you understood what I’ve just said to
you yes
lung cancer inoperable old or new these
are the series that made the best use of
their place on the small screen by
schmoopy nice movie welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 ultimate
decade defining TV shows for our series
on the top 10 decade defining shows
pereira we picked series that spoke to
the period in which they were made and
set the standard for television during
that time these shows were chosen for
how important they were in their
respective eras regardless of when they
started or finished number 10 The Cosby
Show
clear on the table put the dishes in the
dishwasher okay and do it right then can
I go then you can live no Cosby is one
of America’s best love comedians and
this show is a big reason why how far
apart are your wife’s contractions mr.
roller 35 minutes
Cosby starred as dr. Heathcliff Huxtable
an obstetrician trying to hold together
his upper middle-class family through
various trials and tribulations it was
one of TV’s biggest hits of the 1980s
bringing together Cosby’s
family-friendly comedic style with
serious subject matter her daughter and
her friends our daughter included
decided to play the alphabet game while
chugalug in bourbon and it seems that
Vanessa was very drunk when she left she
must have lost a combination that was
almost solely responsible for the
revival of the sitcom genre and NBC’s
ratings do you know that I grant
waiter from Hillman and went on to one
of the best medical schools in the
country good sir I’ve never been sued
number nine survivor first tribe to
finish gets the tarps first three to
finish get immunity last to finish
tribal council somebody going home it’s
hard to imagine now but reality shows
once weren’t very popular on broadcast
TV that is before this series came along
and they blew up in the 2000s thankfully
for us viewers survivor brought reality
to the networks in a big way people are
home watching identify with me unlike a
person at home watching on the couch
remember what was the couch potato it
showcased contestants trying to outwit
outplay and outlast each other in
desolate locales in order to win a
million dollars
they gained you know what take your time
Jonny Fairplay someone steady wins the
race every season introduced a
compelling new cast of unpredictable
competitors Billy
job spoken and we loved watching them
interact in gorgeous places like the
Australian outback we have nothing to
sustain us through the morning today or
praying for fish we have only two hooks
right now
number eight Breaking Bad and we just
walked into although a relatively recent
entry we had to place this AMC show
regarded by some as the best of all time
somewhere on the list is there something
wrong with your table okay
ionic Walter white played by Bryan
Cranston is a high school chemistry
teacher diagnosed with cancer who starts
cooking meth in order to leave his
family in financial security after his
death I’m thinking maybe you and I could
partner up the set up alone promises an
adventurous show but it’s the near
perfect execution that really riveted
audiences I liked it I was good at it
viewers joined white on an exhilarating
five season journey that in the words of
show creator Vince Gilligan took Walter
from mr. chips to Scarface that is nine
million seven hundred twenty thousand
dollars where did it come from and why
is it here I earned it number seven
Doctor Who
I don’t understand your attitude no
yours leaves enough to be desired this
show is the longest-running sci-fi
series in the world and it’s easy to
understand why when you see it’s early
episodes saying that you don’t know how
to witness a hunch William Hartnell and
Patrick Troughton made four excellent
early incarnations of the doctor and
they were surrounded by awesome
companions it’s difficult to tell in its
early years the show is more educational
in focus which made for great family
viewing I don’t discuss my private life
with strangers after its debut at the
beginning of the 60s dr. who became a
mainstay of British culture and a
massive cult hit nobody knows your son
cuz no one can remember them number six
friends my brother Ross sure
true to its name the chemistry between
the pals who made up this sitcom’s
ensemble cast was what made it one of a
kind had feelings for me yeah what so
you had feelings for me first
whoa the friends were a group of
20-somethings struggling to survive in
New York and their personal and
professional lives made for
laugh-out-loud funny and surprisingly
moving TV all right you want me to get
dressed or do I hear a really long story
about the senior hayride are you only
asking him because the strength of
individual personalities like quirky
Chandler or doofus Joey was only matched
by the way they interacted with each
other let me tell you something Ross
there’s lots of flavors out there this
rocky road and cookie dough and bing
cherry vanilla which helped this staple
of NBC’s must-see TV line-up redefine
90s sitcoms inspire a generation and
become one of the most influential shows
ever well you know as much fun as that
was I’ve decided to opt for sanity
number five the Simpsons heat torch has
been passed to a new generation of a
snow plow people come on give me the key
these look like teeth marks I thought
there was chocolate inside this animated
sitcom spoofed American middle-class
life pop culture and well seemingly
everything fine I’ll never ever do
another stupid thing good night
we loved regulars like Bart and Homer
but even characters that only showed up
once in a while were memorable enough to
