35 Best TV Shows Ever

The New York Post newspaper listed the 35 best TV shows ever in an article here.

The list includes:

1 THE SOPRANOS (1999-2007, HBO)
2 ALL IN THE FAMILY (1971-79, CBS)
3 THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW (1986-present, syndication)
4 AMERICAN IDOL (2002- present, FOX)
5 THE WEST WING (1999-2006, NBC)

6 MARY TYLER MOORE (1970-77, CBS)
7 DALLAS (1978-91, CBS)
8 24 (2001- present, FOX)
9 TWIN PEAKS (1990-91, ABC)
10 SESAME STREET (1969-present, PBS)

11 THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JOHNNY CARSON (1962-92, NBC)
12 60 MINUTES (1968-present, CBS)
13 THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW (1948-71, CBS)
14 I LOVE LUCY (1951-57, CBS)
15 LAW & ORDER (1990-present, NBC)


16 MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS (1969-1974, PBS)
17 THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW (1967-79, CBS)
18 THE SIMPSONS (1989-present, FOX)
19 SEX AND THE CITY (1998-2004, HBO)
20 ER (1994-present, NBC)

21 THE HONEYMOONERS (1955-56, CBS)
22 MIAMI VICE (1984-89, NBC)
23 SEINFELD (1990-98, NBC)
24 GUNSMOKE (1955-75, CBS)
25 ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN (1968-73, NBC)


26 HILL STREET BLUES (1981-87, NBC)
27 STAR TREK(1966-1969, NBC)
28 THE X-FILES (1993-2002, Fox)
29 THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW (1961-66, CBS)
30 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (1975-present, NBC)

31 JEOPARDY! (1964-75; 1978-79; 1984-present, NBC and syndication)
32MOONLIGHTING (1985-89, ABC)
33 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (1966-73, CBS)
34The Cosby Show (1984-92, NBC)
35 GENERAL HOSPITAL (1963-present, ABC)

See the article for commentary. They're entitled to their opinion.

I didn't watch The Sopranos, Sex in the City, Dallas, Hill Street Blues, General Hospital, Moonlighting, Twin Peaks, Monty Python, or Oprah so I can't judge their merits.

I would have included M*A*S*H, NYPD Blue, CSI, Cheers, Desperate Housewives, $64,000 Question, Gilligan's Island, WKRP in Cincinnati, Bonanza, Benny Hill (sorry, I loved that show), Married ... With Children, Leave it to Beaver, The Munsters, Have Gun, Will Travel, and Lassie in my list.

What other shows make your top TV show list?