The Top 300 Greatest TV Shows of All Time: FBG Consensus: 50 Lists received. 2: Seinfeld 1: Breaking Bad (7 Viewers)

[The Gator]

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

Some really good characters with Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) at the front of the line. Betty White in her best queen beyotch mode. And Lou Grant who got his own serious series.

Absolutely loaded cast. Silly this show barely cracked the top 100. Mary is awesome. Lou and Ted are two of the best supporting sitcom characters ever.

I thought this was gonna end up way higher. The behind-the-scenes folks were also a murderers row of TV HOFers.

what percentage of our rankers were alive when it aired?

I'm not holding birth certificates for y'all, but I'd guess 85 or 91.658%.

Barely, born in ‘76

 

[Instinctive]

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

Some really good characters with Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) at the front of the line. Betty White in her best queen beyotch mode. And Lou Grant who got his own serious series.

Absolutely loaded cast. Silly this show barely cracked the top 100. Mary is awesome. Lou and Ted are two of the best supporting sitcom characters ever.

I thought this was gonna end up way higher. The behind-the-scenes folks were also a murderers row of TV HOFers.

what percentage of our rankers were alive when it aired?

I'm not holding birth certificates for y'all, but I'd guess 85 or 91.658%.

Barely, born in ‘76

Looks like it ran '70-'77.

So if you were even alive when it aired, you're over 47 today.

If you actually watched it live and remember, you've got to be 55+?

And if you watched it from the start, as it aired, you're over 60.

I did not realize the average FBG was quite that old. I figured the average age was around 10-15 years above me, and has been since I joined the forum as a freshman in HS and everyone else was like young career, threads were heavily about dating, Arizona Ron insanity, Zow hijinks, etc. and I figured that was mostly late 20s early 30s.

 

[BrutalPenguin]

​

what percentage of our rankers were alive when it aired?

I'm not holding birth certificates for y'all, but I'd guess 85 or 91.658%.

Barely, born in ‘76

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

Some really good characters with Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) at the front of the line. Betty White in her best queen beyotch mode. And Lou Grant who got his own serious series.

Absolutely loaded cast. Silly this show barely cracked the top 100. Mary is awesome. Lou and Ted are two of the best supporting sitcom characters ever.

I thought this was gonna end up way higher. The behind-the-scenes folks were also a murderers row of TV HOFers.

what percentage of our rankers were alive when it aired?

I'm not holding birth certificates for y'all, but I'd guess 85 or 91.658%.

Barely, born in ‘76

I've seen all six manned moon landings (on tv of course)

 

[Uruk-Hai]

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

Some really good characters with Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) at the front of the line. Betty White in her best queen beyotch mode. And Lou Grant who got his own serious series.

Absolutely loaded cast. Silly this show barely cracked the top 100. Mary is awesome. Lou and Ted are two of the best supporting sitcom characters ever.

I thought this was gonna end up way higher. The behind-the-scenes folks were also a murderers row of TV HOFers.

what percentage of our rankers were alive when it aired?

I'm not holding birth certificates for y'all, but I'd guess 85 or 91.658%.

Barely, born in ‘76

Looks like it ran '70-'77.

So if you were even alive when it aired, you're over 47 today.

If you actually watched it live and remember, you've got to be 55+?

And if you watched it from the start, as it aired, you're over 60.

I did not realize the average FBG was quite that old. I figured the average age was around 10-15 years above me, and has been since I joined the forum as a freshman in HS and everyone else was like young career, threads were heavily about dating, Arizona Ron insanity, Zow hijinks, etc. and I figured that was mostly late 20s early 30s.

I'll be 63 in a month. I'm probably one of the older folks here, but I'd guess most of the regulars are closer to my age than yours. I don't mean anything bad or good by that statement, just what I think is our demographic.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

​

what percentage of our rankers were alive when it aired?

I'm not holding birth certificates for y'all, but I'd guess 85 or 91.658%.