secure places in our hearts hey want
this Simpson filler to perform comedy to
my party I must harness his fractured
take on Modern Life fine sir I’ll get
him started on some snappy sinbad esque
material The Simpsons left a huge
imprint both on the TV world and on pop
culture in general
it’s trademark wit would be imitated
though never quite matched for years to
come and while it dipped in quality
after decades on the air nothing can
take away from the simpsons talent at
their peak in the 90s mm-hmm here’s an
impression of mr. burns that you might
find a little cheeky number four Cheers
NBC’s other 80s juggernaut was almost
cancelled in its first season due to low
ratings it held on however to become one
of the most beloved shows in TV history
Christmas comes earlier every year done
it well I think if you check same it
always comes on the 25th of December
taking place in the titular bar where
Bostonians met to drink and where
everybody knows your name it depicted
the lives of employees and patrons alike
so what’s everybody else doing salaries
gonna buck up that sounds like fun too
the show’s willingness to tackle issues
like alcoholism and homosexuality albeit
with a sense of humor made it a
trailblazer this is gonna be great
somebody put a gag on Andy Hardy and it
earned what was then a record 117 Emmy
nominations for its role as the anchor
of NBC’s must-see TV lineup screaming
Viking over here please I don’t know
what’s going on here but I have a new
bartender I’m trying to make it – all
right up wait a minute there is no such
drink as a screaming by digger I was
screaming Viking
number three I Love Lucy
this was one of TV’s first multicam
shows and its innovations don’t stop
there what job did you have in mind uh
what kind of jobs do you have open Oh
what do you do what kind of jobs do you
have open I Love Lucy was one of the
first successful series with a female
lead and it set the bar high for
comedies with leads of both genders it’s
so tasty to the real life couple of
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz made for one
of the funniest and most endearing TV
husband-and-wife teams where’d you learn
to do all this oh just a natural-born
cook I guess and their adventures made
for some hilarious physical comedy
tackling taboo issues as well as silly
ones this series set the standard for
all sitcoms that followed so why don’t
you join the thousands of happy Betty
people and get a great big yes a very
lazy eater that’s why I like soup first
of all it looks half-digested when they
put it down in front number two Seinfeld
clearly the 90s was a great decade for
TV and this sitcom narrowly missed the
top spot taking number two thanks to its
bizarre sense of humor nothing for you
ensemble cast and unique individual
characters like the one and only Kramer
boy he’s a weird guy isn’t it created by
stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his
friend and George Costanza counterpart
Larry David the famous show about
nothing transformed television forever
with its sharp writing near-constant
quotables and unforgettable gags we’ll
find his space their spaces in the other
lot well I don’t want to walk that far
what if the handicapped person needs it
oh come on they don’t drive yes they do
if anything defined television in the
1990s it was this show not that there’s
anything wrong with that what what’s the
matter it’s over
before we unveil our picked for ultimate
decade defining TV show here are a few
honorable mentions last immature
passionate love to it huh well you’re
not doing it with me what her head crack
spear chucker
what trash jungle bunny
there’s a man out there what no look
he’s crawling him are they trust what in
these guys yeah make sure
so Ilyn bring me his head
number one mash the more you like back
in you and I will have interchangeable
parts topping our list is a show whose
finale broke viewership records but it
had been entertaining audiences for 11
seasons before that hmm based on the
popular 1970 film of the same name
mash followed the team at a Mobile Army
surgical hospital in the Korean War
dismissed not quite a comedy and not
quite a drama the show brought laughs as
often as it prompted tears Henry Blake
spine was shot down over the Sea of
Japan and its wartime setting was
particularly poignant due to the ongoing
Vietnam War but the show blended genres
effectively thanks to high-quality
writing impeccable acting and
unforgettable characters your beat
captain I suggest you hit the sack this
afternoon instead of chasing nurses a
good idea Frank with some of those girls
in waiting for months do you agree with
our list
could I be wearing any more clothes what
TV show do you think is the most decade
defining
will for more memorable top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com job spoken
you yes
lung cancer inoperable old or new these
are the series that made the best use of
their place on the small screen by
schmoopy nice movie welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 ultimate
decade defining TV shows for our series
on the top 10 decade defining shows
pereira we picked series that spoke to
the period in which they were made and
set the standard for television during
that time these shows were chosen for
how important they were in their
respective eras regardless of when they
started or finished number 10 The Cosby
Show
clear on the table put the dishes in the
dishwasher okay and do it right then can
I go then you can live no Cosby is one
of America’s best love comedians and
this show is a big reason why how far
apart are your wife’s contractions mr.
