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1. Thirtysomething (1987–1991)
Episode: Sifting the Ashes (1991)

TV-14 | 48 min | Drama, Romance

Nancy prepares for her last round of chemotherapy; Elliot visits his mother (Eileen Brennan) during a business trip.

Director: Martin Nicholson | Stars: Timothy Busfield, Polly Draper, Mel Harris, Peter Horton

Votes: 73

2. The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983 TV Special)

Primetime Emmy Award is the main American award in area of television, annually handed by the American television academy.

Director: Steve Binder | Stars: Joan Rivers, Eddie Murphy, Alan Alda, Debbie Allen

Votes: 104

3. Bonkers (1993–1994)
Episode: Witless for the Prosecution (1993)

TV-Y | Animation, Short, Action

Miranda hides out in Bonkers' apartment but is not prepared for a weekend with his toon neighbors.

Stars: Jeff Bennett, Eileen Brennan, Rodger Bumpass, Jim Cummings

Votes: 11

4. Bonkers (1993–1994)
Episode: The Stork Exchange (1993)

TV-Y | Animation, Short, Action

Lilith DuPrave kidnaps the storks who deliver toon babies to their parents and involves them in weapons smuggling.

Stars: Joe Alaskey, Jeff Bennett, Eileen Brennan, Jim Cummings

Votes: 10

5. Nourish the Beast (1974 TV Movie)

90 min | Comedy

Baba Goya is a loudmouth mother who goes through husbands and orphans like the Turkish coffee she makes in a dirty old soup pan. In Queens she presides over a household comprised of a ... See full summary »

Director: Norman Lloyd | Stars: Eileen Brennan, John Randolph, Pamela Bellwood, John Beck

Votes: 16

6. All That Glitters (1977)

30 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Satirical look at a world where women rule and men are objectified.

Stars: Lois Nettleton, Barbara Baxley, Anita Gillette, Chuck McCann

Votes: 162

7. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)

TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.

Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson

Votes: 4,246

8. All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode: The Elevator Story (1972)

TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy, Drama

Archie is a passenger in an elevator that stalls between floors, and reacts predictably to his fellow passengers: A black businessman, a scatterbrained secretary and a Puerto Rican man and his very pregnant wife, who goes into labor.

Director: John Rich | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Votes: 327

9. All in the Family (1971–1979)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

A working class man constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.

Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Votes: 18,701

10. Touched by an Angel (1994–2003)
Episode: The Last Day of the Rest of Your Life (1999)

TV-G | Drama, Family, Fantasy

A support group for terminally ill people try to prepare themselves for their own death. Monica leads the group and helps each of them recognize what they want to do to fulfill their final wishes.

Director: Robert Visciglia Jr. | Stars: Roma Downey, Della Reese, John Dye, David Kaufman

Votes: 62

11. Bonkers (1993–1994)
Episode: What You Read Is What You Get (1993)

TV-Y | Animation, Short, Action

Every story Bonkers reads about in the tabloid, The National Trash, comes true.

Stars: Eileen Brennan, Peter Cullen, Jim Cummings, Karla DeVito

Votes: 12

12. The Sting (1973)

PG | 129 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.

Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning

Votes: 280,216 | Gross: $159.60M

13. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Blood Relations (1975)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An estranged sister and her boyfriend try to cash in by claiming to be the mother of her sister's daughter that she had given up for adoption 22 years ago- and who just happened to inherit ... See full summary »

Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Allen Case, Mitzi Hoag

Votes: 73

14. Laugh-In (1967–1973)
Episode: Barbara Feldon, Sonny Bono, Cher, Pat Morita, Paul Winchell, Anissa Jones, Jerry Lewis, Dinah Shore, John Wayne (1968)

TV-PG | 52 min | Comedy, Music

Laugh-In salutes the Hereafter and George Wallace.

