Greatest TV Shows of All Time

From time-capsule sitcoms to cutting-edge Peak-TV dramas -- the definitive ranking of the game-changing small-screen classics

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Eastbound & Down
4
Oz
4.2
The Golden Girls
3.8
Portlandia
3.8
Gunsmoke
4.2
Key & Peele
4
Jeopardy!
4.2
Mystery Science Theater 3000
4.5
American Idol
1.9
Broad City
4.4
The Dick Van Dyke Show
4
Homeland
4
Party Down
4.2
Doctor Who
4.2
Good Times, Bad Times
1.6
Real Time with Bill Maher
3.5
The Real World
2.5
House of Cards
4.5
The Jeffersons
3.6
Dallas
3.4
The Fugitive
3.8
In Living Color
4.3
Thirtysomething
3.9
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
4.2
American Crime Story
4.1
The Ren & Stimpy Show
3.9
Transparent
4.1
Girls
3.5
Mr. Show with Bob and David
4.3
Roseanne
3.4
The Ed Sullivan Show
4.1
The State
4
The Odd Couple
3.7
Downton Abbey
4.5
Happy Days
3.5
Chappelle's Show
4.6
The Wonder Years
4
Back to the Future
4
Your Show of Shows
4.2
Beavis and Butt-head
4

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