roller 35 minutes
Cosby starred as dr. Heathcliff Huxtable
an obstetrician trying to hold together
his upper middle-class family through
various trials and tribulations it was
one of TV’s biggest hits of the 1980s
bringing together Cosby’s
family-friendly comedic style with
serious subject matter her daughter and
her friends our daughter included
decided to play the alphabet game while
chugalug in bourbon and it seems that
Vanessa was very drunk when she left she
must have lost a combination that was
almost solely responsible for the
revival of the sitcom genre and NBC’s
ratings do you know that I grant
waiter from Hillman and went on to one
of the best medical schools in the
country good sir I’ve never been sued
number nine survivor first tribe to
finish gets the tarps first three to
finish get immunity last to finish
tribal council somebody going home it’s
hard to imagine now but reality shows
once weren’t very popular on broadcast
TV that is before this series came along
and they blew up in the 2000s thankfully
for us viewers survivor brought reality
to the networks in a big way people are
home watching identify with me unlike a
person at home watching on the couch
remember what was the couch potato it
showcased contestants trying to outwit
outplay and outlast each other in
desolate locales in order to win a
million dollars
they gained you know what take your time
Jonny Fairplay someone steady wins the
race every season introduced a
compelling new cast of unpredictable
competitors Billy
job spoken and we loved watching them
interact in gorgeous places like the
Australian outback we have nothing to
sustain us through the morning today or
praying for fish we have only two hooks
right now
number eight Breaking Bad and we just
walked into although a relatively recent
entry we had to place this AMC show
regarded by some as the best of all time
somewhere on the list is there something
wrong with your table okay
ionic Walter white played by Bryan
Cranston is a high school chemistry
teacher diagnosed with cancer who starts
cooking meth in order to leave his
family in financial security after his
death I’m thinking maybe you and I could
partner up the set up alone promises an
adventurous show but it’s the near
perfect execution that really riveted
audiences I liked it I was good at it
viewers joined white on an exhilarating
five season journey that in the words of
show creator Vince Gilligan took Walter
from mr. chips to Scarface that is nine
million seven hundred twenty thousand
dollars where did it come from and why
is it here I earned it number seven
Doctor Who
I don’t understand your attitude no
yours leaves enough to be desired this
show is the longest-running sci-fi
series in the world and it’s easy to
understand why when you see it’s early
episodes saying that you don’t know how
to witness a hunch William Hartnell and
Patrick Troughton made four excellent
early incarnations of the doctor and
they were surrounded by awesome
companions it’s difficult to tell in its
early years the show is more educational
in focus which made for great family
viewing I don’t discuss my private life
with strangers after its debut at the
beginning of the 60s dr. who became a
mainstay of British culture and a
massive cult hit nobody knows your son
cuz no one can remember them number six
friends my brother Ross sure
true to its name the chemistry between
the pals who made up this sitcom’s
ensemble cast was what made it one of a
kind had feelings for me yeah what so
you had feelings for me first
whoa the friends were a group of
20-somethings struggling to survive in
New York and their personal and
professional lives made for
laugh-out-loud funny and surprisingly
moving TV all right you want me to get
dressed or do I hear a really long story
about the senior hayride are you only
asking him because the strength of
individual personalities like quirky
Chandler or doofus Joey was only matched
by the way they interacted with each
other let me tell you something Ross
there’s lots of flavors out there this
rocky road and cookie dough and bing
cherry vanilla which helped this staple
of NBC’s must-see TV line-up redefine
90s sitcoms inspire a generation and
become one of the most influential shows
ever well you know as much fun as that
was I’ve decided to opt for sanity
number five the Simpsons heat torch has
been passed to a new generation of a
snow plow people come on give me the key
these look like teeth marks I thought
there was chocolate inside this animated
sitcom spoofed American middle-class
life pop culture and well seemingly
everything fine I’ll never ever do
another stupid thing good night
we loved regulars like Bart and Homer
but even characters that only showed up
once in a while were memorable enough to
secure places in our hearts hey want