Director: Gordon Wiles | Stars: Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Barbara Feldon, Judy Carne

Votes: 61

15. Will & Grace (1998–2020)
Episode: Prison Blues (2001)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

Jack introduces Will to acting coach Zandra for help with a fear, and Grace stays at Karen's while Stan's in prison.

Director: James Burrows | Stars: Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, Sean Hayes

Votes: 323

16. Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)

TV-MA | 25 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

"Tales from the Crypt" was a 1989 horror story anthology series based on the gruesome E.C. comic books of the 1950s presented by the legendary "Crypt Keeper", a sinister ghoul obsessed with gallows humor and horrific puns.

Stars: John Kassir, Roy Brocksmith, Miguel Ferrer, Cam Clarke

Votes: 27,134

17. The Last Picture Show (1971)

R | 118 min | Drama, Romance

In 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied North Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically.

Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson

Votes: 52,465 | Gross: $29.13M

18. Laugh-In (1967–1973)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Music

The original rapid fire sketch comedy show.

Stars: Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Gary Owens, Ruth Buzzi

Votes: 3,668

19. The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1981 TV Special)

Primetime Emmy Award is the main American award in area of television, annually handed by the American television academy.

Director: Steve Binder | Stars: Mason Adams, Jed Allan, Loni Anderson, Bea Arthur

Votes: 71

20. Nash Bridges (1996–2001)
Episode: Downtime (1998)

TV-14 | Action, Crime, Drama

Bettina, upon learning that Nash has nearly a year's worth of vacation time, tells him to take it. In the meantime he brings in a new guy to fill in, and he starts by investigating a murder with Joe. Nash tries to find a way to get back.

Director: Melanie Mayron | Stars: Don Johnson, Cheech Marin, James Gammon, Jaime Gomez

Votes: 71

21. ER (1994–2009)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Romance

The doctors who work in the ER at the County General Hospital in Chicago grapple with ups and downs in their personal and professional lives while trying to give apt medical care to their patients.

Stars: Anthony Edwards, George Clooney, Julianna Margulies, Eriq La Salle

Votes: 67,882

22. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)

TV-G | 60 min | Music, Talk-Show

The classic prime time variety show most famous for its vaudeville acts and rock music performances.

Stars: Ed Sullivan, The Ray Bloch Orchestra, Ray Bloch, Johnny Wayne

Votes: 1,563

23. At Long Last Cole (1975 TV Special)

90 min

A delightful, delicious, delovely tribute to Cole Porter. A special star-studded gala event filmed at 20th Century Fox studios for the premiere of "At Long Last Love."

Director: Ronald Lyon | Stars: Fred Astaire, Peter Bogdanovich, Ray Bolger, Eileen Brennan

Votes: 25

24. Blossom (1990–1995)
Episode: My Sister's Keeper (1991)

TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Nick denies Blossom permission to go to the prom with a boy who has a reputation as a young ladies' man.

Director: Zane Buzby | Stars: Mayim Bialik, Joey Lawrence, Michael Stoyanov, Ted Wass

Votes: 87

25. Laugh-In (1967–1973)
Episode: Pamela Austin, Milton Berle, Shelley Berman, Joey Bishop, Jill St. John, Tiny Tim, John Wayne, Flip Wilson (1968)

TV-PG | 52 min | Comedy, Music

Tiny Tim makes his triumphant return.

Director: Gordon Wiles | Stars: Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Judy Carne, Arte Johnson

Votes: 55

26. Newhart (1982–1990)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

The misadventures of an author-turned-innkeeper and his friends in rural Vermont.

Stars: Bob Newhart, Mary Frann, Tom Poston, Julia Duffy

Votes: 8,128

27. 13 Queens Boulevard (1979)

30 min | Comedy

A comedy centering on a Queens, New York apartment complex and its various residents.

Stars: Eileen Brennan, Marcia Rodd, Helen Page Camp, Louise Williams

Votes: 25

28. Blossom (1990–1995)
Episode: Blossom Blossoms (1990)

TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Blossom reaches puberty and substitutes an older friend for her absentee mother to talk about it.