Barely, born in ‘76

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

Some really good characters with Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) at the front of the line. Betty White in her best queen beyotch mode. And Lou Grant who got his own serious series.

Absolutely loaded cast. Silly this show barely cracked the top 100. Mary is awesome. Lou and Ted are two of the best supporting sitcom characters ever.

I thought this was gonna end up way higher. The behind-the-scenes folks were also a murderers row of TV HOFers.

what percentage of our rankers were alive when it aired?

I'm not holding birth certificates for y'all, but I'd guess 85 or 91.658%.

Barely, born in ‘76

I've seen all six manned moon landings (on tv of course)

I watched the Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales. So there.

 

[Atomic Punk]

102 - The Expanse - never been the biggest sci-fi tv fan but Mrs. Punk loves it​

101 - The Walking Dead - sure it got cringey the last couple of seasons but those first few seasons were fantastic for those that love this genre. Made my list based on the early season love.​

100 - Psych - no idea how I have never heard of this show. I tried Monk and didn’t love it, so not sure if this one would be my jam either.​

99 - The Daily Show - only considered one talk show and this wasn’t it.​

98 - Flight of the Conchords - hilarious throughout and high on my list.​

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show - definitely considered it but it being from an era before my time, it didn’t make the cut. Absolutely one of the best ensembles of all time.​

 

[Atomic Punk]

Sorry about the bold font, not sure how that happened.

 

[Yo Mama]

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

Some really good characters with Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) at the front of the line. Betty White in her best queen beyotch mode. And Lou Grant who got his own serious series.

Absolutely loaded cast. Silly this show barely cracked the top 100. Mary is awesome. Lou and Ted are two of the best supporting sitcom characters ever.

I thought this was gonna end up way higher. The behind-the-scenes folks were also a murderers row of TV HOFers.

what percentage of our rankers were alive when it aired?

I'm not holding birth certificates for y'all, but I'd guess 85 or 91.658%.

Barely, born in ‘76

Looks like it ran '70-'77.

So if you were even alive when it aired, you're over 47 today.

If you actually watched it live and remember, you've got to be 55+?

And if you watched it from the start, as it aired, you're over 60.

I did not realize the average FBG was quite that old. I figured the average age was around 10-15 years above me, and has been since I joined the forum as a freshman in HS and everyone else was like young career, threads were heavily about dating, Arizona Ron insanity, Zow hijinks, etc. and I figured that was mostly late 20s early 30s.

We also had reruns back in the day so that’s how some of us fogeys experienced some of these older shows. Not necessarily when things first came out.

 

[Hastur]

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

Some really good characters with Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) at the front of the line. Betty White in her best queen beyotch mode. And Lou Grant who got his own serious series.

Absolutely loaded cast. Silly this show barely cracked the top 100. Mary is awesome. Lou and Ted are two of the best supporting sitcom characters ever.

I thought this was gonna end up way higher. The behind-the-scenes folks were also a murderers row of TV HOFers.

what percentage of our rankers were alive when it aired?

I'm not holding birth certificates for y'all, but I'd guess 85 or 91.658%.

Barely, born in ‘76

Looks like it ran '70-'77.

So if you were even alive when it aired, you're over 47 today.

If you actually watched it live and remember, you've got to be 55+?

And if you watched it from the start, as it aired, you're over 60.

I did not realize the average FBG was quite that old. I figured the average age was around 10-15 years above me, and has been since I joined the forum as a freshman in HS and everyone else was like young career, threads were heavily about dating, Arizona Ron insanity, Zow hijinks, etc. and I figured that was mostly late 20s early 30s.

I'll be 63 in a month. I'm probably one of the older folks here, but I'd guess most of the regulars are closer to my age than yours. I don't mean anything bad or good by that statement, just what I think is our demographic.

I was born in August of 1970. I like to tell people I was conceived in the 60's. The entirety of my teenage years was in the 80's.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

Some really good characters with Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) at the front of the line. Betty White in her best queen beyotch mode. And Lou Grant who got his own serious series.

