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A Life Goal I've Been Working On

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Dear AcclaimedMusic,

This has been a rough year for me, and I’m still trying to finalize my 100 Most Acclaimed Comics and 100 Most Acclaimed TV Episodes lists, and I hope to complete them sometime in my life, but, I do have a desire and notice for End of the Year lists for TV, and I hope that someone on AcclaimedMusic, can help this project, of collecting old Best of the Year lists, by, hopefully, adding to the amount of BOTY lists I have already.


I'm still trying to scourge up money to buy more People Magazines from the past, some links are posted here for some of the lists that I have stumbled across on my internet travels.

TIME’s Best of Video 1981

- Dallas (CBS)
- Early Days (CBS cable)
- The Golden Age of Television (PBS)
- Hill Street Blues (NBC)
- The Patricia Neal Story (CBS)
- Phil Donahue: “Missing Kids” (Syndicated)
- SCTV (NBC)
- The Shock of the Year (PBS)
- Steve Martin’s Best Show Ever (NBC)
- Taxi (ABC)

New York Daily News 1982 Pleasures From the Tube

- Polaroid commercials
- NBC Thursday Night lineup
- Square Pegs
- Ain't Misbehavin
- Police Squad
- To Serve Them All My Days
- One Shoe Makes It Murder
- Golda
- Miller Lite commercials

TIME’s Best of Video 1983

- Cheers (NBC)
- Faerie Tale Theatre (Showtime)
- The Life and Adventures of Nickolas Nickeleby (Mobil Show Network)
- Motown 25: Yesterday, Today and Forever (NBC)
- Nickelodeon
- NBC News Tonight
- Special Bulletin (NBC)
- Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt (CBS)
- Swan Lake, Minnesota (ARTS)
- Viet Nam: A Television History (PBS)

TIME’s Best of Video 1984

- The Burning Bed (NBC)
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Showtime)
- Concealed Enemies (PBS)
- Domestic Life (CBS)
- The Glitter Dome (HBO)
- Jewel in the Crown (PBS)
- King Lear (syndicated)
- Miami Vice (NBC)
- Presidential Debate No. 1
- Los Angeles Summer Olympics (ABC)

The Inquirer's 1984 TV critic, praised The Cosby Show, and Call to Glory as the best new shows of 1984, along with giving praise to Miami Vice.

Sioux City Journal Best of 1985

1. St. Elsewhere
2. Mary
3. Late Night with David Letterman
4. The Golden Girls
5. Moonlighting
6. The Jewel in the Crown
7. The Execution of Raymond Graham
8. An Early Frost
9. Do You Remember Love?
10. Death of a Salesman
11. Miami Vice

The Montana Standard Best of 1986

- Edge of Darkness, Moonlighting, Nightline, The Cosby Show, Perfect Strangers, Paradise Postponed, Masterpiece Theater, The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt, Alex: The Life of a Child, George Washington: The Forging of a Nation, Lee Harvey Oswald: On Trial

TIME’s Best of Video 1986

- The Best of Dan Aykroyd (Warner Home Video)
- Crime Story (NBC)
- Dress Gray (NBC)
- The History of White People in America (Cinemax)
- Joe Bash (ABC)
- Newhart (CBS)
- On Trial: Lee Harvey Oswald (Showtime)
- The Price (Syndicated)
- The Story of English (PBS)
- Unknown Chaplin (PBS)

TIME’s Best of Video 1987

- Amerika (ABC)
- Eyes on the Prize (PBS)
- Frank’s Place (CBS)
- Home Fires (Showtime)
- The Iran-Contra Hearing
- It’s Garry Shandling’s Show (Showtime)
- Long Gone (HBO)
- Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (CBS)
- Seize the Day (PBS)
- Thirtysomething (ABC)

People Magazine’s Best of Tube 1987

- Beauty and the Beast
- The California Raisins
- Graceland
- The Iran-Contra Hearings
- LBJ: The Early Years
- Married…… with Children
- Newhart
- South American Journey
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- The Tracey Ulman Show

The Tribune Best Shows of 1988

- Late Night with David Letterman (NBC)
- 60 Minutes (CBS)
- L.A. Law (NBC)
- 48 Hours (CBS)
- Newhart (CBS)
- Nova (PBS)
- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (NBC)
- Murphy Brown (CBS)
- ALF (NBC)
- Tour of Duty (CBS)

Camden Post Best of 1988

10. JFK: In His Own Words (HBO)
9. Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth (PBS)
8. God Bless the Child (ABC)
7. Roseanne (ABC)
6. Late Night with David Letterman Sixth Anniversary Special (NBC)
5. Nightline in the Holy Land (ABC)
4. Hollywood: The Golden Years (Arts & Entertainment Network)
3. Dear American: Letters Home from Vietnam (HBO)
2. The Singing Detective (Public tv)
1. War and Rememberance (ABC)

