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20/20: BEST IN TV: THE GREATEST TV SHOWS OF OUR TIME WITH BARBARA WALTERS {A SPECIAL EDITION OF 20/20} (TV)

Summary

One in this series of news magazine programs.

This program presents a retrospective on the best American television shows of all time as chosen by viewer polls, hosted by Barbara Walters. Highlights include: a segment on the “top five television comedies of all time,” including “All in the Family,” “The Cosby Show,” “M*A*S*H,” “Seinfeld,” and “I Love Lucy”; a segment on the “best TV moms,” including June Cleaver of “Leave it to Beaver” (played by Barbara Billingsley), Mrs. Cunningham of “Happy Days” (played by Marion Ross), Marie Barone of “Everybody Loves Raymond” (played by Doris Roberts), Carol Brady of “The Brady Bunch” (played by Florence Henderson), and Claire Huxtable of “The Cosby Show” (played by Phylicia Rashad); a segment featuring the “best television dramas of all time,” including “Mad Men,” “The West Wing,” “The Sopranos,” “The Twilight Zone,” and “E.R.”; a segment on the “top five non-human television characters,” including Miss Piggy of “The Muppet Show,” the title character of “ALF,” Spock of “Star Trek” (played Leonard Nimoy) the title character of “Lassie”; and Kermit the Frog of “The Muppet Show”; a segment on the “top five TV hosts of all time,” including David Letterman, Carol Burnett, Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, and Johnny Carson; a segment on the “top five reality television shows of all time,” including “Deadliest Catch,” “The Amazing Race,” “Survivor,” “American Idol,” and “Dancing with the Stars”; a segment on the “top five variety shows of all time,” including “The Ed Sullivan Show,” “American Bandstand,” “In Living Color,” “The Carol Burnett Show,” and “Saturday Night Live”; a segment for the “top five cop or legal shows,” including “Hill Street Blues,” “24,” “Columbo,” “Law & Order,” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”; a segment featuring the “top five favorite television shows of all time,” including “Cheers,” “All in the Family,” “Seinfeld,” “M*A*S*H,” and “I Love Lucy.” Includes commercials.

Details

  • NETWORK: ABC
  • DATE: September 18, 2012 9:00 PM
  • RUNNING TIME: 1:59:56
  • COLOR/B&W: Color
  • CATALOG ID: 109437
  • GENRE: Talk/Interviews; Specials
  • SUBJECT HEADING: TV - Talk/Interviews; TV - Specials
  • SERIES RUN: ABC - TV, 2012
  • COMMERCIALS:
    • TV – Commercials – AT&T phone service
    • TV – Commercials – Abilify antidepressants
    • TV – Commercials – Almay skin cream
    • TV – Commercials – Bank of America credit cards
    • TV – Commercials – Burlington Coat Factory clothing store
    • TV – Commercials – Chase credit cards
    • TV – Commercials – Chevrolet automobiles
    • TV – Commercials – Chrysler automobiles
    • TV – Commercials – Citi banks
    • TV – Commercials – Estee Lauder skin cream
    • TV – Commercials – Honda automobiles
    • TV – Commercials – Hyundai automobiles
    • TV – Commercials – KFC restaurants
    • TV – Commercials – Kia automobiles
    • TV – Commercials – Kohl’s department stores
    • TV – Commercials – LensCrafters eyewear
    • TV – Commercials – L’Oreal cosmetics
    • TV – Commercials – M&M’s candy
    • TV – Commercials – Marie Calendar’s frozen foods
    • TV – Commercials – MasterCard credit cards
    • TV – Commercials – Maybelline cosmetics
    • TV – Commercials – McCormick food products
    • TV – Commercials – McDonald’s restaurants
    • TV – Commercials – MetLife insurance
    • TV – Commercials – Nissan automobiles
    • TV – Commercials – Pedigree dog food
    • TV – Commercials – Progresso soup
    • TV – Commercials – Quilted Northern toilet paper
    • TV – Commercials – Samsung electronics
    • TV – Commercials – Scrubbing Bubbles cleaning spray
    • TV – Commercials – Subway restaurants
    • TV – Commercials – Toyota automobiles
    • TV – Commercials – Wells Fargo banks
    • TV – Commercials – Windex antibacterial spray
    • TV – Commercials – Yoplait yogurt
    • TV – Commercials – Ziploc plastic bags
    • TV – Commercials – “Argo” motion picture
    • TV – Commercials – “Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3” home video release
    • TV – Commercials – “The Avengers” home video release
    • TV – Commercials – “The Master” motion picture
    • TV – Commercials – “Trouble with the Curve” motion picture
    • TV – Promos – “20/20”
    • TV – Promos – “666 Park Avenue”
    • TV – Promos – “Castle”
    • TV – Promos – “Dancing with the Stars All-Stars”
    • TV – Promos – “Good Morning America”
    • TV – Promos – “Grey’s Anatomy”
    • TV – Promos – “Last Resort”
    • TV – Promos – “Modern Family”
    • TV – Promos – “Once Upon a Time”
    • TV – Promos – “Private Practice”
    • TV – Promos – “Revenge”
    • TV – Promos – “Scandal”
    • TV – Promos – “Shark Tank”
    • TV – Promos – “The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards”
    • TV – Promos – “The Middle”
    • TV – Promos – “The Neighbors”
    • TV – Promos – “The Neighbors”
    • TV – Promos – “What Would You Do?”
    • TV – Promos – “World News with Diane Sawyer”

