All-Time RankTV SeriesDebut Year
1The Simpsons1989
2The Sopranos1999
3The Wire2002
4Game of Thrones2011
5Breaking Bad2008
6Mad Men2007
7Seinfeld1989
8Friends1994
9South Park1997
10Arrested Development2003
11The Twilight Zone1959
12The X-Files1993
13Twin Peaks1990
14Lost2004
15Buffy the Vampire Slayer1997
16Cheers1982
17The West Wing1999
18Battlestar Galactica2004
19I Love Lucy1951
20The Americans2013
21M-A-S-H1972
22Curb Your Enthusiasm2000
23The Office2005
24Freaks and Geeks1999
25Futurama1999
26Star Trek1966
27BoJack Horseman2014
28All in the Family1971
29Deadwood2004
3030 Rock2006
32Six Feet Under2001
33Veep2012
34Sex and the City1998
35Fargo2014
37Friday Night Lights2006
38The Mary Tyler Moore Show1970
39Batman: The Animated Series1992
41ER1994
42Better Call Saul2015
43Stranger Things2016
44The Larry Sanders Show1992
45Parks and Recreation2009
46The Shield2002
47The Cosby Show1984
48Saturday Night Live1975
49Hill Street Blues1981
50Law & Order1990
52Star Trek: The Next Generation1987
53Atlanta2016
54Black Mirror2011
55Frasier1993
56The Daily Show1996
57SpongeBob SquarePants1999
58Roseanne1988
59The Leftovers2014
60242001
61Rick and Morty2013
62House of Cards2013
63Firefly2002
65Family Guy1999
66The Good Place2016
67The Honeymooners1955
69It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia2005
70Westworld2016
71The Handmaid's Tale2017
72The Andy Griffith Show1960
73Dexter2006
74Modern Family2009
75The Walking Dead2010
76Louie2010
77Archer2009
78Orange is the New Black2013
79The Dick Van Dyke Show1961
80King of the Hill1997
81Homeland2011
82American Crime Story2016
83My So-Called Life1994
84NYPD Blue1993
85Bob's Burgers2011
86The Golden Girls1985
87Beavis and Butt-Head1993
89Taxi1978
92Boardwalk Empire2010
93True Detective2014
94Homicide: Life on the Street1993
95Big Little Lies2017
96Hannibal2013
98Justified2010
99Animaniacs1993
100Band of Brothers2001