People Magazine's Best of Tube 1988

- Adventure
- Baby Boom
- China Beach
- Coast to Coast
- Coming of Age
- David
- Favorite Son
- Roseanne
- Tanner 88
- The Wonder Years


TIME Best of Video 1988

- Baby M (ABC)
- Deaf and Blind (PBS)
- Hollywood: The Golden Years (Arts and Entertainment)
- Kennedy Retrospectives
- Lip Service (HBO)
- Tanner 88’ (HBO)
- The Tenth Man (CBS)
- Voices and Visions (PBS)
- Wiseguy (CBS)
- The Wonder Years (ABC)

Record Searchlight Best of 1989

- Lonesome Dove
- The Final Days
- The Wonder Years
- Small Sacrifices
- Roe v. Wade
- Murphy Brown
- This Week with David Brinkley
- China Beach
- Alien Nation
- Designing Women

Entertainment Weekly Best of 1990

1. Thirtysomething (ABC)
2. Twin Peaks (ABC)
3. Murphy Brown (CBS)
4. Late Show with David Letterman (NBC)
5. The Simpsons (FOX)
6. Cheers (NBC)
7. Roseanne (ABC)
8. Parenthood (NBC)
9. Evening Shade (CBS)
10. Get a Life (FOX)

People Magazine Best of Tube 1990

- The Civil War (PBS)
- Decoration Day (NBC)
- Family of Spies (CBS)
- In Living Color (FOX)
- The Last Best Year (ABC)
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 (The Comedy Channel)
- The Simpsons (FOX)
- Stephen King's IT (ABC)
- Treasure Island (TNT)
- Twin Peaks (ABC)

TIME Best of 1990

- The Civil War (PBS)
- In Living Color (FOX)
- Maniac Mansion (Family Channel)
- A Killing in a Small Town (CBS)
- Red Hot + Blue (ABC)
- Elvis (CBS)
- Criminal Justice (HBO)
- Eyes on the Prize II (PBS)
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Comedy Central)

Entertainment Weekly Best of 1991

1. Roseanne (ABC)
2. Seinfeld (NBC)
3. Thirtysomething (ABC)
4. Law and Order (NBC)
5. I’ll Fly Away (NBC)
6. Late Night with David Letterman (NBC)
7. Brooklyn Bridge (CBS)
8. Northern Exposure (CBS)
9. The Simpsons (FOX)
10. Murphy Brown (CBS)

TIME Best of 1991

1. The Clarence Thomas/Anti Hill Hearings
2. House of Cards (PBS)
3. The Simpsons (FOX)
4. The Schwarzokf Briefings
5. Public Enemy 2 (Showtime)
6. Coney Island (PBS)
7. Thirtysomething (ABC)
8. Naked Hollywood (A&E)
9. In Broad Daylight (NBC)
10. I’ll Fly Away (NBC)

Entertainment Weekly Best of 1992

1. Roseanne (ABC)
2. The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
3. Seinfeld (NBC)
4. The Simpsons (FOX)
5. Late Night with David Letterman (NBC)
6. I’ll Fly Away (NBC)
7. The Ben Stiller Show (FOX)
8. Dream On (HBO)
9. Batman: The Animated Series (FOX)
10. Cheers (NBC)

TIME Best of 1992

1. Johnny Carson’s farewell (NBC)
2. Prime Suspect (PBS)
3. The Water Engine (TNT)
4. Andy Kaufman: I’m From Hollywood (Shanchie Home Video)
5. Rodney King’s appeal
6. The Ben Stiller Show (FOX)
7. Bill Clinton on MTV
8. Seinfeld (NBC)
9. A Doll’s House (PBS)
10. The Donner Party (PBS)

The San Francisco Examiner Best of 1992

1. Roseanne (ABC)
2. Seinfeld (NBC)
3. The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
4. The Simpsons (FOX)
5. Prime Suspect (PBS)
6. The Ben Stiller Show (FOX)
7. Bob (CBS)
8. Law and Order (NBC)
9. Sinatra (CBS miniseries)
10. Middle Ages (CBS)

The Star Best of 1992

Roseanne
I'll Fly Away
Northern Exposure
Seinfeld
The Simpsons

Knight Ridder Newspapers Best of 1992

Star Trek: The Next Generation
The Simpsons
I'll Fly Away
Dinosaurs
Home Improvement
Northern Exposure
Seinfeld
Roseanne
Law & Order
Mystery!

