50 greatest shows of all time

How many of you have seen the special or magazine "TV guide's 50 greatest shows of all time?" I got to admit, It was a bad special, and I had problems with some of the choises. But Ones I liked were Taxi, Sesame Street (which is why I post this on a Muppet Board) Frasier, Cheers, I Love Lucy, HoneyMooners, Seinfeld, The Simpsons etc. etc.
# 47 was one of my favorite shows, Rocky and Bullwinkle. Besides Henson, Jay Ward is on the list of people I most Admire. I'm cleaning out a closet, so I can put my Moose and Squirrel Memorablia in it, making a shrine (I plan to do the same with the Muppets, once the figures come out!) I was outraged when the show was mentioned breifly in passing (not even a short clip!)

But I must confess, my main complaint is that Buffy the Vampire Slayer made the list. Why, oh, why is it considered a great TV show of all time? I don't even think it's good! It's campy, It's goofy, it moved from WB to UPN for crying out loud. There are thousands of shows I can think of better than that! (Untouchables, Dragnet, Flintstones) Most of the other shows were groundbreaking, or intellegent! Buffy is neither, in my opinion! And they spent five minutes on it. Half of it was Sarah Michell Gellar patting herself on the back, saying "I love me!" It's the only show she talked about! Probably the only one she knows of! I hate Miss Gellar!!! She's the reason I don't want to see Scooby Doo in theaters (I have to admit, it's type casting to make her the Ditz of the Mystery Inc. gang!) WHy couldn't they have picked, I dunno, The Muppet Show !?!?!? I'm sorry If I offended any fans, but to be up there with greats like Lucille Ball and Johnny Carson....

Get over it.

I'm kind of surprised that "Sid Caeser's Your Show of Shows" wasn't on there. I mean, it's practcially the grandfather of 20th Sentury Americacn comedy having been the start for someo f the most prolific comedy minds in the bsiness including, Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Woody Allen, and Larry Gelbart. As well as seting the stage for shows like SNL, Carol burnett and even our beloved Mupet Show.

I haven't seen anyone who has agreed with TV Guide's List so I haven't paid any attention to it. Ya know, when it comes down to it, who is this allmighty-TV GOD who says what the 50 greatest sohws have been? not worth getting all fussed up about if you ask me?

Sid Caesar? On My list or theirs? It was among the 50 shows. I'm proud to say that at least the mighty Caesar was listed on mine as well. Of course, time constraints (of mine) forced me to etc. etc. some of them. But I'm surprised that the only Muppet thing listed was Sesame Street (two if you count Scred and the rest from Saturday Night Live.)

Oh Sid Caesar was? I must have missed it any time I saw their list? Like I said I didn't pay TOO much attention to it. it's just TV guide actin like they're all that again.

--matt

50 Greatest TV Shows

Well,I really don't pay attention to tv guide at all these days,cost too much & haven't bought one in years. Here's my fav. 50(the one's I watch,not in any order):

1. Seinfeld
2. M*A*S*H
3. All in the Family
4. Quantum Leap
5. CSI(William Peterson)
6. Columbo
7. ER
8. Hill Street Blues
9. Sopranos
10. Gilligan's Island
11. Bewitched
12. Bugs Bunny Looney Tunes
13. S** and the City
14. Twillight Zone(original)
15. Rosanne
16. Home Improvement
17. The Cosby Show
18. Good Times
19. Star Trek:TNG
20. Frasier
21. Cheers
22. The Muppet Show
23. Soap
24. The Simpsons
25. Mary Tyler Moore
26. SNL(with NRFPP)
27. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
28. The Monkees
29. Different Strokes
30. Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
31. Carol Burnett and Friends
32. Laugh In
33. Friends
34. Courtship of Eddie's Father
35. Kroft Super Star Hour
36. Jeopardy
37. Three's Company
38. Mork and Mindy
39. WKRP in Cincinnati
40. Facts of Life
41. Will & Grace
42. That 70s Show
43. Drew Carey Show
44. Who's Line is it Anyway?
45. Sesame Street
46. Trading Spaces
47. QE4TSG
48. Dick Van Dyke Show
49. Happy Days
50. Laverne & Shirley

That list was just stupid (not yours, Janice). I mean, there were definitely some good picks, but a lot of it seemed to be just what's hip, as it were, and not what's truly great television. However, I have to agree with Matleo, that it's not worth getting worked up over.

Yeah, TV is pretty much trash nowdays. As long as the shows keep up with the fads and popular culture they do well. Characterization, originality, and morals have all pretty much been thrown out the window.

Do you think Looney Tunes would really count. They were cartoons shown in theaters so, um... yeah.

Well said. I haven't watched too much network tv in years. There is not much there that really appeals to me anymore, and I don't commit myself to watching too many shows anyway. Most of the time I find something more valuable and worthwhile on cable.

1.Freaks and geeks
2.Fraggle rock
3.Three's company
4.Facts of life
5.Pete and Pete
6.Salute your shorts
7.Muppet Babies
8.Invader zim
9.Are you afraid of the dark
10.Degrassi next generation
11.Sesame street
12.Ahh real monsters
11.Whos the boss
12.Rockos modern life
13.South park
14.My little pony tales
15.Care bears
16.Good times
17.Shorties watching shorties
18.Bobby's World
19.Samurai jack
20.Charles in charge
21.King of Queens
22.Will and Grace
23.Muppet show
24.Dinosaurs
25.Fairly odd parents
26.All in the family
27.Jeffersons
28.Jetsons
29.Flintstones
30.Smurfs
31.Snorks
32.Gummi bears
33.Every body loves ramon
34.Dexters laboratory
35.Simpsons
36.Rugrats
37.Darkwing duck
38.Winnie the pooh
39.Hey Arnold
40.Mamas Family
41.Sponge BoB
42.Mega babies
43.Ren and Stimpy
44.Reno 911
45.Different strokes
46.Alf
47.Super mario bros super show
48.Story teller
49.Tiny toon adventures
50.Family Guy

