Rose had cut his teeth in live television, writing for PLAYHOUSE 90, THE ALCOA HOUR, STUDIO ONE. Marshall as attorney Lawrence Preston and young Robert Reed (later to become the patriarch of THE BRADY BUNCH) as his son and law partner Kenneth. Noted screenwriter Reginald Rose (12 ANGRY MEN) was the creator of this successful legal drama, which starred veteran E.G. I hope you’ll stick around to the end, and feel free to interject your comments at any time. I used a random number generator to jumble the list, so I can prepare ten different posts showcasing ten different TV series. No, I think I will just list them randomly in sets of ten. Otherwise, by the time I got to the bottom of the alphabet, you’d be easily able to guess what was next. In order to maintain a semblance of suspense (like you’ll be on the edge of your seat or something), I’m not listing them alphabetically either. Suffice to say that all 100 series are worth watching, and I think you’ll get as much out of the 100th best as you would the first. I’m not ranking them in order of preference, partially because it’s like apples and oranges, and also because the difference between #100 and #1 is not large enough to matter. I just thought it would be interesting to look at them this way. I wouldn’t take these categories too much to heart, though, because many of the shows I picked could easily fall into more than one category. Of my 100 shows, 33 fall into the category of “Action/Adventure/Crime/Western,” 43 are “Comedy/Variety,” 8 “Drama,” 1 “Educational,” 2 “Game,” 3 “News/Current Events,” 6 “Science Fiction/Horror” and 2 “Talk/Interview.” That seems a little bit off, like there should be more dramas and fewer action shows, but that’s how it came out. Don’t worry-I’ll catch up with it one of these days. Hey, go make your list if you don’t like it. One caveat, however: THE SOPRANOS, which debuted in 1999, is not on my list, because it airs on HBO, which I don’t have, and I’ve seen only one episode. I suspect some, like DEADWOOD or THE WIRE, will, but I’ll wait another decade to make sure. The reason is that I think it’s too early to gauge whether a series that recent will hold up well enough to make a Top 100 list. It also includes only shows that aired in the United States (whether they were of American origin or not).įinally, I decided to limit my picks to shows that premiered before 2000.
For one thing, it includes regular television series only-no TV-movies, specials or miniseries. My rules, however, are slightly different. While I more or less was down with TIME’s opinion, I thought I would put together a Top 100 of my own. In this post last week, I mentioned TIME’s new list of the 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME.
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