Absolutely loaded cast. Silly this show barely cracked the top 100. Mary is awesome. Lou and Ted are two of the best supporting sitcom characters ever.

I thought this was gonna end up way higher. The behind-the-scenes folks were also a murderers row of TV HOFers.

what percentage of our rankers were alive when it aired?

I'm not holding birth certificates for y'all, but I'd guess 85 or 91.658%.

Barely, born in ‘76

Looks like it ran '70-'77.

So if you were even alive when it aired, you're over 47 today.

If you actually watched it live and remember, you've got to be 55+?

And if you watched it from the start, as it aired, you're over 60.

I did not realize the average FBG was quite that old. I figured the average age was around 10-15 years above me, and has been since I joined the forum as a freshman in HS and everyone else was like young career, threads were heavily about dating, Arizona Ron insanity, Zow hijinks, etc. and I figured that was mostly late 20s early 30s.

We also had reruns back in the day so that’s how some of us fogeys experienced some of these older shows. Not necessarily when things first came out.

Yeah there are and were a bunch of 60s and 70s shows on constant reruns throughout the last few decades .

 

[Rand al Thor]

118 - Mindhunter: I reallly liked this show, but it ended too soon for me to include it in my list.

117 - Schitt's Creek: We (wife and I) loved the first few seasons. For whatever reason, we lost interest somewhere around the apothecary and all the love stories.

116 - Family Ties: Ranked 45 on my list. I don't remember a whole lot of details about any plot lines, but the cast was great and this was much watch TV back in the day.

115 - ER: I don't think I've ever seen an episode. I'm not really into the hospital shows. And it seemed like the the promos were always promising a "very special" episode.

114 - Hannibal - Never seen it, not even sure when it came out or for how long it ran.

112 - How I Met Your Mother: I think I'm the only person on the planet who hasn't seen one episode. I'm not sure how that happened.
112 - Barry: I really enjoyed the show and it made my top 100 for me.

111 - Archer: Hilarious at first. Then it got a little repetitive. And then it got sidetracked with the special themed seasons. Obviously.

110 - The D.ck Van Dyke Show - Ranked 25 on my list. This was a staple of my childhood (syndication, I'm not that old) and it still holds up today.

109 - Top Chef: I didn't vote for any cooking shows, but it probably would've been Chopped if I did.

108 - NYPD Blue: I watched a few episodes, I thought it was just another version of Hill Street Blues and I didn't appreciate all "Next Week for the First Time In Television History - See a man's naked butt on broadcast TV!!!"

107 - Shogun: We enjoyed this a lot, but I don't know why, it just didn't break the top 100 for me.

106 - MST3000: This was fun for about 4 minutes. But I couldn't make it through an entire episode.

105 - Three's Company: Great cast, but too many zany hijinks and silly plot lines.

104 - Police Squad - Never saw this one at all, I don't think.

103 - Brady Bunch: Ranked 43 on my list. This was a staple of my childhood, lots of good morals being taught, lots of memorable episodes and it's one of those shows that I would watch any episode again for the 16th time and still enjoy it.

102 - The Expanse: Ranked 42 on my list. This one started out kind of slow for me and my dislike of the Iranian actress ambassador lady almost made me quit watching. But I really grew to like the characters and it was a pretty great show.

101 - The Walking Dead: Ranked 35 on my list. This one is weird because I didn't even finish the last 4 or 5 seasons, but the first 4 or 5 seasons were so good that I had to include it. Like the other guy said, I'm just going to pretend that it ended somewhere around season 5 and appreciate the good times. I did watch the Daryl Dixon in France series and I enjoyed that.

 

[krista4]

112 - How I Met Your Mother: I think I'm the only person on the planet who hasn't seen one episode. I'm not sure how that happened.

Zero desire ever to watch this.

 

[northern exposure]

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

Some of my favorite all-time comedic characters - just an incredible cast that worked impeccably together.

