TV Guide’s 50 TV Shows of All Time
TV Guide’s 50 TV Shows of All Time is TV Guide’s list of the 50 most influential entertainment or television series in American pop culture. It was featured in the May 4-10, 2002, issue of the magazine, which was the second in a series of special commemorative issues of TV Guide’s 50th anniversary (the others were “TV We’ll Always Remember”, “50” larger covers , “50 Worst TV Shows of All Time”, “50 Greatest Cartoon Characters”, and “50 Sexiest Stars”). The list was also told in an ABC television special, TV Guide’s 50 Best Shows of All Time, on May 13, 2002.
The 50 entries, chosen and ranked by the editors of TV Guide, consist of regularly scheduled series spanning more than half a century of television. TV movies, miniseries and specials were not eligible. [1]
The special aired at 10:00 pm and was viewed by 8.9 million people, giving it a rating of 6 and a share of 10. [2] Considering the cover story of this special issue of TV Guide, was the only one of the six to be featured on television.
Summary
The first show to appear on the list is The Ed Sullivan Show, which first aired in 1948. The most recent show to premiere is The Sopranos, which first aired in 1999. The show with the shortest run is An American Family, which aired only twelve episodes and two subsequent special episodes. The longest-running show on the list is The Today Show, which has been running since 1952. 41 of the shows are prime-time, five are daytime and four are late-night. NBC has the most shows on the list at 17, counting the final season of Taxi; otherwise, it ties CBS at 16. ABC has eight, Fox, HBO, and PBS each have two, and The WB and UPN have a shared entry, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Three are unionized.
Top 10
Seinfeld (NBC, July 5, 1989 – May 14, 1998)
I Love Lucy (CBS, Oct 15, 1951-May 6, 1957)
The Honeymooners (CBS, October 1, 1955 – September 22, 1956)
All in the Family (CBS, January 12, 1971 – April 8, 1979)
The Sopranos (HBO, January 10, 1999-June 10, 2007)
60 Minutes (CBS, September 24, 1968 – present)
Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, August 30, 1993 – May 20, 2015)
The Simpsons (Fox, December 17, 1989 – present)
The Andy Griffith Show (CBS, October 3, 1960 – April 1, 1968)
Saturday Night Live (NBC, October 11, 1975 – present)
See also
TV Guide’s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time
References
TV Guide Names Top 50 Shows”. Associated Press/CBS News. April 26, 2002.
TV Listings May 13, 2002″. TV Tango. May 13, 2002. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
external links
TV Guide’s 50 Greatest Shows of All Time: A 50th Anniversary Celebration at the Internet Movie Database
TV guide names top 50 shows
