Here are the 1001 TV shows we’ll cover in the next few decades. We will attempt to link them as they go up (but apologies if we’re a day or two behind).

1. The Ed Sullivan Show
2. Hopalong Cassidy
3. The Lone Ranger
4. The George Burns And Gracie Allen Show
5. The Jack Benny Program
6. What’s My Line?
7. Your Show of Shows
8. Dragnet
9. I Love Lucy
10. Sua Vida Me Pertence
11. American Bandstand
12. This Is Your Life
13. Adventures of Superman
14. Academy Awards
15. The Quatermass Experiment
16. The Good Old Days
17. Make Room For Daddy
18. Fabian of the Yard
19. Father Knows Best
20. The Tonight Show
21. Alfred Hitchcock Presents
22. Dixon of Dock Green
23. Gunsmoke
24. The Adventures of Robin Hood
25. The Benny Hill Show
26. The Honeymooners
27. Was bin ich?
28. The Phil Silvers Show
29. Eurovision Song Contest
30. The Nat King Cole Show
31. Hancock’s Half Hour
32. The Price Is Right
33. Emergency Ward 10
34. Il Musichiere
35. Leave It To Beaver
36. Maverick
37. Perry Mason
38. The Army Game
39. Zorro
40. Wagon Train
41. The Sky at Night
42. Zum Blauen Bock
43. Canzonissima
44. 77 Sunset Strip
45. The Donna Reed Show
46. Golden Globe Awards
47. Sea Hunt
48. Naked City
49. Peter Gunn
50. The Rifleman
51. Bonanza
52. The Untouchables
53. The Twilight Zone
54. Rawhide
55. Laramie
56. The Andy Griffith Show
57. The Flintstones
58. Coronation Street
59. Danger Man
60. Car 54, Where Are You?
61. Dr. Kildare
62. Mr. Ed
63. Hazel
64. The Rudi Carrell Show
65. The Avengers
66. The Dick van Dyke Show
67. Dr. Finlay’s Casebook
68. Steptoe and Son
69. Intervilles
70. Sabado Gigante
71. The Andy Williams Show
72. The Beverly Hillbillies
73. The Saint
74. The Virginian
75. Z-Cars
76. Wild Kingdom
77. Dinner For One
78. Ready, Steady, Go!
79. Doctor Who
80. Let’s Make a Deal
81. The Judy Garland Show
82. The Fugitive
83. Thierry La Fronde
84. The Outer Limits
85. Bewitched
86. Crossroads
87. Gilligan’s Island
88. Peyton Place
89. Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
90. The Likely Lads
91. Seven Up!
92. The Addams Family
93. Jeopardy!
94. Top of the Pops
95. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
96. The Munsters
97. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
98. The Big Valley
99. I Dream of Jeannie
100. Green Acres
101. Jeux Sans Frontieres
102. Hogan’s Heroes
103. Lost in Space
104. Not Only… But Also…
105. The White Horses
106. I Spy
107. Days of Our Lives
108. The Dating Game
109. Thunderbirds
110. Till Death Do Us Part
111. Batman
112. Raumpatrouille Orion
113. Softly Softly
114. Dark Shadows
115. Mission: Impossible
116. Star Trek
117. The Monkees
118. The Time Tunnel
119. The Baron
120. Ultraman
121. Callan
122. The Phil Donahue Show
123. Ironside
124. The High Chaparral
125. The Invaders
126. Super Bowl
127. Les Enquetes du commissaire Maigret
128. The Mothers-In-Law
129. The Prisoner
130. The Carol Burnett Show
131. The Forsyte Saga
132. The Morecambe & Wise Show
133. Dad’s Army
134. Hawaii Five-O
135. Julia
136. Land of the Giants
137. Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In
138. Super Sabado Sensacional
139. Whistle and I’ll Come To You
140. The Champions
141. The Dick Cavett Show
142. Civilisation
143. Department S
144. Monty Python’s Flying Circus
145. Marcus Welby, M.D.
146. The Brady Bunch
147. Wunsch Dir Was
148. Riten
149. Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
150. All My Children
151. UFO
152. The Odd Couple
153. The Partridge Family
154. McCloud
155. Rischiatutto
156. The Goodies
157. Tatort
158. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
159. Flip
160. Hey Hey It’s Saturday
161. Dalli Dalli
162. Upstairs, Downstairs
163. The Two Ronnies
164. Jason King
165. McMillan & Wife
166. All in the Family
167. Budgie
168. Cannon
169. Bless This House
170. Parkinson
171. Rio das Mortes
172. Soul Train
173. Columbo
174. The Onedin Line
175. The Persuaders!
176. La Maison des Bois
177. The Waltons
178. Emmerdale
