The best of our lifetime?!

Entertainment Weekly recently released its list of the best / most influential television shows of the past 25 years. Topping the list was The Simpsons, which struck me as a bit of a surprise. (Considering its fawning critics, I was not surprised that The Sopranos ended up #2 on the list.) Personal favorites like Survivor (never fully appreciated), Lost, and Friends also cracked the top ten, but the most intriguing item up there had to be The X-Files, a show that whose presence is only occasionally invoked when discussing today's television landscape. Was it groundbreaking? Sure. Did I enjoy it? Usually, although no one seems to care for the way the series sputtered to its conclusion. Then again, some would argue that shows like Lost would not even be possible without The X-Files. Maybe so, in which case a tip of the hat is definitely in order...