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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''TV Guide'''s 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time}}
'''100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time''' (1997) and '''Top 100 Episodes of All Time''' (2009) are lists of the 100 "best" [[television show]] [[episode|episodes]] on [[Television in the United States|U.S. television]] as published by ''[[TV Guide]]''. The first list, published on June 28, 1997, was produced in collaboration with [[Nick at Nite]]'s [[TV Land]].<ref name=TCOTCoH/><ref name=THLHMTAFMAT1RHSGO/> The revised list was published on June 15, 2009. Both lists exclude [[game show|game shows]] and [[variety show|variety shows]], but include [[situation comedy|situation comedies]] and [[drama series]].<ref name=THLHMTAFMAT1RHSGO/>

==History and differences==
About 25 shows from the original list were featured during a special week on [[Nick at Night]] on [[Nickelodeon]] and TV Land.<ref name=TCOTCoH/><ref name=YtT/> On the original list several shows, including ''[[I Love Lucy]]'', ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'', ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'', ''[[Seinfeld]]'', ''[[Cheers]]'', and ''[[The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)|The Odd Couple]]'' had multiple entries, but none did on the 2009 list.<ref name=YtT/> The original list included 35 episodes from the 1950s and 1960s, while the 2009 list only included 10.<ref name=YtT/> Over one-third of the new list first aired in the twelve years since the original list, including 14 from the most recent two years.<ref name=YtT/> The June 2009 list included episodes as recent as the April 12, 2009, "[[Peekaboo (Breaking Bad)|Peekaboo]]" episode of ''[[Breaking Bad]]'' and the April 7, 2009, "Baptism" episode of ''[[Rescue Me (U.S. TV series)|Rescue Me]]'', while the 1997 list included a two-month-old episode of ''[[The X-Files]]''.<ref name=YtT/>

[[CBS]] was the original broadcaster of 35 of the 1997 list members, including both of the top two: "[[Chuckles Bites the Dust]]" of ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' and "[[Lucy Does a TV Commercial]]" from ''I Love Lucy''.<ref name=TCOTCoH/> Several television series were represented by a different episode in 2009 than they were in 1997. The 2009 top rated show was "[[The Contest]]" from ''Seinfeld'' although in 1997 the show had been represented by "[[The Boyfriend (Seinfeld)|The Boyfriend]]" (number four) and "[[The Parking Garage]]" (number 33), instead of "The Contest".<ref name=YtT/> Three of the top 10 1997 episodes were removed although the series continued to be represented by other episodes: "[[The $99,000 Answer]]" (number 6) from ''[[The Honeymooners]]'', "[[Thanksgiving Orphans]]" (number 7) from ''[[Cheers]]''; and "Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth" (number 8) from ''The Dick Van Dyke Show''.<ref name=YtT/>

The 1997 list included detailed show descriptions for all episodes, while only a select few were accompanied by more than a single sentence in the ascending order 2009 list.<ref name=YtT/> Only one of the thirteen contributors to the 2009 list was involved in the 1997 list.<ref name=YtT/>

==Top 10==
;1997 list:
{{Div col}}
# ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]''—"[[Chuckles Bites the Dust]]"
# ''[[I Love Lucy]]''—"[[Lucy Does a TV Commercial]]"
# ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''—"[[Love's Labor Lost (ER)|Love's Labor Lost]]"
# ''[[Seinfeld]]''—"[[The Boyfriend (Seinfeld)|The Boyfriend]]"
# ''[[The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)|The Odd Couple]]''—"[[List of The Odd Couple (1970 TV series) episodes#Season 3 (1972–73)|Password]]"
# ''[[The Honeymooners]]''—"[[The $99,000 Answer]]"
# ''[[Cheers]]''—"[[Thanksgiving Orphans]]"
# ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]''—"[[List of The Dick Van Dyke Show episodes#Season 5: 1965–1966|Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth]]"
# ''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]''—"[[List of The Bob Newhart Show episodes#Season 4 (1975–76)|Over the River and Through the Woods]]"
# ''[[The X-Files]]''—"[[Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose]]"
{{div col end}}