179. Kung Fu
180. Love Thy Neighbour
181. Colditz
182. The Stone Tape
183. M*A*S*H
184. Are You Being Served?
185. Crown Court
186. Maude
187. The Protectors
188. A Warning to the Curious
189. Semnadtsat Mgnoveniy Vesny
190. Kojak
191. An American Family
192. Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em
193. The Tomorrow People
194. The World At War
195. Ein Herz und eine Seele
196. The Water Margin
197. Welt am Draht
198. Je Spater Der Abend
199. Scenes from a Marriage
200. Barnaby Jones
201. Last of the Summer Wine
202. The Magician
203. Am Laufenden Band
204. Kolchak: The Night Stalker
205. Planet of the Apes
206. Happy Days
207. Good Times
208. Derrick
209. The Six Million Dollar Man
210. Rhoda
211. Little House on the Prairie
212. Porridge
213. Land of the Lost
214. Police Woman
215. Rising Damp
216. The Rockford Files
217. Within These Walls
218. Zatoichi Monogatari
219. Starsky & Hutch
220. Barney Miller
221. The Naked Civil Servant
222. The Sweeney
223. Space: 1999
224. The Good Life
225. Wonder Woman
226. Saturday Night Live
227. Fawlty Towers
228. Poldark
229. Wheel of Fortune
230. The Jeffersons
231. Baretta
232. Survivors
233. I, Claudius
234. Laverne & Shirley
235. Charlie’s Angels
236. Loriot
237. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
238. Domenica In
239. The Bionic Woman
240. Ripping Yarns
241. Open All Hours
242. Quincy, M.E.
243. The Krofft Supershow
244. The Muppet Show
245. The Gong Show
246. The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
247. The Duchess of Duke Street
248. The Sullivans
249. The Signalman
250. Children of the Stones
251. Roots
252. Lou Grant
253. Citizen Smith
254. Abigail’s Party
255. Auf Los Geht’s Los
256. The Richard Pryor Show
257. Secret Army
258. Three’s Company
259. ChiPs
260. The Love Boat
261. The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
262. Soap
263. Jesus of Nazareth
264. Fantasy Island
265. The Professionals
266. Diff’rent Strokes
267. Saiyuki
268. Grange Hill
269. Blake’s 7
270. All Creatures Great And Small
271. The Kenny Everett Video Show
272. Dallas
273. Mork & Mindy
274. Taxi
275. Holocaust
276. Matador
277. The Sandbaggers
278. Rumpole of the Bailey
279. Pennies from Heaven
280. WKRP in Cincinnati
281. The Incredible Hulk
282. Butterflies
283. Salem’s Lot
284. The Dukes of Hazzard
285. Life on Earth
286. Shoestring
287. Prisoner
288. Not the Nine O’Clock News
289. The Facts of Life
290. Minder
291. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
292. Sapphire and Steel
293. To the Manor Born
294. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
295. Hart to Hart
296. Berlin Alexanderplatz
297. Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minister
298. Juliet Bravo
299. Hi-de-hi!
300. Shogun
301. Magnum P.I.
302. Verstehen Sie Spass?
303. Cosmos
304. A Town Like Alice
305. Dynasty
306. Bergerac
307. Brideshead Revisited
308. The Borgias
309. Hill Street Blues
310. Only Fools and Horses
311. Das Traumschiff
312. The Fall Guy
313. Wetten, dass…?
314. The Chinese Detective
315. The Day of the Triffids
316. Tenko
317. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
318. Attenti a noi due
319. Cagney & Lacey
320. Remington Steele
321. Allo, ‘Allo!
322. Police Squad!
323. Knight Rider
324. The Comic Strip Presents…
325. The Maurizio Costanzo Show
326. Cheers
327. Sons and Daughters
328. The Young Ones
329. Brookside
330. Fame
331. St. Elsewhere
332. Boys from the Blackstuff
333. Bauer sucht Frau (Bauerin)
334. The A-Team
335. Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
336. Just Good Friends
337. Return to Eden
338. Taggart
339. Blackadder
340. V
341. Brass
342. Widows
343. The Thorn Birds
344. Spitting Image
345. The Bill
346. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
347. MTV Video Music Awards
348. Miss Marple
349. Murder, She Wrote
350. Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer
351. La Piovra
352. Night Court
353. Ever Decreasing Circles
