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Fictional TV Show Countdown

I love exhaustive lists. There’s nothing more agonizing than doing a countdown like “Top 100 songs of all-time!” when you’ve literally only heard one millionth of one percent of all the songs of all-time. Obviously, I haven’t seen every TV show of all-time. But at least if I rank every show I’ve ever seen, it can be judged on its own merits. No one can come by and say, “How did you possibly rank Saved By The Bell ahead of The Wire?” Well, I’ve never seen The Wire. And you’ll know that because it ain’t on the list. Hopefully someday.

So this list will be comprised of every fictional TV show that I’ve seen enough of to feel comfortable ranking. Here are some examples of what won’t make the list:

1) Non-fiction Shows. Example: Late Night with Craig Ferguson
2) Game Shows. Example: Win Ben Stein’s Money
3) Shows I’ve seen a few episodes of but not enough to decide how I feel about it. Example: The X-Files

I’m finishing up the list, but it’s going to be somewhere between 90-100 I think. The wife and I binge-watch Netflix regularly, so there’s always a chance we find a show during the countdown I want to rank. In that case, I’ll squeeze it in if possible. See ya Monday with a really terrible show.

1999 St. Louis Rams

I’m playing a football simulator called Second and Ten. I love sports history and I love sports statistics, so I enjoy replaying old seasons as the coach of various teams or dynasties. For example, I plan to play every season of Dan Marino’s career and will try to get him that Super Bowl. I’m also from Minnesota, so I plan to play every season of the Vikings and try to do the same. Whenever I finish a season, I will recap it here. However, since talking about video game scores is right up there with talking about your fantasy teams and your bad beats in poker, I’m going to do things a little differently. You, dear reader, will get to play along, Choose Your Own Adventure style. 

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