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TV Guide's list of the 30 best cult-classic television shows ever. For the full article go to: http://www.tvguide.com/news/top-cult-shows-40239.aspx

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Rank   Name Actor(s) Creator Years On Air Network
  1. 1
    Majel Barrett, James Doohan, Julie Newmar, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Grace Lee Whitney, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Frank da Vinci, DeForest Kelley, Eddie Paskey More
    Gene Roddenberry
    1966-09-08
    NBC
  2. 2
    James Morrison, Mitch Pileggi, David Duchovny, Sheila Larken, Lucy Lawless, Gillian Anderson, Jane Lynch, Lily Tomlin, Laurie Holden, Burt Reynolds, Dean Haglund, Bruce Harwood, Annabeth Gish, Robert Patrick, Jerry Hardin, Ryan Reynolds, Jack Black, Krista Allen, Felicity Huffman, R. Lee Ermey More
    Chris Carter
    1993-09-10
    Fox Broadcasting Company
  3. 3
    Rachel Bilson, Nathan Fillion, Tamara Braun, David Boreanaz, Nicholas Brendon, Charlie Weber, Jason Behr, Jordana Spiro, Emma Caulfield, Kal Penn, Lindsay Crouse, K. Todd Freeman, Armin Shimerman, Felicia Day, Kali Rocha, Dania Ramirez, Iyari Limon, Anthony Stewart Head, Kristine Sutherland, Shane West, Clare Kramer, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, Julie Benz, Charisma Carpenter, Amber Benson, Christopher Gorham, Juliet Landau, Amy Adams, Michelle Trachtenberg, Marc Blucas, Alexis Denisof, George Hertzberg, James Marsters, Seth Green, Mercedes McNab, Eliza Dushku, Rick Gonzalez, Nichole Hiltz More
    Joss Whedon
    1997-03-10
    The WB Television Network, UPN
  4. 4
    Claudia Black, Ben Browder, Tammy MacIntosh, Wayne Pygram, Christine Stephen-Daly, David Franklin, Kent McCord, Gigi Edgley, Lani Tupu, Jonathan Hardy, Virginia Hey, Melissa Jaffer, Anthony Simcoe, Rebecca Riggs, Raelee Hill, Paul Goddard More
    The Jim Henson Company, Rockne S. O'Bannon
    1999-03-19
    Syfy, Nine Network
  5. 5
    Dominic Monaghan, Ian Somerhalder, Kiele Sanchez, Samantha Mathis, Maggie Grace, Nick Jameson, Michelle Forbes, Malcolm David Kelley, Matthew Fox, Kim Yoon-jin, Daniel Dae Kim, Naveen Andrews, Harold Perrineau Jr., Terry O'Quinn, Emilie de Ravin, Josh Holloway, Evangeline Lilly, Jorge Garcia, Fionnula Flanagan, Tamara Taylor, Jeremy Davies, Ken Leung, Elizabeth Mitchell, Henry Ian Cusick, Rodrigo Santoro, Michael Emerson, Cynthia Watros, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Michelle Rodriguez, Rebecca Mader, Jeff Fahey, Zuleikha Robinson, Nestor Carbonell, Mark Pellegrino, Sonya Walger, François Chau, Rob McElhenney, Julie Bowen, Nathan Fillion, Bai Ling, Madeline Carroll, Carrie Preston, Cheech Marin, Justin Chatwin, Marguerite Moreau, Andrea Roth, Lance Reddick More
    J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Jeffrey Lieber
    2004-09-22
    American Broadcasting Company
  6. 6
    Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Carol Cleveland, Michael Palin, John Cleese More
    Monty Python
    1969-10-05
    BBC Two, BBC One
  7. 7
    Denis Shaw, Colin Gordon, Peter Swanwick, Angelo Muscat, Leo McKern, Alexis Kanner, Kenneth Griffith, George Markstein, Patrick Cargill, Christopher Benjamin, Patrick McGoohan More