354. Heimat
355. Robin of Sherwood
356. The Jewel in the Crown
357. The Cosby Show
358. Threads
359. Miami Vice
360. Anzacs
361. Die Schwarzwaldklinik
362. Das Boot
363. Edge of Darkness
364. Moonlighting
365. Lindenstrasse
366. Neighbours
367. EastEnders
368. Victoria Wood: As Seen On TV
369. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4
370. Dempsey and Makepeace
371. The Golden Girls
372. Larry King Live
373. North and South
374. Mapp & Lucia
375. Quelli della Notte
376. The Flying Doctors
377. Bread
378. ALF
379. The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
380. La Dama de Rosa
381. A Very Peculiar Practice
382. The Monocled Mutineer
383. The Oprah Winfrey Show
384. Liebling Kreuzberg
385. It’s Garry Shandling’s Show
386. Casualty
387. La Corrida
388. L.A. Law
389. Matlock
390. The Singing Detective
391. Hot Metal
392. Dear John
393. Married… With Children
394. Talking Heads
395. French and Saunders
396. Tutti Frutti
397. The New Statesman
398. Indietro Tutta!
399. Porterhouse Blue
400. thirtysomething
401. Ramayan
402. Full House
403. Star Trek: The Next Generation
404. Max Headroom
405. Inspector Morse
406. Home and Away
407. Mystery Science Theater 3000
408. Mahabharat
409. Roseanne
410. Murphy Brown
411. The Wonder Years
412. Red Dwarf
413. The Kids in the Hall
414. Les guignols de l’info
415. Bangkok Hilton
416. Alien Nation
417. Agatha Christie’s Poirot
418. Mother Love
419. Around the World in 80 Days
420. Dekalog
421. The Simpsons
422. Navarro
423. The Arsenio Hall Show
424. Baywatch
425. Quantum Leap
426. Press Gang
427. Traffik
428. Seinfeld
429. Beverly Hills, 90210
430. Harry Enfield’s Television Programme
431. The Mary Whitehouse Experience
432. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
433. Jeeves and Wooster
434. One Foot in the Grave
435. Twin Peaks
436. Waiting for God
437. Fort Boyard
438. Northern Exposure
439. Mr Bean
440. Keeping Up Appearances
441. Law & Order
442. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
443. Have I Got News For You
444. House of Cards
445. Drop the Dead Donkey
446. It
447. The Jerry Springer Show
448. Dark Season
449. Nummer 28
450. Bottom
451. The House of Eliott
452. Familie
453. The Brittas Empire
454. Brides of Christ
455. G.B.H.
456. Maigret
457. Prime Suspect
458. 2point4 Children
459. Julie Lescaut
460. A Touch of Frost
461. Melrose Place
462. The Real World
463. Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten
464. Absolutely Fabulous
465. Between the Lines
466. Red Shoe Diaries
467. Men Behaving Badly
468. Shortland Street
469. As Time Goes By
470. The Larry Sanders Show
471. Boy Meets World
472. The X-Files
473. Walker, Texas Ranger
474. Homicide: Life on the Street
475. Late Show with David Letterman
476. Iron Chef
477. Snowy River: The McGregor Saga
478. Lipstick on Your Collar
479. Cracker
480. NYPD Blue
481. Goodnight Sweetheart
482. Beavis and Butt-Head
483. Frasier
484. Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
485. I Love My Family
486. Century Falls
487. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
488. Babylon 5
489. Riget
490. Due South
491. All-American Girl
492. Cadfael
493. Heartbreak High
494. Kommisar Rex
495. ER
496. The Stand
497. Tous les Garcons et les Filles de Leur Age
498. Space Ghost Coast to Coast
499. My So-Called Life
500. Friends
501. The Fast Show
502. The Vicar of Dibley
503. Blue Heelers
504. The Day Today
505. Ellen
506. Frontline
507. Knowing Me, Knowing You
508. Der Bulle von Tolz
509. Star Trek: Voyager
510. Band of Gold
511. Bugs
512. Xena: Warrior Princess
513. Sliders
514. Murder One
515. Father Ted
516. Hollyoaks
517. Hamish Macbeth
518. Verbotene Liebe
519. Pride and Prejudice
520. Water Rats
521. 3rd Rock from the Sun
522. Ballykissangel
523. The Daily Show
524. Dalziel and Pascoe
525. Our Friends in the North
526. Die Wochenshow
527. This Life
528. Never Mind The Buzzcocks
529. La Carte aux Tresors
530. Pop-Up Video
531. Millenium
