Trivia - Top Television

2000s Top Television
1990s Top Television
1980s Top Television
1970s Top Television
1960s Top Television
1950s Top Television

2000s Top Television

2000

  1. Gilmore Girls

  2. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

  3. Malcolm in the Middle

  4. Survivor

  5. Curb Your Enthusiasm

  6. Dark Angel

  7. Queer as Folk

  8. Dora the Explorer

  9. Andromeda

  10. Ed

2001

  1. Scrubs

  2. Millville

  3. 24

  4. Trailer Park Boys

  5. Degrassi: The Next Generation

  6. Six Feet Under

  7. Star Trek Enterprise

  8. Reba

  9. Alias

  10. Justice League

2002

  1. The Wire

  2. Firefly

  3. CSI: Miami

  4. Bird of Prey

  5. Top Gear

  6. The Shield

  7. Foyle's War

  8. Monk

  9. 8 Simple Rules

  10. MI-5

2003

  1. NCIS

  2. Two and a Half Men

  3. One Tree Hill

  4. The O.C.

  5. Arrested Development

  6. Cold Case

  7. Nip/Tuck

  8. Teen Titans

  9. New Tricks

  10. Las Vegas

2004

  1. House, M.D. 

  2. Lost

  3. Entourage

  4. Deadwood

  5. Desperate Housewives

  6. Battlestar Galactica

  7. Shameless

  8. Doc Martin

  9. CSI: NY

  10. The L Word

2005

  1. Grey's Anatomy

  2. Supernatural

  3. Prison Break

  4. Bones

  5. Criminal Minds

  6. The Office

  7. How I Met Your Mother

  8. Doctor Who

  9. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

  10. American Dad!

2006

  1. Dexter

  2. Psych

  3. Friday Night Lights

  4. Heroes

  5. 30 Rock

  6. The IT Crowd

  7. Hannah Montana

  8. Inspector Lewis

  9. Ugly Betty

  10. Eureka

2007

  1. The Big Bang Theory

  2. Gossip Girl

  3. Mad Men

  4. The Tudors

  5. Californication

  6. Skins

  7. Chuck

  8. Keeping Up with the Kardashians

  9. Private Practice

  10. iCarly

2008

  1. Breaking Bad

  2. Sons of Anarchy

  3. True Blood

  4. Wallander

  5. The Mentalist

  6. Fringe

  7. 90210

  8. Leverage

  9. The Secret Life of the American Teenager

  10. Murdoch Mysteries

2009

  1. Castle

  2. The Vampire Diaries

  3. Modern Family

  4. The Good Wife

  5. Archer

  6. Park and Recreation

  7. The Middle

  8. NCIS: Los Angeles

  9. Glee

  10. Community

1990s Top Television

1990

  1. Cheers

  2. 60 Minutes

  3. Roseanne

  4. A Different World

  5. The Cosby Show

  6. Murphy Brown

  7. Empty Nest

  8. America's Funniest Home Videos

  9. Monday Night Football

  10. The Golden Girls

1991

  1. 60 Minutes

  2. Roseanne

  3. Murphy Brown

  4. Cheers

  5. Home Improvement

  6. Designing Women

  7. Full House

  8. Murder, She Wrote

  9. Major Dad

  10. Coach

1992

  1. 60 Minutes

  2. Roseanne

  3. Home Improvement

  4. Murphy Brown

  5. Murder, She Wrote

  6. Coach

  7. Monday Night Football

  8. CBS Sunday Night Movie

  9. Cheers

  10. Full House

1993

  1. 60 Minutes

  2. Home Improvement

  3. Seinfeld

  4. Roseanne

  5. Grace Under Fire

  6. Coach

  7. Frasier

  8. Monday Night Football

  9. Murphy Brown

  10. CBS Sunday Night Movie

1994

  1. Seinfeld

  2. ER

  3. Home Improvement

  4. Grace Under Fire

  5. Monday Night Football

  6. 60 Minutes

  7. N.Y.P.D. Blue

  8. Murder, She Wrote

  9. Friends

  10. Roseanne

1995

  1. ER

  2. Seinfeld

  3. Friends

  4. Caroline in the City

  5. Monday Night Football

  6. The Single Guy

  7. Home Improvement

  8. Boston Common

  9. 60 Minutes

  10. N.Y.P.D. Blue

1996

  1. ER

  2. Seinfeld

  3. Suddenly Susan