    Patrick McGoohan, George Markstein
    1967-10-01
    AMC, ITV
  8. 8
    Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Jim Varney, Jemaine Clement, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Pamela Hayden, Maggie Roswell, Don Cheadle, Ellen Page, Jonah Hill, John Goodman, Neve Campbell, R. Lee Ermey, Liam Neeson, Simon Cowell, Michelle Pfeiffer, Martin Sheen, Matt Dillon, Eddie Izzard, Tim Robbins, Jan Hooks, Russi Taylor, Angela Bassett, Paul Rudd, Lily Tomlin, Richard Lewis, Yeardley Smith, Woody Harrelson, Henry Winkler, Nancy Cartwright, Natalie Portman, Edward Norton, Sarah Silverman, Joe Mantegna, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ricky Gervais, Rachel Weisz, Jack Black, Steve Martin, Kiefer Sutherland, Jon Lovitz, Ben Stiller, Daniel Radcliffe, Meg Ryan, Maya Rudolph, Kristen Schaal, David Hyde Pierce, Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Phil Hartman, Marisa Tomei, Hugh Laurie, Marcia Wallace, Stephen Colbert, Winona Ryder, Christina Ricci, Lucy Liu, Helen Hunt, Isabella Rossellini, Joshua Jackson, Rob Reiner, Albert Brooks More
    Matt Groening
    1989-12-17
    Fox Broadcasting Company
  9. 9
    Danica McKellar, Robert Redford, Burt Reynolds, Julie Newmar, Patrick O'Neal, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Jason Alexander, Martin Landau, Brent Spiner, William Shatner, Elizabeth Montgomery, Elizabeth Berkley, Andrew McCarthy, Ron Howard, Rod Serling, Shelley Duvall More
    Rod Serling
    1959-10-02
  10. 10
    Ted Raimi, Timothy Omundson, Manu Bennett, Lucy Lawless, Claudia Black, Alexis Arquette, Robert Trebor, Alexandra Tydings, Reneé O'Connor, Beryl Te Wiata, Stephen Hall, Claire Stansfield, Karl Urban, Darien Takle, Jennifer Sky, Patrick Wilson, Bruce Campbell, Kevin Smith, Hudson Leick, Willa O'Neill, Simon Prast More
    Robert Tapert, John Schulian
    1995-09-04
    Television syndication
  11. 11
    Ciarán McMenamin, David Troughton, Robert Lindsay, Dominic Cooper, Lydia Leonard, Robert Lindsay More
    2005-10-16
    ITV1, UTV, ITV, STV
  12. 12
    Phil Hartman, Johann Carlo, Lynne Marie Stewart, Shirley Stoler, Diane Yang, Suzanne Kent, Natasha Lyonne, Gregory Harrison, Paul Reubens, S. Epatha Merkerson, Laurence Fishburne, John Paragon, Shaun Weiss, Ric Heitzman, Gilbert Lewis More
    Paul Reubens
    1986-09-13
    CBS
  13. 13
    J. Elvis Weinstein, Joel Hodgson, Josh Weinstein, Frank Conniff, Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett, Michael J. Nelson, Trace Beaulieu, Mary Jo Pehl More
    Joel Hodgson
    1988-11-24
    Syfy, Comedy Central
  14. 14
    Finn Devit, Grace Park, Biski Gugushe, Kandyse McClure, Paul Campbell, Kate Vernon, Christian Tessier, Leah Cairns, Lucy Lawless, Dominic Zamprogna, Alisen Down, Luciana Carro, Christina Schild, Aaron Douglas, Bill Duke, James Callis, Tricia Helfer, Claudette Mink, Connor Widdows, Michael Trucco, Hayley Guiel, Alessandro Juliani, Nicki Clyne, Mary McDonnell, Alonso Oyarzun, Michael Hogan, Colm Feore, Lorena Gale, Jamie Bamber, Dana Delany, Erica Cerra, Mark Sheppard, Emily Holmes, Tahmoh Penikett, Katee Sackhoff, Edward James Olmos, Michelle Forbes, Bodie Olmos, Samuel Witwer, Donnelly Rhodes, Richard Hatch, Jen Halley, Dana Delaney, Rekha Sharma, Ty Olsson, Madeline Parker, Sebastian Spence More