Entertainment Weekly Best of 1993

1. The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
2. Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
3. Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)
4. NYPD Blue (ABC)
5. The Simpsons (FOX)
6. Roseanne (ABC)
7. Seinfeld (NBC)
8. The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (Family)
9. The Positively True Adventures of the Alledged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (HBO)
10. The Building (CBS)

TIME Best of 1993

1. The Positively True Adventures of the Alledged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (HBO)
2. The Great Depression (PBS)
3. Laurel Avenue (HBO)
4. Bakersfield P.D. (FOX)
5. NYPD Blue (ABC)
6. Perot v. Gore (CNN)
7. Wild Palms (ABC)
8. The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
9. 60 Minutes….. 25 Years (CBS)
10. Hard Copy (Syndicated)

Entertainment Weekly Best of 1994

1. The X-Files (FOX)
2. The Simpsons (FOX)
3. NYPD Blue (ABC)
4. Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
5. The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
6. My So Called Life (ABC)
7. Roseanne (ABC)
8. South Central (FOX)
9. Frasier (NBC)
10. ER (NBC) and Chicago Hope (CBS)

Newhouse News Service Best of 1993

Late Night with David Letterman (CBS)
NYPD Blue (ABC)
Prime Suspect II (PBS)
Nightline (ABC)
Frontline (CBS)
Barbarians at the Gate (HBO)
Equal Time (CNBC)
History of the Oval Office (C-SPAN)
The X-Files (FOX)

Statesman Journal Best of 1993

Picket Fences (CBS)
Seinfeld (NBC)
Barbarian at the Gates, The Band Played On, The Positively True Adventures of Alleged Texas Cheerleader Murder Mom (HBO)
Oedipus Rex (PBS)
Cheers (NBC)
NYPD Blue (ABC)
Murphy Brown (CBS)
Frontline (PBS)
In the Spotlight and concert specials (VH-1)
David Letterman (CBS)

TIME Best of 1994

1. O.J. Simpson on the Run
2. Watergate (Discovery)
3. To Play the King (PBS)
4. ER (NBC)
5. Fatherland (HBO)
6. Ken Burns’s Baseball (PBS)
7. She TV (ABC)
8. David’s Mother (CBS)
9. My So Called Life (ABC)
10. Tales from the Far Side (CBS)

Entertainment Weekly Best of 1995

1. Friends (NBC)
2. NYPD Blue (ABC)
3. The X-Files (FOX)
4. The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
5. NewsRadio (NBC)
6. Murder One (ABC)
7. Seinfeld (NBC)
8. The Bonnie Hunt Show (CBS)
9. Frasier (NBC)
10. ER (NBC)

The San Francisco Chronicle Best of 1994

1. My So Called Life (ABC)
2. Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)
3. NYPD Blue (ABC)
4. The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
5. Roseanne (ABC)
6. The X-Files (FOX)
7. Frasier (NBC)
8. Late Night with David Letterman (CBS)
9. Saturday Night Live's John Travolta episode (NBC)
10. Absolutely Fabulous (Comedy Central)

Fort Worth Star Telegram Best of 1994

1. My So Called Life (ABC)
2. ER (NBC)
3. Chicago Hope (CBS)
4. Ellen (ABC)
5. Good Morning Texas (WFAA)
6. TV Nation (NBC)
7. South Central (FOX)
8. Duckman (USA)
9. Tales from the Far Side (CBS)
10. David's Mother (CBS)

TIME Magazine Best of 1995

1. The O.J. Simpson trial
2. Murder One’s pilot (ABC)
3. The Beatles Anthology (ABC)
4. Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist (Comedy Central)
5. Band of Gold (HBO)
6. Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times (Disney)
7. NewsRadio (NBC)
8. The Promised Land (Discovery)
9. Princess Diana interview (ABC)
10. Party of Five (FOX)

People Magazine Best of Tube 1995

- The O.J. Verdict
- Friends
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Homicide: Life on the Street
- Frasier
- The Adventures of Pete and Pete
- ER
- The Simpsons
- The Larry Sanders Show
- Murder One

Forth Worth Star Telegram Best of 1995

1. American Gothic
2. Wishbone
3. The Simpsons
4. The Private Life of Plants
5. Murder One
6. Peacemaker
7. Dream On/The Larry Sanders Show
8. Frasier
9. NBC's Thursday night
10. The Streets of Laredo

La Crosse Tribune Best of 1995

1. NIghtline (ABC)
2, 3. Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC) + The X-FIles (FOX)
4. Murder One (ABC)
5. The Naked Truth (ABC)

Entertainment Weekly Best of 1996

1. NYPD Blue (ABC)
2. The X-Files (FOX)
3. The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
4. NewsRadio (NBC)
5. The Simpsons (FOX)
6. Friends (NBC)
7. Murder One (ABC)
8. Profit (FOX)
9. Seinfeld (NBC)
10. Moesha (UPN)

[Second Opinion]

1. NewsRadio (NBC)
2. Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)
3. The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
4. NYPD Blue (ABC)
5. Frasier (NBC)
6. Cracker (A&E)
7. The Rosie O’ Donnell Show (Syndicated)
8. Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
9. Moesha (UPN)
10. Savannah (The WB)

TIME Best of 1996

1. EZ Streets (CBS)
2. Seinfeld (NBC)
3. Pride and Prejudice (A&E)
4. Murder One (ABC)
5. Politically Incorrect’s Election Coverage (Comedy Central)
6. Profit (FOX)
7. Ned and Stacey (FOX)
8. The Essence of Emeril (The TV Food Network0
9. Relatively (ABC)
10. Taking On the Kennedys (PBS)

