TV Guide 60 Best Series
TV Guide 60 Best Series is a ranked list published in 2013 — one of the 13 sources behind the tv canon, weighted as critics' canon. 54 of its 60 entries appear in the aggregated canon.
- 1The SopranosCanon #1
- 2SeinfeldCanon #3
- 3I Love LucyCanon #11
- 4All in the FamilyCanon #14
- 5The Twilight ZoneCanon #6
- 6The WireCanon #2
- 7The Mary Tyler Moore ShowCanon #12
- 8M*A*S*HCanon #8
- 9Breaking BadCanon #5
- 10The SimpsonsCanon #4
- 11CheersCanon #9
- 12Star TrekCanon #25
- 13The HoneymoonersCanon #45
- 14Law & OrderCanon #57
- 15The Andy Griffith Show
- 16Masterpiece Theater
- 17The Carol Burnett ShowCanon #32
- 18Saturday Night LiveCanon #27
- 19The Oprah Winfrey ShowCanon #74
- 20The Dick Van Dyke ShowCanon #48
- 21Mad MenCanon #7
- 22The Tonight Show starring Johnny CarsonCanon #113
- 23Hill Street BluesCanon #30
- 2460 Minutes
- 25The X-FilesCanon #17
- 26The Cosby ShowCanon #129
- 27GunsmokeCanon #116
- 28FriendsCanon #10
- 29ERCanon #23
- 30Sesame StreetCanon #46
- 31The Ed Sullivan ShowCanon #158
- 32RoseanneCanon #69
- 33ColumboCanon #83
- 34The Waltons
- 35TaxiCanon #38
- 36LostCanon #15
- 37Your Show of ShowsCanon #94
- 38Buffy the Vampire SlayerCanon #31
- 39SurvivorCanon #119
- 40Sex and the CityCanon #72
- 41Late Night With David LettermanCanon #98
- 42Late Show with David Letterman
- 43The West WingCanon #13
- 44Modern FamilyCanon #114
- 45NYPD BlueCanon #56
- 46Jeopardy!Canon #80
- 47Barney MillerCanon #137
- 48DallasCanon #134
- 49American Idol
- 50The Bob Newhart ShowCanon #111
- 51The ShieldCanon #28
- 52St. ElsewhereCanon #112
- 53The Big Bang TheoryCanon #86
- 54The Daily ShowCanon #47
- 55The Golden GirlsCanon #44
- 56Homicide: Life on the StreetCanon #105
- 57The Larry Sanders ShowCanon #34
- 58Battlestar Galactica (2003)Canon #118
- 59Monty Python's Flying CircusCanon #135
- 60The Good WifeCanon #60
List compiled and published by its original authors; positions shown as published. Canon ranks link to each entry's full evidence page.