I don’t know how many new TV series were introduced over the last 25 years, but I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that it was more than 100. So it was inevitable that some of the best shows would have to be left off EW’s list of the 100 New Classic TV shows of the past quarter-century. Now that you’ve had a chance to click through the entire list (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4), it’s time for you to tell us which of your favorite shows since 1983 we missed. Me, I’m still wondering how we managed to compile this list without including Entourage (pictured), Weeds, or The X-Files. (We used to put that show on the cover all the time! And now it’s just chopped alien liver?) Go ahead, let us have it.
Jun 30
2008
12:00 PM ET
Which of your favorite shows are missing from EW's New TV Classics list?
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Hi Gary!
I thought you would like to watch the Volskwagen commercial with Gisele and Stallone. It was aired yesterday for the first time in Brazil. The commercial had a budget of $5m and was directed by Brazilian Andrucha Waddington. According to the media in Brazil, Gisele’s salary was way higher than Sly’s – she was paid $2.5m and he got “just” $800,000.
Anne
1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7mnv1nYoho
2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9TLqlYRofA
A.
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20207076_20207079_20209139_21,00.html
The X-Files!
Veronica Mars!
Law & Order!
SVU!
Nip/Tuck!
Medium!
Scrubs!
BSG?!
And you did remember Firefly, didn’t you? And, pray tell, how did The Wire miss out on a Top 5 spot?
Veronica Mars
Heroes
of course Entourage
and I though you guys loved Firefly
Yeah, guess ya need to go over the list again and look at #4…
Battlestar Galactica
Charmed
Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicals
Lost
Stargate SG-1
Stargate Atlantis
Firefly Firefly Firefly
Angel
Heroes
Veronica Mars
The O.C.
Everwood
Entourage
How I Met Your Mother
And to think that Whitney must be having a fit over HIMYM’s omission (I know I am). The show is, quite simply, legendary.
I actually thought that unlike your movie list, your tv list was right on the money. All of my favorite shows that I think are classics were on the list, (Lost, Buffy, the Cosby Show, Six Feet Under, Sopranos, Seinfeld, Sex and the City).
Three’s Company
Sanford and Son
COLUMBO!
Lou Grant
Hawaii Five-O
The Odd Couple
The Muppet Show!
My Name Is Earl
Yeah, the X-Files was in the top 10 on your list…my family had a big debate about whether that was deserved.
Entourage had 2 good seasons…it’s not an instant classic.
i’ve been waiting for this post because my first reaction to the issue was, “where is the love for degrassi!” talk about instant classic – whether it’s degrassi junior high or degrassi high or degrassi the next generation, you’ve got brilliant television for teens (and some of us twentysomethings out there who love a little canadian melodrama!)
Veronica Mars and Firefly!
Wow… Yeah – I just thought of Sports Night and Ed. But now that I’ve looked at other’s peoples comments, I wonder how I forgot Scrubs, Veronica Mars, and Firefly.
I really did agree with most of the list. But my question with a “classic” is that it’s supposedly a show you will go back and watch over and over again, right? Well who is going to do that with The Bachelor? Or even The Real World? I mean – I do think they’ve had an impact on the culture, but I don’t know if they are “classics”.