Gannett News Service Best of 1996

1. Frasier (NBC)
2. Seinfeld (NBC)
3. NYPD Blue (ABC)
4. ER (NBC)
5. EZ Streets (CBS)
6. Mad About You (NBC)
7. Mr. Show (HBO)
8. Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)
9. Frontline (PBS), Turning Point (ABC), Age of Democracy (CNN)
10. The West, The Great War, T.R., Vote for Me: Democracy in America (PBS)

TV Guide Best of 1996

1. Third Rock from the Sun
2. The Drew Carey Show
3. Homicide: Life on the Street
4. Seinfeld
5. The Larry Sanders Show
6. The X-Files
7. NYPD Blue
8. Frasier
9. Law & Order
10. Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist

San Francisco Examiner Best of 1996

1. Frasier (NBC)
2. The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
3. NYPD Blue (ABC)
4. Pride and Prejudice (A&E miniseries)
5. Murder One (ABC)
6. Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
7. The Simpsons (FOX)
8. 3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC)
9. 60 Minutes (CBS)
10. Cybil (CBS)

Entertainment Weekly Best of 1997

1. King of the Hill (FOX)
2. Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB)
4. Oz (HBO)
5. The Simpsons (FOX)
6. The X-Files (FOX)
7. Law & Order (NBC)
8. ER (NBC)
9. NewsRadio (NBC)
10. Dharma and Greg (ABC)

[Second Opinion]

1. Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)
2. Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
3. NewsRadio (NBC)
4. Frasier (NBC)
5. Ellen (ABC)
6. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (UPN)
7. The Chris Rock Show (HBO)
8. The Gregory Hines Show (CBS)
9. George & Leo (CBS)
10. The Daily Show (Comedy Central)

TIME Best of 1997

1. Fox Sunday Night Lineup
2. Ellen’s “The Puppy Episode”
3. Princess Diana coverage
4. Miss Everys’s Boys
5. Town Under Siege
6. Everybody Loves Raymond
7. The Practice
8. The Mill on the Floss
9. The Newsroom
10. Buffy the Vampire Slayer

TV Guide Best of 1997

1. King of the Hill
2. ER
3. The X-Files
4. Frasier
5. Law & Order
6. The Simpsons
7. Third Rock from the Sun
8. The Gregory Hines Show
9. Homicide: Life on the Street
10. Buffy the Vampire Slayer

The Edmonton Journal Best of 1997

1. The X Files
2. ER
3. The Larry Sanders Show
4. Ally McBeal
5. NYPD Blue
6. Seinfeld
7. Frasier
8. The Newsroom
9. The Simpsons
10. Nothing Sacred

The Orange County Register Best of 1997

1. Law and Order (NBC)
2. Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)
3. Frasier (NBC)
4. OZ (HBO)
5. The X Files (FOX)
6. Mr. Show (HBO)
7. Chicago Hope (CBS)
8. King of the Hill (FOX)
9. My Life as a Dog (Showtime)
10. Nothing Sacred (ABC)
11. NYPD Blue (ABC)

The Orange County Register Best of 1997 Miniseries and TV Movies

1. George Washington (TNT)
2. 12 Angry Men (Showtime)
3. Miss Evers Boys (HBO)
4. The Fifties (History Channel)
5. Prime Suspect V: Errors of Judgement (PBS)
6. The end of ABC's Murder One

Pittsburgh Post Gazette Best of 1997

1. "Frasier"
2. "NYPD Blue"
3. "Cinderella"
4. "Ellen"
5. "The Practice"
6. "The Drew Carey Show"
7. "A Christmas Memory"
8. "Before Women Had Wings"
9. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
10. "Rosie O Donnell"

TIME Best of 1998

1. The Larry Sanders Show’s finale (HBO)
2. Jimmy Smits’s farewell on NYPD Blue (ABC)
3. Clinton’s Grand Jury testimony
4. ER (NBC)
5. Cold War (CNN)
6. Teletubbies (PBS)
7. Sports Night (ABC)
8. An Evening with the Rat Pack (TV Land)
9. AMC
10. The Baby Dance (Showtime)

Entertainment Weekly Best of 1998

[Ken Tucker]

1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB)
2. The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
3. The X-Files (FOX)
4. Friends (NBC)
5. Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
6. The Practice (ABC)
7. Sports Night (ABC)
8. The Chris Rock Show (HBO)
9. The Simpsons (FOX)
10. That 70s Show (FOX)

[Bruce Fetts]

1. Dawson's Creek (The WB)
2. Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
3. OZ (HBO)
4. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB)
5. Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)
6. Friends (NBC)
7. Law and Order (NBC)
8. Late Night with Conan O Brien (NBC)
9. The King of Queens (CBS)
10. The Daily Show with John Stewart (Comedy Central)

