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    The Writers Guild of America has released a definitive list of the greatest television shows ever written, essentially ruining your conversational entertainment at happy hours until the end of time.

    1. The Sopranos – HBO – Created by David Chase

    2. Seinfeld – NBC – Created by Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld

    3. The Twilight Zone (1959) – CBS – Season One writers: Charles Beaumont, Richard Matheson, Robert Presnell, Jr., Rod Serling

    4. All in the Family – CBS – Developed for Television by Norman Lear, Based on Till Death Do Us Part, Created by Johnny Speight

    5. M*A*S*H – CBS – Developed for Television by Larry Gelbart

    6. The Mary Tyler Moore Show – CBS – Created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns

    7. Mad Men – AMC – Created by Matthew Weiner

    8. Cheers – NBC – Created by Glen Charles & Les Charles and James Burrows

    9. The Wire – HBO – Created by David Simon

    10. The West Wing – NBC – Created by Aaron Sorkin

    11. The Simpsons – FOX – Created by Matt Groening, Developed by James L. Brooks and Matt Groening and Sam Simon

    12. I Love Lucy – CBS – “Pilot,” Written by Jess Oppenheimer & Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr.

    13. Breaking Bad – AMC – Created by Vince Gilligan

    14. The Dick Van Dyke Show – CBS – Created by Carl Reiner

    15. Hill Street Blues – NBC – Created by Michael Kozoll and Steven Bochco

    16. Arrested Development – FOX – Created by Mitchell Hurwitz

    17. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart – COMEDY CENTRAL – Created by Madeleine Smithberg, Lizz Winstead; Season One – Head Writer: Chris Kreski; Writers: Jim Earl, Daniel J. Goor, Charles Grandy, J.R. Havlan, Tom Johnson, Kent Jones, Paul Mercurio, Guy Nicolucci, Steve Rosenfield, Jon Stewart

    18. Six Feet Under – HBO – Created by Alan Ball

    19. Taxi – ABC – Created by James L. Brooks and Stan Daniels and David Davis and Ed Weinberger

    20. The Larry Sanders Show – HBO – Created by Garry Shandling & Dennis Klein

    21. 30 Rock – NBC – Created by Tina Fey

    22. Friday Night Lights – NBC – Developed for Television by Peter Berg, Inspired by the Book by H.G. Bissinger

    23. Frasier – NBC – Created by David Angell & Peter Casey & David Lee, Based on the Character “Frasier Crane” Created by Glen Charles & Les Charles

    24. Friends – NBC – Created by Marta Kauffman & David Crane

    25. Saturday Night Live – NBC – Season One: Writing Supervised by Walter Kempley, Harry Shearer; Written by: Ann Beatts, Chevy Chase, Tom Davis, Al Franken, Rosie Michaels, Garrett Morris, Michael O’Donoghue, Herb Sargent, Tom Schiller, Alan Zweibel

    26. The X-Files – FOX – Created by Chris Carter

    27. Lost – ABC – Created by Jeffrey Lieber and J.J. Abrams & Damon Lindelof

    28. ER – NBC – Created Michael Crichton

    29. The Cosby Show – NBC – Created by Ed Weinberger & Michael Leeson and William Cosby, Jr., Ed. D.

    30. Curb Your Enthusiasm – HBO – Created by Larry David

    31. The Honeymooners – CBS – Season One writers: Herbert Finn, Marvin Marx, A.J. Russell, Leonard Stern, Walter Stone, Sydney Zelinka

    32. Deadwood – HBO – Created by David Milch

    33. Star Trek – NBC – Created by Gene Roddenberry

    34. Modern Family – ABC – Created by Steven Levitan & Christopher Lloyd

    35. Twin Peaks – ABC – “Pilot,” Written by Mark Frost & David Lynch

    36. NYPD Blue – ABC – created by David Milch & Steven Bochco

    37. The Carol Burnett Show – CBS – Season One: Written by Bill Angelos, Stan Burns, Don Hinkley, Buz Kohan, Mike Marmer, Gail Parent, Kenny Solms, Saul Turtletaub; Writing Supervised by Arnie Rosen

