Memorize these and you could recognize 9.9% of all Television clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frasier | 42 | TV Guide says Eddie, the dog who lives with this psychologist, "walks off with the show" |
| 2 | Cheers | 38 | It's the bar "where everybody knows your name" |
| 3 | M*A*S*H | 30 | This show's 1983 finale "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" is still the most watched episode of scripted TV ever |
| 4 | Bewitched | 29 | When this show changed Darrins from Dick York to Dick Sargent, it was hard to tell the difference |
| 5 | All in the Family | 29 | In this series' 6th season, Mike got a son; in its 7th, a vasectomy |
| 6 | The Sopranos | 28 | "Pod Yourself a Gun" is a rewatch podcast whose title references a lyric in the theme song of this acclaimed HBO drama |
| 7 | The Simpsons | 26 | This goggle-eyed cartoon family from "The Tracey Ullman Show" now has its own series on the FOX network |
| 8 | Seinfeld | 25 | Taking a new, "opposite" approach in meeting women: "My name is George. I'm unemployed & I live with my parents" |
| 9 | Dallas | 25 | This prime time soap showed us April in Paris when April & Bobby went to Paris on their honeymoon |
| 10 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | 24 | This show's theme heard here, played on 168 1st-run episodes & again & again on countless reruns:"How will you make it on your own? /This world is awf... |
| 11 | Friends | 24 | Lisa Kudrow plays twin sisters, one on "Mad About You", one on this series |
| 12 | Taxi | 22 | Danny DeVito came out of his cage to marry Rhea Perlman during a lunch break of this show |
| 13 | The Office | 21 | Based on a BBC show, this sitcom takes place at the Dunder Mifflin Paper Supply Company in Scranton, Penn. |
| 14 | Murphy Brown | 21 | "Guess who's not invited to the Inaugural Ball & can't find anyone to take her" |
| 15 | Married... with Children | 21 | Fox network sitcom whose theme song is Sinatra's "Love & Marriage" |
| 16 | The Dick Van Dyke Show | 20 | Though Carl Reiner played Rob in the pilot, he settled for playing Alan Brady in this series |
| 17 | The Beverly Hillbillies | 20 | A few months after Jed started "shootin' at some food" in 1962, this series was #1 |
| 18 | Mad Men | 20 | Ad executive Draper Daniels was the inspiration for the name of this drama's lead character, Don Draper |
| 19 | Law & Order | 20 | When Michael Moriarty left this NBC series in 1994, he was replaced by Sam Waterston |
| 20 | Happy Days | 20 | Erin Moran, who played Richie's sister on this series, didn't return for the 1992 reunion special |
| 21 | ER | 20 | George Clooney, formerly of "Sisters" plays Dr. Doug Ross on this series |
| 22 | I Love Lucy | 19 | The 1st sitcom filmed so that it could be rerun |
| 23 | The Odd Couple | 17 | Murray the cop was a regular character on this sitcom |
| 24 | The Brady Bunch | 17 | It began "Here's the story..." |
| 25 | Star Trek | 17 | In 1987, "The Next Generation" of characters from this 1966 series went into space |
| 26 | Bonanza | 17 | Long-running Western about the Cartwright clan |
| 27 | Will & Grace | 16 | Sean Hayes & Eric McCormack co-host "Just Jack & Will", a look back at this groundbreaking sitcom featuring a gay lead character |
| 28 | Twin Peaks | 16 | Who killed Laura Palmer? Her dad! Possessed by an evil spirit named Bob! |
| 29 | Three's Company | 16 | Christmas Snow, better known as Chrissy, was 1 of a trio of roommates on this show |
| 30 | The West Wing | 16 | Dee Dee Myers is a consultant to this drama series |
| 31 | Lost | 16 | Were they all dead the whole time? Nope! And the island wasn't limbo--just an island! |
| 32 | Home Improvement | 16 | In 1993 Debbe Dunning replaced Pamela Anderson as the "Tool Time" girl on this sitcom |
| 33 | Hogan's Heroes | 16 | "Laugh-In" regulars Larry Hovis & Richard Dawson were both regulars on this sitcom |
| 34 | The X-Files | 15 | David Duchovny & Gillian Anderson are FBI special agents Mulder & Scully on this series |
| 35 | The Munsters | 15 | Mid-'60s sitcom that gave us the following theme:Instrumental music |
| 36 | NYPD Blue | 15 | Several times, Dennis Franz went head-to-head with Jimmy Smits for their roles on this cop show, but only Dennis won |
| 37 | Leave it to Beaver | 15 | SNL alumnus Harry Shearer played the Eddie Haskell type character in the 1957 pilot of this sitcom |
| 38 | How I Met Your Mother | 15 | Ted, Robin, Barney |
| 39 | Hill Street Blues | 15 | NBC police series that won Emmys in 8 categories in 1981--a single-season record |
| 40 | Gunsmoke | 15 | It ran on CBS for 20 years, longer than any other U.S. prime-time series with continuing characters |
| 41 | Arrested Development | 15 | Narrator Ron Howard, after Michael Cera's George-Michael was called "Opie": "Jessie had gone too far, & she had best watch her mouth" |
| 42 | The Andy Griffith Show | 14 | The pilot of this show, set in North Carolina, played as part of "The Danny Thomas Show" in 1960 |
| 43 | Sex and the City | 14 | In January 2000 this libidinous HBO show won the Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series |
| 44 | Sanford and Son | 14 | "Steptoe & Son", a series about a rag & bone man & his exasperating old dad, became this in the U.S. |
| 45 | Perry Mason | 14 | He's coming out of retirement to defend Della Street, his former secretary |
| 46 | Grey's Anatomy | 14 | The many physicians who have practiced on this drama include Holley Fain & James Pickens Jr. as Drs. Canner & Webber |
| 47 | Charlie's Angels | 14 | This series featuring a trio of detectives was once described as "a skin & hair show" |
| 48 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 14 | You don't have to be a wizard to know that Oz is a teenage werewolf on this series |
| 49 | Barney Miller | 14 | "Blood on the Badge" was a novel written by Detective Ron Harris on this sitcom |
| 50 | 60 Minutes | 14 | Mike Wallace & Harry Reasoner were the 2 original correspondents on this series |