TIME Best of 1999

1. The Sopranos (HBO)
2. Freaks and Geeks (NBC)
3. Barbara Walters and Monica Lewinsky (ABC)
4. Strange Justice (Showtime)
5. CNBC Daytime
6. Monsters.com’s When I Grow Up
7. An American Love Story (PBS)
8. Sex and the City (HBO)
9. Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s season finale (The WB)
10. The West Wing (NBC)

The News Journal Best of 1998

Ally McBeal (FOX)
Celebrity Deathmatch (MTV)
The Chris Rock Show (HBO)
Maximum Bob (ABC)
The Practice (ABC)
Seinfeld (NBC) + The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
The Simpsons (FOX)
Two Fat Ladies (Food TV)
The Uptight Citizen's Brigade (Comedy Central)
The X-Files (FOX)

Lansing State Journal Best of 1998

1. "Thanks of a Grateful Nation"
2. Chicago Hope
3. "Mama Flores's Family"
4. "Frank Lloyd Wright"
5. Friends
6. NYPD Blue
7. Frasier
8. Mr. Show
9. Sports Night
10. "An Unsuitable Job for a Woman"

USA Today Best of 1998

1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB)
2. Frasier (NBC)
3. Friends (NBC)
4. From the Earth to the Moon (HBO)
5. NYPD Blue (ABC)
6. People's Century (PBS)
7. The Practice (ABC)
8. Sports Night (ABC)
9. The Temptations (NBC)
10. Will and Grace (NBC)

Tampa Bay Times Best of 1998

- The Great Home Run Chase
- From the Earth to the Moon (HBO)
- NYPD Blue (ABC)
- The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
- The Practice (ABC)
- Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)
- Ally McBeal (FOX)
- The Temptations (NBC)
- Cold War (CNN)
- Frank Lloyd Wright (PBS)

The Berkshire Eagle Best of 1998

- From the Earth to the Moon
- Reagan
- Sports Night
- Merlin
- Conan O Brien 5th Anniversary Special
- The Talking of Pelham 1-2-3
- Nightline's coverage of Hurricane Mitch
- The Larry Sanders Show
- The Chris Rock Show

St. Petersberg's Times Best of 1998

NYPD Blue
The Practice
The Larry Sanders Show
Everybody Loves Raymond
HBO
Sports Night
Friends
Various animated series
Digital TV

Entertainment Weekly Best of 1999

[Ken Tucker]

1. The Sopranos (HBO)
2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB) + Angel (The WB)
3. Freaks and Geeks (NBC)
4. Once and Again (ABC)
5. Now and Again (CBS)
6. The West Wing (NBC)
7. Sports Night (ABC)
8. The X Files (FOX)
9. Friends (NBC)
10. The Simpsons (FOX)

[Bruce Fetts]

1. The Sopranos (HBO)
2. Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
3. OZ (HBO)
4. The King of Queens (CBS)
5. Now and Again (CBS)
6. Friends (NBC)
7. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB)
8. Tenacious D (HBO)
9. Who Wants to Be a MIllionaire (ABC)
10. The Tom Green Show (MTV)

TV Guide Best of 1999

1. The Sopranos (HBO)
2. The West Wing (NBC)
3. Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
4. Once and Again (ABC)
5. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB)
6. NYPD Blue (ABC)
7. Friends (NBC)
8. The Practice (ABC) + Ally McBeal (FOX)
9. Freaks and Geeks (NBC)
10. The X Files (FOX)

Knight Ridder News Service Best of 1999

1. The Sopranos (HBO)
2. The West Wing (NBC)
3. The Practice (ABC)
4. Freaks and Geeks (NBC)
5. Sports Night (ABC)
6. Not for Ourselves Alone (PBS)
7. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB)
8. Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
9. An American Love Story (PBS)
10. Annie (ABC)

Associated Press Television Writers Best of 1999

Ally McBeal (FOX)
Donna's Day (Oxygen)
Freaks and Geeks (NBC)
Get Real (FOX)
Now and Again (CBS)
Once and Again (ABC)
The Practice (ABC)
Sex and the City (HBO)
The Sopranos (HBO)
The West Wing (NBC)

Pittsburgh Post Gazette Best of 1999

1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB)
2. The West Wing (NBC)
3. Seventh Heaven (The WB)
4. The Sopranos (HBO)
5. Freaks and Geeks (NBC)
6. Will and Grace (NBC)
7. Beggars and Choosers (Showtime)
8. Friends (NBC)
9. The Practice (ABC)
10. Now and Again (CBS)

Signal Entertainment Best of 2000

Michelle Synder's picks as the Best of 2000

- Letterman's quintuple bypass victory
- The Sopranos
- Malcolm in the Middle
- The West Wing
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Gilmore Girls

Eric Thayer's picks for the Best of 2000 for TV was The Sopranos and Jackass.