  4. Friends

  5. The Naked Truth

  6. Fired Up

  7. Monday Night Football

  8. The Single Guy

  9. Home Improvement

  10. Touched by an Angel

1997

  1. Seinfeld

  2. ER

  3. Veronica's Closet

  4. Friends

  5. Monday Night Football

  6. Touched by an Angel

  7. 60 Minutes

  8. Union Square

  9. CBS Sunday Movie

  10. Frasier

1998

  1. ER

  2. Friends

  3. Frasier

  4. Monday Night Football

  5. Veronica's Closet

  6. Jesse

  7. 60 Minutes

  8. Touched by an Angel

  9. CBS Sunday Movie

  10. Home Improvement

1999

  1. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

  2. ER

  3. Friends

  4. Monday Night Football

  5. Frasier

  6. 60 Minutes

  7. The Practice

  8. Touched by an Angel

  9. Law & Order

  10. Everybody Loves Raymond

1980s Top Television

1980

  1. Dallas

  2. The Dukes of Hazzard

  3. 60 Minutes

  4. M*A*S*H

  5. The Love Boat

  6. The Jeffersons

  7. Alice

  8. House Calls

  9. Three's Company

  10. Little House on the Prairie

1981

  1. Dallas

  2. 60 Minutes

  3. The Jeffersons

  4. Three's Company

  5. Alice

  6. The Dukes of Hazzard

  7. Too Close for Comfort

  8. ABC Monday Night Movie

  9. M*A*S*H

  10. One Day at a Time

1982

  1. 60 Minutes

  2. Dallas

  3. M*A*S*H

  4. Magnum P.I.

  5. Dynasty

  6. Three's Company

  7. Simon & Simon

  8. Falcon Crest

  9. The Love Boat

  10. The A-Team

1983

  1. Dallas

  2. 60 Minutes

  3. Dynasty

  4. The A-Team

  5. Simon & Simon

  6. Magnum P.I.

  7. Falcon Crest

  8. Kate & Allie

  9. Hotel

  10. Cagney & Lacey

1984

  1. Dynasty

  2. Dallas

  3. The Cosby Show

  4. 60 Minutes

  5. Family Ties

  6. The A-Team

  7. Simon & Simon

  8. Murder, She Wrote

  9. Knots Landing

  10. Cagney & Lacey

1985

  1. The Cosby Show

  2. Family Ties

  3. Murder, She Wrote

  4. 60 Minutes

  5. Cheers

  6. Dallas

  7. Dynasty

  8. The Golden Girls

  9. Miami Vice

  10. Who's the Boss?

1986

  1. The Cosby Show

  2. Family Ties

  3. Cheers

  4. Murder, She Wrote

  5. The Golden Girls

  6. 60 Minutes

  7. Night Court

  8. Growing Pains

  9. Moonlighting

  10. Who's the Boss?

1987

  1. The Cosby Show

  2. Family Ties

  3. Cheers

  4. Murder, She Wrote

  5. The Golden Girls

  6. 60 Minutes

  7. Night Court

  8. Growing Pains

  9. Moonlighting

  10. Who's the Boss?

1988

  1. The Cosby Show

  2. Roseanne

  3. A Different World

  4. Cheers

  5. 60 Minutes

  6. The Golden Girls

  7. Who's the Boss?

  8. Murder, She Wrote

  9. Empty Nest

  10. Anything But Love

1989

  1. The Cosby Show

  2. Roseanne

  3. Cheers

  4. A Different World

  5. America's Funniest Home Videos

  6. The Golden Girls

  7. 60 Minutes

  8. The Wonder Years

  9. Empty Nest

  10. Monday Night Football

1970s Top Television

1970

  1. Marcus Welby, M.D.

  2. The Flip Wilson Show

  3. Here's Lucy

  4. Ironside

  5. Gunsmoke

  6. ABC Movie of the Week

  7. Hawaii Five-O

  8. Medical Center

  9. Bonanza

  10. The F.B.I.

1971

  1. All in the Family

  2. The Flip Wilson Show

  3. Marcus Welby, M.D.

  4. Gunsmoke

  5. ABC Movie of the Week

  6. Sanford and Son

  7. Mannix

  8. Funny Face

  9. Adam 12

  10. The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1972

  1. All in the Family

  2. Sanford and Son

  3. Hawaii Five-O

  4. Maude

  5. Bridget Loves Bernie

  6. The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie

