101 Best Written TV Series
Full List
The 101 Best Written TV Series list was announced on June 2, 2013. The writing credits noted are based on that date.

1 THE SOPRANOS

2 SEINFELD

3 THE TWILIGHT ZONE

4 ALL IN THE FAMILY

5 M*A*S*H

6 THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW

7 MAD MEN

8 CHEERS

9 THE WIRE

10 THE WEST WING

11 THE SIMPSONS

12 I LOVE LUCY

13 BREAKING BAD

14 THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW

15 HILL STREET BLUES

16 ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

17 THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART

18 SIX FEET UNDER

19 TAXI

20 THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW

21 30 ROCK

22 FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

23 FRASIER

24 FRIENDS

25 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE

26 THE X-FILES

27 LOST

28 ER

29 THE COSBY SHOW

30 CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM

31 THE HONEYMOONERS

32 DEADWOOD

33 STAR TREK

34 MODERN FAMILY

35 TWIN PEAKS

36 NYPD BLUE

37 THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW

38 BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (2005)

39 SEX AND THE CITY

40 GAME OF THRONES

41 YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS - TIE

41 THE BOB NEWHART SHOW - TIE

43 LAW & ORDER - TIE

43 DOWNTON ABBEY - TIE

43 THIRTYSOMETHING - TIE

46 HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET - TIE

46 ST. ELSEWHERE - TIE

48 HOMELAND

49 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER

50 THE GOOD WIFE - TIE

50 THE COLBERT REPORT - TIE

50 THE OFFICE (UK) - TIE

53 NORTHERN EXPOSURE

54 THE WONDER YEARS

55 L.A. LAW

56 SESAME STREET

57 COLUMBO

58 FAWLTY TOWERS - TIE

58 THE ROCKFORD FILES - TIE

60 FREAKS AND GEEKS - TIE

60 MOONLIGHTING - TIE

62 ROOTS

63 SOUTH PARK - TIE

63 EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND - TIE

65 PLAYHOUSE 90

66 DEXTER - TIE

66 THE OFFICE (U.S.) - TIE

68 MY SO-CALLED LIFE

69 THE GOLDEN GIRLS

70 THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW

71 24 - TIE

71 THE SHIELD - TIE

71 ROSEANNE - TIE

74 HOUSE - TIE

74 MURPHY BROWN - TIE

76 I, CLAUDIUS - TIE

76 BARNEY MILLER - TIE

78 THE ODD COUPLE

79 UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS - TIE

79 MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS - TIE

79 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - TIE

79 ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS - TIE

83 GET SMART

84 GUNSMOKE - TIE

84 THE DEFENDERS - TIE

86 SGT. BILKO (THE PHIL SILVERS SHOW) - TIE

86 JUSTIFIED - TIE

88 BAND OF BROTHERS

89 ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN

90 THE PRISONER

91 THE MUPPET SHOW - TIE

91 ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS (U.K.) - TIE

93 BOARDWALK EMPIRE

94 WILL & GRACE

95 FAMILY TIES

96 LONESOME DOVE - TIE

96 SOAP - TIE

98 LOUIE - TIE

98 THE FUGITIVE - TIE

98 LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN - TIE

101 OZ
*Non-WGA determined credit