TIME Best of 2000

1. Survivor (CBS)
2. Malcolm in the Middle (FOX)
3. The League of Gentlemen (BBC America)
4. Gilmore Girls (The WB)
5. The Tally Hassle in Tallaheese
6. Wonderland (ABC)
7. First Person (Bravo)
8. The Tom Green Cancer Special (MTV)
9. The Corner (HBO)
10. Dark Angel’s pilot (FOX)

Entertainment Weekly Best of 2000

[Ken Tucker]

1. The West Wing (NBC)
2. The Sopranos (HBO)
3. Short Form Series TV
4. Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
5. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB)
6. The X-Files (FOX)
7. CSI (CBS)
8. Ed (NBC)
9. Once and Again (ABC)
10. Felicity (The WB)

[Bruce Fetts]

1. The Corner (HBO)
2. Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
3. The KIng of Queens (CBS)
4. Ed (NBC)
5. The Sopranos (HBO)
6. The West Wing (NBC)
7. OZ (HBO)
8. Gilmore Girls (The WB)
9. Gideon's Crossing (ABC)
10. Will and Grace (NBC)

Salon's Best of 2000

The West Wing (NBC)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB)
Survivor (CBS)
Will and Grace (NBC)
The X Files [Robert Patrick Era] (FOX)

St. Paul's Pioneer Press Best of 2000

The West Wing (NBC) + Law and Order (NBC)
The Sopranos (HBO)
Arabian Nights (ABC)

Entertainment Weekly Best of 2001

[Second Opinion]

1. The King of Queens
2. The Sopranos
3. Everybody Loves Raymond
4. Gilmore Girls + Ed
5. Alias
6. Late Show with David Letterman
7. Scrubs
8. Oz
9. Smallville
10. Undeclared

People Magazine’s Best of Tube 2002

The Sopranos
Nightline
Married in America
The Foryste Saga
The Shield
Taken
Monk
Path to War
Boomtown
Door to Door

Entertainment Weekly Best of 2002

[Second Opinion]

1. Gilmore Girls
2. The King of Queens
3. Alias
4. Everybody Loves Raymond
5. Boomtown
6. Late Night with Conan O' Brien
7. 24
8. The Wire and Oz
9. The Shield
10. Monk

TIME Best of 2003

1. The Office (BBC America)
2. Arrested Development (FOX)
3. Angels in America (HBO)
4. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (Bravo)
5. The O.C. (FOX)
6. Nip/Tuck (FX)
7. The Joe Schmoe Show (Spike TV)
8. White Teeth (PBS)
9. The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Syndication)
10. Survivor: Amazon (CBS)

New York Times’s Best of 2003

[Alessandra Stanley]

1. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
2. Ted Koppel’s War Coverage
3. The Office
4. Hope and Faith
5. The Practice
6. The Ellen DeGeneres Show
7. The O.C.
8. HBO documentaries
9. Angels in America
10. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy

[Virginia Hefferman]

1. Six Feet Under
2. The Office
3. Da Ali G Show
4. MTV Music Video Awards
5. Johnny Cash
6. Miss Match
7. Newlyweds
8. The Family
9. Nip/Tuck
10. Out of Order

TV Guide’s Best of 2003

1. Angels in America (HBO)
2. Arrested Development (FOX)
3. Nip/Tuck (FX)
4. Joan of Arcadia (CBS)
5. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (Bravo)
6. Without a Trace (CBS)
7. The Office (BBC America)
8. 24 (FOX) and Alias (ABC)
9. The Wire (HBO)
10. Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)

People Magazine's Best of 2003

- Everybody Loves Raymond
- Nip/Tuck
- Angels in America
- Karen Sisco
- The Daily Show with John Stewart
- Arrested Development
- Ice Bound
- Joan of Arcadia
- Normal
- Ron Silver's performance in Skin and David Paymer in Line of Fire

Scripps Howards News Service Best of 2003

1. Six Feet Under (HBO)
2. The Office (BBC America)
3. Sex and the City (HBO)
4. Will and Grace (NBC)
5. Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
6. The Daily Show with John Stewart (Comedy Central)
7. Scrubs (NBC)
8. The Simpsons (FOX)
9. Chapelle's Show (Comedy Central)
10. Carnivale (HBO)

Tyler Morning Telegraph Best of 2003

1. The Simpsons (FOX)
2. Life with Bonnie (ABC)
3. The Shield (FX)
4. Arrested Development (FOX)
5. The Practice (ABC)
6. Angel (The WB)
7. Late Night with Conan O Brien (NBC)
8. Alias (ABC)
9. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (Bravo)
10. Law and Order: Criminal Intent (NBC)

Chicago Tribune Best of 2003

1. The Wire (HBO)
2. The Daily Show with John Stewart (Comedy Central)
3. Scrubs (NBC)
4. New York: A Documentary Film: The Center of the World (PBS)
5. The Simpsons (FOX)

Entertainment Weekly Best of 2003

1. The Office UK (BBC America)
2. The Wire (HBO)
3. Angels in America (HBO)
4. Alias (ABC)
5. Platinum (UPN)
6. Arrested Development (FOX)
7. Karen Sisco (ABC)
8. The O.C. (FOX)
9. Survivor (CBS)
10. The Simpsons (FOX)

