The 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME
"First, I apologize. I know I left some of your favorite shows off this list. How do I know that? Because I left some of my favorite shows off this list. The happy and unfortunate fact is that there are far more than 100 great shows, and more created every year. Lists are incredibly important: they are how we define what matters to us, what we want entertainment and art to do, what we expect of our culture."
—TIME TV critic James Poniewozik
The Dick Van Dyke Show
TV has always loved to talk about itself, and this sitcom was the first in a line of classic shows set in the TV business. Unlike some of its cutthroat successors, DVD made the TV biz seem downright friendly, as Rob Petrie wrote sketches for the egotistical Alan Brady (Carl Reiner, in occasional guest shots) and cut up with pals Buddy Sorrell and Sally Rogers (Rose Marie, in a rare early role as working woman comic). But this hybrid series was also set half at home, and the comic chemistry between the dashing, ottoman-tripping Van Dyke and a smokin' young Mary Tyler Moore as Laura makes the show hold up even today.
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