Now in its seventh year, the Classic TV Blog Association recently undertook its biggest project yet: Selecting the 25 Greatest Classic TV Series.To qualify for the list, a TV series had to air during prime time and its first season had to begin no later than 1989 to be considered “classic.” Association members nominated shows based on criteria such as enduring popularity, social impact, and influence on other TV series.
During the first round of voting, over 55 shows were nominated. That number was whittled down the 25 classic TV series below and four honorable mentions.
Do you agree with our list? If not, what TV series would you have included and which ones would you have omitted?
1. The Twilight Zone
2. I Love Lucy
3. The Mary Tyler Moore
Show
4. Columbo
5. All in the Family
6. Dragnet
7. Monty Python’s Flying
Circus
8. Star Trek
9. The Prisoner
10. M*A*S*H
11. The Dick Van Dyke Show
12. The Fugitive
13. Dallas
14. Doctor Who
15. The Andy Griffith Show
16. The Defenders
17. The Golden Girls
18. Perry Mason
19. SCTV
20. The Honeymooners
21. Alfred Hitchcock
Presents
22. Hill Street Blues
23. The Odd Couple
24. The Outer Limits
25. The Avengers
Honorable Mentions: Get Smart, The Ed Sullivan Show, Leave It to
Beaver, and WKRP in Cincinnati.
