We picked ten by each decade.
What did we leave out?
You were quick to let us know.
Rather than group by decade, we went with a ranking based on votes. So the first one listed below is the show that got the most votes (134) and the last one listed got the least (5). There were more shows that we could have counted (including one vote for IT'S A LIVING) but we went with your 70s choices since we'd already made our choice of 70.
1) ALL IN THE FAMILY
2) THE NANNY
3) CYBILL
4) GUNSMOKE
5) SEINFELD
6) THE REAL WORLD
7) ANGEL
8) MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN
9) UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS
10) PHYLLIS
11) ROOTS (mini-series)
12) DYNASTY
13) MELROSE PLACE (90s version)
14) THE MONKEES
15) ONE DAY AT A TIME (NETFLIX reboot)
16) THE MAN FROM UNCLE
17) HILL STREET BLUES
18) RAISING HOPE
19) RHODA
20) MY SO CALLED LIFE
21) MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
22) ST. ELSEWHERE
23) THE FACTS OF LIFE
24) THE JEFFERSONS
25) LA LAW
26) CHEERS
27) MURPHY BROWN
28) LAVERNE & SHIRLEY
29) BLACKISH
30) ARE YOU BEING SERVED?
31) HOT IN CLEVELAND
32) KATE & ALLIE
33) CROSSING JORDAN
34) THE BOB NEWHART SHOW
35) THE KILLING
36) MORK & MINDY
37) TRUE DETECTIVE
38) WKRP IN CINCINNATI
39) GIMMIE' A BREAK
40) MAUDE
41) WAGON TRAIN
42) SANFORD AND SON
43) THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
44) WHAT'S HAPPENING?
45) THE INCREDIBLE HULK
46) ONE DAY AT A TIME (original CBS TV series)
47) REMINGTON STEELE
48) ALIAS
49) THROB
50) HAPPY DAYS
51) THE ODD COUPLE
52) THAT 70'S SHOW
53) SHERLOCK
54) THE LONE RANGER
55) ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
56) THE DREW CAREY SHOW
57) GREEN ACRES
58) 227
59) STEP BY STEP
60) THE PATTY DUKE SHOW
61) THREE'S COMPANY
62) WEEDS
63) MR. ED
64) THE ROCKFORD FILES
65) BONES
66) THE BIG VALLEY
67) THE SHIELD
68) FARGO
69) NYPD BLUE
70) LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE