Time Magazines List of the 100 Tops TV Shows of All Time

[Strangler Lewis]

I think All in the Family holds up beautifully. For yokel comedy, give me Green Acres over The Beverly Hillbillies. And give me a Get Smart marathon any day of the week. I'd put Frasier up there over Cheers, and I'd knock off shows like Ernie Kovacs and Soap, which, while envelope pushing, were not particularly funny.

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Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

I think All in the Family holds up beautifully. For yokel comedy, give me Green Acres over The Beverly Hillbillies. And give me a Get Smart marathon any day of the week. I'd put Frasier up there over Cheers, and I'd knock off shows like Ernie Kovacs and Soap, which, while envelope pushing, were not particularly funny.

There are shows I love but never need to watch again, All in the Family and The Monkees, among them. I think you're right about Ernie Kovacs. The Time editors often confuse revolutionary with greatness, which do not always go hand in hand.

I love The Prisoner but it can get dull and the ending is one of the most vastly over-rated of all time. But Green Acres over The Beverly Hillbillies? No sir. Not at all. Green Acres was good but The Beverly Hillbillies was a work of art. Mr. Drysdale is one of TV's great unsung characters.