    Glen A. Larson, Ronald D. Moore
    2004-10-18
    Syfy, Space: The Imagination Station, Sky One
  15. 15
    Seth MacFarlane, Mike Henry, Charles Durning, Alec Sulkin, Rachael MacFarlane, Taylor Cole, Will Sasso, Seth Green, Wallace Shawn, Phil LaMarr, Danny Smith, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Hamill, Victoria Principal, Lucas Grabeel, Nicole Sullivan, The Rock, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jonathan Lipnicki, Drew Barrymore, Lacey Chabert, Rob Lowe, Camille Guaty, John G. Brennan, Carlos Alazraqui, Jessica Stroup, Simon Cowell, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis, Adam West, Bryce Dallas Howard, Judd Nelson, Jimmy Kimmel, Phyllis Diller, James Woods, Adam Carolla, Jessica Biel, Hugh Laurie, H. Jon Benjamin, Laura Vandervoort, Carrie Fisher, Jennifer Tilly, Carol Kane, Lauren Graham, Lisa Wilhoit, Josh Peck, Drew Pinsky, Butch Hartman, Lori Alan, Kiefer Sutherland, Ben Stein, Anne Hathaway, Neil Patrick Harris, Sanaa Lathan, Sam Waterston, Patrick Warburton, Gary Cole, Wally Wingert, Joey Slotnick, Bobby Slayton, David Cross, Norm Macdonald, R. Lee Ermey, Bobby Lee More
    Seth MacFarlane
    1999-01-31
    Fox Broadcasting Company, Global Television Network, Adult Swim
  16. 16
    Andreas Katsulas, Jerry Doyle, Claudia Christian, Penn Jillette, Bill Mumy, Mary Kay Adams, Jeff Conaway, Stephen Furst, Robert Rusler, Andrea Thompson, Tracy Scoggins, Patricia Tallman, Jason Carter, Peter Jurasik, Bruce Boxleitner, Michael O’Hare, Mira Furlan, Julie Caitlin Brown, Richard Biggs More
    J. Michael Straczynski
    1994-01-26
    Turner Network Television, Prime Time Entertainment Network
  17. 17
    David Greenlee, Ren Woods, Lewis Smith, Jay Acovone, Stephen McHattie, Ritch Brinkley, Roy Dotrice, Ron Perlman, Linda Hamilton, Edward Albert, Armin Shimerman, Jo Anderson, Ellen Geer More
    1987-09-25
  18. 18
    Alona Tal, Kristen Bell, Percy Daggs III, Matt Czuchry, Enrico Colantoni, Tessa Thompson, Francis Capra, Ryan Hansen, Alyson Hannigan, Paul Rudd, Lucy Lawless, Charles Shaughnessy, Kyle Gallner, Charisma Carpenter, Amanda Seyfried, Michael Muhney, Kristin Cavallari, Lucas Grabeel, Chris Lowell, Teddy Dunn, Kyla Pratt, Jason Dohring, Julie Gonzalo, Leighton Meester, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Tina Majorino, Dianna Agron, Jane Lynch, Alia Shawkat, Joey Lauren Adams, Jessy Schram, Armie Hammer More
    Rob Thomas
    2004-09-22
    UPN, The CW Television Network
  19. 19
    Patrick Warburton, James Morrison, Neil Patrick Harris, Marcia Cross, Scott Bakula, Lauren Tom, Terry Farrell, Diedrich Bader, Dean Stockwell, Deborah Pratt, Carla Gugino, Tia Carrere, Janine Turner, Anna Gunn, Megyn Price More
    Donald Bellisario
    1989-03-26
    NBC
  20. 20
    Ingrid Hafner, Diana Rigg, Linda Thorson, Hugh Burden, Patrick Macnee, John Rollason, John Cleese, George Murcell, Honor Blackman, Rhonda Parker, Arthur Hewlett, Ian Hendry, Burt Kwouk, Douglas Muir, Kate O'Mara, Julie Stevens, Patrick Newell, Leslie Sands More
    Sydney Newman
    1961
    ITV, Thames Television
  21. 21
