100 Episodes

• 

  100 Episodes How Your Show Of Shows invented American TV comedy

  The legendary sketch show boasted one of the greatest writing staffs and ensemble casts of all time.

  May 13, 2013 | 11:00am -

• 

  100 Episodes How the producers of Rhoda killed the show by making it better

  The series started out as a love story, then turned into a brutal depiction of a marriage falling apart.

  April 15, 2013 | 12:00am -

• 

  100 Episodes Why the mostly forgotten Route 66 was one of TV’s most ambitious shows

  The series is a wonderful time capsule of early-’60s America for many reasons.

  March 18, 2013 | 12:00pm -

• 

  100 Episodes DuckTales invented a new animated wonderland—that quickly disappeared

  Disney bet big on the syndication market and reaped the profits, but the world of cable was lurking.

  February 11, 2013 | 12:00pm -

• 

  100 Episodes A Different World was the last black sitcom to be a hit—but why?

  The Cosby Show spinoff is better—and more experimental—than its reputation.

  January 14, 2013 | 10:00am -

• 

  100 Episodes The Lawrence Welk Show was TV’s best party—until it wasn’t

  The consummate Midwestern bandleader kept the series on the air long after its contemporaries had died off.

  December 17, 2012 | 12:00am -

• 

  100 Episodes 30 Rock’s improbable survival highlights the show’s study in contradictions

  Even 10 years ago, this show wouldn’t have survived to 100 episodes; be thankful it debuted when it did.

  November 19, 2012 | 10:00am -

• 

  100 Episodes Unsolved Mysteries created scary TV without even meaning to

  The unlikely success was a harbinger of reality TV. 

  October 29, 2012 | 10:00am -

• 

  100 Episodes Bewitched tweaked ’60s gender roles and became one of the first feminist sitcoms

  This sitcom was one of the best of the gimmick comedies of the decade.

  September 24, 2012 | 11:00am -

• 

  100 Episodes Happy Days became one of the biggest hits on TV by selling its soul 

  A sweet, contemplative look at life in the ’50s became something more gimmicky with a format shift.

  August 27, 2012 | 12:00pm -

• 

  100 Episodes The Defenders was the great drama of the ’60s, but good luck seeing it today 

  A father and son lawyer team tackled social injustice itself in one of TV’s great lost series.

  July 30, 2012 | 11:00am -

• 

  100 Episodes Is Survivor the only great reality TV show? 

  How a game-show/Real World hybrid became one of television’s most influential shows. 

  July 2, 2012 | 11:00am -

• 

  100 Episodes Rugrats 

  After debuting to little fanfare, the littlest Nicktoon went on to become one of the first scripted cable series to reach 100. 

  June 4, 2012 | 12:00pm -

• 

  100 Episodes In The Rockford Files, James Garner played a PI who was in on the joke

  James Garner and the ’70s private eye who was as annoyed with clichés as those watching at home

  May 7, 2012 | 12:00pm -

• 

  100 Episodes Why does I Love Lucy endure after all these years?

  Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’ sitcom helped invent television. But is it still funny?

  April 9, 2012 | 10:30am -

• 

  100 Episodes St. Elsewhere

  Not that many people tuned into watch St. Elsewhere, and that’s exactly how it ought to have been.

  March 12, 2012 | 12:00pm -

• 

  100 Episodes Everybody Loves Raymond 

  A new feature takes a look at some of television’s most enduring shows to see what made them tick. First up: Ray Romano and the last great traditional sitcom. 

  February 13, 2012 | 12:01am -