1 Dawson's Creek Dawson's Creek dawsons-creek 4 kids living on a creek. It may not sound like the formula for greatness but then once you watch the show you will soon realise, it is. \ \ Kevin Williamson's horror writings seemed to work out quite well in this coming of age teen drama. Led by Dawson Leery the ever optimistic dreamer who is obsessed with Steven Spielberg it tells the tale of growing up in the small town of Capeside. \ \ Dawson is joined by soulmate Joey and best friend Pacey as well as New York wild child Jen who is sent to Capeside by her parents to live with her grandmother in an attempt to get back on track. \ \ Jack was later added to the show in season 2 and became just as much of the cast and a place in history as the "gay character" from DC. 0 2 The Simpsons Simpsons, The the-simpsons One of the most successful animated shows ever, The Simpsons is one of the lumbering giants of television - everyone knows it, everyone watches it. And indeed why not, it's awesome! \ \ The show centers around the family of Homer and Marge and their three kids Bart (the hellrazer), Lisa (the smart one) and Maggie (the baby). \ \ Aside from the family there is a cast of literally hundreds of other characters forming the town of Springfield where they live. 1164678578 3 Futurama Futurama futurama From Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, comes the futuristic animated show Futurama. \ \ Centered around Fry who is a pizza delivery boy in the year 2000 until he gets frozen an emerges in the year 3000 to start a new life working for delivery company Planet Express owned by his distant relative. 1164678753 4 The O.C. O.C., The the-oc Teen drama at it's best - edgy. Ryan gets abandoned his his mother while his brother and and father are in prison. Luckily his kind hearted lawyer takes him in to his home in Orange Country and he begins a new life among Newport's social elite. 1164678753 5 One Tree Hill One Tree Hill one-tree-hill Teen drama set in the small town of One Tree Hill. The show centers around Lucas who joins the basketball team causing great annoyance to his brother Nathan who is driven hard by his father Dan (who isn't so big on Lucas). 1164678970 6 Family Guy Family Guy family-guy Described as funnier than The Simpsons, Family Guy is an animated comedy centering around The Griffin family. \ \ What really gives the show it's edge is the sheer randomness of what happens in the show with stories and random funny incidents constantly being flashed back to. 1164678970 7 American Dad American Dad american-dad From the creator of Family Guy comes another show which is basically the same as Family Guy but less funny. 1164679105 8 South Park South Park south-park World famous animated comedy from Tray Parker and Matt Stone, South Park is edgy, rude and packed full of filthy language making it most entertaining. \ \ It's constant barrage of un-politically correct jokes, swearing and sexual references (and indeed acts) has secured it as a legendary adult cartoon. 1164679105 9 King of the Hill King of the Hill king-of-the-hill Animated comedy centered around Hank Hill, your fairly average American. He sells propane and propane related accessories. 1164679250 10 Friends Friends friends Legendary sitcom about six friends that live in New York - Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Joey and Phoebe. \ \ The show ran for almost a decade and was one of the most popular sitcoms on television during it's run. 0 11 Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond everybody-loves-raymond Comedy starring comedian Ray Barone and his family. He lives just across the street from his parents and brother with his wife and three kids. 1164679474 12 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Buffy the Vampire Slayer buffy-the-vampire-slayer Fantasy horror drama starring the godess that is Sarah Michelle Gellar, Buffy tells the story of the slayer - the one girl that must stand against all the vampires, demons and general nastyness. \ \ Luckily she is really kick ass at doing it and even has a nice English watcher named Giles to watch over here. \ \ Joined by her friends Xander, Willow and Cordelia (and others as the show went on) Buffy constantly battles evil and in between tried to get coursework done. \ \ The show ran for seven series and spawned a spin-off (Angel) as well as talks of many others. 