    38. Battlestar Galactica (2005) – SYFY – Developed by Ronald D. Moore, Based on the Series Battlestar Galactica Created by Glen A. Larson

    39. Sex & the City – HBO – Created by Darren Star, Based on the Book by Candace Bushnell

    40. Game of Thrones – HBO – Created by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss, Based on A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin

    41. The Bob Newhart Show *TIE – CBS – Created by David Davis and Lorenzo Music

    41. Your Show of Shows *TIE – NBC – Season One: Written by Mel Tolkin, Lucille Kallen, Max Liebman

    43. Downton Abbey *TIE – PBS – Created by Julian Fellowes

    43. Law & Order *TIE – NBC – Created by Dick Wolf

    43. thirtysomething *TIE – ABC – Created by Marshall Herskovitz & Edward Zwick

    46. Homicide: Life on the Street *TIE – NBC – Created by Paul Attanasio, Based on the Book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon

    46. St. Elsewhere *TIE – NBC – Created by Joshua Brand & John Falsey, Developed by Mark Tinker / John Masius

    48. Homeland – SHOWTIME – Developed by Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa, Based on the Original Israeli Series Prisoners of War by Gideon Raff

    49. Buffy the Vampire Slayer – WB – Created by Joss Whedon

    50. The Colbert Report *TIE – COMEDY CENTRAL – Season One writers: Stephen Colbert, Rich Dahm, Eric Drysdale, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir, Laura Krafft, Allison Silverman

    50. The Good Wife *TIE – CBS – Created by Robert King & Michelle King

    50. The Office (UK) *TIE – BBC – Created by Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant

    53. Northern Exposure – CBS – Created by Joshua Brand & John Falsey

    54. The Wonder Years – ABC – Created by Neal Marlens & Carol Black

    55. L.A. Law – NBC – Created by Steven Bochco & Terry Louise Fisher

    56. Sesame Street – PBS – Created by Joan Ganz Cooney

    57. Columbo – NBC – Created by Richard Levinson & William Link

    58. Fawlty Towers *TIE – BBC – Written by John Cleese & Connie Booth

    58. The Rockford Files *TIE – NBC – Created by Roy Huggins and Stephen J. Cannell

    60. Freaks and Geeks *TIE – NBC – Created by Paul Feig

    60. Moonlighting *TIE – ABC – Created by Glenn Gordon Caron

    62. Roots – ABC – Written by William Blinn, M. Charles Cohen, Ernest Kinoy, James Lee; Based on the Book by Alex Haley

    63. Everybody Loves Raymond *TIE – CBS – Created by Philip Rosenthal

    63. South Park *TIE – COMEDY CENTRAL – Created by Matt Stone & Trey Parker

    65. Playhouse 90 – CBS – Season One writers: Edna Anhalt, Edmund Beloin, Harold Jack Bloom, Marc Brandel, George Bruce, James P. Cavanagh, Whitfiled Cook, Helen Doss, Scott Fitzgerald, Devery Freeman, Frank D. Gilroy, Helen Howe, Speed Lamkin, Ernest Lehman, Herbert Little, Jr., Don Mankiewicz, Elick Moll, Paul Monash, Dean Reisner, Norman Retchin, Selma Robinson, William Sackheim, Rod Serling, Leonard Spigelgass, Leslie Stevens, Brandon Thomas, David Victor, Charles M. Warren, Hagar Wilde, Cornell Woolrich

    66. Dexter *TIE – SHOWTIME – Developed for Television by James Manos, Jr., Based on the Novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay

    66. The Office (US) *TIE – NBC – Created by Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant, Developed by Greg Daniels, Based on the BBC Series The Office

    68. My So-Called Life – ABC – Created by Winnie Holzman

    69. The Golden Girls – NBC – Created by Susan Harris

    70. The Andy Griffith Show – CBS – Episode 1, “The New Housekeeper,” Written by Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart

