Greatest Television Shows of All Time

[ManPerson]

This is what we had so far on the old forum.
Pre-1950s
1. The Ed Sullivan Show
2. The Lone Ranger
3. The Jackie Gleason Show
4. Texaco Star Theater
5. Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
1950s
1. I Love Lucy
2. The Twilight Zone
3. Gunsmoke
4. The Honeymooners
5. The Jack Benny Program
6. Dragnet
7. Bonanza
8. Your Show of Shows
9. Alfred Hitchcock Presents
10. The Wonderful World of Disney
11. Perry Mason
12. The Price is Right
13. Leave It to Beaver
14. The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
15. The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
16. Wagon Train
17. The Red Skelton Show
18. The Danny Thomas Show
19. The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar
20. Lassie
21. Father Knows Best
22. Have Gun - Will Travel
23. What’s My Line?
24. The Phil Silvers Show
25. The Rifleman
26. Guiding Light
27. You Bet Your Life
28. Rawhide
29. As the World Turns
30. Playhouse 90
1960s
1, Star Trek
2. Doctor Who
3. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
4. Sesame Street
5. Monty Python's Flying Circus
6. The Andy Griffith Show
7. The Flintstones
8. Jeopardy!
9. The Dick Van Dyke Show
10. Astro Boy
11. Columbo
12. Bewitched
13. The Carol Burnett Show
14. Mission: Impossible
15. The Beverly Hillbillies
16. Get Smart
17. The Brady Bunch
18. Scooby Doo, Where Are You!
19. Batman
20. Gilligan’s Island
21. Hawaii Five-O
22. The Addams Family
23. The Jetsons
24. The Prisoner
25. The Fugitive
26. The Outer Limits
27. The Monkees
28. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
29. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
30. Hogan's Heroes
31. The Pink Panther

[ManPerson]

Starting to think I lowballed Astro Boy a bit. It's definitely behind the 4 shows above it in terms of acclaim (in the west at least) but I think it clearly makes up for it in influence and cultural impact. I moved it from 13 to 10.

[Fido]

My main question with this is still the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons and the like. They truly transcend the medium, but it's difficult to measure how much is it because a show, the movies, all the marketing around it, etc.

[Ryan]

My main question with this is still the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons and the like. They truly transcend the medium, but it's difficult to measure how much is it because a show, the movies, all the marketing around it, etc.

I don't think they should be included. They were theatrical cartoons brought to TV. That feels like a different medium. Pave started a Looney Tunes list last year, and I think a devoted list like that is the best place for them.
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[Ryan]

The Monkees should be in the 60s list. It won an Emmy for Best Comedy Series in 1967, beating out four shows that are included on the list.

[ManPerson]

Fair on both points.