| 1. | Vince Gilligan | ||
| Mad Men | |||
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Breaking Bad | ||
| Justified | |||
| Gilligan's Island | |||
| 2. | Kurt Sutter | ||
| Dawson's Creek | |||
| Lost | |||
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Sons of Anarchy | ||
| Smallville | |||
| 3. | Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant | ||
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | |||
| Saturday Night Live | |||
| Downton Abbey | |||
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The Office | ||
| 4. | Gary David Goldberg | ||
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Family Ties | ||
| The Cosby Show | |||
| St. Elsewhere | |||
| La Femme Nikita | |||
| 5. | Steven Bochco | ||
| Burn Notice | |||
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Hill Street Blues | ||
| E.R. | |||
| Knight Rider | |||
| 6. | Carl Reiner | ||
| Cheers | |||
| M*A*S*H | |||
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The Dick van Dyke Show | ||
| The Mentalist | |||
| 7. | Sidney Sheldon | ||
| Dynasty | |||
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I Dream of Jeannie | ||
| Charlie's Angels | |||
| Dexter | |||
| 8. | Donald P. Bellisario | ||
| Law & Order | |||
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JAG | ||
| Veronica Mars | |||
| Designing Women | |||
| 9. | Frank Lupo & Stephen J. Cannell | ||
| The Sopranos | |||
| 24 | |||
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The A-Team | ||
| Friday Night Lights | |||
| 10. | Amy Sherman-Palladino | ||
| Life Goes On | |||
| China Beach | |||
| Beverly Hills, 90210 | |||
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Gilmore Girls | ||
| 11. | James L. Brooks & Allan Burns | ||
| Mad About You | |||
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The Mary Tyler Moore Show | ||
| Murphy Brown | |||
| Little House on the Prairie | |||
| 12. | Garry Marshall | ||
| Sanford and Son | |||
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Happy Days | ||
| Soap | |||
| The Golden Girls | |||
| 13. | Mark Frost & David Lynch | ||
| Tales from the Crypt | |||
| Tales from the Darkside | |||
| Dark Shadows | |||
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Twin Peaks | ||
| 14. | Lena Dunham | ||
| Castle | |||
| 30 Rock | |||
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Girls | ||
| Modern Family | |||
| 15. | Winnie Holzman | ||
| Once Upon a Time | |||
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My So-Called Life | ||
| Laverne and Shirley | |||
| The Wonder Years | |||
| 16. | Joss Whedon | ||
| Arrow | |||
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Dollhouse | ||
| Heroes | |||
| The Good Wife | |||
| 17. | Paul Feig | ||
| Duckman | |||
| Sex and the City | |||
| The Big Bang Theory | |||
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Freaks and Geeks | ||
| 18. | David Dortort | ||
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Bonanza | ||
| Night Court | |||
| Baywatch | |||
| My Three Sons | |||
| 19. | Earl Hamner, Jr. | ||
| Starsky and Hutch | |||
| The Equalizer | |||
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The Waltons | ||
| The Paper Chase | |||
| 20. | Jay Sommers | ||
| Two and a Half Men | |||
| Father Knows Best | |||
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Green Acres | ||
| Highway to Heaven | |||