I think everyone submitting lists is taking it very seriously but everyone has there own idea of what "greatest" means to them in how they want to craft their list. There is no single way to define it. The "greatness" of the exercise is getting a variety of viewpoints to broaden everyone's horizons. I mean getting everyone to remember how great Charlie's Angels was is priceless.
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The Top 300 Greatest TV Shows of All Time: FBG Consensus: 50 Lists received. 58: Twin Peaks (196 Viewers)
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For me, when I think of TV shows that matter it really focuses on dramas and sit coms. That is what I think of when I think of TV shows. There are some other type shows that fit the bill as "greatest" because of their uniqueness or concept or how much it was copied but by and large I stuck with the bread and butter of drama/sitcom for my list...........and I don't think there is anything wrong with that.
Gr00vus
Footballguy
O.k., I've birthed my final list and sent it to @Scoresman to laugh at.
After the official results are given, do we all post our lists and heckle each others' choices?
After the official results are given, do we all post our lists and heckle each others' choices?
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Anybody want to share either their final list of just list of show they started with? I went off memory and have a list but I'm certain I'm forgetting some.
zamboni
Footballguy
Based on the discussions, I morphed my list from "greatest" to "favorite", so some of them will be turkeys. Some of them I think can even fly.
Yo Mama
Footballguy
Sent you mine
Psychopav
Help us, Joebi-Wan Brynobi, you're our only ho
So Magnum is on EVERYBODY's list? I smell a rat.
If I’m being honest, I thought it would take more than 40 lists to get asked if a marble sporting event was eligible.
If anything’s driving me crazy it’s stuff I mentioned already like trying to remove duplicates like when half of you put Magnum PI and the other half Magnum, P.I.
Psychopav
Help us, Joebi-Wan Brynobi, you're our only ho
I will share my number 46 - 51. Enjoy.
| Happy Days |
| M*A*S*H |
| American Horror Story |
| L.A. Law |
| True Detective |
| The Americans |
Psychopav
Help us, Joebi-Wan Brynobi, you're our only ho
I did that and google searches by genre. There were plenty of shows that came up that made me glad I did, or I would have missed them entirely.
Yo Mama
Footballguy
Not mineSo Magnum is on EVERYBODY's list? I smell a rat.
If I’m being honest, I thought it would take more than 40 lists to get asked if a marble sporting event was eligible.
If anything’s driving me crazy it’s stuff I mentioned already like trying to remove duplicates like when half of you put Magnum PI and the other half Magnum, P.I.
krista4
Footballguy
On my list!
krista4
Footballguy
Greatest of All Time TV Draft 2020
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Quoting for @AAABatteries . Looking at this spreadsheet helped me a lot.
Tick
Footballguy
I found a huge list of top 300 or 500 that was useful just to look for shows I forgot in my initial rankings.
I can’t find it again, but here’s basically what we’re doing: https://www.listchallenges.com/300-greatest-television-shows-of-all-time/list/2
I can’t find it again, but here’s basically what we’re doing: https://www.listchallenges.com/300-greatest-television-shows-of-all-time/list/2
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
I have one of these
Frostillicus
Footballguy
Interesting. My 46-51 is this:
| X-Files |
| Lost |
| Quantum Leap |
| Saturday Night Live |
| Parks and Rec |
| Reacher |
Instinctive
Footballguy
Predates me, not on mineSo Magnum is on EVERYBODY's list? I smell a rat.
If I’m being honest, I thought it would take more than 40 lists to get asked if a marble sporting event was eligible.
If anything’s driving me crazy it’s stuff I mentioned already like trying to remove duplicates like when half of you put Magnum PI and the other half Magnum, P.I.
BLOCKED_PUNT
Footballguy
I'm going to put both magnums on my list
Instinctive
Footballguy
Ok, I'll play:
- Succession
- Lost
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Whose Line is it Anyway?
- The Last Dance
- Friday Night Lights
BLOCKED_PUNT
Footballguy
I was told that there will be a spreadsheet
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Crap I see one I missed
UncleZen
Footballguy
I have some turkeys that cannot fly on my list.
