TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time (1997)

Everybody loves Lucy, but which Lucy does TV Guide love best? Is that Lucy better than the absolute best-ever Seinfeld? And let's not forget The Andy Griffith Show. Great stuff. TV Guide's editors have watched them all--a festival of history's greatest prime-time TV series. Along with the folks at Nick at Nite's TV Land, TV Guide has plunged into one of the wildest watercooler debates ever waged.

So get ready to count them down...while also sitting down, of course.

As a side note, Peter Johnson had already made a TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time list. However, this was from the then updated issue released on June 15, 2009. Since he did not make a list of TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time from the original issue released on June 28, 1997, I decided to take the initiative.

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1

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: "Chuckles Bites the Dust" (S6,E7)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: "Chuckles Bites the Dust" (S6,E7)

2

I Love Lucy: "Lucy Does a TV Commercial" (S1,E30)

I Love Lucy: "Lucy Does a TV Commercial" (S1,E30)

3

ER: "Love's Labor Lost" (S1,E19)

ER: "Love's Labor Lost" (S1,E19)

4

Seinfeld: "The Boyfriend" (S3,E17-18)

Seinfeld: "The Boyfriend" (S3,E17-18)

5

The Odd Couple: "Password" (S3,E11)

The Odd Couple: "Password" (S3,E11)

6

The Honeymooners: "The $99,000 Answer" (E18)

The Honeymooners: "The $99,000 Answer" (E18)

7

Cheers: "Thanksgiving Orphans" (S5,E9)

Cheers: "Thanksgiving Orphans" (S5,E9)

8

The Dick Van Dyke Show: "Coast to Coast Big Mouth" (S5,E1)

The Dick Van Dyke Show: "Coast to Coast Big Mouth" (S5,E1)

9

The Bob Newhart Show: "Over the River and Through the Woods" (S4,E11)

The Bob Newhart Show: "Over the River and Through the Woods" (S4,E11)

10

The X-Files: "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" (S3,E4)

The X-Files: "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" (S3,E4)

11

The Twilight Zone: "To Serve Man" (S3,E24)

The Twilight Zone: "To Serve Man" (S3,E24)

12

Fawlty Towers: "The Germans" (S1,E6)

Fawlty Towers: "The Germans" (S1,E6)

13

All in the Family: "Sammy's Visit" (S2,E21)

All in the Family: "Sammy's Visit" (S2,E21)

14

Wiseguy: "Blood Dance" (S1,E18)

Wiseguy: "Blood Dance" (S1,E18)

15

The Dick Van Dyke Show: "It May Look Like a Walnut" (S2,E20)

The Dick Van Dyke Show: "It May Look Like a Walnut" (S2,E20)

16

Columbo: "Murder by the Book" (S1,E1)

Columbo: "Murder by the Book" (S1,E1)

17

The Simpsons: "The Crepes of Wrath" (S1,E11)

The Simpsons: "The Crepes of Wrath" (S1,E11)

18

I Love Lucy: "Lucy's Italian Movie" (S5,E23)

I Love Lucy: "Lucy's Italian Movie" (S5,E23)

19

Taxi: "Latka the Playboy' (S3,E20)

Taxi: "Latka the Playboy' (S3,E20)

20

M*A*S*H: "Abyssinia, Henry" (S3,E24)

M*A*S*H: "Abyssinia, Henry" (S3,E24)

21

Roseanne: "A Stash From the Past" (S6,E4)

Roseanne: "A Stash From the Past" (S6,E4)

22

Thirtysomething: "The Towers of Zenith" (S3,E23-24)

Thirtysomething: "The Towers of Zenith" (S3,E23-24)

23

The Fugitive: The Judgement, Part II (S4,E30)

The Fugitive: The Judgement, Part II (S4,E30)

24

The Andy Griffith Show: "Opie the Birdman" (S4,E1)

The Andy Griffith Show: "Opie the Birdman" (S4,E1)

25

Twin Peaks: "Northwest Passage" (S1,E1)

Twin Peaks: "Northwest Passage" (S1,E1)

26

The Honeymooners: "TV or Not TV" (E1)

The Honeymooners: "TV or Not TV" (E1)

27

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: "The Lars Affair" (S4,E1)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: "The Lars Affair" (S4,E1)

28

Gunsmoke: "The Jailer" (S12,E3)

Gunsmoke: "The Jailer" (S12,E3)

29

The Wonder Years: "My Father's Office" (S1,E3)

The Wonder Years: "My Father's Office" (S1,E3)

30

Playhouse 90: "Requiem for a Heavyweight" (S1,E2)

Playhouse 90: "Requiem for a Heavyweight" (S1,E2)

31

The Twilight Zone: "It's a Good Life" (S3,E8)

The Twilight Zone: "It's a Good Life" (S3,E8)

32

Homicide: Life on the Street: "Prison Riot" (S5,E3)

Homicide: Life on the Street: "Prison Riot" (S5,E3)

33

Seinfeld: "The Parking Garage" (S3,E6)

Seinfeld: "The Parking Garage" (S3,E6)

34

Moonlighting: "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" (S2,E4)

Moonlighting: "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" (S2,E4)

35

Ellen: "The Puppy Episode" (S4,E22-23)

Ellen: "The Puppy Episode" (S4,E22-23)

36

NYPD Blue: "True Confessions" (S1,E4)

NYPD Blue: "True Confessions" (S1,E4)

37

The Brady Bunch: "Getting Davy Jones" (S3,E12)

The Brady Bunch: "Getting Davy Jones" (S3,E12)

38

My So-Called Life: "Life of Brian" (E11)

My So-Called Life: "Life of Brian" (E11)

39

The Larry Sanders Show: "Everybody Loves Larry" (S5,E1)

The Larry Sanders Show: "Everybody Loves Larry" (S5,E1)

40

WKRP in Cincinnati: "Turkeys Away" (S1,E7)

WKRP in Cincinnati: "Turkeys Away" (S1,E7)

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