101 Best written shows of all time.

[Beantown]

List comes from the Writers Guild of America:

1. The Sopranos

2. Seinfeld

3. The Twilight Zone

4. All in the Family

5. M*A*S*H

6. The Mary Tyler Moore Show

7. Mad Men

8. Cheers
Enlarge image
I Love Lucy

9. The Wire

10. The West Wing

11. The Simpsons

12. I Love Lucy

13. Breaking Bad

14. The Dick Van **** Show

15. Hill Street Blues

16. Arrested Development

17. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

18. Six Feet Under
Enlarge image
30 Rock

19. Taxi

20. The Larry Sanders Show

21. 30 Rock

22. Friday Night Lights

23. Frasier

24. Friends 25. Saturday Night Live

26. The X-Files

27. Lost

28. ER
Enlarge image
Lost

29. The Cosby Show

30. Curb Your Enthusiasm

31. The Honeymooners

32. Deadwood

33. Star Trek

34. Modern Family

35. Twin Peaks
Enlarge image
The Bob Newhart Show

36. NYPD Blue

37. The Carol Burnett Show

38. Battlestar Galactica (2005)

39. Sex & The City

40. Game of Thrones

41. The Bob Newhart Show and Your Show of Shows (tie)

43. Downton Abbey, Law & Order and Thirtysomething (tie)

46. Homicide: Life on the Street and St. Elsewhere (tie)

48. Homeland
Enlarge image
The Wonder Years

49. Buffy the Vampire Slayer

50. The Colbert Report, The Good Wife and the UK Office (tie)

53. Northern Exposure

54. The Wonder Years

55. L.A. Law

56. Sesame Street

57. Columbo

58. Fawlty Towers and The Rockford Files (tie)\
Enlarge image
The Office

60. Freaks and Geeks and Moonlighting (tie)

62. Roots

63. Everybody Loves Raymond and South Park (tie)

65. Playhouse 90

66. Dexter and the US Office (tie)

68. My So-Called Life

69. Golden Girls

70. The Andy Griffith Show
Enlarge image
The Shield

71. 24, Roseanne and The Shield

74. House and Murphy Brown (tie)

76. Barney Miller and I, Claudius (tie)

78. The Odd Couple

79. Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Upstairs, Downstairs (tie)

83. Get Smart

84. The Defenders and Gunsmoke (tie)

86. Justified, Sgt. Bilko/The Phil Silvers Show (tie)

87.Family Ties

88. Band of Brothers

89. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

90. The Prisoner

91. Absolutely Fabulous and The Muppet Show (tie)

93. Boardwalk Empire

94. Will & Grace

95. Family Ties

96. Lonesome Dove and Soap

98. The Fugitive, Late Night with David Letterman and Louie

101. Oz

 

[Beantown]

Curb Your Enthusiasm should be top 10.

 

[PearlWatson]

I've never seen Enlarge Image.

The rest of the list is all jacked up.

87 and 95 are the same show that's main character is a liberal caricature of a Republican.

 

[colton]

Of those, I would certainly vote for Seinfeld and Arrested Development. Magnificent writing in most of the episodes.

To those I'd add Sports Night as one of the top written shows of all time.

I can't help wondering, though, how is Family Ties both 87 and 95?

 

[leftyjace]

I think Beantown is trying to sneak one by us. Either that or send a not-so-subliminal message as to his favorite TV show of all time.

 

[DutchJazzer]

the x files really?

maybe individual episodes are good written.
but the overall arc is hogcrap and made up on the spot and does not track

 

[One Brow]

I'm a big Star Trek fan, but even I wouldn't say it was well-written.