Director: Zane Buzby | Stars: Mayim Bialik, Joey Lawrence, Michael Stoyanov, Ted Wass

Votes: 104

29. ER (1994–2009)
Episode: Don't Ask, Don't Tell (1996)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Donald Anspaugh has a new method to increase the staff's efficiency, new intern Maggie Doyle joins the ER and Susan asks Mark to come along to Hawaii.

Director: Perry Lang | Stars: Anthony Edwards, George Clooney, Sherry Stringfield, Noah Wyle

Votes: 481

30. Taxi (1978–1983)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

The staff of a New York City taxicab company go about their job while they dream of greater things.

Stars: Judd Hirsch, Jeff Conaway, Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner

Votes: 15,873

31. The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968–1970)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Derived from the 1947 movie with the same name, a house is haunted by a deceased sea captain who wreaks havoc with the new tenants who were not advised of his existence.

Stars: Hope Lange, Edward Mulhare, Reta Shaw, Harlen Carraher

Votes: 1,607

32. Camera Three (1955–1980)

30 min | Drama

A weekly examination of the arts and literature, on Sunday mornings when there was more likely to be an audience interested in such matters and there was less competition for ratings.

Stars: James Macandrew, Faubion Bowers, Margaret Croyden, Alfredo Antonini

Votes: 63

33. My Father's House (1975 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

While recuperating from a heart attack--brought about in part by his job as a hard-charging but highly paid executive--a man begins to reflect on his life and the simpler time when he was growing up.

Director: Alex Segal | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Robert Preston, Eileen Brennan, Rosemary Forsyth

Votes: 71

34. Arli$$ (1996–2002)
Episode: End Game (2002)

TV-MA | 27 min | Comedy, Sport

[HBO] HD. 'End Game.' (Season Seven) Arliss and Stanley attempt to lure a reclusive former chess champion back to the game.

Director: Melanie Mayron | Stars: Robert Wuhl, Jim Turner, Sandra Oh, Michael Boatman

Votes: 23

35. Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)
Episode: Old Habits Die Hard (1987)

TV-PG | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jessica visits a convent to see a former sorority sister and winds up searching for a nun's killer.

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Eileen Brennan, Cindy Fisher, Clu Gulager

Votes: 447

36. Laugh-In (1967–1973)
Episode: Pamela Austin, Don Adams, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1968)

TV-PG | 52 min | Comedy, Music

Sketches include Mod Mod World of medicine, Hospital germ sketch, Introduction of classified ads, Wet weather report, Lady Godiva Interview, Paul Gilbert juggling, First intestinal ... See full summary »

Director: Gordon Wiles | Stars: Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Pamela Austin, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Votes: 59

37. Taxi (1978–1983)
Episode: Thy Boss' Wife (1981)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

The head boss' wife invites Louie over for an affair so she can get back at her husband. Louie fears the worst after remembering that her last fling, a cabbie, had not been heard from since.

Director: James Burrows | Stars: Judd Hirsch, Jeff Conaway, Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner

Votes: 178

38. 7th Heaven (1996–2007)
Episode: Dangerous Liaisons: Part 2 (1997)

TV-G | 45 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Wilson West tells Eric that Billy is his son, unplanned but not unwanted, whose teenage mother died giving birth to the angel, which his parents help him raise. Dating privileges are ... See full summary »

Director: Harvey S. Laidman | Stars: Stephen Collins, Catherine Hicks, Barry Watson, David Gallagher

Votes: 115

39. ER (1994–2009)
Episode: Let the Games Begin (1996)

TV-14 | 47 min | Drama, Romance

While the whole staff is worried the ER might close, Jeanie has her own problems in dealing with being HIV-positive.

