User:Sam/Television series considered the greatest ever
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While it is impossible to determine objectively the greatest television show of all time, it is possible to list television shows considered the greatest ever by a sizeable populace of the TV-watching community or, more commonly, by critics. The criterion for inclusion in this article is that the television show is considered the "greatest" in a quantitative survey – be it a critics' poll, popular poll or number of awards. For a list of longest running television series, please see the corresponding article.
In particular genres[edit]
Animation[edit]
- The Simpsons was voted the best television show of the 20th Century by TIME magazine and has won more Emmys than any other animated television show.[1]
- Neon Genesis Evangelion was voted the greatest anime of all time in a reader poll by Newtype USA[2] and in the Japan Media Arts Festival.[3]
- Gundam was found to be the best anime of all time in a survey conducted by the television network Animax.[4]
- Sazae-san is the longest running animated series of all time.
Comedy[edit]
- The Phil Silvers Show was voted the best sitcom by Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy in 2003.[5]
- Frasier was named by UK's Channel 4 as the best sitcom of all-time by other comedians.[6]
- Last of the Summer Wine is the longest running comedy series of all time.
Drama[edit]
- Guiding Light is the longest running drama series of all time.
Educational[edit]
- Blue Peter is the longest running educational show of all time.
Game show[edit]
- The Price is Right was voted best game show ever by TV Guide.[7]
Science fiction[edit]
- Star Trek was deemed the greatest cult television program of all time by TV Guide magazine on a list of the 50 Greatest Cult Television Shows.[8]
- Doctor Who is the longest running science fiction series of all time and was voted the greatest Science Fiction show of all time by Wizard magazine.
In particular countries[edit]
Australia[edit]
- The Graham Kennedy Show was voted the greatest Australian television show in Channel 9's 50 Years/50 Shows special.[9]
- Four Corners is the longest running television series in Australia.
United Kingdom[edit]
- Fawlty Towers was first in a 2000 list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute.[10]
- Only Fools and Horses was voted Britain's Best Sitcom[11]
United States[edit]
- Seinfeld was named the greatest television show of all time when it topped TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time in 2002.
- Cheers and ER both received 117 Emmy award nominations during their runs, more than any other show.[12]
- I Love Lucy is the only show to be inducted into the United States Television Hall of Fame.[13]
References[edit]
- ^ http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,993039,00.html
- ^ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2004-10-25/newtype-usa-announces-the-top-25-anime-of-all-time
- ^ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-10-04/top-10-anime-and-manga-at-japan-media-arts-festival
- ^ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2000-09-11/gundam-tops-anime-poll
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3148934.stm
- ^ http://www.paramountcomedy.com/comedy/news/article.aspx?id=320
- ^ http://www.cbs.com/daytime/price/about/bios/cast_bios_bbarker.shtml
- ^ http://jmsnews.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-293.html
- ^ http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/tv/community/messages/14/1792.html
- ^ http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/tv/100/index.html
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sitcom/
- ^ http://www.emmys.org/downloads/images/2006emmys/05_06_facts_and_figs.php
- ^ http://www.emmys.org/awards/halloffame/hofarchive.php