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Murphy Brown (1988–98, 2018) Candice Bergen's TV news anchor was a boss - irritable, smart, unreasonable, uncompromising. Maude (1972–78) Maude (Bea Arthur) was the liberal answer to Archie Bunker, debating issues from abortion to mental illness to face-lifts. So Lucy's infantile “Waah!” gave way to Mary Richards’ verging-on-tears, authority-challenging “Mr. The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–77) She could turn the world on with her smile, yet she was TV's first woman defined by work, not a man. The show, with TV's first interethnic couple (Desi Arnaz, Ball's costar and real-life husband, was Cuban American), influenced all later sitcoms. The day after 29 million watched Eisenhower's inauguration, 44 million watched Lucille Ball's character rush to the hospital to give birth. I Love Lucy (1951–57) America liked Ike - but it was Lucy we loved. Mary Tyler Moore and Ted Knight on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." Shows that changed our views of women, at home and at work Moviestore Collection Ltd./Alamy Stock Photo The Bachelor (2002–Present) Really, who would watch a show where a guy rejects many sobbing women and proposes to one? Answer: Everyone.Īmerican Idol (2002–Present) TV's number 1 show for six years in a row, this competition delivered Jennifer Hudson, Carrie Underwood - and dozens of hit singles. Survivor (2000–Present) About unknowns in exotic locales betraying one another for money, it hit a nerve, spurred more reality TV and spoke volumes about our competitive society. Monday Night Football (1970–Present) At 50, it's a mainstay of prime-time sports television. Jeopardy! (1964–75, 1978–79, 1984–Present) The longest-running quiz show beat the competition because, as the late Alex Trebek said, it “tends to reward and encourage learning." Wide World of Sports (1961–98) We all relished the thrill of victory - and the agony of defeat. Programs that stoked our thirst for competition The broadcast booth for "Monday Night Football" in 1971 consisted of Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell and Don Meredith. Seinfeld (1989–98) A sitcom about nothing more than human foibles and the infuriating minutiae of everyday life on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Ĭheers (1982–93) Who knew that bar life in Boston - where everybody knows your name - could be so funny? Saturday Night Live (1975–Present) The cast has tapped squarely into the zeitgeist for 45 years now, offering a live-comedy high-wire act with no net that has featured a who's who of the funniest actors in America, among them Bill Murray, Tina Fey, Eddie Murphy, Will Ferrell.

Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–74) The Pythons’ startled BBC boss complained that the anarchic clowns were “continually going over the edge of what is acceptable.” Viewers followed.

Laugh-In (1967–73) The kitschy sketch-comedy show spawned such catchphrases as “Sock it to me!"

“I dare anybody over 45 not to laugh their pants off at Tim Conway and Harvey Korman's dentist sketch,” Burnett told AARP. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–78) It's now a streaming hit. (Left to right) Wayne Knight, Michael Richards and Jerry Seinfeld on "Seinfeld." Just laugh-out-loud funny Joe Del Valle/Castle Rock Entertainment/Courtesy Everett Collection