Betty White and Gavin MacCleod. Oh, yeah. Plus all the rest. The funeral scene was an all-time great.

Was that the Chuckles the Clown funeral?

A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down the pants.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

106 - MST3000: This was fun for about 4 minutes. But I couldn't make it through an entire episode.

You should know that these vary a lot depending on which person is stuck on the SOL and which movie they are watching. Even with commentary, I couldn't watch Manos: The Hands of Fate.

 

[Tick]

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

Some really good characters with Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) at the front of the line. Betty White in her best queen beyotch mode. And Lou Grant who got his own serious series.

Absolutely loaded cast. Silly this show barely cracked the top 100. Mary is awesome. Lou and Ted are two of the best supporting sitcom characters ever.

I thought this was gonna end up way higher. The behind-the-scenes folks were also a murderers row of TV HOFers.

what percentage of our rankers were alive when it aired?

I'm not holding birth certificates for y'all, but I'd guess 85 or 91.658%.

Barely, born in ‘76

Looks like it ran '70-'77.

So if you were even alive when it aired, you're over 47 today.

If you actually watched it live and remember, you've got to be 55+?

And if you watched it from the start, as it aired, you're over 60.

I did not realize the average FBG was quite that old. I figured the average age was around 10-15 years above me, and has been since I joined the forum as a freshman in HS and everyone else was like young career, threads were heavily about dating, Arizona Ron insanity, Zow hijinks, etc. and I figured that was mostly late 20s early 30s.

Everyone here is exactly 50.

 

[UncleZen]

Psych is the perfect television show because it's mindless entertainment! The show never takes itself too seriously. The 2 main characters have such great chemistry and yes, lots of great 80' references and running gags. Now, I do like Monk too and had it ranked but these are not the same show. I am actually surprised it hit this high on the list because I figured I would be the high ranker at 17.

 

[krista4]

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

Some really good characters with Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) at the front of the line. Betty White in her best queen beyotch mode. And Lou Grant who got his own serious series.

Absolutely loaded cast. Silly this show barely cracked the top 100. Mary is awesome. Lou and Ted are two of the best supporting sitcom characters ever.

I thought this was gonna end up way higher. The behind-the-scenes folks were also a murderers row of TV HOFers.

what percentage of our rankers were alive when it aired?

I'm not holding birth certificates for y'all, but I'd guess 85 or 91.658%.

Barely, born in ‘76

Looks like it ran '70-'77.

So if you were even alive when it aired, you're over 47 today.

If you actually watched it live and remember, you've got to be 55+?

And if you watched it from the start, as it aired, you're over 60.

I did not realize the average FBG was quite that old. I figured the average age was around 10-15 years above me, and has been since I joined the forum as a freshman in HS and everyone else was like young career, threads were heavily about dating, Arizona Ron insanity, Zow hijinks, etc. and I figured that was mostly late 20s early 30s.

Everyone here is exactly 50.

I meant to mention, happy birthday!!! And to everyone else, too.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

Some really good characters with Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) at the front of the line. Betty White in her best queen beyotch mode. And Lou Grant who got his own serious series.

Absolutely loaded cast. Silly this show barely cracked the top 100. Mary is awesome. Lou and Ted are two of the best supporting sitcom characters ever.

I thought this was gonna end up way higher. The behind-the-scenes folks were also a murderers row of TV HOFers.

what percentage of our rankers were alive when it aired?

I'm not holding birth certificates for y'all, but I'd guess 85 or 91.658%.

Barely, born in ‘76

Looks like it ran '70-'77.

So if you were even alive when it aired, you're over 47 today.

If you actually watched it live and remember, you've got to be 55+?

And if you watched it from the start, as it aired, you're over 60.

I did not realize the average FBG was quite that old. I figured the average age was around 10-15 years above me, and has been since I joined the forum as a freshman in HS and everyone else was like young career, threads were heavily about dating, Arizona Ron insanity, Zow hijinks, etc. and I figured that was mostly late 20s early 30s.