  7. The Mary Tyler Moore Show

  8. Gunsmoke

  9. The Wonderful World of Disney

  10. Ironside

1973

  1. All in the Family

  2. The Waltons

  3. Sanford and Son

  4. M*A*S*H

  5. Hawaii Five-O

  6. Maude

  7. Kojak

  8. The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour

  9. The Mary Tyler Moore Show

  10. Cannon

1974

  1. All in the Family

  2. Sanford and Son

  3. Chico and The Man

  4. The Jeffersons

  5. M*A*S*H

  6. Rhoda

  7. Good Times

  8. The Waltons

  9. Maude

  10. Hawaii Five-O

1975

  1. All in the Family

  2. Rich Man, Poor Man

  3. Laverne & Shirley

  4. Maude

  5. The Bionic Woman

  6. Phyllis

  7. Sanford and Son

  8. Rhoda

  9. The Six Million Dollar Man

  10. ABC Monday Night Movie

1976

  1. Happy Days

  2. Laverne & Shirley

  3. ABC Monday Night Movie

  4. M*A*S*H

  5. Charlie's Angels

  6. The Big Event

  7. The Six Million Dollar Man

  8. ABC Sunday Night Movie

  9. Baretta

  10. One Day at a Time

1977

  1. Laverne & Shirley

  2. Happy Days

  3. Three's Company

  4. 60 Minutes

  5. Charlie's Angels

  6. All in the Family

  7. Little House on the Prairie

  8. Alice

  9. M*A*S*H

  10. One Day at a Time

1978

  1. Laverne & Shirley

  2. Three's Company

  3. Mork & Mindy

  4. Happy Days

  5. Angie

  6. 60 Minutes

  7. M*A*S*H

  8. The Ropers

  9. All in the Family

  10. Taxi

1979

  1. 60 Minutes

  2. Three's Company

  3. That's Incredible

  4. Alice

  5. M*A*S*H

  6. Dallas

  7. Flo

  8. The Jeffersons

  9. The Dukes of Hazzard

  10. One Day at a Time

1960s Top Television

1960

  1. Gunsmoke

  2. Wagon Train

  3. Have Gun Will Travel

  4. The Andy Griffith Show

  5. The Real McCoys

  6. Rawhide

  7. Candid Camera

  8. The Untouchables

  9. The Price is Right

  10. The Jack Benny Show

1961

  1. Wagon Train

  2. Bonanza

  3. Gunsmoke

  4. Hazel

  5. Perry Mason

  6. The Red Skelton Show

  7. The Andy Griffith Show

  8. The Danny Thomas Show

  9. Dr. Kildare

  10. Candid Camera

1962

  1. The Beverly Hillbillies

  2. Candid Camera

  3. The Red Skelton Show

  4. Bonanza

  5. The Lucy Show

  6. The Andy Griffith Show

  7. Ben Casey

  8. The Danny Thomas Show

  9. The Dick Van Dyke Show

  10. Gunsmoke

1963

  1. The Beverly Hillbillies

  2. Bonanza

  3. The Dick Van Dyke Show

  4. Petticoat Junction

  5. The Andy Griffith Show

  6. The Lucy Show

  7. Candid Camera

  8. The Ed Sullivan Show

  9. The Danny Thomas Show

  10. My Favorite Martian

1964

  1. Bonanza

  2. Bewitched

  3. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

  4. The Andy Griffith Show

  5. The Fugitive

  6. The Red Skelton Show

  7. The Dick Van Dyke Show

  8. The Lucy Show

  9. Peyton Palace II

  10. Combat

1965

  1. Bonanza

  2. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

  3. The Lucy Show

  4. The Red Skelton Show

  5. Batman (Thursday)

  6. The Andy Griffith Show

  7. Bewitched

  8. The Beverly Hillbillies

  9. Hogan's Heroes

  10. Batman (Wednesday)

1966

  1. Bonanza

  2. The Red Skelton Show

  3. Andy Griffith Show

  4. The Lucy Show

  5. The Jackie Gleason Show

  6. Green Acres

  7. Daktari

  8. Bewitched

  9. The Beverly Hillbillies

  10. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

1967

  1. The Andy Griffith Show

  2. The Lucy Show

  3. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

  4. Gunsmoke