1164679474 13 Roswell Roswell roswell Being a teenager is hard enough without having to hide the fact that you are an alien. Unfortunatly that is the situation Max, Isabel and Michael find themselves in. \ \ Luckily they have friends Liz, Maria and Alex to help them keep their secret and hide from the people out to get them. 1164679630 14 Dark Angel Dark Angel dark-angel In the not too distant future society has collapsed after an EMP and a few government super soliders have escaped and are now fighting the system. \ \ One of which is super hottie Max (played by Jessica Alba) who is joined by renegade freedom fighter Logan. 1164679630 15 Frasier Frasier frasier Popular sitcom about a phyciatrist who lives in Seattle working on the radio answering people's problems. \ \ Spin-off from Cheers, Frasier arrives in Seattle for a new start but soon finds his father living with him and his brother constantly popping up. \ \ While he seems to be able to dispense the good advice on the radio, he doesn't seem to have such good luck in the real world. 1164679797 16 Cheers Cheers cheers Massively popular sitcom about a bar in Boston. Run by ex-sports star Sam the show revolves around the antics of the bar staff and regular patrons. \ \ The show ran for 11 years before spawning equally popular spin-off Frasier. 1164679797 17 Star Trek Star Trek star-trek The original Star Trek series featured the adventures of Captain James T. Kirk and his crew aboard the Enterprise. 1164679927 18 Star Trek: The Next Generation Star Trek: The Next Generation star-trek-the-next-generation Star Trek finally came back to the small screen in the form of The Next Generation featuring the Enterprise under the command of Captain Picard. \ \ The show is also responsible for the equally popular character Data who is an andriod. 1164679927 19 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Star Trek: Deep Space Nine star-trek-deep-space-nine The third series of Star Trek and first not to be set aboard the USS Enterprise but instead aboard a space station, Deep Space Nine. 1164680064 20 Star Trek: Voyager Star Trek: Voyager star-trek-voyager The forth series of Star Trek centered around Captain Janeway and her crew aboard voyager which is hurled to the other side of the galaxy. \ \ With no way to get back other than the long journey they begin the 70 year voyage back to Earth. 1164680064 21 Star Trek: Enterprise Star Trek: Enterprise star-trek-enterprise The fifth series of Star Trek took us back to the beginning - the first Trek as it where. \ \ Captain Jonathon Archer (son of Henry Archer, designer of the warp 5 engine) leads the Enterprise NX-01, the first warp 5 vessel on humanities initial explorations into the universe. 1164680216 22 Space 1999 Space 1999 space-1999 When the moon leaves the Earth's orbit the crew of the space station located there are forced to make the best of things and wear pjs 24/7. 1164680216 23 Stargate SG-1 Stargate SG-1 stargate-sg1 The American air force stumble upon an interesting gate - one that allows them to travel across the galaxy in seconds using a network of gates built by the Ancients. \ \ The series came from the original hit movie and spawned a spin-off, Stargate Atlantis. 0 24 Stargate Atlantis Stargate Atlantis stargate-atlantis Spin-off from Stargate SG-1, Atlantis tells the story of an expedition team sent to a different galaxy in a one way trip to the city of Atlantis created long ago by the Ancients. 1164680393 25 Hex Hex hex British fantasy horror show set at a boarding school in England where Cassie goes to school as well as being tempted by Azazeal who is like a devil type character and hit on by her best friend, lesbian and now ghost, Thelma. 1164680577 26 Red Dwarf Red Dwarf red-dwarf Cult British sitcom set aboard the mining ship Red Dward. Dave Lister awakes from statis after three million years to find the human race extinct and all the ship's crew dead. \ \ His only companions on the voyage back to Earth is a creature that evolved from his cat and a hologram of his dead bunkmate. 