My top 50 (in no special order)

1. SpongeBob SquarePants
2. Fairly OddParents
3. Jimmy Neutron
4. AAAHH!!! Real Monsters
5. Invader ZIM
6. Original Rugrats episodes
7. Danny Phantom
8. Tiny Toons
9. Looney Tunes
10. Animaniacs
11. Ninja Turtles (original)
12. Ninja Turtles (new)
13. Muppet Babies
14. Rocko's Modern Life
15. G1 Transformers
16. Beast Wars
17. Transformers R.I.D
18. The Simpsons
19. Who's the Boss
20. Roseanne
21. Cheers
22. Garfield & Friends
23. That 70's Show
24. Three's Company
25. Full House
26. The Muppet Show
27. Dinosaurs
28. I Love Lucy
29. Doug
30. Sesame Street
31. Angry Beavers
32. Catdog

and surprisingly enough, I can't think of anything else (and all I do is watch TV, lol )

I personally like Buffy the Vampire Slayer a lot. I can understand why people think it's a bit... campy if they've never actually watched it. The title and the whole concept does seem a flaky and like a B movie horror flick and that tends to put people off and they don't give it much of a chance. But if you actually watch it (for more than just a few minutes), you'll find it's actually one of the best written, best produced shows on television with some of the most well rounded characters I know of. There's a lot of shows I like but that's the only show I watch that I can say that about.

I'd blame the network heads for keeping reality tv on the air. However, there doesn't seem to be any originality with television shows anymore that strike me as good. Shows like I Love Lucy, Cheers, Frasier, MASH, etc. were good because of the writing they had and the quality of the show that was being shown. I don't watch a lot of new stuff on television, but I find myself watching old programs that are good.

ryan

Here's mine...

1. Big Brother
2. Coronation Street
3. Will and Grace
4. Friends
5. Joey
6. Daria
7. The Simpsons
8. The Magic Roundabout
9. The Muppet Show
10. Sesame Street
11. French and Saunders
12. Absolutely Fabulous
13. Futurama
14. The Vicar of Dibley
15. ****'s Kitchen
16. The Paul O'Grady Show
17. Hollyoaks
18. Teen Angel
19. 8 Simple Rules
20. Home Improvement
21. Muppets Tonight
22. dinnerladies
23. Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
24. TOTP
25. Footballer's Wives
26. Fat Friends
27. Allistair McGowan's Big Impression
28. Little Britain
29. Rock Profile
30. Fabulous Life Of...
31. The Office
32. Garfield and Friends
    [Thinks hard]
33. Parkinson
34. The Kumars at No. 42
35. Only Fools and Horses
36. Rainbow
37. The Weakest Link
38. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
39. Married With Children
40. Cheers

OK, I don't even think I've seen 50 shows before!!

The Simpsons and all else is GARBAGE


Oh no i mean i love the Muppets and others but the SIMPSONS transend it all

Here's my list of top 50 shows. (Yes, this list does include kiddie shows, but these are classics.

(in alphabetically order/any title in all caps means my most favorites.)
1. All That! (Original eps only)
2. America's Funniest Home Videos
3. America's Most Wanted
4. The Andy Griffith Show (B&W eps only)
5. Are You Afraid of the Dark?
6. Arthur
7. BEWITCHED (Dick York eps only)
8. Bobby's World
9. THE BULLWINKLE SHOW
10. CatDog
11. Clifford the Big Red Dog (First Season ONLY!)
12. COURAGE THE COWARDLY DOG
13. COW AND CHICKEN
14. Dexter's Laboratory (Original eps only)
15. Doug (Original eps only)
16. ED, EDD N EDDY
17. The Flintstones
18. Franklin
19. Freakazoid! (a Spielberg classic)
20. The Gene Autry Show
21. GREEN ACRES
22. Grim and Evil
23. Hey Arnold!
24. H.R. Pufnstuf (the only show with a laugh track, that didn't need a laugh track)
25. I Am Weasel
26. I DREAM OF JEANNIE
27. I Love Lucy
28. I Love the 70's
29. I Love the 80's: Strikes Back
30. The Jetsons
31. Johnny Bravo
32. Leave It to Beaver
33. The Little Lulu Show
34. Mister Ed
35. THE PLANET'S FUNNIEST ANIMALS
36. PLAY WITH ME SESAME
37. Police Videos
38. Recess
39. ROCKO'S MODERN LIFE
40. ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS
41. Seinfeld
42. SESAME STREET
43. SESAME TOO (early 93 eps only)
44. SESAME UNPAVED
45. Stuart Little: The Series
46. Whose Line Is It Anyway?
47. WIMZIE'S HOUSE
48. Wishbone
49. World's Wildest Police Videos

Wow, it appears I'm one less than 50, oh well, some of these show are either not on any more, or I haven't seen in a long time.

How come everytime when I post a response in a popular thread, then everyone else stops posting in that thread?

My best all time tv shows are Green Acres, The Andy Griffith Show, The Honeymooners, All in the Family, I Love Lucy, The Flintstones, The Twilight Zone, The Wonder Years, and , of course, Sesame Street. Two other ones that were film shorts but have been shown in tv show format for years that I also rank up there are The 3 Stooges (the Curly episodes) and Tom & Jerry (the 40's and 50's Tex Avery ones). There's a lot of other good shows I've enjoyed that aren't as good as these classics, like The Odd Couple, The Jeffersons, Alice, Dragnet, and Petticoat Junction.