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TV Guide's fifty best television programs ever. For the full article go to: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/04/26/entertainment/main507388.shtml

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  1. 1
    Patrick Warburton, Marcia Cross, Marlee Matlin, Drake Bell, Anna Gunn, Lisa Edelstein, David Letterman, Amanda Peet, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Wayne Knight, Marisa Tomei, Lauren Graham, John Pinette, Larry David, Sarah Silverman, Kristin Bauer, Jerry Stiller, Ben Stein, Nick Jameson, Barney Martin, Michael Richards, Jason Alexander, Jerry Seinfeld, Liz Sheridan, Megan Mullally, Janeane Garofalo, Michelle Forbes, Brad Garrett More
    Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David
    1989-07-05
    NBC
  2. 2
    Doris Singleton, Barbara Pepper, Elizabeth Patterson, Mary Jane Croft, John Wayne, Vivian Vance, Lucille Ball, William Frawley, Frank Nelson, Desi Arnaz, Shirley Mitchell, Keith Thibodeaux More
    Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, Bob Carroll, Desi Arnaz
    1951-10-15
    CBS
  3. 3
    Jackie Gleason, Joyce Randolph, Sheila MacRae, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows More
    Jackie Gleason
    1955-10-01
  4. 4
    Sally Struthers, Mickey Rooney, Allan Melvin, Billy Crystal, Carroll O'Connor, Bernadette Peters, Mel Stewart, Betty Garrett, Danielle Brisebois, Sherman Hemsley, Jean Stapleton, Mike Evans, Rob Reiner, Vincent Gardenia, Isabel Sanford, Jason Wingreen More
    Johnny Speight, Norman Lear
    1971-01-12
    CBS
  5. 5
    Edie Falco, Dominic Chianese, Steven Van Zandt, Robert Iler, Sharon Angela, David Proval, Vince Curatola, Mike Epps, Julianna Margulies, Tony Sirico, John Ventimiglia, Steve Buscemi, Peter Bogdanovich, Elizabeth Reaser, Greg D'Agostino, Michael Imperioli, Tobin Bell, Paul Dano, Frank Vincent, Kathrine Narducci, Aida Turturro, James Gandolfini, Dan Grimaldi, Joe Pantoliano, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Will Arnett, Steve Schirripa, Lorraine Bracco, Annabella Sciorra, Drea de Matteo, John Heard, Nancy Marchand, Federico Castelluccio, Tony Darrow, Vincent Pastore, Joseph R. Gannascoli, Dania Ramirez, Lola Glaudini More
    David Chase
    1999-01-10
    HBO
  6. 6
    Dan Rather, Ed Bradley, Anderson Cooper, Lesley Stahl, Steve Kroft, Harry Reasoner, Bob Simon, Diane Sawyer, Morley Safer, Meredith Vieira, Andy Rooney, Scott Pelley, Mike Wallace More
    Don Hewitt
    1968-09-24
    CBS
  7. 7
    Olivia Wilde, Jake T. Austin, Daniel Radcliffe, Bill Murray, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jamie Lynn Spears, Anderson Cooper, Jeff Dunham, David Letterman, Vince Vaughn, Edward James Olmos, Rupert Jee, Andy Dick, Paul Shaffer, Bill Wendell, Brad Garrett More
    1993-08-30
    CBS
  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
    Andy Griffith, Betty Lynn, Aneta Corsaut, Hal Smith, Arlene Golonka, George Lindsey, Maggie Peterson, Don Knotts, Ron Howard, Frances Bavier, Hope Summers, Denver Pyle, Parley Baer, Howard Morris, Jim Nabors, Howard McNear, Jack Dodson, Elinor Donahue, Rob Reiner More
    Sheldon Leonard, Aaron Ruben
    1960-10-03
    CBS
  10. 10
