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25. Miami Vice: Corckett and Tubbs made it cool for guys to have 5 o'clock shadow and wear pastel suits.

24. Star Trek: The Next Generation: To all of the Trekkies out there, sorry we have not seen this show so please feel free to discuss amongst yourselves.

23. The West Wing: Why can't Martin Sheen really be president?

22. The Real World: Of course it is on this list it is also on what?...season 87? For real though, when this show first came out it was groundbreaking, it was really the first reality television show. From Julie and Kevin's race debate to Pedro's battle with AIDS. And of course for every amazing season (San Diego, Miami, Las Vegas), there are bad ones (Philadelphia, London).


21. Roseanne: Who didn't want to be in the Connor household for those Halloween episodes? And you know that Sarah Chalke is still called second Becky.

20. Beverly Hills 90210: The best zip code ever. Before you get all star struck with the glossy new 90210, go back and get to know the original. Fall in love with all of the sideburns, embrace Brenda's subtle bitchniess and Kelly's full out bitchiness. I mean hello, Kelly over dosed on caffeine pills, was a child model, was raped, had a coke problem, got shot, had amnesia, joined a cult, got burnt in a fire and made out with Brandon! And that was just one character! Donna Martin Graduates!!

19. ER: I have a very dear friend who has a choreographed dance to the theme of ER. It is amazing. ER was must see tv, and not just for George Clooney alone. It is still a great show that has a way of shocking us each week. And we still get teary eyed when we think about Mark Greene dying or Carol and Doug finally getting together.

18. American Idol: They should have stopped after the first season. Just sayin'. (E)

17. The Office the U.K. version: Ricky Gervais. Enough said. This might be a LITTLE high on the list, however.


16. Arrested Development: Do yourselves a favor go to target and shell out thirty bucks for all three seasons of this hysterical show, or is you are cheap go to hulu.com and watch them for free. Tell them Tobias Funke the analrapist sent you.

15. The Oprah Winfrey Show: She is the Queen of all Media. Oprah is God.

14. The Daily Show: Want to know why the stoner college dude is talking politics with you? It is because of John Stewart. And that was your moment of Zen.

13. Freaks and Geeks: Maybe you have heard of James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jason Siegel, Busy Phillips, Linda Cardenelli oh and Judd Apatow? Yea that was the cast of Freaks and Geeks. Now tell us why this show only lasted one season? J still hasn't seen an episode.


12. South Park: The most crass and funniest fourth graders around. Trapped in the closet is a classic episode. And any chow where you can get George Clooney to guest star as a gay dog is ok by us.

11. The Wire: It is in our netflix queue we swear! Is it REALLY this high, though??


10. Buffy The Vampire Slayer: We are beyond excited that our beloved Buffy made the top ten. Bussy kicked ass and gave quips left and right. She went through it all; the tragic love story with Angel, the 2nd season finale still makes us cry a,, her mom died and she is left to care for her sister who is a ball of green energy, and she even died. She saved the world a lot, and our world is a little sadder with Buffy not on.

9. Friends: Who knew that a show about 6 friends who hung out in a coffee shop and with each other would BE such a hit. And who didn't want the Rachel haircut?

8. LOST: We still don't quite understand what is going on, but we love it. No other show has made us scream at the TV, made us drop our jaws, or have hour long conversations after the show has aired to try to figure out what was going on. JJ Abrams= evil genius.

7. The Cosby Show: It is a classic American sitcom. The sweaters alone kill us.

6. Survivor: I don't think I have ever used the word alliance until this show aired. Oh and Elisabeth might be a cohost of the View, but she was first a contestant on this show.


5. Sex and the City: We're a Carrie for sure. I mean come on the shoes alone. It basically turned every women's brunch conversation from tame to super racy. And we love them for it.

4. The X Files: The truth is out there, somewhere we think. Mulder? Scully? Help here?

3. Seinfeld: It was the show about, well nothing, and brought us such comic jems as the puffy shirt, the soup nazi and of course Kramer. We are still trying to forgive them for the lame ending though.

2. The Sopranos: See mafia bosses are just like us, they have problems and whiny families and go to shrinks. And they listen to Journey. J never got into it.

1. The Simspons: It has been on for well, ever and does not look like it is going away anytime soon. We only wish that Springfield was real only so we could drink at Moe's visit the power plant, eat a Krusty burger, oh and get that amazing yellow tan.

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50. Baywatch: It brought us the slow-mo run on the beach, Pamela Anderson and more importantly David Hasselhoff. Admit it you have pretended to be a Baywatch Life guard.

