCBS 
5 The Sopranos The SopranosHBO 
6 60 Minutes 60 MinutesCBS 
7 Late Show with David Letterman Late Show with David LettermanCBS 
8 The Simpsons The SimpsonsFox 
9 The Andy Griffith Show The Andy Griffith ShowCBS 
10 Saturday Night Live Saturday Night LiveNBC 
11 The Mary Tyler Moore Show The Mary Tyler Moore ShowCBS 
12 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonNBC 
13 The Dick Van Dyke Show The Dick Van Dyke ShowCBS 
14 Hill Street Blues Hill Street BluesNBC 
15 The Ed Sullivan Show The Ed Sullivan ShowCBS 
16 The Carol Burnett Show The Carol Burnett ShowCBS 
17 Today TodayNBC 
18 Cheers CheersNBC 
19 thirtysomething thirtysomethingABC 
20 St. Elsewhere St. ElsewhereNBC 
21 Friends FriendsNBC 
22 ER ERNBC 
23 Nightline NightlineABC 
24 Law & Order Law & OrderNBC 
25 M*A*S*H M*A*S*HCBS 
26 The Twilight Zone The Twilight ZoneCBS 
27 Sesame Street Sesame StreetPBS 
28 The Cosby Show The Cosby ShowNBC 
29 Donahue DonahueSyndicated 
30 Your Show of Shows Your Show of ShowsNBC 
31 The Defenders The DefendersCBS 
32 An American Family An American FamilyPBS 
33 Playhouse 90 Playhouse 90CBS 
34 Frasier FrasierNBC 
35 Roseanne RoseanneABC 
36 The Fugitive The FugitiveABC 
37 The X-Files The X-FilesFox 
38 The Larry Sanders Show The Larry Sanders ShowHBO 
39 The Rockford Files The Rockford FilesNBC 
40 Gunsmoke GunsmokeCBS 
41 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Buffy the Vampire SlayerWB/UPN 
42 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InNBC 
43 Bonanza BonanzaNBC 
44 The Bob Newhart Show The Bob Newhart ShowCBS 
45 Twin Peaks Twin PeaksABC 
46 Star Trek: The Next Generation Star Trek: The Next GenerationSyndicated 
47 Rocky and His Friends Rocky and His FriendsABC 
48 Taxi TaxiABC/NBC 
49 The Oprah Winfrey Show The Oprah Winfrey ShowSyndicated 
50 Bewitched BewitchedABC 
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