Top 100 Index

1 John F. Kennedy's assassination and funeral 2 Mary Tyler Moore tosses her hat 3 Dallas: Who shot J.R.? 4 Roots premieres 5 I Love Lucy: The birth of Little Ricky 6 The birth of MTV 7 All in the Family: ''Sammy's Visit'' 8 Man walks on the moon 9 The Ed Sullivan Show: the Beatles' first appearance 10 The Tonight Show: Johnny Carson takes over 11 The Fugitive's finale 12 Hill Street Blues debuts 13 The Watergate hearings 14 The 1958 NFL Championship Game 15 The Oprah Winfrey Show goes national 16 Seinfeld: ''The Pitch'' 17 See It Now: Edward R. Murrow interviews Sen. Joseph McCarthy 18 Triumph of the remote control 19 Ellen: ''The Puppy Episode'' 20 Walter Cronkite denounces Vietnam 21 The quiz show scandal 22 The Mod Squad debuts 23 M*A*S*H: ''The Interview'' 24 The Cosby Show debuts 25 Volkswagen's ''Funeral'' 26 Star Trek's finale 27 The Honeymooners: ''TV or Not TV'' 28 Sesame Street: Kermit sings ''Bein' Green'' 29 Nixon's ''Checkers'' speech 30 The white Bronco 31 The Simpsons: ''Bart Gets an F'' 32 Newhart's finale 33 The '63 Army-Navy game: instant replay debuts 34 J. Fred Muggs joins Today 35 The Dating Game debuts 36 The Challenger explosion 37 The X-Files: ''Deep Throat'' 38 Perry Mason debuts 39 Barbara Walters makes Patrick Swayze cry 40 The Miracle on Ice 41 Reagan's ''It's Morning Again in America'' 42 Video revolution begins 43 Monday Night Football debuts 44 CNN: Bombing in Baghdad 45 Gorgeous George steps into the TV ring 46 Elvis, the 1968 special 47 Gunsmoke debuts 48 Candid Camera debuts 49 Maude: ''Maude's Dilemma'' 50 An American Family 51 The Dick Van Dyke Show: the first ottoman pratfall 52 The Beverly Hillbillies: ''The Giant Jackrabbit'' 53 SportsCenter: Olbermann and Patrick team up 54 Laugh-In debuts 55 Davy Crockett debuts 56 Saturday Night Live: Dueling Cockers 57 HBO launches 58 The Brady Bunch: ''The Not-So-Ugly Duckling'' 59 Steven Spielberg's Duel 60 ER: ''Love's Labor Lost'' 61 Beverly Hills 90210: Brenda is betrayed 62 Cheers: ''Rebound, Part 1'' 63 Nightline debuts 64 NYPD Blue debuts 65 Terrorists at the Munich Olympics 66 Ron Popeil infomercial: Great-Looking Hair 67 thirtysomething debuts 68 Mike and Spike's ''Hang Time'' 69 Goodyear TV Playhouse: Marty 70 Friends: ''The One Where Ross Finds Out'' 71 The Arsenio Hall Show: Bill Clinton guests 72 St. Elsewhere: ''Family Feud'' 73 Family Ties: ''The Fugitive'' 74 Homicide: ''Three Men and Adena'' 75 Mark McGwire hits No. 62 76 Monty Python: Ministry of Silly Walks 77 Charlie's Angels debuts 78 Nadia scores the first 10 79 Motown 25: Michael Jackson moonwalks 80 Happy Days: ''Fearless Fonzarelli'' 81 The Twilight Zone debuts 82 Elton John sings at Princess Di's funeral 83 The Starr Report is released 84 Impeachment/resignation/bombing 85 Superman debuts 86 Beavis and Butt-head: ''Frog Baseball'' 87 The Energizer Bunny breaks out 88 ABC's Wide World of Sports: the agony of defeat 89 All My Children: Tom finds Erica's birth control pills 90 Masterpiece Theatre's Upstairs, Downstairs debuts 91 A Charlie Brown Christmas premieres 92 American Bandstand: Public Image Ltd. perform 93 Late Night With David Letterman: Andy Kaufman guests 94 Bobby Riggs vs. Billie Jean King 95 The Love Boat: Andy Warhol guest-stars 96 Geraldo Rivera's nose is broken 97 Dragnet: ''The LSD Story'' 98 The Soupy Sales Show goes into syndication 99 The Flintstones: ''Ann-Margrock Presents'' 100 The Six Million Dollar Man: ''The Secret of Bigfoot''