# TV Guide's 60 Best Shows - Which ones have you NOT seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 8, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-60-best-shows-which-ones-have-you-not-seen/739818 "2015-12-08T14:22:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-60-best-shows-which-ones-have-you-not-seen/739818/81 "2015-12-09T12:36:48Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > That’s a very American-centric list. Naturally, I’ve not seen most of them. I understand. My knowledge of British TV (to say nothing of other countries) does not extend much beyond Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, Benny Hill, Downton Abbey, and Call the Midwife. Hey, I like each of these shows. Maybe I should seek out more. 🙂 mmm ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-60-best-shows-which-ones-have-you-not-seen/739818/82 "2015-12-09T13:33:46Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > That’s a very American-centric list. Naturally, I’ve not seen most of them. Well, TV Guide is an American publication, so… My guess is the only reason Python’s on the list is that it was aired in America on PBS stations across the country. Though in 1974 NBC did try introducing Python to the public with sketch clips during a summer replacement series. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-60-best-shows-which-ones-have-you-not-seen/739818/83 "2015-12-09T13:38:03Z")
1. More than I expected. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-60-best-shows-which-ones-have-you-not-seen/739818/84 "2015-12-09T13:46:48Z")
1. I never heard of Your Show of Shows or the Larry Sanders show before today. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-60-best-shows-which-ones-have-you-not-seen/739818/85 "2015-12-09T14:05:31Z")
About half of them. Some of those I’ve seen maybe 15 minutes of, or bits and pieces in passing, but I was honest about if I’d seen entire episodes, start-to-finish. I’m not too surprised that I’ve not seen the shows many consider so great. Subject matter and genre are more important to me than quality when choosing what to watch. I don’t care if it’s the greatest show about knitting and seashell collecting ever made, it’s not my thing so I’m not watching it. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-60-best-shows-which-ones-have-you-not-seen/739818/86 "2015-12-09T14:54:22Z")
_The Sopranos The Wire Breaking Bad The Oprah Winfrey Show Mad Men Friends ER The Waltons Buffy the Vampire Slayer Survivor Sex and the City Late Night/Late Show with David Letterman The West Wing Modern Family Dallas American Idol The Shield The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Homicide: Life on the Street Battlestar Galactica (2004)_ I’ve seen parts of episodes, but not IIRC whole episodes of any of the above. I believe I watched one epidsode of _Seinfeld_. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-60-best-shows-which-ones-have-you-not-seen/739818/87 "2015-12-09T19:17:18Z")
I’m jumping the gun for this summary/update since I will probably not catch the 200th voter’s moment. To compare progress of the voting see Post #21 51; Post #43 98; Post #72 152 ```auto View Poll Results: TV Guide's 60 Best Shows - Which ones have you NOT seen a complete episode of? The Twilight Zone 8 4.21% Star Trek 9 4.74% Jeopardy! 10 5.26% Saturday Night Live 12 6.32% Seinfeld 13 6.84% The Simpsons 13 6.84% Cheers 13 6.84% M*A*S*H 14 7.37% 60 Minutes 18 9.47% I Love Lucy 19 10.00% Sesame Street 20 10.53% Late Night/Late Show with David Letterman 21 11.05% The Cosby Show 23 12.11% Monty Python’s Flying Circus 26 13.68% Roseanne 27 14.21% All in the Family 28 14.74% Taxi 29 15.26% The Bob Newhart Show 30 15.79% The Mary Tyler Moore Show 31 16.32% The Andy Griffith Show 31 16.32% The Dick Van Dyke Show 31 16.32% The Carol Burnett Show 33 17.37% Friends 34 17.89% The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 35 18.42% The X-Files 36 18.95% Barney Miller 40 21.05% Columbo 44 23.16% The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 44 23.16% The Honeymooners 46 24.21% The Big Bang Theory 46 24.21% Law & Order 50 26.32% The Golden Girls 51 26.84% Masterpiece Theatre 60 31.58% Everybody Love Raymond 61 32.11% ER 64 33.68% Hill Street Blues 67 35.26% The Waltons 67 35.26% Gunsmoke 79 41.58% Dallas 80 42.11% Breaking Bad 86 45.26% The Oprah Winfrey Show 87 45.79% Modern Family 87 45.79% St. Elsewhere 87 45.79% Sex and the City 88 46.32% NYPD Blue 92 48.42% American Idol 93 48.95% Lost 94 49.47% Survivor 95 50.00% Buffy the Vampire Slayer 96 50.53% Battlestar Galactica (2004) 96 50.53% The Sopranos 99 52.11% Mad Men 99 52.11% The Ed Sullivan Show 100 52.63% The West Wing 108 56.84% The Larry Sanders Show 114 60.00% Homicide: Life on the Street 117 61.58% The Wire 128 67.37% The Shield 141 74.21% The Good Wife 150 78.95% Your Show of Shows 156 82.11% Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 190 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-60-best-shows-which-ones-have-you-not-seen/739818/88 "2015-12-09T19:38:32Z")
Put under spoiler boxes for length. Shows I’ve seen at least one complete episode of: The Sopranos I Love Lucy All in the Family The Twilight Zone Breaking Bad The Simpsons Saturday Night Live The X-Files Sesame Street The Ed Sullivan Show Roseanne Lost Buffy the Vampire Slayer Jeopardy! Barney Miller Everybody Love Raymond Shows I’ve never seen one complete episode of: Seinfeld The Wire The Mary Tyler Moore Show M_A_S\*H Cheers Star Trek The Honeymooners Law & Order The Andy Griffith Show Masterpiece Theatre The Carol Burnett Show The Oprah Winfrey Show The Dick Van Dyke Show Mad Men The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Hill Street Blues 60 Minutes The Cosby Show Gunsmoke Friends ER Columbo The Waltons Taxi Your Show of Shows Survivor Sex and the City Late Night/Late Show with David Letterman The West Wing Modern Family NYPD Blue Barney Miller Dallas American Idol The Bob Newhart Show The Shield St. Elsewhere The Big Bang Theory The Daily Show with Jon Stewart The Golden Girls Homicide: Life on the Street The Larry Sanders Show Battlestar Galactica (2004) Monty Python’s Flying Circus The Good Wife ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-60-best-shows-which-ones-have-you-not-seen/739818/89 "2015-12-11T21:26:32Z")
I checked 27 of the 60, but that figure may not be 100% accurate. When I was a kid, we often had the TV on during supper, and so I at least absorbed many episodes to which I wasn’t actually paying attention. Examples would be _Star Trek_, _Gunsmoke_, and _M_A_S_H\*. No surprise almost everybody’s seen _The Twilight Zone_, as those who were born too late to enjoy it during its original run have an annual opportunity to catch the Syfy New Year’s Day marathon (which always, AFAIK, features “A Stop at Willoughby”). And not only have most **Dopers** viewed _Jeopardy!_, but dozens of us have appeared on the show! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guides-60-best-shows-which-ones-have-you-not-seen/739818.md?page=4)