    Lily Tomlin, Randy Quaid, Andy Samberg, Ann Risley, Pamela Stephenson, Jonah Hill, Dave Attell, Lenny Pickett, David Duchovny, Jessica Alba, Mark Wahlberg, Peter Sarsgaard, Jerry Seinfeld, Shelley Duvall, Mike Myers, Kieran Culkin, Sarah Silverman, Horatio Sanz, Chris Kattan, Phil Hartman, Nancy Walls, Molly Shannon, Rashida Jones, Steve Martin, Desmond Harrington, Jason Sudeikis, Bobby Moynihan, Chris Farley, Jerry Minor, Dana Carvey, Julianna Margulies, Dan Aykroyd, Justin Long, The Rock, Sarah Chalke, Robert Duvall, Billy Crystal, Jason Alexander, Patricia Clarkson, Laraine Newman, Chevy Chase, Seth Meyers, Anderson Cooper, Danny DeVito, Fred Armisen, Don Pardo, Bill Hader, Victoria Jackson, Joan Cusack, Nicolas Cage, Vince Vaughn, Robin Wright, G. E. Smith, Chris Parnell, Tracy Morgan, Rob Morrow, Terry Sweeney, Ellen Cleghorne, Brad Hall, Jane Curtin, Tony Rosato, Ron Howard, Robert Downey Jr., Bill Murray, Chris Farley, Paul Rudd, Bob Hoskins, Megan Mullally, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, John Cena, John Belushi, Kenan Thompson, Rob Schneider, Christopher Guest, Chris Elliott, Sinbad, Joe Piscopo, Spike Lee, Martin Short, Larry David, Dennis Miller, Molly Sims, Kevin Nealon, Michael O'Donoghue, John Goodman, Neve Campbell, Finesse Mitchell, Gail Matthius, Mary Gross, George Carlin, Helen Mirren, Elle Macpherson, Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Dean Edwards, Danitra Vance, Adam Sandler, Harry Shearer, Colin Quinn, Beth Cahill, Martin Lawrence, Julia Sweeney, Amy Poehler, Stephen Colbert, Michaela Watkins, Jenny Slate, Michael Angarano, Jerry Stiller, Marisa Tomei, Maya Rudolph, Will Forte, Darrell Hammond, Tim Meadows, Cheri Oteri, Chris Rock, Tina Fey, Morwenna Banks, Tim Kazurinsky, Robin Duke, Abby Elliott, Norm Macdonald, Siobhan Fallon, Jim Breuer, Ana Gasteyer, Gilda Radner, David Koechner, Garrett Morris, Eddie Murphy, Damon Wayans, Christine Ebersole, Casey Rose Wilson, Laura Kightlinger, Tim Robbins, Taran Killam, Jon Lovitz, Donald Faison, Tyler James Williams, John Slattery, Rachel Dratch More
    Dick Ebersol, Lorne Michaels
    1975-10-11
    NBC
  11. 11
    Betty White, Cloris Leachman, Gavin MacLeod, Helen Hunt, Ted Knight, Henry Winkler, Ed Asner, Valerie Harper, Georgia Engel, Mary Tyler Moore, Craig T. Nelson More
    James L. Brooks, Allan Burns
    1970-09-19
  12. 12
    Skitch Henderson, Bill Cosby, Jerry Lewis, Jay Leno, Doc Severinsen, Johnny Carson, Tommy Newsom, David Letterman, John Wayne, Milton Delugg More
    Pat Weaver
    1962-10-01
  13. 13
    Rose Marie, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Joan Shawlee, Carl Reiner, Dick Van Dyke, Larry Matthews, Jerry Paris, Morey Amsterdam, Mary Tyler Moore, Richard Deacon, Larry Mathews More
    Carl Reiner
    1961-10-03
  14. 14
    Joe Spano, Bruce Weitz, Lynne Moody, Jon Cypher, Michael Conrad, Don Cheadle, Michael Warren, Jeff Doucette, Kiel Martin, Tim Robbins, Robert Prosky, Ken Olin, Mimi Kuzyk, Megan Gallagher, Trinidad Silva, Ed Marinaro, Edward James Olmos, Joaquin Phoenix, Peter Jurasik, Michael Biehn, Jennifer Tilly, Jeffrey Tambor, Veronica Hamel, Taurean Blacque, Lawrence Tierney, Daniel J. Travanti, George Wyner, Dennis Franz, Brent Spiner, James Sikking, Barbara Bosson, Barbara Babcock, Betty Thomas, Charles Haid, René Enríquez, Pat Corley, Robert Hirschfeld, Michael Richards, David Caruso More
    Steven Bochco
    1981-01-15
    NBC
  15. 15
    Ralph Paul, Bern Bennett, John Wayne, Art Hannes
    1948-06-20
    CBS
  16. 16
    Paul Sand, Harvey Korman, Carol Burnett, Tim Conway, Vicki Lawrence, Pat Carroll, Dick Van Dyke, Ernie Anderson, Lyle Waggoner More
    1967-09-11
    CBS
  17. 17
    David Letterman, Karl Stefanovic, Steven Jacobs, Tracy Grimshaw
