Readers respond: Great TV shows left off WGA’s list of 101 best
As predicted, the Writers Guild of America’s recent announcement of what its members voted to be the 101 best-written TV shows has unleashed the power of the loyal opposition. And no opposition is as loyal as a viewer defending his or her favorite television show.
To the many who wrote me in sorrow and outrage, two things: One, it’s not my list. (I too would have put “The Wire” much higher). And two, isn’t it great that 101 isn’t a big enough number to list even the best shows?
Here are shows some of our readers consider glaring omissions:
“Sports Night”
“The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson”
“NCIS”
“The Middle”
“China Beach”
“Perry Mason”
“WKRP in Cincinnati”
“Mad About You”
“Damages”
“That Was the Week That Was”
“Fringe”
“Walking Dead”
“Vera”
“Doc Martin”
“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”
“Dallas”
“The Closer”
“Wagon Train”
“Bonanza”
“77 Sunset Strip”
“Spartacus”
“Combat”
“Police Squad”
“America Tonight”
“The Smothers Brothers Show”
“MI-5”
“Route 66”
“The Brady Bunch”
“Prime Suspect”
“Still Standing”
“Hope and Faith”
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