  5. Family Affair

  6. Bonanza

  7. The Red Skelton Show

  8. The Dean Martin

  9. The Jackie Gleason Show 

  10. NBC Saturday Night Movie

1968

  1. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

  2. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

  3. Bonanza

  4. Mayberry R.F.D.

  5. Family Affair

  6. Gunsmoke

  7. Julia

  8. The Dean Martin

  9. Here's Lucy

  10. The Beverly Hillbillies

1969

  1. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

  2. Gunsmoke

  3. Bonanza

  4. Mayberry R.F.D.

  5. Family Affair

  6. Here's Lucy

  7. The Red Skelton Show

  8. Marcus Welby, M.D.

  9. Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color

  10. The Doris Day Show

1950s Top Television

1950

  1. Texaco Star Theatre

  2. Fireside Theatre

  3. Philco TV Playhouse

  4. Your Show of Shows

  5. The Colgate Comedy Hour

  6. Gillette Cavalcade of Sports

  7. The Lone Ranger

  8. Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts

  9. Hopalong Cassidy

  10. Mama

1951

  1. Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts

  2. Texaco Star Theater

  3. I Love Lucy

  4. The Red Skelton Show

  5. The Colgate Comedy Hour

  6. Arthur Godfrey and His Friends

  7. Fireside Theatre

  8. Your Show of Shows

  9. The Jack Benny Show

  10. You Bet Your Life

1952

  1. I Love Lucy

  2. Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts

  3. Arthur Godfrey and His Friends

  4. Dragnet

  5. Texaco Star Theater

  6. The Buick Circus Hour

  7. The Colgate Comedy Hour

  8. Gangbusters

  9. You Bet Your Life

  10. Fireside Theatre

1953

  1. I Love Lucy

  2. Dragnet

  3. Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts

  4. You Bet Your Life

  5. The Milton Berle Show

  6. Arthur Godfrey and His Friends

  7. Ford Theatre

  8. The Jackie Gleason Show

  9. Fireside Theatre

  10. The Colgate Comedy Hour

1954

  1. I Love Lucy

  2. The Jackie Gleason Show

  3. Dragnet

  4. You Bet Your Life

  5. The Toast of the Town

  6. Disneyland

  7. The Jack Benny Show

  8. The George Gobel Show

  9. Ford Theatre

  10. December Bride

1955

  1. The $64,000 Question

  2. I Love Lucy

  3. The Ed Sullivan Show

  4. Disneyland

  5. The Jack Benny Show

  6. December Bride

  7. You Bet Your Life

  8. Dragnet

  9. The Millionaire

  10. I've Got a Secret

1956

  1. I Love Lucy

  2. The Ed Sullivan Show

  3. General Electric Theatre

  4. The $64,000 Question

  5. December Bride

  6. Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  7. I've Got a Secret

  8. Gunsmoke

  9. The Perry Como Show

  10. The Jack Benny Show

1957

  1. Gunsmoke

  2. The Danny Thomas Show

  3. Takes of Wells Fargo

  4. Have Gun Will Travel

  5. I've Got a Secret

  6. The Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp

  7. General Electric Theatre

  8. The Restless Gun

  9. December Bride

  10. You Bet Your Life

1958

  1. Gunsmoke

  2. Wagon Train

  3. Have Gun Will Travel

  4. The Rifleman

  5. The Danny Thomas Show

  6. Maverick

  7. Takes of Wells Fargo

  8. The Real McCoys

  9. I've Got a Secret

  10. The Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp

1959

  1. Gunsmoke

  2. Wagon Train

  3. Have Gun Will Travel

  4. The Danny Thomas Show

  5. The Red Skelton Show

  6. Father Knows Best

  7. 77 Sunset Strip

  8. The Price is Right

  9. Wanted: Dead or Alive

  10. Perry Mason