Gr00vus
Footballguy
Mine:
46 King Of The Hill
47 Ted Lasso
48 Sesame Street
49 Life On Our Planet
50 Beavis And Butt-Head
51 Space Ghost Coast To Coast
47 Ted Lasso
48 Sesame Street
49 Life On Our Planet
50 Beavis And Butt-Head
51 Space Ghost Coast To Coast
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
Thanks for that
From that list i Found a few shows I should have listed but didnt. Orphan Black, Fringe and Broadchurch.
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zamboni
Footballguy
Not familiar with 51 - is that a sequel to
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
Mine
Family Guy | US |
Beef | US |
Stranger Things | US |
The Muppet Show | US/UK |
Orange is the New Black | US |
Secret Diary of a Call Girl | UK |
Gr00vus
Footballguy
51 is hard to explain - but it was funnier than ****.
My turn
46. The Mentalist
47. The Boys
48 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
49 Frasier
50 The Last Ship
51 Bull
47. The Boys
48 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
49 Frasier
50 The Last Ship
51 Bull
Yo Mama
Footballguy
46 - Black Mirror
47 - Justified
48 - Chappelle’s Show
49 - Deadwood
50 - Alias
51 - Fringe
47 - Justified
48 - Chappelle’s Show
49 - Deadwood
50 - Alias
51 - Fringe
Instinctive
Footballguy
Reading all the 46-51s I have 1 or 2 of everyones on my 70 somewhere so maybe I didn't miss the mark too badly.
steelerfan1
Footballguy
How do you all do the spoiler code?
Yo Mama
Footballguy
From a mobile, at the top left of the dialog box there are the following buttons when writing a reply:
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steelerfan1
Footballguy
Fringe
Hunter
Silk Stalkings
The Office
You
Oz
Hunter
Silk Stalkings
The Office
You
Oz
Nick Vermeil
Footballguy
I’ve got to revisit my list before the deadline.
Todem
Footballguy
I had over 200 shows that I had to whittle down to 70. It was not easy.
I had lots of nostalgia that I had to cut but kept some important shows that were part of and shaped my youth and some of those shows to me are timeless and would never see the lightnof day in today’s overly sensitive society.
There is also some serious heavyweights….and those made up the top 15-20 easy for me.
I stayed away from sports and documentaries and stuck with drama, sci fi, horror, historical, and lots of comedy. I also threw in some timeless game shows that are to this day constantly on.
Eephus
Footballguy
Spoken like a true middle aged dummy
Instinctive
Footballguy
I have no idea im just a follower
Tick
Footballguy
What can't you do on TV these days due to today's overly sensitive society? Game of Thrones, Orange is the New Black, Family Guy, Euphoria, Borat/Bruno, the Kids in the Hall revival, Key and Peele, 30 Rock, SNL, South Park... tons of violence, sex, nudity, jokes about any topic (race, sexuality, disability, really anything).
Bottomfeeder Sports
Footballguy
| St. Elsewhere (TV Series 1982–1988) - IMDb | The Tommy Westphall page stopped getting updated about a decade ago… |
| Cheers (TV Series 1982–1993) - IMDb | …but often the first entry in the Tommy Westphall universe is https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0707897/ |
| Squid Game (TV Series 2021–2025) - IMDb | What the hell am I watching? Why can't I turn it off? |
| Orange Is the New Black (TV Series 2013–2019) - IMDb | This ran out of steam as characters left, but the first few seasons were addicting |
| The Keepers (TV Mini Series 2017) - IMDb | Okay I was in the suburbs, but this was all happening a few dozen miles away during my lifetime and I knew nothing of it, |
| Tales of the Gold Monkey (TV Series 1982–1983) - IMDb | This was sold as Indiana Jones for TV by the network, but it wasn't really that. Probably work better now with 8 or 10 episode seasons and a bigger budget, but it was a favorite of a poor college kid at a college in the middle of nowhere. |
Eephus
Footballguy
Modern streaming shows have more latitude with sex and language than theatrically released films because they don't have to deal with the MPAA rating system. There are huge commercial pressures on filmmakers to avoid R ratings for feature films while TV shows can drop that second F bomb in the first episode without any consequences.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Fargo |
Fringe |
24 |
Beavis and Butthead |
Mindhunter |
The Boys |
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Wtf is going on in here? 
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
As a sneak peak to what people are thinking without giving anything really away.
Several of us have submitted lists well past 70. Just because.
