This is a toughy, especially the early years. According to Stacker (see note) these shows were the most popular TV shows in the year indicated. Can you guess them?
Stacker has compiled a list of the best TV shows released over the last 70 years, pulling data from IMDb and ranking series by user ratings. To be considered, shows from 1950 to 1989 had to have at least 1,000 IMDb user votes, and shows from 1990 to 2019 had to have at least 5,000 user votes. Any shows that shared top ratings for a single year were chosen based on which one had the most IMDb votes. The year 1953 had to be calculated using a lower vote threshold since there were no shows with 1,000 user votes or more. The ratings were current as of Jan. 29, 2020.
Taking it all the way from 1950 to 2019, here are the top shows for each year.
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