Adding it up - a better ranking of TV's top 100 shows

Hollywood Reporter released a list of what industry insiders believe are the 100 best TV shows of all time.

It was an extensive effort. HR surveyed more than 2,800 industry people, included 779 actors, 365 producers and 268 directors to come up with the list. Hollywood apparently loves Friends, which topped the list.

Ranking TV shows is a popular activity the past few years. I found five top 100 rankings and one top 60 ranking just since 2013. The results, as you can imagine, are all over the board. Friends was No. 1 to Hollywood Reporter but just 26th on a TV Guide ranking in 2013.

I aggregated the rankings to come up with my own top 100. A series received 100 points for ranking No. 1, 99 for second etc. Some shows, such as Family Ties, are widely respected, landing on several rankings, but never very high. To me, a show like that deserves to be ranked ahead of a show that is ranked very highly on one or two lists but not ranked at all on any others. To compensate, a show received 100 points for each Top 100 list it landed on.

Here are the top 100 shows using this methodology -- from No. 100 to No. 1.