How silly! In fact as silly as some people say TV itself is (not me). First must be the glorifying of the Andy Grifith Show. First, of course, is the pretense that this show is anything but a sentementalized account of a small town southern (euro-american)america that never existed. That aside if it is supposed to be "morality tales [about] family bonds and small town [southern] life" where are any african americans? Epsically since Griffith is supposed to be a small town southern sheriff and those are the guys who were amoung the biggest enablers of the klan, segregation, lynching as a sport for such things as walking down the street and forgetting to step off the sidewalk and look at the ground when an euro-american walked by and the general dehumanization of black people. Not to mention the lack of education or any other states serrvices for afro-americans. Then, also, where is Gunsmoke which actually attempted to deal with issues of small town isolated americans attempting to form families, deal with each other, deal with a very hostile environment and those who feel that the only way to survive is prey off others. People dealing with each others weird quirks and feelings, people often trying to be helpful to each other even when not having the skills to do so.

How could you possibly have omitted Hill Street Blues? (And St. Elsewhere, and Northern Exposure?)