2018 Rankings

Current Rank	2018 Rank	Change	TV Series	Debut Year
4	1	↓ 3	The Sopranos	1999
2	2	–	The Simpsons	1989
6	3	↓ 3	Mad Men	2007
8	4	↓ 4	Seinfeld	1989
3	5	↑ 2	The Wire	2002
15	6	↓ 9	Arrested Development	2003
1	7	↑ 6	Breaking Bad	2008
24	8	↓ 16	Cheers	1982
14	9	↓ 5	Lost	2004
19	10	↓ 9	The X-Files	1993
10	11	↑ 1	The Twilight Zone	1959
26	12	↓ 14	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	1997
9	13	↑ 4	Friends	1994
16	14	↓ 2	South Park	1997
5	15	↑ 10	Game of Thrones	2011
30	16	↓ 14	The West Wing	1999
7	17	↑ 10	Twin Peaks	1990
21	18	↓ 3	I Love Lucy	1951
28	19	↓ 9	30 Rock	2006
29	20	↓ 9	Battlestar Galactica	2003
43	21	↓ 22	Freaks and Geeks	1999
23	22	↓ 1	M-A-S-H	1972
58	23	↓ 35	The Office	2001
25	24	↓ 1	Curb Your Enthusiasm	2000
52	25	↓ 27	ER	1994
60	26	↓ 34	Saturday Night Live	1975
36	27	↓ 9	All in the Family	1971
18	28	↑ 10	The Office	2005
53	29	↓ 24	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	1970
63	30	↓ 33	Sex and the City	1998
44	31	↓ 13	Friday Night Lights	2006
47	32	↓ 15	Frasier	1993
86	33	↓ 53	Roseanne	1988
45	34	↓ 11	Six Feet Under	2001
78	35	↓ 43	The Cosby Show	1984
39	36	↓ 3	Star Trek	1966
77	37	↓ 40	The Larry Sanders Show	1992
74	38	↓ 36	The Shield	2002
46	39	↓ 7	Deadwood	2004
105	40	↓ 65	The Daily Show	1996
98	41	↓ 57	Law & Order	1990
11	42	↑ 31	Doctor Who	1963
50	43	↓ 7	Star Trek: The Next Generation	1987
120	44	↓ 76	My So-Called Life	1994
75	45	↓ 30	Hill Street Blues	1981
20	46	↑ 26	Parks and Recreation	2009
71	47	↓ 24	24	2001
41	48	↑ 7	Futurama	1999
125	49	↓ 76	Louie	2010
88	50	↓ 38	The Golden Girls	1985
92	51	↓ 41	The Honeymooners	1955
35	52	↑ 17	Veep	2012
156	53	↓ 103	NYPD Blue	1993
114	54	↓ 60	Taxi	1978
85	55	↓ 30	Modern Family	2009
62	56	↓ 6	The Walking Dead	2010
67	57	↓ 10	Orange is the New Black	2013
64	58	↓ 6	The Andy Griffith Show	1960
106	59	↓ 47	Fawlty Towers	1975
48	60	↑ 12	Cowboy Bebop	1998
31	61	↑ 30	Fargo	2014
91	62	↓ 29	Monty Python's Flying Circus	1969
107	63	↓ 44	The Wonder Years	1988
80	64	↓ 16	The Dick Van Dyke Show	1961
103	65	↓ 38	Gilmore Girls	2000
38	66	↑ 28	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	2005
178	67	↓ 111	Homicide: Life on the Street	1993
191	68	↓ 123	Beavis and Butt-Head	1993
70	69	↓ 1	Dexter	2006
94	70	↓ 24	Downton Abbey	2010
22	71	↑ 49	The Americans	2013
115	72	↓ 43	Homeland	2011
118	73	↓ 45	Family Guy	1999
126	74	↓ 52	The Carol Burnett Show	1967
379	75	↓ 304	Late Show with David Letterman	1993
157	76	↓ 81	Will & Grace	1998
108	77	↓ 31	House of Cards	2013
83	78	↓ 5	Batman: The Animated Series	1992
138	79	↓ 59	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	1990
68	80	↑ 12	Neon Genesis Evangelion	1995
148	81	↓ 67	Sesame Street	1969
129	82	↓ 47	Happy Days	1974
57	83	↑ 26	Firefly	2002
109	84	↓ 25	Oz	1997
82	85	↑ 3	Archer	2009
289	86	↓ 203	St. Elsewhere	1982
140	87	↓ 53	King of the Hill	1997
56	88	↑ 32	Sherlock	2010
189	89	↓ 100	Married… with Children	1987
236	90	↓ 146	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1962
307	91	↓ 216	Beverly Hills, 90210	1990
197	92	↓ 105	The Muppet Show	1976
358	93	↓ 265	Thirtysomething	1987
13	94	↑ 81	Better Call Saul	2015
155	95	↓ 60	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	1955
49	96	↑ 47	Community	2009
184	97	↓ 87	Sons of Anarchy	2008
154	98	↓ 56	The Bob Newhart Show	1972
183	99	↓ 84	Mystery Science Theater 3000	1988
97	100	↑ 3	Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood	2009

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