    Trace Beaulieu, Samaire Armstrong, Linda Cardellini, Natasha Melnick, John Francis Daley, Ben Foster, Jerry Messing, David Krumholtz, Shia LaBeouf, Busy Philipps, Sam McMurray, James Franco, Jason Segel, Sarah Hagan, Claudia Christian, Lizzy Caplan, Thomas F. Wilson, Becky Ann Baker, Martin Starr, Ben Stiller, Dave "Gruber" Allen, Seth Rogen, Rashida Jones, Jason Schwartzman, Leslie Mann, Samm Levine, Riley Smith, Joe Flaherty, Kayla Ewell, Joanna García, Chauncey Leopardi, Steve Bannos, Mike White, Shaun Weiss, Kevin Tighe, Brianna Brown More
    Paul Feig
    1999-09-25
    NBC
  22. 22
    Mark Strickson, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Janet Fielding, Nicola Bryant, Camille Coduri, Peter Purves, Caroline John, Mary Tamm, Alexei Sayle, Alexander Armstrong, Elisabeth Sladen, Billie Piper, Daphne Ashbrook, Patrick Troughton, Bonnie Langford, Arthur Darvill, Gerald Flood, Harry Lloyd, David Tennant, Noel Clarke, Christopher Eccleston, Louise Jameson, John Cleese, Davina McCall, Sylvester McCoy, Jon Pertwee, Jackie Lane, Ian Marter, Frazer Hines, Nicholas Courtney, Michael Craze, William Hartnell, Carole Ann Ford, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien, Matthew Waterhouse, Iain Glen, Jean Marsh, Freema Agyeman, Sarah Sutton, Sophie Aldred, Lalla Ward, Adrienne Hill, Wendy Padbury, John Barrowman, William Russell, Anneke Wills, Karen Gillan, Deborah Watling, David Walliams, Tom Baker, Catherine Tate, Matt Smith, John Scott Martin, Sophia Myles, Michelle Collins, Bernard Cribbins, Katy Manning, Alex Kingston More
    British Broadcasting Corporation, Sydney Newman, Donald Wilson, C. E. Webber More
    1963-11-23
    BBC HD, BBC One, British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC Television, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation More
  23. 23
    Roger Davis, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Jim Storm, Nancy Barrett, George Mathews, Jonathan Frid, Denise Nickerson, Alexandra Isles, Deborah Loomis, Diana Millay, Frank Schofield, Lara Parker, David Henesy, Marie Wallace, Barnard Hughes, Marsha Mason, Louis Edmonds, Don Briscoe, Alfred Sandor, John Karlen, Joel Crothers, Thayer David, Joan Bennett, Jerry Lacy, Kate Jackson, Conrad Bain, David Selby, Abe Vigoda, Donna McKechnie, Clarice Blackburn, Dana Elcar, Grayson Hall, Mitchell Ryan, Patrick McVey, Robert Gerringer, Dennis Patrick, David Hurst, Hugh Franklin, George Mitchell, Dorrie Kavanaugh More
    Dan Curtis
    1966-06-27
  24. 24
    Eric Da Re, Ray Wise, Lara Flynn Boyle, Sherilyn Fenn, Sheryl Lee, Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Grace Zabriskie, Carel Struycken, Piper Laurie, Peggy Lipton, Kimmy Robertson, Warren Frost, James Marshall, Joan Chen, Catherine E. Coulson, Michael J. Anderson, Al Strobel, Chris Mulkey, Wendy Robie, Richard Beymer, Harry Goaz, Jack Nance, Frank Silva, Lenny Von Dohlen, Russ Tamblyn, Kenneth Welsh, Everett McGill, Michael Horse, Heather Graham, David Duchovny More
    David Lynch, Mark Frost
    1990-04-08
    American Broadcasting Company
  25. 25
    Sean Maher, Gina Torres, Zac Efron, Alan Tudyk, Jewel Staite, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Nathan Fillion, Summer Glau, Ron Glass, Christina Hendricks More
    Joss Whedon
    2002-09-20
    Fox Broadcasting Company

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