532. Silent Witness
533. Sous le Soleil
534. The Newsroom
535. La Femme Nikita
536. Ally McBeal
537. Stargate SG-1
538. Jonathan Creek
539. Brass Eye
540. Midsomer Murders
541. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
542. Un gars, une fille
543. Little Dieter Needs to Fly
544. Oz
545. King of the Hill
546. South Park
547. Cold Feet
548. Dawson’s Creek
549. All Saints
550. Ultraviolet
551. Hornblower
552. That ’70s Show
553. Goodness Gracious Me
554. Dinnerladies
555. Charmed
556. Sex and the City
557. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
558. Cupid
559. The Royle Family
560. Sports Night
561. Will & Grace
562. Bad Girls
563. Strangers with Candy
564. All Stars
565. Family Guy
566. Inspector Montalbano
567. Angel
568. Shooting the Past
569. The League of Gentlemen
570. Queer as Folk
571. The West Wing
572. The Sopranos
573. Roswell
574. Gimme Gimme Gimme
575. Big Brother
576. Futurama
577. Farscape
578. Terra Nostra
579. Yo soy Betty, la fea
580. Freaks and Geeks
581. Spaced
582. Walking with Dinosaurs
583. At Home with the Braithwaites
584. My Family
585. The Corner
586. Survivor
587. CSI
588. Clocking Off
589. Black Books
590. Queer As Folk (US)
591. Waking the Dead
592. Deal or No Deal
593. Jackass
594. Malcolm in the Middle
595. Rejseholdet
596. Coupling
597. Gilmore Girls
598. Curb Your Enthusiasm
599. Alias
600. A Grande Familia
601. The Amazing Race
602. Beckett on Film
603. 24
604. Smallville
605. Bob & Rose
606. The Blue Planet
607. Band of Brothers
608. McLeod’s Daughters
609. Perfect Strangers
610. Scrubs
611. Six Feet Under
612. Camera Cafe
613. Teachers
614. Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights
615. The Secret Life Of Us
616. The Office (UK)
617. Firefly
618. Footballers’ Wives
619. Berlin, Berlin
620. Wire in the Blood
621. Foyle’s War
622. The Shield
623. Tipping the Velvet
624. Winter Sonata
625. Monk
626. The Wire
627. Without a Trace
628. City of Men
629. Takeshi’s Castle
630. I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
631. The Bachelor
632. Look Around You
633. The Osbournes
634. Spooks
635. Kath & Kim
636. Top Gear
637. Still Game
638. Nikolaj og Julie
639. Little Britain
640. Peep Show
641. The Lost Prince
642. Angels in America
643. Carnivale
644. America’s Next Top Model
645. Dae Jang Geum
646. Jake 2.0
647. Slings & Arrows
648. Dead Like Me
649. One Tree Hill
650. Arrested Development
651. Monkey Dust
652. The Venture Bros.
653. Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica
654. QI
655. Reno 911!
656. The Second Coming
657. Two and a Half Men
658. Tru Calling
659. NCIS
660. State of Play
661. Nip/Tuck
662. The O.C.
663. The Mighty Boosh
664. Dog the Bounty Hunter
665. Battlestar Galactica
666. Entourage
667. Blackpool
668. Green Wing
669. Veronica Mars
670. Desperate Housewives
671. The 4400
672. The Catherine Tate Show
673. Bodies
674. North and South
675. Boston Legal
676. Project Runway
677. House
678. The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
679. Who Do You Think You Are?
680. Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace
681. Lost
682. Rescue Me
683. Plus Belle La Vie
684. Stargate: Atlantis
685. Deadwood
686. Hex
687. Shameless
688. The L Word
689. Strictly Come Dancing
690. The X Factor
691. Schillerstrasse
692. Hustle
693. MasterChef Goes Large
694. Supernatural
695. American Dad!
696. Robot Chicken
697. BeTipul
698. Rome
699. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
700. Criminal Minds
701. The Colbert Report
702. Bones
703. Mandrake
704. Outrageous Fortune
705. My Lovely Sam-soon
706. Prison Break
707. Dancing with the Stars
708. Medium
709. Casanova
710. Help
711. Archangel
712. The Office (US)
713. Doctor Who
714. Matroesjka’s
715. Marian, Again
716. Engrenages
717. Bleak House
718. Sugar Rush
719. Threshold
720. Numb3rs
721. Extras
722. The Thick Of It
723. Wallander
724. Grey’s Anatomy
725. How I Met Your Mother
726. Weeds
727. Infinite Challenge
