31. ‘The X-Files’ - This science fiction drama centers around FBI special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), who investigate X-Files—unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena.

Premiered: 1993

Number of seasons: 9

Popular episode: ‘Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose’ (Season 3, Episode 4)

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30. 'Sherlock' - The American-British crime drama based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the modern-day Sherlock Holmes, and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson.

Premiered: 2010

Number of Seasons: 4

Popular episode: ‘The Reichenbach Fall’ (Season 2, Episode 3)

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29. ‘Family Guy’ - The series revolves around the Griffins: parents Peter and Lois; their children, Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog, Brian. Set in the fictional city of Quahog, RI, much of the series’ humor comes in the form of metafictional cutaway gags.

Premiered: 1999

Number of Seasons: 16

Popular episode: ‘Road to the Multiverse’ (Season 8, Episode 1)

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28. ‘Star Trek: The Original Series’ - This science fiction series follows the adventures of the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) and its crew.

Premiered: 1966

Number of Seasons: 3

Most popular episode: ‘The City on the Edge of Forever’ (Season 1, Episode 28) (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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27. ‘Supernatural’ - This fantasy horror show follows brothers Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki) and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) as they hunt demons, ghosts, monsters, and other supernatural beings.

Premiered: 2005

Number of Seasons: 13

Popular episode: ‘Mystery Spot’ (Season 3, Episode 8)

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26. ‘My Name Is Earl’ - This sitcom centers around the life of Earl Hickey (Jason Lee), a small-time thief who lives in the fictional rural town of Camden.

Premiered: 2005

Number of Seasons: 4

Popular episode: ‘Y2K’ (Season 1, Episode 19) (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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25. ‘Dexter’ -

This crime drama centers on Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a forensic technician for the Miami Police Department, who leads a secret parallel life as a vigilante serial killer.

Premiered: 2006

Number of Seasons: 7

Popular episode: ‘The British Invasion’ (Season 2, Episode 12)

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24. ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ - The sitcom stars Will Smith, who plays a fictionalized version of himself, a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia who is sent to Bel-Air to live with his wealthy aunt and uncle.

Premiered: 1990

Number of Seasons: 6

Popular episode: ‘Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse’ (Season 4, Episode 24)

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23. ‘30 Rock’ - This satirical sitcom created by Tina Fey is based on her experiences as head writer for ‘Saturday Night Live.’

Premiered: 2006

Number of Seasons: 7

Popular episode: ‘Queen of Jordan’ (Season 5, Episode 17)

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22. ‘Parks and Recreation’ - This political satire sitcom centers on Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler), a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks Department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana.

Premiered: 2009

Number of Seasons: 7

Popular episode: ‘Li'l Sebastian’ (Season 3, Episode 16)

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21. ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ - This sitcom centers on the life of Italian-American everyman Raymond Barone (Ray Romano), a sportswriter for ‘Newsday’ who lives with his family in Long Island.

Premiered: 1996

Number of Seasons: 9

Popular episode: ‘Bad Moon Rising’ (Season 4, Episode 22)

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20. ‘King of the Hill’ - The animated sitcom centers on the Hills, a middle-class American family in the fictional city of Arlen, TX, and draws its humor from the conventional and mundane aspects of everyday life.

Premiered: 1997

Number of Seasons: 13

Popular episode: ‘A Fire Fighting We Will Go’ (Season 3, Episode 10) (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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19. ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ - This sci-fi series in the 'Star Trek' franchise centers around the starship Enterprise and is set in the nearby regions of the Milky Way galaxy, the Alpha Quadrant.

Premiered: 1987

Number of Seasons: 7

Popular episode: ‘The Inner Light’ (Season 5, Episode 25)

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18. ‘Firefly’ - This space western drama is set in the year 2517, when humans arrive in a new star system. It follows the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship.

Premiered: 2002

Number of Seasons: 1

Popular episode: ‘Out of Gas’ (Season 1, Episode 5) (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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17. ‘The Big Bang Theory’ - This sitcom centers on five characters living in Pasadena, CA: Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper, both physicists at Caltech; Penny, a waitress and aspiring actress; aerospace engineer Howard Wolowitz, and astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali.

Premiered: 2007

Number of Seasons: 11

Popular episode: ‘The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis’ (Season 2, Episode 11)

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16. ‘The Office’ - This comedy series depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, PA, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.