    71. 24 *TIE – FOX – Created by Joel Surnow & Robert Cochran

    71. Roseanne *TIE – ABC – Created by Matt Williams, Based on a Character Created by Roseanne Barr

    71. The Shield *TIE – FX – Created by Shawn Ryan

    74. House *TIE – FOX – Created by David Shore

    74. Murphy Brown *TIE – CBS – Created by Diane English

    76. Barney Miller *TIE – ABC – Created by Danny Arnold & Theodore J. Flicker

    76. I, Claudius *TIE – PBS – Written by Robert Graves and Jack Pulman

    78. The Odd Couple – ABC – Episode 1, “The Fight of the Felix,” Written by Peggy Elliott & Ed Scharlach

    79. Alfred Hitchcock Presents *TIE – CBS – Season One writers – Gwen Bagni, Samuel Blas, Robert Blees, Ray Bradbury, Richard Carr, James Cavanagh, Eustace Cockrell, Francis Cockrell, Marian Cockrell, John Collier, Robert C. Dennis, Mel Dinelli, Stanley Ellin, Fred Freiberger, Irwin Gielgud, Gina Kaus, Terence Maples, Richard Pedicini, Louis Pollock, Joseph Ruscoll, A.J. Russell, Stirling Silliphant, Andrew Solt, Harold Swanton, Victor Wolfson, Cornell Woolrich

    79. Monty Python’s Flying Circus *TIE – BBC – Conceived and Written by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Neil Innes, Terry Jones, Michael Palin

    79. Star Trek: The Next Generation *TIE – SYN – Created by Gene Roddenberry

    79. Upstairs, Downstairs *TIE – PBS – Created by Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins

    83. Get Smart – NBC – “Pilot,” Written by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry

    84. The Defenders *TIE – CBS – Created by Reginald Rose

    84. Gunsmoke *TIE – CBS – Episode 1, “Matt Gets It,” Written by Charles Marquis Warren & John Meston

    86. Justified *TIE – FX - Developed for Television by Graham Yost, Based on the Short Story “Fire in the Hole” by Elmore Leonard

    87. Sgt. Bilko (The Phil Silvers Show) *TIE – CBS – Created by Nat Hiken

    88. Band of Brothers – HBO – Written by Erik Bork, E. Max Frye, Tom Hanks, Erik Jendresen, Bruce C. McKenna, John Orloff, Graham Yost; Based on the Book by Stephan E. Ambrose

    89. Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In – NBC – Season One: Written by Chris Beard, Phil Hahn, John Hanrahan, Coslough Johnson, Paul Keyes, Marc London, Allan Manings, David Panich, Hugh Wedlock, Digby Wolfe

    90. The Prisoner – CBS – Premiere Episode: Written by George Markstein and David Tomblin

    91. Absolutely Fabulous (UK) *TIE – BBC – Episode 1, “Fashion,” Written by Jennifer Saunders, Based on an Original Idea by Jennifer Saunders & Dawn French

    The Muppet Show *TIE – SYN – Season One: Written by Jack Burns, Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Marc London

    93. Boardwalk Empire – HBO – Created by Terence Winter, Based on the Book Boardwalk Empire by Nelson Johnson

    94. Will & Grace – NBC – Created by David Kohan & Max Mutchnick

    95. Family Ties – NBC – Created by Gary David Goldberg

    96. Lonesome Dove *TIE – CBS – Teleplay by Bill Wittliff, Based on the Novel Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

    96. Soap *TIE – ABC – Created by Susan Harris

    98. The Fugitive *TIE – ABC – Episode 1, “Where the Action Is,” Written by Harry Kronman

    98. Late Night with David Letterman *TIE – NBC – Season One: Writing Supervised by Merrill Markoe, Writers: Andy Breckman, Tom Gammill, David Letterman, Richard Morris, Gerard Mulligan, Max Pross, Karl Tiedemann, Steve Winer

    98. Louie *TIE – FX -Season One: Written and Directed by Louis C.K.

    101. Oz – HBO – Created by Tom Fontana

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