TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time

TV Guides 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time is TV Guides list of the 50 most well known and biggest television shows in American television history. The list was in the May 4–10, 2002 issue of the magazine. The television shows were chosen by the people who edit TV Guide. The list was also told in an ABC television special, TV Guide's 50 Best Shows of All Time, on May 13, 2002.

Top 50 list
 No Series Network Start End Type 1  Seinfeld NBC July 5, 1989 May 14, 1998 Sitcom 2  I Love Lucy CBS October 15, 1951 May 6, 1957 sitcom, B/W 3  The Honeymooners CBS October 1, 1955 September 22, 1956 sitcom, B/W 4  All in the Family CBS January 12, 1971 April 8, 1979 sitcom, B/W 5  The Sopranos HBO January 10, 1999 June 10, 2007 drama (crime) 6  60 Minutes CBS September 24, 1968 present news 7  The Late Show with David Letterman CBS August 30, 1993 May 20, 2015 talk (late-night) 8  The Simpsons FOX December 17, 1989 present animation 9  The Andy Griffith Show CBS October 3, 1960 April 1, 1968 sitcom, B/W 10  Saturday Night Live NBC October 11, 1975 present sketches 11  The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS 1970 1977 sitcom, B/W 12  The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson NBC 1962 1992 talk 13  The Dick Van Dyke Show CBS 1961 1966 sitcom, B/W 14  Hill Street Blues NBC 1981 1987 15  The Ed Sullivan Show CBS 1948 1971 16  The Carol Burnett Show CBS 1967 1978 17  The Today Show NBC January 14, 1952 present 18  Cheers NBC 1982 1993 19  Thirtysomething ABC 1987 1991 20  St. Elsewhere NBC 1982 1988 21  Friends NBC 1994 2004 22  ER NBC September 19, 1994 April 2, 2009 23  Nightline ABC March 24, 1980 present late news 24  Law & Order NBC September 13, 1990 present legal drama  25  M*A*S*H CBS 1972 1983 26  The Twilight Zone CBS 1959 1964 27  Sesame Street PBS (NET), HBO November 10, 1969 present children 28  The Cosby Show NBC 1984 1992 29  The Phil Donahue Show Syndication 1970 1996 30  Your Show of Shows NBC 1950 1954 31  The Defenders CBS 1961 1964 32  An American Family PBS January 11, 1973 March 29, 1973 documentary 33  Playhouse 90 CBS 1956 1961 34  Frasier NBC 1993 2004 35  Roseanne ABC 1988 1997 36  The Fugitive ABC 1963 1967 37  The X-Files Fox 1993 2002 science fiction 38  The Larry Sanders Show HBO 1992 1998 39  The Rockford Files NBC 1974 1980 40  Gunsmoke CBS 1955 1975 41  Buffy the Vampire Slayer WB/UPN 1997 2003 42  Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In NBC 1968 1973 43  Bonanza NBC 1959 1973 44  The Bob Newhart Show CBS 1972 1978 45  Twin Peaks ABC 1990 1991 46  Star Trek: The Next Generation Syndication 1987 1994 Science fiction 47  The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show ABC 1959 1964 48  Taxi ABC/NBC 1978 1983 sitcom 49  The Oprah Winfrey Show Syndication September 8, 1986 May 25, 2011 talk 50  Bewitched ABC September 17, 1964 March 25, 1972 sitcom (fantasy)

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Category:Lists of television series