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Is <i>The Wire</i> better than <i> Breaking Bad</i>? Is <i>Cheers</i> better than <i>Seinfeld</i>? What's the best high school show ever made? Why did <i>Moonlighting</i> really fall apart? Was the <i>Arrested Development </i>Netflix season brilliant or terrible? <br> For twenty years-since they shared a TV column at Tony Soprano's hometown newspaper-critics Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz have been debating these questions and many more, but it all ultimately boils down to this: <br> What's the greatest TV show ever? <br> That debate reaches an epic conclusion in TV (THE BOOK). Sepinwall and Seitz have identified and ranked the 100 greatest scripted shows in American TV history. Using a complex, obsessively all-encompassing scoring system, they've created a Pantheon of top TV shows, each accompanied by essays delving into what made these shows great. From vintage classics like The <i>Twilight Zone</i> and <i>I Love Lucy</i> to modern masterpieces like <i>Mad Men</i> and <i>Friday Night Lights</i>, from huge hits like <i>All in the Family</i> and <i>ER </i>to short-lived favorites like <i>Firefly</i> and <i>Freaks and Geeks</i>, TV (THE BOOK) will bring the triumphs of the small screen together in one amazing compendium. <br> Sepinwall and Seitz's argument has ended. Now it's time for yours to begin!