Talk:TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time

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thread_title:  Copyright problem removed 

message: "NBC dominated the list with 17 shows, CBS was next with 16 shows, and ABC had a total of 8 shows made the list. Cable television was represented by just two shows, both on HBO. Public television had two series on the list. The fledgling networks - The WB and UPN - had to settle for one shared entry, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which has aired on both outlets."
This quote is clearly plagiarized from the AP/CBS News article linked in the entry
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/04/26/entertainment/main507388.shtml
"NBC dominated the list with 17 shows, which, besides "Seinfeld," ranged from "Saturday Night Live" at No. 10 to the Judd Hirsch sitcom "Taxi," which also aired on ABC, at No. 48."
and
"The fledgling networks the WB and UPN had to settle for one shared entry, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," which has aired on both outlets."
This is not original work.
193.52.24.125 (talk) 10:34, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copy/Paste of AP/CBS News article 

message: A list of TV's 50 Greatest Shows of all time that does not include "Perry Mason" can not be a well thought out list. Perry Mason was the first and longest running TV crime drama of the 1960's and a precursor to shows like "Law and Order" that made the list. Note also that the top rated show is not popular on the US West coast.
:This is an encyclopedia article. It doesn't matter what anyone may think should or should not have been on the list, it only matters what was on it.
::Correction: it does matter what people think "should or should not have been on the list", the only caveat is such criticism has to either be common or extremely notable, and be sourced to somewhere. After all, any article about a subject that has been criticized a great deal or by notable sources should and usually does have a "Criticism" section. Runa27 19:23, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Validity of List 

message: needs to be retitled USA TV Guide's 50 greatest TV shows of all time since other English speaking countries have TV Guide publications also.--59.101.41.219 07:42, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  USA specific entry 

message: First aired in 1999, not 1989! A typo in the article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.155.233.45 (talk) 16:03, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Sopranos 

message: Isn't that supposed to be in the 10th spot? AndrewOne (talk) 06:22, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where's "Saturday Night Live?" 

message: The show Friends was listed in the No 5 position when it is in fact at No 21 in the Top 50.(see the actual list at TV Guide). The Sopranos is the show that should be at No 5 and I have amended the list accordingly. I really do not understand how the erroneous entry was made unless there's some frustrated Friends fan out there angered that the show wasn't in the Top 10.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aldiboronti (talk • contribs) 14:18, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  List amended 

message: As title I came here and thought what a waste of time without the whole list as per title.
 The following is the complete list:
1. Seinfeld (NBC)
2. I Love Lucy (CBS)
3. The Honeymooners (CBS)
4. All in the Family (CBS)
5. The Sopranos (HBO)
6. 60 Minutes (CBS)
7. Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
8. The Simpsons (Fox)
9. The Andy Griffith Show (CBS)
10. Saturday Night Live (NBC)
11. The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
12. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (NBC)
13. The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
14. Hill Street Blues (NBC)
15. The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS)
16. The Carol Burnett Show (CBS)
17. Today (NBC)
18. Cheers (NBC)
19. thirtysomething (ABC)
20. St. Elsewhere (NBC)
21. Friends (NBC)
22. ER (NBC
23. Nightline (ABC)
24. Law & Order (NBC)
25. M+A+S+H (CBS)
26. The Twilight Zone (CBS)
27. Sesame Street (PBS)
28. The Cosby Show (NBC)
29. Donahue (syndicated)
30. Your Show of Shows (NBC)
31. The Defenders (CBS)
32. An American Family (PBS)
33. Playhouse 90 (CBS)
34. Frasier (NBC)
35. Roseanne (ABC)
36. The Fugitive (ABC)
37. The X-Files (Fox)
38. The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
39. The Rockford Files (NBC)
40. Gunsmoke (CBS)
41. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (WB/UPN)
42. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC)
43. Bonanza (NBC)
44. The Bob Newhart Show (CBS)
45. Twin Peaks (ABC)
46. Star Trek: The Next Generation (syndicated)
47. Rocky and His Friends (ABC)
48. Taxi (ABC/NBC)
49. The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated)
50. Bewitched (ABC)
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NBC is a division of General Electric Co., ABC is part of The Walt Disney Co., CBS and UPN are owned by Viacom Inc., the WB is a unit of AOL Time Warner Inc. and the Fox network belongs to News Corp. Ltd.
At least show the complete list as the title says it is 'TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows Of All Time'. So show the whole list not just a few, sure links for validation but those links disappear over time wikipedia is unlikely to disappear as fast.
Change the tilte so it has (USA) in the title somewhere so when search we know what country this list pertains to.
80.234.130.147 (talk) 06:24, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  40 shows missing taht should also be listed.