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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.
Friends
1994-2004
235 episodes
Worst episode: s1 e21 The One with the Fake Monica
Best episode: s5 e14 The One Where Everybody Finds Out
Oh it turns out this beloved and incredibly popular sitcom is funny.
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The West Wing
1999-2006
155 episodes
Middlest ep: s2 e15 Ellie
Sorry we're late with this one! I blame election day! Which fits with this week's show!
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The West Wing
1999-2006
155 episodes
Worst episode: s6 e19 Ninety Miles Away
Best episode: s2 e10 Noël
We can defeat Republicans once and for all if we just say smart things fast enough.
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Happy Days
1974-1984
255 episodes
Middlest episode: s7 e15 Ah, Wilderness
You know what's cool is sound stages and live audiences.
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Happy Days
1974-1984
255 episodes
Worst episode: s7 e2 Chachi Sells His Soul
Best episode: s2 e11 Guess Who's Coming to Christmas
Hey remember how good things were in the 50s if you don't count a bunch of stuff that happened in the 50s
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The Twilight Zone
1959-1964
156 episodes
Middlest Episode: s3 e4 The Passersby
You know, if you really think about it....
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The Twilight Zone
1959-1964
156 episodes
Worst episode: s4 e18 The Bard
Best episode: s2 e6 Eye of the Beholder
At one point in this episode I refer to Leonard Cohen as being from the eastern half of the United States when I meant the eastern half of North America. My deepest regrets to all Canadians.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990-1996
148 episodes
Middlest episode: s2 e16 Geoffrey Cleans Up
Can I borrow a cup of Lysol?
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990-1996
148 episodes
Worst episode: s3 e16 Bundle of Joy
Best episode: s4 e24 Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse
In which Will Smith's tax bill results in him eventually becoming a movie star.
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The Sopranos
1999-2007
86 episodes
Middlest episode: s5 e4 All Happy Families
I'm just here having my normal snack of wine and peaches.
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The Sopranos
1999-2007
86 episodes
Worst episode: s4 e3 Christopher
Best episode: s5 e12 Long Term Parking
Because tramps like us, baby we were born to run
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Sex and the City
1998-2004
94 episodes
Middlest ep: s4 e16 Ring a Ding Ding
Don't be too proud to accept help!!
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Sex and the City
1998-2004
94 episodes
Worst episode: s3 e4 Boy Girl Boy Girl
Best episode: s4 e2 The Real Me
When kissing Alanis Morissette makes you biphobic.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987-1994
176 episodes
Middlest episode: s6 e6 True Q
There's a new Q in town, and she's a teen.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987-1994
176 episodes
Worst episode: s7 e14 Sub Rosa
Best episode: s5 ep 25 The Inner Light
Ghost sex in Space Scotland.
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The Simpsons
1989-
788 episodes
Middlest episode: s24 e13 Hardly Kirking
Eat my shorts again!
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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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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.
