The Top 300 Greatest TV Shows of All Time: FBG Consensus: 50 Lists received. 43: The Wonder Years (91 Viewers)

[KarmaPolice]

Updated show count that are in the top 300.

The Gator 67
Yo Mama 67
Scoresman 65
AAABatteries 65
Atomic Punk 64
landrys hat 63
ilov80s 62
McBokonon 62
Rand al Thor 61
Dr Octopus 61
Psychopav 61
Nick Vermeil 60
Dan Lambskin 60
krista4 59
kupcho1 59
gr00vus 58
Maik Jeaunz 58
Jayrod 58
KarmaPolice 58
Todem 56
UncleZen 56
Runkle 56
whoknew 55
BlackCrowes 55
Frostillicus 54
Pip's Invitation 54
Tick 53
Don Quixote 53
Gally 53
Binky 53
turnjose7 52
Brutal Penquin 52
shuke 52
Hastur 51
zamboni 49
simey 48
Tau37 48
Keith R 47
Instinctive 46
Chaos34 46
Sullie 45
steelerfan1 44
Barry2 44
timschochet 43
John Madden's Lunchbox 43
Bottomfeeder Sports 42
BLOCKED PUNT 41
Eephus 39
Shaft41 36
titusbramble 15

I have a guess for the 3 on my list that didn’t crack the top 300.

My guess for the 5 of mine

Spoiler

Perry Mason
Bosch
Gravity Falls
Lonesome Dove
Bloodline

One of your shows is in my top 20.

 

[AAABatteries]

Updated show count that are in the top 300.

The Gator 67
Yo Mama 67
Scoresman 65
AAABatteries 65
Atomic Punk 64
landrys hat 63
ilov80s 62
McBokonon 62
Rand al Thor 61
Dr Octopus 61
Psychopav 61
Nick Vermeil 60
Dan Lambskin 60
krista4 59
kupcho1 59
gr00vus 58
Maik Jeaunz 58
Jayrod 58
KarmaPolice 58
Todem 56
UncleZen 56
Runkle 56
whoknew 55
BlackCrowes 55
Frostillicus 54
Pip's Invitation 54
Tick 53
Don Quixote 53
Gally 53
Binky 53
turnjose7 52
Brutal Penquin 52
shuke 52
Hastur 51
zamboni 49
simey 48
Tau37 48
Keith R 47
Instinctive 46
Chaos34 46
Sullie 45
steelerfan1 44
Barry2 44
timschochet 43
John Madden's Lunchbox 43
Bottomfeeder Sports 42
BLOCKED PUNT 41
Eephus 39
Shaft41 36
titusbramble 15

I have a guess for the 3 on my list that didn’t crack the top 300.

My guess for the 5 of mine

Spoiler

Perry Mason
Bosch
Gravity Falls
Lonesome Dove
Bloodline

One of your shows is in my top 20.

Then I must be wrong with my guess!

 

[KarmaPolice]

Most of mine I would imagine are the animated kids shows that I had on my list. A top 30 one I think my wife and I looked forward to more than our daughter.

 

[AAABatteries]

Most of mine I would imagine are the animated kids shows that I had on my list. A top 30 one I think my wife and I looked forward to more than our daughter.

I think I had 8 animated with 4 being children and 4 adult.

 

[Psychopav]

Honorable Mentions!

Here are the top 5 shows from all lists that did NOT make the top 300.

Title	User	Rank
Big Train	John Madden's Lunchbox	2
WandaVision	turnjose7	3
The Mole	Shaft41	4
My Brilliant Friend	Barry2	4
Knots Landing	simey	4
Drunk History	Don Quixote	5
Connections	Binky	5
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Eephus	5

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Is this an example of formatting or the start of the honorable mentions?

 

[Scoresman]

Honorable Mentions!

Here are the top 5 shows from all lists that did NOT make the top 300.

Title	User	Rank
Big Train	John Madden's Lunchbox	2
WandaVision	turnjose7	3
The Mole	Shaft41	4
My Brilliant Friend	Barry2	4
Knots Landing	simey	4
Drunk History	Don Quixote	5
Connections	Binky	5
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Eephus	5

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Is this an example of formatting or the start of the honorable mentions?

It's the start. Those are real.