The Sacramento Bee's Best of 2003

1. The Daily Show with John Stewart (Comedy Central)
2. Angels in America (HBO)
3. The Wire (HBO)
4. CSI (CBS)
5. Nip/Tuck (FX)
6. The Simpsons (FOX)
7. Arrested Development (FOX)
8. Karen Sisco (ABC)
9. Scrubs (NBC)
10. Everwood (The WB)

USA Today Best of 2003

1. Angels in America (HBO)
2. Boomtown (NBC)
3. Horatio Hornblower (A&E)
4. The Wire (HBO)
5. Alias (ABC)
6. 24 (FOX)
7. Angel (The WB)
8. The Office (BBC America)
9. Joan of Arcadia (CBS)
10. Friends (The WB)

New York Times’s Best of 2004

1. Entourage
2. Law & Order: SVU
3. The Presidential Debates
4. The Office Special
5. Arrested Development
6. Desperate Housewives
7. Deadwood
8. Jack & Bobby
9. Growing Up Gotti
10. The Ellen DeGeneres Show

People Magazine's Best of 2004

- LOST
- Broadway: The American Musical
- Desperate Housewives
- Rescue Me
- Deadwood
- Huff
- House
- The Daily Show with John Stewart
- The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
- Pimp My Ride

MSN's Best of 2004

1. Rescue Me
2. Desperate Housewives
3. LOST
4. Veronica Mars
5. Deadwood

New York Daily News's Best of 2004

1. Real Time with Bill Maher
2. Desperate Housewives
3. LOST
4. State of Play
5. Joan of Arcadia
6. The Sopranos
7. Curb Your Enthusiasm
8. The Office UK Christmas Special
9. The Daily Show with John Stewart
10. Deadwood

TIME's Best of 2004

1. Deadwood (HBO)
2. LOST (ABC)
3. Significant Others (Bravo)
4. The Apprentice (NBC)
5. Rescue Me (FX)
6. Nighty Night (Oxygen)
7. The Office UK Christmas Special (BBC America)
8. The Grid (TNT)
9. Dwell (Fine Living)
10. Entourage (HBO)

Entertainment Weekly Best of 2004

1. The Wire (HBO)
2. Arrested Development (FOX)
3. LOST (ABC)
4. State of Play (BBC America)
5. The Sopranos (HBO)
6. Scrubs (NBC)
7. Rescue Me (FX)
8. Veronica Mars (UPN)
9. Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)
10. Desperate Housewives (ABC)

Sioux City Journal Best of 2004

1. Desperate Housewives
2. Arrested Development
3. The Daily Show with John Stewart
4. The Amazing Race
5. LOST
6. Kevin Hill
7. Curb Your Enthusiasm
8. House
9. Nip/Tuck
10. The Simpsons

USA Today Best of 2004

1. LOST (ABC)
2. Desperate Housewives (ABC)
3. Arrested Development (FOX)
4. The Wire (HBO)
5. Rescue Me (FX)
6. Joan of Arcadia (CBS)
7. 24 (FOX)
8. Without a Trace (CBS)
9. The Amazing Race (CBS)
10. The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated)

http://web.archive.org/web/200201081548 ... chive.html
http://web.archive.org/web/200302070741 ... 02_12.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20100322232 ... ests/2008/ (archived material of older EOY lists for TV from 2005 to 2008)

And as a bonus, Entertainment Weekly’s Best Episodes of 2007 and 2008

2007

1. "Through the Looking Glass" - LOST
2. "The Second Coming" - The Sopranos
3. "Airborne" - House
4. "I've Become Archie Bunker of the Home" - The Amazing Race
5. "Rosemary's Baby" - 30 Rock
6. "Kingdom Come" - Big Love
7. "If There's Anything I Can't Stand" - Desperate Housewives
8. "Old Friends" - Burn Notice
9. "Black Eyes and Broken Hearts" - Friday Night Lights
10. "Slapsgiving" - How I Met Your Mother

2008

1. “Hello, Goodbye” - Friday Night Lights
2. “Mediations in a Emergency” - Mad Men
3. “Episode 2: Cassie” - Skins
4. “and the Bag’s in the River” - Breaking Bad
5. “If It Smells Like a Rat, Give It Some Cheese” - Survivor: Micronesia
6. “Subway Hero” - 30 Rock
7. “The Dark Knight” - Gossip Girl
8. “Ten Sessions” - How I Met Your Mother
9. “Prior Comm-itments” - Brothers and Sisters
10. “For Warrick?” - CSI: Crime Scene Invesgiation
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I know no one really cares, but I updated this list.

I'm going to be going to a library in a few weeks that I hope has enough archived material to find old BOTY lists for TV.

Update: Hoping to go to the library I wanted to go to soon, but plans and budget limitations might get in the way of that.
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Dear AcclaimedMusic,

It is letmeintomyzone, due to Gmails piling up because I didn't clear my accounts, I can't manage to log into my old account, and I feel horrible about that. But, I still am willing to post more lists for anyone still reading this thread.

