# IMDb Top 250 TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 15, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-top-250-tv/727937 "2015-08-15T19:12:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-top-250-tv/727937/1 "2015-08-15T19:12:33Z")
Just found this reference that might mean something to TV fans… [Top 250 TV beta](http://www.imdb.com/chart/toptv?ref_=nm_ttv_sm) Discussion? Had you seen it earlier? ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-top-250-tv/727937/2 "2015-08-15T19:38:38Z")
Had not seen this list before. I’m surprised how many of the top 20 I’ve never seen. Also, Seinfeld is way too low. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-top-250-tv/727937/3 "2015-08-15T19:49:52Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > Had not seen this list before. I’m surprised how many of the top 20 I’ve never seen. Also, Seinfeld is way too low. 2 positions higher than _Friends_. Yet another worthless IMDb ranking. Completely ignorable. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-top-250-tv/727937/4 "2015-08-15T21:26:02Z")
Surely there are more threads dealing with the subject, but one I know about is [The Best All-Time TV Show [vote for up to 10]](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=562451) which ran from 05-08-2010, 07:40 AM to #71 08-26-2013, 10:32 PM. The gist of that thread is at [this post.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12544991&postcount=68) It might be fun to compare those results with the OP link. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-top-250-tv/727937/5 "2015-08-15T21:46:05Z")
Way too biased toward the edgy, premium cable, dark dramas IMHO. And I’m sorry, but any list that includes _Late Night With Conan O’Brien_ but fails to list either Johnny Carson or David Letterman has no business calling itself a list.