First 25 out will be next, then tomorrow start from 300.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Most of mine I would imagine are the animated kids shows that I had on my list. A top 30 one I think my wife and I looked forward to more than our daughter.

I think I had 8 animated with 4 being children and 4 adult.

:lowBlockedPuntwhisper:

We should PM each other our list.

 

[Yo Mama]

Most of mine I would imagine are the animated kids shows that I had on my list. A top 30 one I think my wife and I looked forward to more than our daughter.

I think I had 8 animated with 4 being children and 4 adult.

I have 2 animated shows meant for adults and 3 kids shows that weren’t animated (I guess one could be considered a family show). No animated kids shows on my top 70.

 

[Eephus]

Craig Ferguson is really funny. I didn't watch it - but all the YouTube clips I saw were very funny.

Craig's show was a breath of fresh air In an era where TV talk shows have regressed into pure promotion for the guests' current projects and awkwardly staged bits designed in hope of going viral. Ferguson is funny as hell but he also took (or feigned) enough interest in his guests to hold meaningful conversations with them.

 

[Gr00vus]

Craig Ferguson is really funny. I didn't watch it - but all the YouTube clips I saw were very funny.

I caught it when I could, and he was hilarious. I just didn't watch it often enough for it to beat out others in my top 75 or so.

 

[AAABatteries]

Most of mine I would imagine are the animated kids shows that I had on my list. A top 30 one I think my wife and I looked forward to more than our daughter.

I think I had 8 animated with 4 being children and 4 adult.

I have 2 animated shows meant for adults and 3 kids shows that weren’t animated (I guess one could be considered a family show). No animated kids shows on my top 70.

I didn’t get a chance to read the thread much early in. My approach was to factor in my favorites but also the amount of time watching it. There’s a couple of animated shows I just watched a ton and felt they were worthy of a spot.

And then some of my favorite shows as an adult have been animated.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

Knew my #2, Big Train, would be the one to miss out.
It’s hilarious. British humor in the tradition of Monty Python

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[BlackCrowes]

My Brilliant Friend is excellent. I didn’t consider it but it might have squeaked in if I had.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

How many #1's don't crack the top 200?

3

Those must be for shock value.

Or some people from outside America like shows that arent American

on my first list I had a show from Israel and I was thinking about a show from america's top hot-canada

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

I will link them if anyone is interested.

Also, why have 300-290 not been posted yet?

 

[Tick]

My list was flawless from the get go. No need to adjust perfection.

Mine was so flawed there was no point in adjusting.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

I've seen a few a few episodes of drunk history. I liked them but I like history stuff in general.

 

[Scoresman]

I will link them if anyone is interested.

Also, why have 300-290 not been posted yet?

Actual countdown starts tomorrow with this.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

I have to wait a whole friggin night?!?

 

[Scoresman]

Instead of the top 25, let's finish the honorable mentions with everyone's top ranked show that did not make the top 300. There will obviously be overlap with the previous top 5 list.

Tables arent posting properly so this may look a bit janky.

Rank Title Name
34 Jersey Shore Scoresman
10 Criminal Minds Gally
10 Black Summer Tick
8 Orphan Black Bottomfeeder Sports
12 The Odd Couple Dr Octopus
23 Looney Tunes Dan Lambskin
4 The Mole Shaft41
14 The OC Frostillicus
12 The Morning Show timschochet
45 Mildred Pierce ilov80s
4 My Brilliant Friend Barry2
17 Bull Brutal Penquin
10 MTV Unplugged Tau37
6 This Old House Nick Vermeil
5 Drunk History Don Quixote
23 Remote Control shuke
25 Dark Winds whoknew
14 Big Love Keith R
7 Svengoolie Hastur
45 Good Times Yo Mama
19 The Wonderful World of Disney Psychopav
26 The Drew Carey Show UncleZen
26 Mr. Show Pip's Invitation
16 @Midnight McBokonon
10 Yellowjackets steelerfan1
5 Connections Binky
48 The Haunting of Hill House The Gator
40 The Umbrella Academy kupcho1
9 Catastrophe BlackCrowes
2 Big Train John Madden's Lunchbox
17 Australian Survivor Runkle
32 American Crime Story Atomic Punk
26 Treme landrys hat
18 Eight is Enough zamboni
24 When the Levees Broke krista4
17 America's Funniest Home Videos Rand al Thor
12 The Chef Show Instinctive
21 Person of Interest Jayrod
16 Emergency Todem
7 Ice Road Truckers titusbramble
14 The Outer Limits Sullie
18 Gravity Falls KarmaPolice
5 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Eephus
17 Arcane Maik Jeaunz
4 Knots Landing simey
21 Condor BLOCKED PUNT
12 Rake Chaos34
35 Pardon the Interruption AAABatteries
3 WandaVision turnjose7
36 Battlestar Galactica (1978) gr00vus