Everyone here is exactly 50.

I meant to mention, happy birthday!!! And to everyone else, too.

What a year 1975 was, so many greats born that year.

 

[Bottomfeeder Sports]

What a year 1975 was, so many greats born that year.

Well, a slight change of topic.

1975

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Sorry about the bold font, not sure how that happened.

When I copy and paste stuff from the internet it comes out in bold. A trick is to start typing then c&p (it goes to a new line) then backspace everything you don't want. If you didn't c&p then I don't know what you did there.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

pretty sure we are the young ones on this site Instinctive with you being the youngest

 

[Instinctive]

pretty sure we are the young ones on this site Instinctive with you being the youngest

It's just kinda weird. It means that, more or less, nobody born after the mid 90s has joined the site in the last 20 years.

Which surprises me. I found it as a 14 year old because I loved fantasy football. There are plenty of teenagers today who love fantasy football.

Just strikes me as odd. Or maybe SP is a younger demo? Idk. Then again, I've always had much older friends and colleagues and my favorite music is mostly from before my birth too so I've been an old guy for at least fifteen years, spiritually.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Or maybe SP is a younger demo?

I think it's likely.

 

[Psychopav]

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

Some really good characters with Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) at the front of the line. Betty White in her best queen beyotch mode. And Lou Grant who got his own serious series.

Absolutely loaded cast. Silly this show barely cracked the top 100. Mary is awesome. Lou and Ted are two of the best supporting sitcom characters ever.

I thought this was gonna end up way higher. The behind-the-scenes folks were also a murderers row of TV HOFers.

what percentage of our rankers were alive when it aired?

I'm not holding birth certificates for y'all, but I'd guess 85 or 91.658%.

Barely, born in ‘76

Looks like it ran '70-'77.

So if you were even alive when it aired, you're over 47 today.

If you actually watched it live and remember, you've got to be 55+?

And if you watched it from the start, as it aired, you're over 60.

I did not realize the average FBG was quite that old. I figured the average age was around 10-15 years above me, and has been since I joined the forum as a freshman in HS and everyone else was like young career, threads were heavily about dating, Arizona Ron insanity, Zow hijinks, etc. and I figured that was mostly late 20s early 30s.

We also had reruns back in the day so that’s how some of us fogeys experienced some of these older shows. Not necessarily when things first came out.

Nick at Night ftw imo

 

[Gally]

100 - Psych​

Drama
Score: 310
Average Rank: 9

A novice sleuth is hired by the police after he cons them into thinking he has psychic powers which help solve crimes. With the assistance of his reluctant best friend, the duo take on a series of complicated cases.

List Breakdown

landrys hat 1
Jayrod 4
BLOCKED PUNT 8
UncleZen 15
Gally 17

I had no idea what others would do with this and figured I would be highest at 17. I could have put it higher as it is one of my most rewatched shows.

The banter is awesome and the references are crazy good.

I wondered if I would be the only ranker and wouldn't have been surprised if I was but very glad there are others that see the brilliance.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I know you know I'm not telling the truth
I know you know they just don't have any proof
Embrace the deception, learn how to bend
Your worst inhibitions tend to psych you out in the end

I do like seeing it cracking the Top 100 because the people that like it, really like it.

 

[Gally]

I figured I would be the high ranker at 17.

Hey, get it right. I ranked it 17.......you were 15. Even better than you thought.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Flight of the Conchords is terrible
What’s next? Ja'mie: Private School Girl?

 

[Gally]

Psych is the perfect television show because it's mindless entertainment! The show never takes itself too seriously. The 2 main characters have such great chemistry and yes, lots of great 80' references and running gags. Now, I do like Monk too and had it ranked but these are not the same show. I am actually surprised it hit this high on the list because I figured I would be the high ranker at 17.