CREDITS

  • John Green … Executive Producer
  • Rob Wallace … Senior Producer
  • Perl Muldofsky … Producer, Writer
  • Andrea Amlel … Producer
  • Gwen Gowen … Producer
  • Jennifer Joseph … Producer
  • Brad LaRosa … Producer
  • John Palacio … Producer
  • Sunny Antrim … Associate Producer
  • Jasmine Brown … Associate Producer
  • Taryn Hartman … Associate Producer
  • Beth A. Mullen … Associate Producer
  • Christina Wang … Associate Producer
  • Emily Whipp … Associate Producer
  • Lily Olszewski … Director
  • Jeff Winn … Director
  • Barbara Walters … Host
  • Godfrey … Interviewee
  • Warren Littlefield … Interviewee
  • Phylicia Rashad … Interviewee
  • Kate Coyne … Interviewee
  • Lucie Arnaz … Interviewee
  • Desi Arnaz Jr. … Interviewee
  • Gregg Oppenheimer … Interviewee
  • Brett Erlich … Interviewee
  • Ron Howard … Interviewee
  • Peter Castro … Interviewee
  • Larry Hackett … Interviewee
  • Florence Henderson … Interviewee
  • Christina Hendricks … Interviewee
  • Jon Hamm … Interviewee
  • Matthew Weiner … Interviewee
  • Carol Burnett … Interviewee
  • Jen Garcia … Interviewee
  • Carlos Greer … Interviewee
  • Ellen DeGeneres … Interviewee
  • Ryan Seacrest … Interviewee
  • Kirstie Alley … Interviewee
  • Ricki Lake … Interviewee
  • Lorne Michaels … Interviewee
  • Tina Fey … Interviewee
  • Dick Wolf … Interviewee
  • Mariska Hargitay … Interviewee
  • Rob Reiner … Interviewee
  • Keith Thibodeaux … Interviewee
  • Betty White … Interviewee
  • Alan Alda
  • Lucille Ball
  • Barbara Billingsley
  • Johnny Carson
  • George Clooney
  • Ted Danson
  • Adam Lambert
  • David Letterman
  • Leonard Nimoy
  • Carroll O'Connor
  • Doris Roberts
  • Marion Ross
  • Jerry Seinfeld
  • Ed Sullivan
  • Oprah Winfrey