0 27 Father Ted Father Ted father-ted Comedy about three priests who live on an island off the Irish coast. 1164680688 28 My Hero My Hero my-hero Sitcom about George, aka, Thermoman who is a superhero who protects Earth and his homelife with wife Janet. 1164680688 29 Dad's Army Dad's Army dads-army British sitcom about the home guard. 1164680778 30 24 24 24 Drama in which each episode plays out in real time with a series forming an entire 24 hour day. \ \ The show revolves around Jack who is an agent at the CTU - counter terrorism unit. He has pretty intense days but then he does only work one day a year. 1164680778 31 Lost Lost lost Show about survivors from a plane crash who are forced to live on a deserted island where all is not as it seems. 1164680882 32 Alias Alias alias Spy thriller about a double agent who thought she was working for the CIA. When she finds out it is actually a criminal organisation naked SD-6 she becomes a double agent for the real CIA and finds her father is doing the same thing. \ \ Did I mention Sydney is super hot and played by Jennifer Garner? 1164680882 33 Only Fools and Horses Only Fools and Horses only-fools-and-horses Sitcom about two brothers Del and Rodney. Del is a market wheeler and dealer who runs "Trotters Independent Trading" (or TIT for short). 0 34 Blackadder Blackadder blackadder Historical based sitcom about the ups and downs of Lord Blackadder and his various decendants through the ages. 0 35 Black Books Black Books black-books Sitcom about a bookshop owner starring Dylan Moran and Bill Bailey. 1164681032 36 Band of Brothers Band of Brothers band-of-brothers World War II drama. 1164681032 37 Button Moon Button Moon button-moon Kids show with legendary theme song. Cast included the originally named Mr. Spoon who was a spoon suprisingly enough. 0 38 Rainbow Rainbow rainbow Kids show who's cast included Zippy, George and Bungle. 1164681099 39 Pokemon Pokemon pokemon Japanese animated kids show about the world of Pokemon - a world where trainers collect animals known as Pokemon and do battle with each other. 1164681209 40 Teletubbies Teletubbies teletubbies Young childrens show about wierd creatures known as Teletubbies who have a massive addiction to custard. 1164681209 41 Round the Twist Round the Twist round-the-twist Forgetable kids show about a family that lived in a lighthouse for no apparent reason. 1164681310 42 Jonathon Creek Jonathon Creek jonathon-creek Mystery show about a freelance investigator who solves unusual crimes that no one else can make sense of. 1164681310 43 Firefly Firefly firefly Futuristic sci-fi show from Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon. \ \ Mal and his crew, outcasts from the civil war they lost make a living as basically space pirate - and they are the good guys. 1164681429 44 Peep Show Peep Show peep-show Sitcom done in first person perspective about two friends, Mark and Jeremy. 1164681429 45 Cold Case Cold Case cold-case Crime show about a detective who re-opens long since abandoned cases. 1164681503 46 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation csi-crime-scene-investigation Detective show set in Las Vegas. 1164681503 47 CSI: Miami CSI: Miami csi-miami Spin-off from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami follows a similar format but set in Miami suprisingly enough. 1164681581 48 CSI: New York CSI: New York csi-new-york Second CSI: Crime Scene Investigation spin-off, set in New York. 1164681581 49 Law & Order Law & Order law-and-order Massively successful crime series which splits each episode into two parts. The first half is about the investigation into the crime and the second half is about the resulting court case. 1164681699 50 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit law-and-order-special-victims-unit Spin-off from the original Law & Order, the series focuses in issues like rape and martial abuse. 1164681699 51 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Law & Order: Criminal Intent law-and-order-criminal-intent Second Law & Order spin-off focusing on the mindset behind such crimes as serial killers and tracking them down. 1164681789 52 Law & Order: Trial By Jury Law & Order: Trial By Jury law-and-order-trial-by-jury Law & Order spin-off. 1164681789 53 Law & Order: Crime and Punishment Law & Order: Crime and Punishment law-and-order-crime-and-punishment Law & Order spin-off. 1164681870 54 Without a Trace Without a Trace without-a-trace Crime show focusing on abductions and disappearances and the unit set up to find missing people. 