 

[simey]

Never really watched it except for Donna Mills, but Knots Landing had a good, very ‘80s theme song:

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@simey Did Donna Mills join the cast later?

Mills joined the show at the beginning of season 2, which was in 1980. She was a great villain. I ranked it #4, because it was my favorite prime time soap. It was on during my high school and college years. I think it was on for like 14 seasons or so, and there were a ton of episodes back then, and I watched all of them. It deserved the high ranking. As for the theme song, they changed the speed of it throughout the years, and I think my favorite of the themes started in season 5. It would fit on Shuke's MAD theme.

 

[Scoresman]

My top ranked show missing the cut is Jersey Shore. This is a real guilty pleasure show for me and the only real reality show on my list. Watching drunk people fight, shout, and hurt themselves like this group does is incredibly entertaining.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I think we broke Scores' computer. I didn't have '78 Battlestar listed/ranked

ETA: or I broke it with my crappy picks.

 

[Yo Mama]

Oh wow, I’m surprised Good Times wasn’t on the top 300. I figured it would be 3 other of my shows that didn’t make it.

Dynomite!

 

[Eephus]

45 Good Times Yo Mama

Makes sense

 

[steelerfan1]

I’m trying to guess how many shows of my 70 were just mine alone. I could see 15 easily.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

I did enjoy watching PTI some. Drew Carey show is pretty good. Kinda shocked American Crime Story didn't make it-I also had it on my list

 

[Psychopav]

Instead of the top 25, let's finish the honorable mentions with everyone's top ranked show that did not make the top 300. There will obviously be overlap with the previous top 5 list.

Tables arent posting properly so this may look a bit janky.

Rank Title Name

7 Svengoolie Hastur

Assume this includes Son of Svengoolie? This is an awesome pick. Two thumbs up!!

 

[Scoresman]

I think we broke Scores' computer. I didn't have '78 Battlestar listed/ranked

Dammit, I fixed this in the post above. Yours is Gravity Falls

I said there would be mistakes...

 

[DA RAIDERS]

How is this being revealed?

 

[Dan Lambskin]

None of you old farts threw Looney Tunes a bone?

 

[KarmaPolice]

How is this being revealed?

via posts on FBGs

 

[krista4]

23 Remote Control shuke

Sorry, GB - I had this one on my list, too.

 

[Tick]

Or maybe the bottom of the homogenous lists list are the folks who our fellow FBGs will thank for introducing them to myriad new shows to binge with gratitude

or I just have bad taste.

on a more serious note, there are a ton of shows that I know will be on that that I have not watched and thus did not list. I don't have a ton of "nostalgia" picks but age likely plays a bit of a factor, I think most of you were tweens and teens in the 80's while I was not. Anyways looking forward to seeing my 16% of shows represented!

shout to Eephus, steelerfan1 and Shaft41 for joining me in such elite company.

We've discussed the chalk shows so many times, for me it's the non-chalk stuff that's the most interesting to cover at this point. I'd definitely like to see posts on the ones that were in personal top 20's that don't make the combined top 200.

I have Black Summer at 10, there's no way it's in the top 200. It only got 2 seasons and it's a stupid zombie show, but it sucked me in so hard - the first episode (Human Flow) is what I always wanted from a zombie movie/show, shellshocked people and just utter mayhem where it really felt like the cameraman was just trying to capture as much as he could, and everything we couldn't see was just as interesting and crazy as everything we could see... like the camera could have been turned 90 degrees and found an entirely different show of wild events. Showing things from so many views fed that. It pretty much maintained that pace for the 2 seasons it got.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

nova is a good one

 

[McBokonon]

16 @Midnight McBokonon

Points!