    1982-06-28
    Nine Network
  18. 18
    John Ratzenberger, Tom Skerritt, Marcia Cross, John Fiedler, Kate Mulgrew, Julia Duffy, Michael Richards, George Wendt, Fred Dryer, Nicholas Colasanto, Jennifer Tilly, Bebe Neuwirth, Roger Rees, Leah Remini, Kelsey Grammer, Brent Spiner, John Cleese, Kirstie Alley, Nancy Marchand, Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman, Shelley Long, Woody Harrelson, Paul Willson, Jay Thomas, Allyce Beasley, Harry Anderson, Dana Delany, Peri Gilpin, Markie Post More
    James Burrows, Les Charles, Glen Charles
    1982-09-30
    NBC
  19. 19
    Stanley Tucci, Peter Horton, Ken Olin, Richard Cummings Jr., Mel Harris, Angela Bassett, Luke Rossi, Patricia Kalember, Peter Frechette, Kellie Martin, Patricia Wettig, David Clennon, Melanie Mayron, Polly Draper, Timothy Busfield, Dana Delany More
    Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz
    1987-09-29
    American Broadcasting Company
  20. 20
    Norman Lloyd, Christina Pickles, France Nuyen, Michael Richards, Cindy Pickett, William Daniels, Howie Mandel, David Birney, Bonnie Bartlett, Candace Cameron, David Morse, Bruce Greenwood, Alfre Woodard, Chad Allen, Brian Tochi, Ed Begley, Jr., Ed Flanders, Lisa Bonet, Deborah May, Denzel Washington, Tim Robbins, Kim Miyori, Mark Harmon, G. W. Bailey, Sydney Penny, Helen Hunt, Kavi Raz, Eric Laneuville, Ronny Cox, Cynthia Sikes, Patricia Wettig, Ellen Bry, Stephen Furst, Florence Halop, Paul Sand, Edward Herrmann, Terence Knox, Stacey Dash, Alison Sweeney More
    1982-10-26
  21. 21
    Emily Procter, Hugh Laurie, Cole Sprouse, Eva Amurri, Eddie Cahill, Jennifer Aniston, Brent Spiner, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Alison Sweeney, Elizabeth Davidson, Paget Brewster, Alexandra Conley, Monkey, Olivia Williams, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, Athina Conley, Alexis Arquette, Tom Selleck, Noelle Sheldon, John Stamos, Tahj Mowry, David Arquette, Jennifer Grey, Genevieve Davidson, Bruce Willis, Allisyn Ashley Arm, Sasha Alexander, Danny DeVito, Ben Stiller, Kathleen Turner, Elle Macpherson, Kyle Howard, Sherri Shepherd, Charlie Sheen, Jane Lynch, Melissa George, Lisa Kudrow, Cali Sheldon, Katie, Sean Penn, Winona Ryder, Helen Hunt, Christine Taylor, Paul Rudd, Morgan Fairchild, Krista Allen, Aisha Tyler, Billy Crystal, Penn Jillette, Jason Alexander, Bonnie Somerville More
    Marta Kauffman, David Crane
    1994-09-22
    NBC
  22. 22
    John Stamos, Anthony Edwards, Eriq La Salle, Julianna Margulies, Alex Kingston, Noah Wyle, Gloria Reuben, Laura Innes, Kellie Martin, Paul McCrane, Goran Višnjić, Michael Michele, Erik Palladino, Ming-Na, Maura Tierney, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Mary McCormack, Jeremy Sumpter, Stanley Tucci, Sherry Stringfield, Matthew Glave, Leland Orser, Kristen Johnston, David Lyons, Zac Efron, Kal Penn, John Randolph, Don Cheadle, Lily Mariye, Vanessa Marquez, Ellen Crawford, Amy Aquino, Shiri Appleby, Rooney Mara, Amy Jo Johnson, Lola Glaudini, Omar Epps, Stephanie Courtney, Marin Hinkle, Bob Newhart, George Clooney, Sam Anderson, Michael Beach, Yvonne Zima, Marg Helgenberger, Rosemary Clooney, Rick Gonzalez, Anna Gunn, William H. Macy, Abraham Benrubi, Khandi Alexander, Kari Matchett, Jeff Doucette, Mike Genovese, Josh Hutcherson, Stana Katic, Martha Plimpton, Ken Lerner, Nia Long, Kat Dennings, Andy Dick, Jurnee Smollett, Ana Ortiz, Erica Gimpel, Linda Cardellini, CCH Pounder, Busy Philipps, Chris