Welcome to Night Vale's Meg Bashwiner and Joseph Fink consider the Golden Age of Television, at its best and its worst. Each episode, we consider a classic show by watching first its worst IMDB user rated episode, and then its best. What can we learn by watching the best and worst of classic TV? Let's find out together.
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Welcome to Night Vale's Meg Bashwiner and Joseph Fink consider the Golden Age of Television, at its best and its worst. Each episode, we consider a classic show by watching first its worst IMDB user rated episode, and then its best. What can we learn by watching the best and worst of classic TV? Let's find out together.
The Simpsons
1989-
788 episodes
Worst episode: s23 e22 Lisa Goes Gaga
Best episode: s8 e23 Homer's Enemy
Eat my shorts!
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ER
1994-2009
331 episodes
Middlest Episode: s7 e17 Survival of the Fittest
No, where the HELL is George Clooney?
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ER
1994-2009
331 episodes
Worst episode: s12 e1 Cañon City
Best episode: s6 e14 All in the Family
Where the hell is George Clooney?
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MASH
1972-1983
251 episodes
Middlest Episode: s4 e16 Dear Ma
This one has feet stuff, but not that kind of feet stuff.
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MASH
1972-1983
251 episodes
Worst episode: s4 e18 Hawkeye
Best episode: s1 e15 Tuttle
Definitely the weirdest name for a tv theme song of all time!
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Law & Order
1990-
525 episodes and counting
Middlest episode: s9 e20 Empire
Julia Roberts???
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Law & Order
1990-
525 episodes and counting
Worst episode: s12 e8 The Fire This Time
Best episode: s6 e21 Pro Se
DUH DUH
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Seinfeld
1989-1998
172 episodes
Middlest episode: s6 ep15 The Beard
In which the show is not as homophobic as we were afraid it was going to be.
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Seinfeld
1989-1998
172 episodes
Worst episode: s3 e4 The Dog
Best episode: s4 e11 The Contest
This a show about something (that something is Seinfeld).
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997-2003
145 episodes
Middlest episode: s5 e3 The Replacement
I'm seeing two Xanders here!
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997-2003
145 episodes
Worst episode: s4 e18 Where The Wild Things Are
Best episode: S6 e7 Once More With Feeling
There's a monster at the end of this show.
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I Love Lucy
1951-1997
181 episodes
The Middlest Episode: S2 e26 The Ricardos change apartments
It's the same set with some decoration differences.
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I Love Lucy
1951-1957
181 episodes
Worst episode: S5 e17 Lucy Goes to Scotland
Best episode: S1 e30 “Lucy Does a TV commercial”
Ricky Ricardo is an abusive husband.
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The X-Files
1993-2002, 2016-2018
217 episodes
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The X-Files
1993-2002, 2016-2018
217 episodes
Worst episode: s3e18 Teso Dos Bichos
Best episode: s5e12 Bad Blood
The good episode is out there.
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The Office
2005-2013
188 episodes
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The Office
2005-2013
188 episodes
Worst episode: s8 e19 Get the Girl
Best episode: s5 e13 Stress Relief
You're totally the Jim and Pam of your office.
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House
2004-2012
176 episodes
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House
2004-2012
176 episodes
Worst episode: s8 e15 Blowing the Whistle
Best episode: s4 e15 House's Head
It's not lupus.
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Cheers
1982-1993
270 episodes
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Welcome to Night Vale's Meg Bashwiner and Joseph Fink consider the Golden Age of Television, at its best and its worst. Each episode, we consider a classic show by watching first its worst IMDB user rated episode, and then its best. What can we learn by watching the best and worst of classic TV? Let's find out together.