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Oh ****. I didn't even think to include

Spoiler

the walking dead

 

[KarmaPolice]

23 Remote Control shuke

Sorry, GB - I had this one on my list, too.

I thought this one would make it - it's in my top 30 as well.

 

[steelerfan1]

Or maybe the bottom of the homogenous lists list are the folks who our fellow FBGs will thank for introducing them to myriad new shows to binge with gratitude

or I just have bad taste.

on a more serious note, there are a ton of shows that I know will be on that that I have not watched and thus did not list. I don't have a ton of "nostalgia" picks but age likely plays a bit of a factor, I think most of you were tweens and teens in the 80's while I was not. Anyways looking forward to seeing my 16% of shows represented!

shout to Eephus, steelerfan1 and Shaft41 for joining me in such elite company.

We've discussed the chalk shows so many times, for me it's the non-chalk stuff that's the most interesting to cover at this point. I'd definitely like to see posts on the ones that were in personal top 20's that don't make the combined top 200.

I have Black Summer at 10, there's no way it's in the top 200. It only got 2 seasons and it's a stupid zombie show, but it sucked me in so hard - the first episode (Human Flow) is what I always wanted from a zombie movie/show, shellshocked people and just utter mayhem where it really felt like the cameraman was just trying to capture as much as he could, and everything we couldn't see was just as interesting and crazy as everything we could see... like the camera could have been turned 90 degrees and found an entirely different show of wild events. Showing things from so many views fed that. It pretty much maintained that pace for the 2 seasons it got.

I really liked black summer. Was sad to see it end.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Knew my #2, Big Train, would be the one to miss out.
It’s hilarious. British humor in the tradition of Monty Python

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Thanks for that. Those last two especially had me going.

 

[Don Quixote]

None of you old farts threw Looney Tunes a bone?

Is there even a show on IMDB with that name?

 

[UncleZen]

I had Good Times on my list as well, but not ranked very high. I probably should have included the OC as I was super infatuated over Rachel Bilson. I had Emergency on the list but got knocked down to around 90.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Condor is a bit of an obscure show. Back when I had cable there was an att channel and Condor was one of the shows on that channel but I don't think its well knowm.​

 

[Don Quixote]

23 Remote Control shuke

Sorry, GB - I had this one on my list, too.

I thought this one would make it - it's in my top 30 as well.

I had it on my list too. Lower on my list though.

 

[Scoresman]

None of you old farts threw Looney Tunes a bone?

Is there even a show on IMDB with that name?

It's probably Toons. It was on a few lists and they all came in differently spelled so when I changed them all to be consistent I may have used the wrong name.

 

[Don Quixote]

None of you old farts threw Looney Tunes a bone?

Is there even a show on IMDB with that name?

It's probably Toons. It was on a few lists and they all came in differently spelled so when I changed them all to be consistent I may have used the wrong name.

The Bugs Bunny Show and variations of that were the name of the show that I remember.

 

[Eephus]

None of you old farts threw Looney Tunes a bone?

I had it on my list under a different title (The Bugs Bunny Show) but it somehow got deleted in a cut and paste mishap.

 

[krista4]

23 Remote Control shuke

Sorry, GB - I had this one on my list, too.

I thought this one would make it - it's in my top 30 as well.

I had it on my list too. Lower on my list though.

I wonder which show had the most votes without making the top 300. This has to be very close.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

None of you old farts threw Looney Tunes a bone?

Is there even a show on IMDB with that name?

It's probably Toons. It was on a few lists and they all came in differently spelled so when I changed them all to be consistent I may have used the wrong name.

It’s tunes but I guess there’s so many damn iterations of those shows I should have been more specific. I guess I figured all the Bugs Bunny stuff would be lumped together

 

[Tick]

My top ranked show missing the cut is Jersey Shore. This is a real guilty pleasure show for me and the only real reality show on my list. Watching drunk people fight, shout, and hurt themselves like this group does is incredibly entertaining.

I watched 2 seasons of this in one binge - I was in the hospital with MRSA in the week between Christmas and New Year's. The hospital wifi went out and their IT people were on vacation, so all I had was the hospital TV. I watched every bowl game and Jersey Shore while fighting a heavy fever. This was just before their third season came out.

I never watched another episode.