Director: Tom Moore | Stars: Anthony Edwards, George Clooney, Sherry Stringfield, Noah Wyle

Votes: 453

40. Laugh-In (1967–1973)
Episode: Flip Wilson, Hugh Downs, James Garner, John Wayne (1968)

TV-PG | 52 min | Comedy, Music

Sketches include Cocktail Party, Telephone Player David Lipp is the new talent, Lucky Pierre and the Dying Dummy, USO dancers under attack, First Astronaut comes back and a salute to the ... See full summary »

Director: Gordon Wiles | Stars: Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Pamela Austin, Flip Wilson

Votes: 42

41. Laugh-In (1967–1973)
Episode: Tim Conway, Cher, Lorne Greene, Sheldon Leonard, Tiny Tim, Flip Wilson (1968)

TV-PG | 52 min | Comedy, Music

First appearance of Goldie Hawn as a "Regular Performer".

Director: Gordon Wiles | Stars: Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Tim Conway, Cher

Votes: 69

42. Laugh-In (1967–1973)
Episode: Dinah Shore, Walter Slezak, Peter Lawford, Kaye Ballard, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (1968)

TV-PG | 52 min | Comedy, Music

Mod, Mod World of Fashion and Glamour, Cocktail Party, Goldie body graffiti, Tribute to mothers-in-law, Glamour Song, Protest Song (I hate everything), Jungle blackouts and the Little Girl ... See full summary »

Director: Gordon Wiles | Stars: Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Pamela Austin, Judy Carne

Votes: 56

43. Will & Grace (1998–2020)
Episode: The Needle and the Omelet's Done (2002)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Romance

When Grace accompanies Leo to dinner with some "friends," she doesn't realize that he's tricked her and instead introduced her to his real parents--and she soon regrets her earlier salty ... See full summary »

Director: James Burrows | Stars: Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, Sean Hayes

Votes: 293

44. Gravedale High (1990–1991)
Episode: Monster Gumbo (1990)

TV-Y7 | Animation, Comedy, Family

Blanche's monster gumbo recipe proves a real hit for the United Monster Fund's annual charity drive - so much so that Big Daddy will do anything to acquire it for his Gumbo Emporium.

Directors: Robert Alvarez, Oscar Dufau, Don Lusk, Paul Sommer, Carl Urbano, Ray Patterson | Stars: Rick Moranis, Shari Belafonte, Sorrell Booke, Eileen Brennan

Votes: 7

45. Magnum, P.I. (1980–1988)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The adventures of a Hawaii-based private investigator.

Stars: Tom Selleck, John Hillerman, Roger E. Mosley, Larry Manetti

Votes: 28,999

46. Thirtysomething (1987–1991)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Seven tricenarians living in Philadelphia struggle with everyday adult angst.

Stars: Timothy Busfield, Polly Draper, Mel Harris, Peter Horton

Votes: 3,057

47. Insight (I) (1960–1984)

30 min | Drama

This American Roman Catholic religious-themed anthology sheds light on the contemporary search for meaning, freedom, and love.

Stars: Ellwood Kieser, Pat McGeehan, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Brian Keith

Votes: 286

48. Winnetka Road (1994)

60 min | Drama

Short lived (five weeks) soap opera about life in Oak Bluff, Illinois, a yuppie suburb of Chicago. Sex was the main subject of the series.

Stars: Ed Begley Jr., Josh Brolin, Kurt Deutsch, Catherine Hicks

Votes: 35

49. Off the Rack (1984–1985)

30 min | Comedy

Follows a fashion company owner taking on an apprentice as he creates designs in 1980s Los Angeles.

Stars: Edward Asner, Eileen Brennan, Pamela Brull, Dennis Haysbert

Votes: 18

50. Lizzie McGuire (2001–2004)
Episode: My Fair Larry (2003)

TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Miranda is throwing a big house party, and refuses to invite Larry. Lizzie feels bad about it and decides to give him a makeover and sneak him into the party.

Director: Mark Rosman | Stars: Hilary Duff, Lalaine, Adam Lamberg, Jake Thomas

Votes: 76