Psych is nothing like Monk as far as tone. Yes they both solve crimes with observation but the whole vibe is completely different. Psych is worth the look if someone hasn't seen it.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

Some really good characters with Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) at the front of the line. Betty White in her best queen beyotch mode. And Lou Grant who got his own serious series.

Absolutely loaded cast. Silly this show barely cracked the top 100. Mary is awesome. Lou and Ted are two of the best supporting sitcom characters ever.

I thought this was gonna end up way higher. The behind-the-scenes folks were also a murderers row of TV HOFers.

what percentage of our rankers were alive when it aired?

I'm not holding birth certificates for y'all, but I'd guess 85 or 91.658%.

Barely, born in ‘76

Looks like it ran '70-'77.

So if you were even alive when it aired, you're over 47 today.

If you actually watched it live and remember, you've got to be 55+?

And if you watched it from the start, as it aired, you're over 60.

I did not realize the average FBG was quite that old. I figured the average age was around 10-15 years above me, and has been since I joined the forum as a freshman in HS and everyone else was like young career, threads were heavily about dating, Arizona Ron insanity, Zow hijinks, etc. and I figured that was mostly late 20s early 30s.

I was 6 years old when it ended but it ran in syndication in the late '70s and '80s and I remember seeing promos for it. So I could have watched it as a teen but didn't.

 

[Ilov80s]

pretty sure we are the young ones on this site Instinctive with you being the youngest

It's just kinda weird. It means that, more or less, nobody born after the mid 90s has joined the site in the last 20 years.

Which surprises me. I found it as a 14 year old because I loved fantasy football. There are plenty of teenagers today who love fantasy football.

Just strikes me as odd. Or maybe SP is a younger demo? Idk. Then again, I've always had much older friends and colleagues and my favorite music is mostly from before my birth too so I've been an old guy for at least fifteen years, spiritually.

I’m 42 and I’m on the young side here.

 

[Yo Mama]

Flight of the Conchords is terrible
What’s next? Ja'mie: Private School Girl?

Your face is Ja’mie: Private School Girl

 

[Hastur]

Flight of the Conchords is terrible
What’s next? Ja'mie: Private School Girl?

Your face is Ja’mie: Private School Girl

Name checks out

 

[Gr00vus]

98 - Flight of the Conchords​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 42.5

Bret and Jemaine are Flight of the Conchords, a folk-rock band from New Zealand living in New York City in search of stardom.

List Breakdown

gr00vus 5
Don Quixote 25
simey 25
McBokonon 32
krista4 45
Keith R 46
landrys hat 52
ilov80s 56
Atomic Punk 59
Dr Octopus 61
Nick Vermeil 62

Present

 

[El Floppo]

98 - Flight of the Conchords​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 42.5

Bret and Jemaine are Flight of the Conchords, a folk-rock band from New Zealand living in New York City in search of stardom.

List Breakdown

gr00vus 5
Don Quixote 25
simey 25
McBokonon 32
krista4 45
Keith R 46
landrys hat 52
ilov80s 56
Atomic Punk 59
Dr Octopus 61
Nick Vermeil 62

Present

@boom king

 

[Gr00vus]

98 - Flight of the Conchords​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 42.5

Bret and Jemaine are Flight of the Conchords, a folk-rock band from New Zealand living in New York City in search of stardom.

List Breakdown

gr00vus 5
Don Quixote 25
simey 25
McBokonon 32
krista4 45
Keith R 46
landrys hat 52
ilov80s 56
Atomic Punk 59
Dr Octopus 61
Nick Vermeil 62

Present

@boom king

The crazy boom loves the boom.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

Some really good characters with Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) at the front of the line. Betty White in her best queen beyotch mode. And Lou Grant who got his own serious series.

Absolutely loaded cast. Silly this show barely cracked the top 100. Mary is awesome. Lou and Ted are two of the best supporting sitcom characters ever.

I thought this was gonna end up way higher. The behind-the-scenes folks were also a murderers row of TV HOFers.

what percentage of our rankers were alive when it aired?