Premiered: 2005

Number of Seasons: 9

Popular episode: ‘Finale’ (Season 9, Episode 24/25)

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15. ‘Looney Tunes’ - This Warner Bros. animated series aired during the golden age of American animation from 1930 to 1969.

Premiered: 1930

Popular episode: ‘Rabbit Seasoning’ (1952)

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14. ‘Futurama’ - This animated sci-fi comedy follows the adventures of a present-day New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who finds employment at Planet Express in the retro-futuristic 31st century.

Premiered: 1999

Number of Seasons: 7

Popular episode: ‘The Late Philip J. Fry’ (Season 6, Episode 7)

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13. ‘Game of Thrones’ - This fantasy drama about the ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ books is set on the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos and follow several plot lines.

Premiered: 2011

Number of Seasons: 7

Popular episode: ‘Battle of the Bastards’ (Season 6, Episode 9)

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12. ‘Arrested Development’ - This sitcom follows the Bluth family, a previously wealthy and dysfunctional family.

Premiered: 2003

Number of Seasons: 4

Popular episode: ‘Good Grief’ (Season 2, Episode 4)

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11. ‘M*A*S*H’ - This TV adaptation from the 1970 feature film ‘MASH’ follows a team of physicians and staff stationed in South Korea during the Korean War.
Premiered: 1972

Number of Seasons: 11

Popular episode: ‘Where There's a Will, There's a War’ (Season 10, Episode 17) (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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10. ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ - This crime drama is set in New York City and based on real crimes that received media attention.

Premiered: 1999

Number of Seasons: 19

Popular episode: ‘Monogamy’ (Season 3, Episode 11)

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9. ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ - This supernatural drama follows Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar), the latest in a line of "Slayers"—young women who have been chosen to fight vampires, demons, and other forces of darkness.

Premiered: 1997

Number of Seasons: 7

Popular episode: ‘Once More, with Feeling’ (Season 6, Episode 7)

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8. ‘Seinfeld’ - Set mainly in a New York City apartment, this sitcom centers around Jerry Seinfeld, who plays a fictionalized version of himself, and his circle of friends.

Premiered: 1989

Number of Seasons: 9

Popular episode: ‘The Soup Nazi’ (Season 7, Episode 6)

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7. ‘That '70s Show’ - This period sitcom centers on the lives of a group of six teenage friends who live in fictional Point Place, WI.

Premiered: 1998

Number of Seasons: 8

Popular episode: ‘Canadian Road Trip’ (Season 3, Episode 23)

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6. ‘Cheers’ -

This sitcom centers around a group of locals who meet at Cheers, a bar in Boston, to drink, relax, and socialize.

Premiered: 1982

Number of Seasons: 11

Popular episode: ‘Give Me a Ring Sometime’ (Season 1, Episode 1)

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5. ‘Scrubs’ - This medical comedy follows the lives of employees at the fictional Sacred Heart teaching hospital.

Premiered: 2001

Number of Seasons: 9

Popular episode: ‘My Lunch’ (Season 5, Episode 20)

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4. ‘South Park’ - This (highly politically incorrect) adult animated sitcom centers around four boys—Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick—and their adventures in South Park, CO.

Premiered: 1997

Number of Seasons: 21

Popular episode: ‘Make Love Not Warcraft’ (Season 10, Episode 11)

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3. ‘House’ - This medical drama centers on Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), a misanthropic medical genius addicted to pain medication who leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.

Premiered: 2004

Number of Seasons: 8

Popular episode: ‘Three Stories’ (Season 1, Episode 21)

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2. ‘Friends’ - The sitcom follows the lives of six friends in their 20s (and later in their 30s) who live in Manhattan.

Premiered: 1994

Number of Seasons: 10

Popular episode: ‘The One Where Everybody Finds Out’ (Season 5, Episode 14)

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1. ‘The Simpsons’ - This animated sitcom delivers a satirical depiction of working-class life, epitomized by the Simpsons: Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie.

Premiered: 1989

Number of Seasons: 29

Popular episode: ‘Mr. Plow’ (Season 4, Episode 9)

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TV shows you love to rewatch

In celebration of Zach Braff's birthday

05/04/18 | StarsInsider

CELEBRITY TV

Sometimes the weekend comes around and all you want to do is move from the bed to the couch in your comfiest pajamas and lie around all day. On days like these, nothing beats rewatching our favorite shows, like ‘Scrubs.' Zach Braff (AKA J.D. from 'Scrubs') is turning 43 on April 6, and to celebrate, here are the best TV shows you’ll never tire of rewatching, according to Ranker.

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