0 55 The X-Files X-Files, The x-files Supernatual detective series which popularised cult again in the early 90's. The show revolves around FBI special agent Mulder who believes in aliens and is seperate to find his sister who they took from him. \ \ He is parterned up with skeptical special agent Skully who is essentially sent to spy on him but soon takes his side. 1164682000 56 Dead Like Me Dead Like Me dead-like-me Dead pan comedy about a girl who is killed and becomes a grim reaper. 1164682000 57 Deadwood Deadwood deadwood HBO drama set in the old country during cowboy times. 1164682081 58 Desperate Housewives Desperate Housewives desperate-housewives Night time soap about the housewives on Wisteria Lane. 0 59 Dream Team Dream Team dream-team Drama about a football team. 1164682134 60 Footballer's Wives Footballer's Wives footballers-wives ITV evening soap. 1164682134 61 Emmerdale Emmerdale emmerdale ITV soap previously known as Emmerdale Farm set in a country village in Yorkshire. 1164682205 62 Eastenders Eastenders eastenders The BBC's premiere soap set in the east end of London. 1164682205 63 Coronation Street Coronation Street coronation-street Long running British soap. 1164682273 64 Hollyoaks Hollyoaks hollyoaks Teenage soap in which everyone is attractive and has overblown issues. 1164682273 65 Sunset Beach Sunset Beach sunset-beach Trashy American soap. 1164682336 66 So Little Time So Little Time so-little-time Comedy starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Cancelled after the first series. 1164682336 67 Long Way Round Long Way Round long-way-round Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman ride rough from London to New York, the long way round. \ \ Riding across Europe, Asia, Russia, Canada and the US the series follows their every move. 1164972411 68 Las Vegas Las Vegas las-vegas Big Ed is head of security at the Montecito casino. You can see the potential for drama already. 1164972411 69 Big Brother Big Brother big-brother What happens when you lock a dozen people in a house filled with cameras and film their very move. Well, something like this. 1164972518 70 Carnivale Carnivale carnivale HBO's drama set in the great depression. 1164972518 71 Garth Marenghi's Darkplace Garth Marenghi's Darkplace garth-marenghis-darkplace Probably the greatest show to ever come out of the 80s, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace is actually a brilliant day parody of the 80s horror drama. \ \ Set at Darkplace Hospital, Dr. Rick Dagless is a hot shot doctor who has to fight against the forces of evil. 1164972655 72 Mash Mash mash Credited as the original sitcom, Mash is set in an army hospital during the Vietnam war. 1164972655 73 Happy Days Happy Days happy-days Popular sitcom starring Ron Howard. 1164972714 74 Saved By The Bell Saved By The Bell saved-by-the-bell Kids comedy set in a high school. 1164972714 75 Hang Time Hang Time hang-time Kids drama about a basketball team. 1164972858 76 Kenan and Kel Kenan and Kel kenan-and-kel Kids comedy about a comic duo who constantly find themselves in slapstick situations. \ \ Kenan is always creating grand plans but often has them go wrong due to Kel not quite being with it. 1164972858 77 Pinky and the Brain Pinky and the Brain pinky-and-the-brain Animated kids show about two mice, one an evil genius, the other an idiot. 1164972957 78 Blue Peter Blue Peter blue-peter Kids show. 1164972957 79 The Fresh Prince of Bel Air Fresh Prince of Bel Air, The fresh-price-of-bel-air Comedy starring Will Smith. Will's mother sends him to leave with his rich aunt and uncle in Bel Air. Suprisingly enough, he has a little trouble adapting to the new environment. 1164973117 80 The Handler Handler, The the-handler Drama about an FBI agent who acts as a handler to undercover agents. 1164973117 81 Charmed Charmed charmed Supernatural drama about three sisters who are witches. 