I'm not holding birth certificates for y'all, but I'd guess 85 or 91.658%.

Barely, born in ‘76

Looks like it ran '70-'77.

So if you were even alive when it aired, you're over 47 today.

If you actually watched it live and remember, you've got to be 55+?

And if you watched it from the start, as it aired, you're over 60.

I did not realize the average FBG was quite that old. I figured the average age was around 10-15 years above me, and has been since I joined the forum as a freshman in HS and everyone else was like young career, threads were heavily about dating, Arizona Ron insanity, Zow hijinks, etc. and I figured that was mostly late 20s early 30s.

I was 6 years old when it ended but it ran in syndication in the late '70s and '80s and I remember seeing promos for it. So I could have watched it as a teen but didn't.

I saw a lot of the episodes in first run, though probably not all. And, as you say, it was in syndication for years - so I'm guessing I've seen every episode in one way or another.

My memory is increasingly spotty these days, but it's in my mind that at one point in the '70s CBS' Saturday night lineup was All In The Family, M*A*S*H, MTM, Bob Newhart, and The Carol Burnette Show. I may be off, though I'm positive the last three were back-to-back-to-back. On Saturday night! And people would stay home, gather up, and watch these shows together.

Other than sports, I don't even know what network programming on Saturday nights consists of these days.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

97 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show​

Comedy
Score: 313
Average Rank: 18.8

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

List Breakdown

ilov80s 6
kupcho1 11
Eephus 14
Yo Mama 20
Bottomfeeder Sports 30
Rand al Thor 32

Some really good characters with Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) at the front of the line. Betty White in her best queen beyotch mode. And Lou Grant who got his own serious series.

Absolutely loaded cast. Silly this show barely cracked the top 100. Mary is awesome. Lou and Ted are two of the best supporting sitcom characters ever.

I thought this was gonna end up way higher. The behind-the-scenes folks were also a murderers row of TV HOFers.

what percentage of our rankers were alive when it aired?

I'm not holding birth certificates for y'all, but I'd guess 85 or 91.658%.

Barely, born in ‘76

Looks like it ran '70-'77.

So if you were even alive when it aired, you're over 47 today.

If you actually watched it live and remember, you've got to be 55+?

And if you watched it from the start, as it aired, you're over 60.

I did not realize the average FBG was quite that old. I figured the average age was around 10-15 years above me, and has been since I joined the forum as a freshman in HS and everyone else was like young career, threads were heavily about dating, Arizona Ron insanity, Zow hijinks, etc. and I figured that was mostly late 20s early 30s.

I was 6 years old when it ended but it ran in syndication in the late '70s and '80s and I remember seeing promos for it. So I could have watched it as a teen but didn't.

I saw a lot of the episodes in first run, though probably not all. And, as you say, it was in syndication for years - so I'm guessing I've seen every episode in one way or another.

My memory is increasingly spotty these days, but it's in my mind that at one point in the '70s CBS' Saturday night lineup was All In The Family, M*A*S*H, MTM, Bob Newhart, and The Carol Burnette Show. I may be off, though I'm positive the last three were back-to-back-to-back. On Saturday night! And people would stay home, gather up, and watch these shows together.

Other than sports, I don't even know what network programming on Saturday nights consists of these days.

The networks ran their most popular shows on Friday and Saturday nights. I would guess this only changed when NBC made Thursdays a big deal in the '80s. Now of Friday or Saturday they run reruns or sports or F-tier shows that won't be around long.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

The networks ran their most popular shows on Friday and Saturday nights.

I always thought Saturday Nights were TV dead zones because they expect everyone to be out.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

The networks ran their most popular shows on Friday and Saturday nights.

I always thought Saturday Nights were TV dead zones because they expect everyone to be out.

That's what I thought, too. Especially in the 1970s, but I could well be wrong about it. Sunday nights seemed to be the biggest nights.