Pittsburgh Post Gazette Best of 2000

10. Beggars and Choosers (Showtime)
9. Once and Again (ABC)
8. Malcolm in the Middle (FOX)
7. Will and Grace (NBC)
6. ED (NBC)
5. Gilmore Girls (The WB)
4. Buffy the Vampire Slayer + Angel (The WB)
3. Seventh Heaven (The WB)
2. The West Wing (NBC)
1. Survivor (CBS)

Washington Post Writers Group Best of 2003

10. Ellen DeGeneres: Here & Now
9. Martha Inc.
8. Curb Your Enthusiasm
7. Without a Trace
6. Newlyweds
5. Cold Case
4. Normal
3. The Simpsons
2. Arrested Development
1. Angels in America

Chicago Tribune Best of 2004

10. The Simpsons
9. Deadwood
8. Arrested Development
7. Significant Others
6. Reno 911
5. Scrubs
4. Without a Trace
3. The Daily Show
2. The Sopranos
1. The Wire
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ValenN has already a project for tv series,except if you focus on a single tv episode, it would be better to start a project for Comics like Acclaimed Music for comics
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Found one from The Orange County Register 1995

1. Nightline (ABC)
2. Homcide: Life on the Street (NBC) + The X-Files (FOX)
4. Murder One (ABC)
5. The Naked Truth (ABC)
6. Frasier (NBC)
7. Chicago Hope (CBS)
8. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Syndication)
9. Dennis Miller Live (HBO) + Larry King Live (CNN)
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Vacantjoy wrote: Sun Dec 18, 2022 9:15 pm ValenN has already a project for tv series,except if you focus on a single tv episode, it would be better to start a project for Comics like Acclaimed Music for comics
I'm trying to find old BOTY lists for television, but, I note I can't really find as many sources pre-2005
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Vacantjoy wrote: Wed Dec 28, 2022 11:08 pmBOTY?
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I, sadly, couldn't find a lot of EOY lists for TV, that aren't on the internet already, and I hope to see more older EOY lists for TV released in my lifetime, but, here's the 10 Best Episodes of 2010 and 2011, from Entertainment Weekly, which you can't find online!

2010

10. "Day 8: 11: 00 AM - 12: 00 PM" - 24
9. "Modern Warfare" - Community
8. "Finding Out" - Cougar Town
7. "Cleaning House" - The Good Wife
6. "The Pants Alternative" - The Big Bang Theory
5. "A Study in Pink" - Sherlock
4. "Guts" - The Walking Dead
3. "Dee Reynolds: Shaping American's Youth" - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2. "Sanctuary"/"Death And All His Friends" - Grey's Anatomy
1. "The Suitcase" - Mad Men

2011

10. "The Reckoning" - The Vampire Diaries
9. "Treehouse" - Modern Family
8. "Crawl Space" - Breaking Bad
7. "The First Time" - Glee
6. "Lil Sebastian" - Parks and Recreation
5. "Undertow" - The Killing
4. "Pilot" - Revenge
3. "Baelor" - Game of Thrones
2. "The Weekend" - Homeland
1. "Closing Arguments" - The Good Wife
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Dear AcclaimedMusic, I have recently collected two new People Magazines for 1994 and 1999, and consider that, while it is costly and expensive to collect every People BOTY issue, I figure I might as well share the year-end lists for TV they have

1994

- Baseball (PBS)
- Bob Dylan Unplugged (PBS)
- Chicago Hope (CBS)
- Dennis Miller Live (HBO)
- Ellen (ABC)
- My So Called Life (ABC)
- A Place for Annie (ABC)
- To Play the King (CBS)
- Prime Suspect 3 (PBS)
- Stanley Cup Hockey Finals (EPSN)

1999

- The Sopranos
- The West Wing
- Once and Again
- Now and Again
- Deep in My Heart
- The Daily Show with John Stewart
- A Lesson Before Dying
- Freaks and Geeks
- Action
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billieeilishstyle wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:28 pm Dear AcclaimedMusic, I have recently collected two new People Magazines for 1994 and 1999, and consider that, while it is costly and expensive to collect every People BOTY issue, I figure I might as well share the year-end lists for TV they have

1994

- Baseball (PBS)
- Bob Dylan Unplugged (PBS)
- Chicago Hope (CBS)
- Dennis Miller Live (HBO)
- Ellen (ABC)
- My So Called Life (ABC)
- A Place for Annie (ABC)
- To Play the King (CBS)
- Prime Suspect 3 (PBS)
- Stanley Cup Hockey Finals (EPSN)

1999

- The Sopranos
- The West Wing
- Once and Again
- Now and Again
- Deep in My Heart
- The Daily Show with John Stewart
- A Lesson Before Dying
- Freaks and Geeks
- Action
Thanks for doing this. I'm been adding these lists to my own project, so they will be reflected in the next update to TreasureTV.
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