1164973196 82 Sabrina the Teenage Witch Sabrina the Teenage Witch sabrina-the-teenage-witch Kids comedy about a teenage witch named Sabrina who lives with her aunts. 1164973196 83 Horizon Horizon horizon BBC's flagship documentary program. 1164973293 84 If If if Short lived BBC documentary series looking as possible future senarios such as what will happen if obesity levels continue to increase at the same rate they currently are. 1164973293 85 Jake 2.0 Jake 2.0 jake-20 Drama about a guy who gets transformed into a superhuman and is recruited to be an agent of the CIA. 1164973434 86 Jeremiah Jeremiah jeremiah Post-apocalyptic drama about a world in which everyone over the age of maturity was wiped out by a super virus. \ \ Now a decade on, the kids who survived live as relative primitives trying to re-forge society. 1164973434 87 Judging Amy Judging Amy judging-amy Drama about a single mother who works as a court judge. 1164973510 88 Ed Ed ed Romantic comedy drama about a lawyer who gets fired and divorced and so moves back to his small hometown of Stuckyville and opens a bowling alley. 1164973510 89 The Joe Schmo Show Joe Schmo Show, The the-joe-schmo-show Reality gameshow in which constants are all placed in a house and given various games and activities. What Joe doesn't know is, everyone else in the show is actually an actor. 1164973639 90 Space Cadets Space Cadets space-cadets Reality show in which a group of contestants are placed in a training program to be sent into space - what they don't know is, it's all a hoax. 1164973639 91 Malcolm in the Middle Malcolm in the Middle malcolm-in-the-middle Sitcom about the middle of three children. Malcolm is a genius but his family leave a lot to be desired as does his common sense. 1164973909 92 The War At Home War At Home, The the-war-at-home Sitcom about a family which is narrated with cut scenes of the family saying what they really think. 1164973909 93 My Wife and Kids My Wife and Kids my-wife-and-kids American sitcom. 1164974007 94 Max & Paddy's Road to Nowhere Max & Paddy's Road to Nowhere max-and-paddys-road-to-nowhere Spin-off from Phoenix Nights starring bouncers Max and Paddy. 1164974007 95 The Newlyweds Newlyweds, The the-newlyweds Documentary following Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson during their early years of marriage. 1164974160 96 Britney & Kevin: Chaotic Britney & Kevin: Chaotic britney-and-kevin-chaotic Newlyweds style documentary about Britney Spears and Kevin Federline. 1164974160 97 Nip Tuck Nip Tuck nip-tuck Drama about two plastic surgeons working in California. 1164974253 98 The Office Office, The the-office Comedy set in an office environment starring Ricky Gervais. 1164974253 99 Extras Extras extras Comedy starring Ricky Gervais about film extras trying to break into proper acting. 0 100 QI QI qi Game show hosted by Steven Fry. 1164974345 101 Rugrats Rugrats rugrats Animated kids show about the adventures of a bunch of babies. 1164974408 102 Live and Kicking Live and Kicking live-and-kicking Saturday morning magazine style kids show. 1164974408 103 Scrubs Scrubs scrubs Comedy about a group of medical interns starting work at Sacred Heart hospital. 1164974510 104 How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother how-i-met-your-mother Sitcom in which the story is played out via a series of flashbacks. 1164974510 105 Smallville Smallville smallville Drama about the teenage years of Clark Kent (aka Superman). 1164974572 106 Six Feet Under Six Feet Under six-feet-under Drama series about a family that run a funeral home. 1164974572 107 The Sopranos Sopranos, The the-sopranos Drama about a New Jersey mob boss struggling to juggle his crime family and his actual family. 1164974678 108 The Simple Life Simple Life, The the-simple-life Comedy documentary series starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie as they travel around doing various simpleton jobs. 1164974678 109 Tru Calling Tru Calling tru-calling Drama starring Eliza Dushku about a girl who gets the chance to re-live days in order to save people from dieing. 1164974922 110 WIll & Grace Will & Grace will-and-grace Sitcom about a gay who and his best friend who share an apartment in New York. 1164974922