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Did you know...? Many movies assigned in courses are available to Penn students, faculty, and staff, through streaming video-on-demand services through the Penn Libraries--Kanopy, Swank Digital Campus, Academic Video Online (AVON), Projectr, and Docuseek--or the Penn Video Network. This page highlights recommended films, sorted by decade or genre.
This page features a limited selection and is continuously updated. Scroll over titles for a description. Search Franklin and limit to Format: Video, for more.
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This list comes from Rob Sheffield's list of 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time
These links to streaming sources online or DVDs in the Penn Libraries collection are for the benefit of Television Studies and History researchers.
The Van Pelt Video Collection and the video collection at the Annenberg School for Communication Library include many classic and newer television series from the U.S. and other parts of the world, but may not include recently aired seasons or make the full history of a particular series available. If a season of a TV program is missing a link below, or you would like to know about the availability of a program not in this list, please feel free to Suggest a Purchase or Ask a Question.
| Order | Title | Years on air | DVD |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Sopranos | 1999-2007 | S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6pt1 S6pt2 |
| 2. | The Wire | 2002-2008 | S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 |
| 3. | Breaking Bad | 2008-2013 | S1 S2 S3 S4 S5pt1 S5pt2 |
| 4. | Mad Men | 2007-2015 | S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7pt1 S7pt2 |
| 5. | Seinfeld | 1989-1998 | S1&2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 |
| 6. | The Simpsons | 1989-present | S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 |
| S11 S12 S13 S14 S15 S16 S17 | |||
| S18 S19 S20 | |||
| 7. | The Twilight Zone | 1959-1964 | S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 |
| 8. | Saturday Night Live | 1975-present | S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 |
| 9. | All in the Family | 1971-1979 | S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 |
| 10. | The Daily Show | 1996-present | n/a |
| 11. | Freaks and Geeks | 1999-2000 | Complete series |
| 12. | Game of Thrones | 2011-2019 | S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 |
| 13. | Late Night with David Letterman | 1982-2015 | n/a |
| 14. | The Larry Sanders Show | 1992-1998 | S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 |
| 15. | The West Wing | 1999-2006 | S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 |
| 16. | M*A*S*H | 1972-1983 | S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 |
| 17. | Twin Peaks | 1990-1991 | S1&2 |
| 18. | Star Trek | 1966-1969 | S1 S2 S3 |
| 19. | Curb Your Enthusiasm | 2000-present | S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 |
| 20. | Cheers | 1982-1993 | S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 |
| 21. | The Office (U.K.) | 2001-2003 | S1 S2 |
| 22. | Louie | 2010-2015 | S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 |
| 23. | Deadwood | 2004-2006 | S1 S2 S3 |
| 24. | Friday Night Lights | 2006-2011 | S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 |
| 25. | Veep | 2012-2019 | S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 |
| 26. | Friends | 1994-2004 | S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 |
| 27. | Arrested Development | 2003-2019 | S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 |
| 28. | The X-Files | 1993-2002 | S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 |
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(The Simpsons S19, E11)
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