Pine, David Brisbin, Deezer D, Ed Lauter, Frances Sternhagen, Gedde Watanabe, James Cromwell, John Aylward, John Cullum, Jorja Fox, Kyle Richards, Lisa Vidal, Maria Bello, Mariska Hargitay, Mekhi Phifer, Michael B. Silver, Michael Gross, Parminder Nagra, Sally Field, Sara Gilbert, Scott Grimes, Shane West, Sharif Atkins, Yvette Freeman, Angela Bassett, Tobin Bell, Kathleen Wilhoite, Andrea Parker, Glenn Plummer, John Terry, Holly Gagnier, Ving Rhames, Liz Vassey, Anne Haney, Rick Rossovich, Miguel Ferrer, Tyra Ferrell, Petra Porras, Conni Marie Brazelton, Christine Harnos, Shia LaBeouf, Christina Hendricks, Sam Jones III, Julie Bowen, Lucy Liu, Marlee Matlin, Joe Manganiello, Deborah Ann Woll, Alexa Vega, Lake Bell, Ally Walker, Thandie Newton, Leslie Bibb, Emile Hirsch, Joanna Krupa, Taraji P. Henson, Sara Rue, Angus T. Jones, Sean Young, Nick Offerman, Jerry Trainor, Marilu Henner, Michael Angarano, Jami Gertz, Michael Ealy, Ron Eldard, Paige Hurd, Djimon Hounsou, Julie Delpy, Anton Yelchin, Morris Chestnut, Alan Alda, Annabella Sciorra, Kay Panabaker, Eric Stonestreet, Carla Gallo, Jake Abel, Khleo Thomas, Allison Scagliotti-Smith, Joy Bryant, Heather Matarazzo More
    Michael Crichton
    1994-09-19
    NBC
  23. 23
    Charles Gibson, Cynthia McFadden, Ted Koppel, Bill Weir, Martin Bashir
    Roone Arledge
    1980-03-24
    ABC News, American Broadcasting Company
  24. 24
    S. Epatha Merkerson, Anthony Anderson, Jerry Orbach, Dennis Farina, Annie Parisse, Richard Brooks, Michael Moriarty, Alexis Dziena, Mary McCormack, Kate Walsh, Felicity Huffman, Tichina Arnold, John Slattery, Sam Waterston, Dianne Wiest, Emmy Rossum, Marin Hinkle, Lance Reddick, Jennifer Esposito, Angie Harmon, Elisabeth Röhm, Leslie Hendrix, Joe Piscopo, Linus Roache, Jesse L. Martin, Fred Dalton Thompson, Benjamin Bratt, Alana de la Garza, Jeremy Sisto, Milena Govich, Lynda Carter, George Dzundza, Peter Sarsgaard, Jennifer Beals, Natalie Zea, Lewis Black, Christine Baranski, Kristanna Loken, Paul Sorvino, John Spencer, Lara Flynn Boyle, Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Hyland, Jean Louisa Kelly, Julianna Margulies, Donna Murphy, Yancy Butler, Sônia Braga, Steven Hill, Chris Noth, Ezekial Dann Florek, Jill Hennessy, Carey Lowell, Michael Imperioli, Carolyn McCormick, William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ron Rifkin, John Fiore, January Jones, Leighton Meester, Zoe Saldana, Jennifer Garner, Michelle Trachtenberg, Julie Benz, Mariska Hargitay, Vera Farmiga, Steve Burns, Kathleen Turner, Janeane Garofalo, Ally Walker, Bobby Cannavale, Vivica A. Fox, Amanda Peet, Charlie Day, Lauren Graham, Laura Linney, Ellen Pompeo, Kerry Washington, Paz de la Huerta, Jeffrey Donovan, Sebastian Stan, Michael Pitt, Michael Ealy, Earl Hindman, Jorja Fox, Carla Gallo, Jerry Stiller, Patricia Clarkson, Anna Gunn, Geoffrey Arend, John Gallagher Jr., Jessalyn Gilsig, Mike O'Malley, Andrea Anders, Logan Marshall-Green, Sandy Duncan, Andrea Roth, Sabrina Lloyd, Amy Stiller, Heather Matarazzo, Greg D'Agostino More
    Dick Wolf
    1990-09-13
    NBC
  25. 25
    Mike Farrell, Loretta Swit, Allan Arbus, McLean Stevenson, Wayne Rogers, Jamie Farr, Joan Van Ark, Harry Morgan, Patrick Swayze, Gary Burghoff, William Christopher, Larry Linville, Ron Howard, David Ogden Stiers, Alan Alda, Jack Baker, Patrick Adiarte, Andrew Dice Clay More
    Larry Gelbart, H. Richard Hornberger
    1972-09-17
    CBS

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