Saturday, February 16, 2008

Top Ten Smartest TV Shows Of All Time

Which American television shows do the smartest people like to watch? The answers may surprise you.

Jim Werdell, Chairman of MENSA International, the worldwide organization for “people from every walk of life whose IQ is in the top 2 % of the population” was asked to list his top ten Smartest TV Shows Of All Time.

With absolutely no mention of my own IQ level, (insert wry grin here) at least four of the programs are ranked in my personal list of the top shows of all time.

Before reading the list of shows, allow me to mention some notable omissions from Wadell's list: Soap, Arrested Development, The Office, Barney Miller, Mary Tyler Moore, Cheers, News Radio, the Larry Sanders Show, anything with Bob Newhart or Carol Burnett, Seinfeld, Family Guy and the Simpsons.

As a footnote, I would surmise that most Mensa members have not consumed enough hallucinogenic drugs to really get into any of the Star Trek franchise.

And we haven't even discussed British programming such as Doctor Who, Absolutely Fabulous, Fawltey Towers and anything with Steve Coogan in it.

In no particular order, here are Wadell's top ten smartest TV shows of all time.

M*A*S*H
Cosmos (with Carl Sagan)
CSI
House
West Wing
Boston Legal
All in the Family
Frasier
Mad About You
Jeopardy

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