Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest TV Shows

Rolling Stone’s 2022 ranking of the 100 greatest TV shows of all time. The Sopranos at #1, The Simpsons at #2 — start the argument there.

100 titles

  1. The Sopranos (1999), David Chase
  2. The Simpsons (1989), Matt Groening
  3. Breaking Bad (2008), Vince Gilligan
  4. The Wire (2002), David Simon
  5. Fleabag (2016), Phoebe Waller-Bridge
  6. Seinfeld (1989)
  7. Mad Men (2007), Matthew Weiner
  8. Cheers (1982)
  9. Atlanta (2016), Donald Glover
  10. The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970), Allan Burns, James L. Brooks
  11. Succession (2018), Jesse Armstrong
  12. The Twilight Zone (1959), Rod Serling
  13. Veep (2012)
  14. The Americans (2013), Joe Weisberg
  15. The Larry Sanders Show (1992)
  16. Twin Peaks (1990)
  17. The Leftovers (2014), Damon Lindelof / Tom Perrotta
  18. Saturday Night Live (1975)
  19. I May Destroy You (2020), Michaela Coel
  20. 30 Rock (2006), Tina Fey
  21. All in the Family (1971)
  22. Star Trek (1966), Gene Roddenberry
  23. Watchmen (2019), Damon Lindelof
  24. Freaks and Geeks (1999), Paul Feig
  25. M*A*S*H (1972)
  26. Sesame Street (1969)
  27. Deadwood (2004)
  28. Friday Night Lights (2006), Brian Grazer, Peter Berg
  29. Roots (1977)
  30. Parks and Recreation (2009), Greg Daniels / Michael Schur
  31. Game of Thrones (2011), David Benioff, D. B. Weiss
  32. Better Call Saul (2015), Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould
  33. Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969), Ian MacNaughton, John Howard Davies
  34. The Office (2005), Greg Daniels
  35. Lost (2004)
  36. I Love Lucy (1951), Bob Carroll Jr., Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh
  37. Arrested Development (2003)
  38. Hill Street Blues (1981)
  39. Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000), Larry David
  40. The Good Place (2016), Michael Schur
  41. BoJack Horseman (2014), Raphael Bob-Waksberg
  42. Battlestar Galactica (2004)
  43. Insecure (2016), Issa Rae, Larry Wilmore
  44. Late Night with David Letterman (1982)
  45. Columbo (1971), William Link, Richard Levinson
  46. The West Wing (1999), Aaron Sorkin
  47. My So-Called Life (1994)
  48. The Shield (2002), Shawn Ryan
  49. Friends (1994), Marta Kauffman, David Crane
  50. Jeopardy! (1984), Merv Griffin
  51. The X-Files (1993), Chris Carter
  52. Barry (2018), Alec Berg, Bill Hader
  53. The Office (2001)
  54. ER (1994)
  55. Halt and Catch Fire (2014), Christopher Cantwell / Christopher C. Rogers
  56. Community (2009), Dan Harmon
  57. Russian Doll (2019), Leslye Headland / Natasha Lyonne / Amy Poehler
  58. Six Feet Under (2001), Alan Ball
  59. Key & Peele (2012)
  60. Taxi (1978)
  61. The Underground Railroad (2021), Barry Jenkins
  62. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961), Carl Reiner
  63. South Park (1997), Trey Parker, Matt Stone
  64. The Golden Girls (1985)
  65. Girls (2012), Lena Dunham
  66. The Daily Show (1996)
  67. NYPD Blue (1993)
  68. Fawlty Towers (1975)
  69. Chappelle's Show (2003)
  70. SCTV (1976)
  71. Better Things (2016), Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K.
  72. Good Times (1974)
  73. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
  74. The Honeymooners (1955), Jackie Gleason
  75. Frasier (1993), David Angell, Peter Casey, David Clark Lee
  76. Justified (2010), Graham Yost
  77. The Jeffersons (1975)
  78. Sex and the City (1998), HBO
  79. Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995), David Cross, Bob Odenkirk
  80. Band of Brothers (2001), Steven Spielberg / Tom Hanks
  81. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005), Rob Mac
  82. Party Down (2009)
  83. I'm Alan Partridge (1997)
  84. Fargo (2014), Noah Hawley
  85. Orange Is the New Black (2013), Jenji Kohan
  86. The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
  87. The Kids in the Hall (1989), Mark McKinney, Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Scott Thompson
  88. The Crown (2016), Peter Morgan
  89. The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
  90. The Wonder Years (1988)
  91. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), Steve Allen, Sylvester Weaver
  92. The Muppet Show (1976)
  93. The Rockford Files (1974)
  94. NewsRadio (1995)
  95. Squid Game (2021), Hwang Dong-hyuk
  96. Rick and Morty (2013), Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland
  97. The Odd Couple (1970), Garry Marshall, Neil Simon
  98. The Good Fight (2017)
  99. Oz (1997), Tom Fontana
  100. What We Do in the Shadows (2019), Jemaine Clement