;2009 list:
{{Div col}}
# ''[[Seinfeld]]''—"[[The Contest]]"
# ''[[The Sopranos]]''—"[[College (The Sopranos)|College]]"
# ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]''—"[[Chuckles Bites the Dust]]"
# ''[[I Love Lucy]]''—"[[Lucy Does a TV Commercial]]"
# ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]''—"[[Pilot (Lost)|Pilot]]"
# ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''—"[[Love's Labor Lost (ER)|Love's Labor Lost]]"
# ''[[The Honeymooners]]''—"[[Better Living Through TV]]"
# ''[[Mad Men]]''—"[[Mad Men (season 1)|Nixon vs. Kennedy]]"
# ''[[All in the Family]]''—"[[List of All in the Family episodes#Season_2_(1971–72)|Cousin Maude's Visit]]"
# ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]''—"[[12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.|Day 1: 12:00 a.m.–1:00 a.m.]]"
{{div col end}}

==Reception==
[[Paley Center for Media]]'s James Sheridan regretted the [[recency bias]] of the newer list.<ref name=YtT/> Hal Boedeker of the ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]'' viewed the original list as a triumphant result despite its conflict of interest.<ref name= TCOTCoH/> The original list was derided for omitting ''[[Bonanza]]'' and ''[[The Golden Girls]]'' entirely.<ref name=TCOTCoH/> ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]''{{'}} David Bianculli was critical of the original list, saying that many selections would not be on a more legitimate top-100 list.<ref name= THLHMTAFMAT1RHSGO/> He claimed that episodes chosen from ''[[Murder One (TV series)|Murder One]]'', ''[[The Partridge Family]]'', ''[[The Love Boat]]'', and ''[[Speed Racer]]'' reveal a lack of either maturity or perspective, while others showed taste and bravery.<ref name=THLHMTAFMAT1RHSGO/> ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' critic Steve Johnson complained that it was premature to claim that any episode of ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' had established sufficient cultural significance to rank third on the original list.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-06-30/features/9706300002_1_top-tv-cable-advertiser|title=Top TV episodes: The cover of TV Guide this week trumpets...|access-date=March 25, 2012|date=June 30, 1997|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|last=Johnson |first=Steve}}</ref> Jaime Weinman of ''[[Maclean's]]'' complained that the 2009 list was composed of the most well-known episode of famous series, claiming that they were largely unexceptional episodes.<ref name=TG1EWHOL>{{cite web| url=http://www.macleans.ca/2009/06/16/tv-guides-100-episodes-weve-heard-of-list/| title=TV Guide's "100 Episodes We've Heard Of" List| access-date= March 25, 2012|date= June 16, 2009 |work=[[Maclean's]]|last=Weinman |first=Jaime}}</ref> He preferred the 1997 list, which he said was produced when ''TV Guide'' was a higher caliber publication.<ref name=TG1EWHOL/>

==See also==
*[[TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time|''TV Guide''{{'}}s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time]]

==Notes==
{{reflist|40em|refs=
<ref name=YtT>{{cite web|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/monush-youre-the-top-the-fickle-system-for-determining-tvs-greatest/|title=You're the Top?: The Fickle System for Determining TV’s "Greatest"|access-date=March 25, 2012|date=June 15, 2009|first1=James|last1=Sheridan|last2=Monush|first2=Barry|publisher=[[Paley Center for Media]]|quote=Lists are made to provoke discussions and arguments, so curatorial staff member James Sheridan has some bones to pick with TV Guide about their recent ranking of "The 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time."|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108091818/http://www.paleycenter.org/monush-youre-the-top-the-fickle-system-for-determining-tvs-greatest|archive-date=January 8, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
<ref name= TCOTCoH>{{cite web|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-06-29/entertainment/9706280292_1_tv-guide-nick-at-nite-nite-and-tv|title='Greatest Episodes' List: Questionable, If Cleverly Timed, TV Stunt TV Guide And Nickelodeon's Inspired Marketing is Sure To Spark Ratings and Debates| date=June 29, 1997| access-date= March 25, 2012| last=Boedeker |first=Hal|work=[[Orlando Sentinel]]}}</ref>
<ref name=THLHMTAFMAT1RHSGO>{{cite web| url= http://articles.nydailynews.com/1997-06-23/entertainment/18027263_1_tv-guide-greatest-episodes-tv-land| title=This Hit List Has More Than A Few Misses Alleged 'Top 100' Roster Has Some Great Omissions| access-date= March 25, 2012|date=June 23, 1997|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|author-link=David Bianculli|first=David|last=Bianculli}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051229221736/http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/062397/fea_tv.html 1997 list at ''Augusta Chronicle'']
* [https://apnews.com/8c682851e51fad1bdb1448a2e24d963e 1997 list at Associated Press]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100417164049/http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/feature/tvs-top-100-episodes-of-all-time-10-1-1467.html 2009 list] archived from the original of TVGuideMagazine.com (6-10; 1-5 on page 2; links to 11-100 on page 2)

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