this Simpson filler to perform comedy to
my party I must harness his fractured
take on Modern Life fine sir I’ll get
him started on some snappy sinbad esque
material The Simpsons left a huge
imprint both on the TV world and on pop
culture in general
it’s trademark wit would be imitated
though never quite matched for years to
come and while it dipped in quality
after decades on the air nothing can
take away from the simpsons talent at
their peak in the 90s mm-hmm here’s an
impression of mr. burns that you might
find a little cheeky number four Cheers
NBC’s other 80s juggernaut was almost
cancelled in its first season due to low
ratings it held on however to become one
of the most beloved shows in TV history
Christmas comes earlier every year done
it well I think if you check same it
always comes on the 25th of December
taking place in the titular bar where
Bostonians met to drink and where
everybody knows your name it depicted
the lives of employees and patrons alike
so what’s everybody else doing salaries
gonna buck up that sounds like fun too
the show’s willingness to tackle issues
like alcoholism and homosexuality albeit
with a sense of humor made it a
trailblazer this is gonna be great
somebody put a gag on Andy Hardy and it
earned what was then a record 117 Emmy
nominations for its role as the anchor
of NBC’s must-see TV lineup screaming
Viking over here please I don’t know
what’s going on here but I have a new
bartender I’m trying to make it – all
right up wait a minute there is no such
drink as a screaming by digger I was
screaming Viking
number three I Love Lucy
this was one of TV’s first multicam
shows and its innovations don’t stop
there what job did you have in mind uh
what kind of jobs do you have open Oh
what do you do what kind of jobs do you
have open I Love Lucy was one of the
first successful series with a female
lead and it set the bar high for
comedies with leads of both genders it’s
so tasty to the real life couple of
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz made for one
of the funniest and most endearing TV
husband-and-wife teams where’d you learn
to do all this oh just a natural-born
cook I guess and their adventures made
for some hilarious physical comedy
tackling taboo issues as well as silly
ones this series set the standard for
all sitcoms that followed so why don’t
you join the thousands of happy Betty
people and get a great big yes a very
lazy eater that’s why I like soup first
of all it looks half-digested when they
put it down in front number two Seinfeld
clearly the 90s was a great decade for
TV and this sitcom narrowly missed the
top spot taking number two thanks to its
bizarre sense of humor nothing for you
ensemble cast and unique individual
characters like the one and only Kramer
boy he’s a weird guy isn’t it created by
stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his
friend and George Costanza counterpart
Larry David the famous show about
nothing transformed television forever
with its sharp writing near-constant
quotables and unforgettable gags we’ll
find his space their spaces in the other
lot well I don’t want to walk that far
what if the handicapped person needs it
oh come on they don’t drive yes they do
if anything defined television in the
1990s it was this show not that there’s
anything wrong with that what what’s the
matter it’s over
before we unveil our picked for ultimate
decade defining TV show here are a few
honorable mentions last immature
passionate love to it huh well you’re
not doing it with me what her head crack
spear chucker
what trash jungle bunny
there’s a man out there what no look
he’s crawling him are they trust what in
these guys yeah make sure
so Ilyn bring me his head
number one mash the more you like back
in you and I will have interchangeable
parts topping our list is a show whose
finale broke viewership records but it
had been entertaining audiences for 11
seasons before that hmm based on the
popular 1970 film of the same name
mash followed the team at a Mobile Army
surgical hospital in the Korean War
dismissed not quite a comedy and not
quite a drama the show brought laughs as
often as it prompted tears Henry Blake
spine was shot down over the Sea of
Japan and its wartime setting was
particularly poignant due to the ongoing
Vietnam War but the show blended genres
effectively thanks to high-quality
writing impeccable acting and
unforgettable characters your beat
captain I suggest you hit the sack this
afternoon instead of chasing nurses a
good idea Frank with some of those girls
in waiting for months do you agree with
our list
could I be wearing any more clothes what
TV show do you think is the most decade
defining
will for more memorable top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com job spoken
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