 

[Hastur]

The networks ran their most popular shows on Friday and Saturday nights.

I always thought Saturday Nights were TV dead zones because they expect everyone to be out.

That's what I thought, too. Especially in the 1970s, but I could well be wrong about it. Sunday nights seemed to be the biggest nights.

Nightly lineups of the big 3 networks, circa 1976

 

[Scoresman]

96 - Looney Tunes/Bugs Bunny​

Animated
Score: 316
Average Rank: 31.5

Cartoons featuring Bugs Bunny/Porky Pig, etc.

List Breakdown

Rand al Thor 1
zamboni 12
Hastur 13
Atomic Punk 15
Dan Lambskin 23
Runkle 61
Pip's Invitation 63
AAABatteries 64

 

[Scoresman]

I lumped all the Looney Tunes/Bugs Bunny shows that people listed together. This was discussed a bit earlier in the thread.

 

[Hastur]

96 - Looney Tunes/Bugs Bunny​

Animated
Score: 316
Average Rank: 31.5

Cartoons featuring Bugs Bunny/Porky Pig, etc.

List Breakdown

Rand al Thor 1
zamboni 12
Hastur 13
Atomic Punk 15
Dan Lambskin 23
Runkle 61
Pip's Invitation 63
AAABatteries 64

Still watch it on Saturday mornings(channel MeTV from 9am - 10am)

 

[Shaft41]

96 - Looney Tunes/Bugs Bunny​

Animated
Score: 316
Average Rank: 31.5

Cartoons featuring Bugs Bunny/Porky Pig, etc.

List Breakdown

Rand al Thor 1
zamboni 12
Hastur 13
Atomic Punk 15
Dan Lambskin 23
Runkle 61
Pip's Invitation 63
AAABatteries 64

I believe this is the first one that's come up where I know I was thinking about this one as my hasty ranking took place, but it must have fallen through the cracks. Should have been on there. A childhood staple.

 

[Scoresman]

95 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer​

Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror
Score: 317
Average Rank: 18.2

A young girl, destined to slay vampires, demons and other infernal creatures, deals with her life fighting evil, with the help of her friends.

List Breakdown

KarmaPolice 1
Nick Vermeil 2
Brutal Penquin 15
Barry2 18
whoknew 29
landrys hat 44

 

[Pip's Invitation]

96 - Looney Tunes/Bugs Bunny​

Animated
Score: 316
Average Rank: 31.5

Cartoons featuring Bugs Bunny/Porky Pig, etc.

List Breakdown

Rand al Thor 1
zamboni 12
Hastur 13
Atomic Punk 15
Dan Lambskin 23
Runkle 61
Pip's Invitation 63
AAABatteries 64

Still wacky and hilarious.

 

[The Gator]

95 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer​

Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror
Score: 317
Average Rank: 18.2

A young girl, destined to slay vampires, demons and other infernal creatures, deals with her life fighting evil, with the help of her friends.

List Breakdown

KarmaPolice 1
Nick Vermeil 2
Brutal Penquin 15
Barry2 18
whoknew 29
landrys hat 44

 

[KarmaPolice]

Ugh. I was expecting this one soon after we hit 100. I hate you all.

I will have a couple beverages and rant about this one tonight. i've been doing yet another slow rewatch as this thread was brought up and if possible it holds up more and more as I watch it.

 

[Jayrod]

96 - Looney Tunes/Bugs Bunny​

Animated
Score: 316
Average Rank: 31.5

Cartoons featuring Bugs Bunny/Porky Pig, etc.

List Breakdown

Rand al Thor 1
zamboni 12
Hastur 13
Atomic Punk 15
Dan Lambskin 23
Runkle 61
Pip's Invitation 63
AAABatteries 64

This is the first show I've seen that I should have ranked but just forgot about it.

Was a huge part of growing up and holds up well still.

I sometimes break out my Marvin the Martian voice on occasion to annoy my wife.