The Best TV Shows
Networks
• PBS
• HBO: 7 (2 nonfiction programs)
• CBS: 6 (All nonfiction)
• Fox: 4 (The Simpsons, Batman: The Animated Series, Arrested Development, American Dad!)
• Comedy Central: 3 (The Daily Show, Key & Peele, Detroiters)
• TBS: Conan, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, American Dad!
Two shows
• Adult Swim: Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken
• FX: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Archer
• NBC: Saturday Night Live, 3rd Rock from the Sun (+ News and documentaries)
• Netflix: Arrested Development, I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
• Nickelodeon: Spongebob Squarepants, The Loud House
One show
• ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Honorable mention to the Oscars)
• AMC: Breaking Bad
Instagram Reels and Ratings (13 are TV-MA)
Decades
• 1960: 2 (60 Minutes, Sesame Street)
• 1970: 2 (Saturday Night Live, CBS Sunday Morning)
• 1980: 1 (The Simpsons)
• 1990: 6 (The Sopranos) (3rd Rock from the Sun, Spongebob Squarepants) (Batman: The Animated Series) (The Daily Show, Late Show with David Letterman)
• 2000: 11 (The Wire, Breaking Bad) (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) (Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken, American Dad!, Archer) (Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson)
• 2010: 8 (Watchmen; Detroiters, I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson; The Loud House) (Vice News Tonight; Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee)
• 2020: 1 (After Midnight)
Decades ranked
• 2000: 11
• 2010: 8
• 1990: 6
• 1960: 2
• 1970: 2
• 1980: 1
• 2020: 1
Genres
• 12 comedies (Seven live-action; five animated)
• 5 dramas
• 3 children's programs (4, counting Batman: The Animated Series)
• 2 superhero
• 7 talk shows (also comedic)
• 3 newsmagazines: CBS Sunday Morning, 60 Minutes, Vice
• PBS
• HBO: 7 (2 nonfiction programs)
• CBS: 6 (All nonfiction)
• Fox: 4 (The Simpsons, Batman: The Animated Series, Arrested Development, American Dad!)
• Comedy Central: 3 (The Daily Show, Key & Peele, Detroiters)
• TBS: Conan, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, American Dad!
Two shows
• Adult Swim: Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken
• FX: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Archer
• NBC: Saturday Night Live, 3rd Rock from the Sun (+ News and documentaries)
• Netflix: Arrested Development, I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
• Nickelodeon: Spongebob Squarepants, The Loud House
One show
• ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Honorable mention to the Oscars)
• AMC: Breaking Bad
Instagram Reels and Ratings (13 are TV-MA)
Decades
• 1960: 2 (60 Minutes, Sesame Street)
• 1970: 2 (Saturday Night Live, CBS Sunday Morning)
• 1980: 1 (The Simpsons)
• 1990: 6 (The Sopranos) (3rd Rock from the Sun, Spongebob Squarepants) (Batman: The Animated Series) (The Daily Show, Late Show with David Letterman)
• 2000: 11 (The Wire, Breaking Bad) (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) (Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken, American Dad!, Archer) (Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson)
• 2010: 8 (Watchmen; Detroiters, I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson; The Loud House) (Vice News Tonight; Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee)
• 2020: 1 (After Midnight)
Decades ranked
• 2000: 11
• 2010: 8
• 1990: 6
• 1960: 2
• 1970: 2
• 1980: 1
• 2020: 1
Genres
• 12 comedies (Seven live-action; five animated)
• 5 dramas
• 3 children's programs (4, counting Batman: The Animated Series)
• 2 superhero
• 7 talk shows (also comedic)
• 3 newsmagazines: CBS Sunday Morning, 60 Minutes, Vice
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