49. Twin Peaks: Oh David Lynch. You are the master of confusion and the weirdness. It also leads to one of our favorite sayings: "I'm have a twin peaks experience". This is obviously only for the 1st season, we're assuming.

48. Ally McBeal: Yes it had the dancing baby, but it also had, Lucy Liu, Portia De Rossi and Calista Flockhart. And a same sex bathroom, which in our opinion is creepy. It also lead the way for women wearing short skirts in the workplace. Why is this not on DVD yet, btw?!


47. 30 Rock: Need proof that this show is genius? Just watch this clip:



46. Homicide Life on the Street: Way better than NYPD Blue, but with half the audience.


45. Curb Your Enthusiasm: Larry David created Seinfeld and took his unique style of comedy, comedy about nothing into this HBO classic. You know that you shouldn't be laughing at say holocaust survivors, but damn it He just makes it so funny.

44. Jeopardy!: What is: do do do do do do do do do do do do dododododo do do do do do do do do du du do boom boom. (Sidenote from E I have a friend whose goal is to get on Jeopardy and if he does not know the answer to final Jeopardy he is going to put my name. So I've got that going for me)

43. Late Night With Conan O'Brien: We cannot wait for him to take over the Tonight Show. And he kept us laughing during the writer's strike. And his opening at the Emmy's was the best ever.



42. LA Law: My mom loved this show. Oooo Did we just date ourselves? Plus, someone fell down a frakkin elevator shaft!


41. Frasier: Although we would have rather seen a spinoff with Norm and Cliff, Frasier was still pretty funny. What was even better when he and David Hyde Pierce, Niles on the show, go on the Simpsons as Side Show Bob and his brother. Yes we know different show.

40. Mr. Show: One of the best sketch comedy shows on TV. Ever. Oh and you can thank them for brining us Tenacious D and therefore Jack Black. If you are not a Jack Black fan, then here are the men you can blame.

39. Six Feet Under: Yes it is about death and funerals, but it is also about family a fucked up one at that. Probably the best openings of any show on TV, and then of course there was the twist of all twists, they killed Nate (Narm! Narm!). Also gave us our introduction to Michael C. Hall (Dexter) and Rainn Wilson (The Office). J has friends who watched that series finale montage incessantly, while bawling their eyes out.

38. Beavis and Butt-Head: We said butt, Heh he he heh heh


37. NYPD Blue: Sipowicz's ass. Urgh we just threw up a little.

36. Thirtysomething: The original Brothers & Sisters. That's sayin a lot. Well that is also saying that yuppies from every generation have problems. Shocker.


35. CSI: We never looked at crime scenes the same thing and get bummed when we have jury duty and the forensics and their scientists aren't as cool as Grissom and clan.

34. 24: Jack Bauer never really has a good day. Thank god he can run around LA with a gun and scream I am a CTU Agent. Always amazes us that he can get around LA so quickly when we try to drive oh say from the Valley to Hollywood it takes us an hour. Not Jack Bauer though.

33. My So- Called Life: Only on for one season yet it is still the best teen angst drama ever. Claire Danes seethed with teenage angst, and Jordan Catalano oh I mean Jared Leto was the dyslexic heartthrob every girl wanted to save. Fun trivia time: does anyone recognize Angela's sister as the brunette vixen on Greek? Mmmhmm. This is one entry on EW's list that should have been MUCH much higher.


32. Gilmore Girls: Oh how we miss the fast paced pop cultured ridden dialogue from Lorelei and Rory. Who didn't want to live in that household?

31. The Civil War: Sorry it was on PBS and about history, we kinda missed it.

30. Late Show with David Letterman: When it comes down to it Dave is always better than Jay. Hence why he is higher on the list. We love when he interviews celebrities he could care less about, Paris Hilton, Spencer Pratt just to name two.

29. The Shield: Great show, we just don't watch it.

28. The Larry Sanders Show: Don't judge us. Again, never seen an episode. I guess we need to go on hulu.com

27. Law and Order: Dun Dun. It is the noise that spun off well numerous spin offs. You can basically turn on a TV at any time of the day and somewhere Law & Order will be on. Dick Wolf is one rich bitch. This entry is oddly low on the rating todem pole as well.


26. Chapelle's Show: Speaking of rich bitches. He made Rick James famous again (I'm Rick James Bitch!), made Wayne Brady gansta (Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?) and had a blind black man the head of the KKK. Then he had a breakdown and left the show. Whenever you want to come back Dave we are ready for you.