TV: All-Time Greatest, Nos. 100-76

ABC, 1969-74

Here's the story of a blended family — blond girls mashed up with brunet boys, with a perfectly cast Florence Henderson and Robert Reed as their sunny and bemused parents — whose split-level-ranch misadventures were as comforting as they were goofy.

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ABC, 2001-06

Wigs. Gadgets. Riddles. Double agents. Cliff-hangers. Mom? (See also: the most dysfunctional, dangerous family drama ever. Thanks, J.J. Abrams!)

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ABC, 1964-72

The joy of this endearing suburban comedy (besides the scene-stealing Agnes Moorehead) was waiting for adorable witch Samantha to bunny-twitch her nose before she ruined her ordinary husband Darrin's otherwise boring life.

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HBO, 2005

Lisa Kudrow's way-too-short-lived parody of reality TV and fading celebrity was probably a couple of years ahead of its time. Not anymore. The 13 episodes are so densely packed with jokes and sight gags, they require multiple viewings.

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Fox, 2000-06

Paved the way for the single-camera sitcom craze of the aughts. Revitalized the family comedy with punky spunk. Provided a glorious opportunity to see Bryan Cranston kill as a squirrelly patriarch before becoming TV's most menacing drug lord.

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ABC, 2005-present

Hospital-based soaps are easy to do but hard to do well, and for nine seasons (and counting), Grey's — which introduced the TV industry to a creative powerhouse named Shonda Rhimes — has balanced gut-wrenching drama with sexy silliness and heartfelt tributes to the healing power of female friendship.

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Bravo, 2004-08; Lifetime, 2009-present

The reality series about supercompetitive creative types not only made fashion accessible to the masses, it also turned the production of clothing into an often hilarious comedy of errors. What's more, it gave us Tim Gunn — the man who makes it work season after season after season.

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CBS, 1967-69

In the three seasons before it was canceled, Tom and Dick Smothers' subversive series expanded the limits of television variety shows with envelope-pushing political humor (courtesy of writers including Rob Reiner and Steve Martin) and anarchic musical guests like the Who and Jefferson Airplane.

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NBC, 1972-77

A groundbreaking show for African-American television, not only in its subject matter (father-son business owners) but also in its tremendous popularity and universal appeal: Admit it, you're already humming the theme song.

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NBC, 1966-69

Gene Roddenberry's optimistic vision of humanity's future got low ratings, was banished to bad time slots, and was canceled after its third season. And thus a cultural phenomenon was born.

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The WB, 1998-2002

The coming-of-age college drama with a high EQ begat one of TV's great romantic dilemmas: Ben or Noel?

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KTMA, 1988-89; The Comedy Channel, 1989-91; Comedy Central, 1991-96; Syfy, 1997-99

Launched into space by mad scientists, hapless janitor Joel (and later Mike) was forced to sit through cinematic dreck in an experiment to find the ultimate film for world domination. What ensued was truly hysterical riffing as Joel and Mike fought to keep themselves sane while watching exquisitely terrible movies.

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CBS, 1957-66

A hit based on best-selling novels by Erle Stanley Gardner, Mason made Raymond Burr, once a small-time movie heavy, into a TV star. Defense attorney Mason never lost a case; you tuned in to see how he'd win.

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Comedy Central, 1997-present

In the mid-'90s, Trey Parker and Matt Stone had two dream projects: a cartoon about foul-mouthed kids and a production of Beowulf on ice. After 16 years (and counting) of adventures, celebrity lampooning, and occasional self-flagellation (''You're the worst character ever, Towelie''), we're glad they went with the sweary kids.

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Fox, 2001-10

Assassinations, nuclear bombs, viruses, more bombs! Kiefer Sutherland starred as agent Jack Bauer on this drama following the Counter Terrorist Unit as it tried to thwart attacks on U.S. soil in 24 hours. Eight seasons wasn't enough, so Fox is bringing it back in 2014.

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NBC, 1974-83

It had family, it had faith, it had farms. Ever heartwarming, this show tended to (gently) preach a life lesson at the end of the hour, but it always entertained.

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NBC, 1982-89

A favorite in the Reagan household (a fact that Michael J. Fox's smarmy Republican Alex P. Keaton would love), the late Gary David Goldberg's warmhearted, sharp-witted sitcom proved irresistible to us all. Sha-la-la-la.

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HBO, 1997-2003

An entrancing mash-up of Shakespeare and soap opera set in an experimental unit of a maximum-security prison.

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CBS, 1974-79

Long before Roseanne put the ''domestic goddess'' stamp on the lower middle class, this dy-no-mite spin-off of Maude showed (with an entirely African-American cast in the 1970s, no less) that economic strife need not be dreary.

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Fox, 1990-94

This sketch series, created by Keenen Ivory Wayans and starring several of his kin (and a then-unknown Jim Carrey), pushed boundaries with its hilarious race-themed skits.

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NBC, 2005-13

Most great shows are about family or work — this one demonstrated that they can be the same thing, complete with the exuberantly bland guy who mortifies everyone but himself.

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CBS, 1996-2005

Comedian Ray Romano put his hangdog observations about family frictions to often riotously entertaining use on this long-running hit sitcom.

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The WB, 1998-2003

Kevin Williamson's ground-breaking soap lost some steam after the gang graduated from high school, but it remains one of the wittiest and most sweetly iconic teen hits of all time.

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The WB, 1998-2003

Kevin Williamson's ground-breaking soap lost some steam after the gang graduated from high school, but it remains one of the wittiest and most sweetly iconic teen hits of all time.

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Fox, 1997-2002

Often kooky, occasionally profound, and always miniskirted, Ally (Calista Flockhart) was the sometimes polarizing heart of the undeniably engrossing legal dramedy. Creator David E. Kelley used a staffed-with-eccentrics law firm to examine everything from work/life balance to wattle fetishes.

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HBO, 2011-present

Never has fantasy seemed more real. Based on George R.R. Martin's supposedly unfilmable book series, HBO's Game of Thrones has a dizzying cast of characters and exotic settings, yet weaves a gripping human drama that's far more credible than most shows set in our world. Also: There are dragons.

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