728. Ugly Betty
729. 30 Rock
730. America’s Got Talent
731. The Street
732. Life on Mars
733. Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe
734. Planet Earth
735. Waterloo Road
736. Big Love
737. Jericho
738. Torchwood
739. The Unit
740. Eureka
741. Time Trumpet
742. Friday Night Lights
743. Real Housewives of Orange County
744. Brothers & Sisters
745. Wild at Heart
746. Turkisch fur Anfanger
747. Brotherhood
748. Dexter
749. The IT Crowd
750. Heroes
751. Satisfaction
752. Wilfred
753. Burn Notice
754. Britain’s Got Talent
755. Jekyll
756. Benidorm
757. Forbrydelsen
758. Primeval
759. Damages
760. Chuck
761. Skins
762. Summer Heights High
763. Two Days and One Night
764. Outnumbered
765. Reaper
766. Cranford
767. The Graham Norton Show
768. Hotel Babylon
769. Gossip Girl
770. Secret Diary of a Call Girl
771. Flight of the Conchords
772. Californication
773. Gavin & Stacey
774. Sea Patrol
775. The Guild
776. Keeping Up with the Kardashians
777. The Big Bang Theory
778. Pushing Daisies
779. The Tudors
780. Mad Men
781. The Mentalist
782. Apparitions
783. Dead Set
784. Being Human
785. Leverage
786. Ashes to Ashes
787. Little Dorrit
788. True Blood
789. Breaking Bad
790. In Plain Sight
791. Merlin
792. Sense & Sensibility
793. In Treatment
794. The Inbetweeners
795. Packed to the Rafters
796. Tutti Pazzi per Amore
797. John Adams
798. Wallander
799. Romanzo Criminale
800. Man v. Food
801. Childrens Hospital
802. Lark Rise to Candleford
803. Fringe
804. Underbelly
805. Only Connect
806. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
807. Sons of Anarchy
808. Archer
809. Misfits
810. Being Erica
811. United States of Tara
812. Castle
813. Lie To Me
814. Better Off Ted
815. Party Down
816. Modern Family
817. Bored to Death
818. The League
819. Dollhouse
820. Un Village Francais
821. Nurse Jackie
822. Getting On (UK)
823. RuPaul’s Drag Race
824. India – A Love Story
825. Community
826. The Good Wife
827. Parks and Recreation
828. Garrow’s Law
829. Whitechapel
830. Unforgiven
831. Southland
832. The Vampire Diaries
833. Glee
834. Warehouse 13
835. Braquo
836. Hatufim
837. Accused
838. The Voice
839. An Idiot Abroad
840. The Pillars of the Earth
841. Boardwalk Empire
842. Borgen
843. The Only Way Is Essex
844. Terriers
845. The Trip
846. Carlos
847. Raising Hope
848. Rake
849. Downton Abbey
850. Justified
851. Louie
852. Luther
853. The Pacific
854. The Great British Bake Off
855. The Big C
856. Parenthood
857. This is England ’86
858. Treme
859. Pretty Little Liars
860. Sherlock
861. Spartacus
862. Weissensee
863. Mongrels
864. The Walking Dead
865. Any Human Heart
866. Maison Close
867. The Fades
868. Arne Dahl
869. Mrs. Brown’s Boys
870. Black Mirror
871. Bob’s Burgers
872. New Girl
873. Scott & Bailey
874. Twenty Twelve
875. Borgia
876. Portlandia
877. Episodes
878. Vampire Prosecutor
879. Bref
880. Broen
881. Silk
882. Winners & Losers
883. Human Planet
884. Enlightened
885. Once Upon a Time
886. Vera
887. Fresh Meat
888. Dem som Draeber
889. Falling Skies
890. Suits
891. Game of Thrones
892. Grimm
893. Teen Wolf
894. Revenge
895. The Crimson Petal and the White
896. The Hour
897. Happy Endings
898. Homeland
899. Mad Dogs
900. The Wonders of the Universe
901. Shameless (US)
902. American Horror Story
903. Marchlands
904. A Young Doctor’s Notebook
905. Scandal
906. A Touch of Cloth
907. Video Game High School
908. Nashville
909. Akta Manniskor
910. Les Revenants
911. Arrow
912. Line of Duty
913. Parade’s End
914. Continuum
915. Last Tango in Halifax
916. Veep
917. Puberty Blues
918. Derek
919. Stella
920. Ripper Street
921. Elementary
922. Salamander
923. Call the Midwife
924. Girls
925. Hatfields & McCoys
926. The Paradise
927. The Newsroom
928. Duck Dynasty
929. Last Resort
930. House of Cards
931. Wentworth
932. The Tractate Middoth
933. The Tunnel
934. Getting On (US)
935. The Americans
936. Bluestone 42
937. In the Flesh
938. Broadchurch
939. Bates Motel
940. The Village
941. Da Vinci’s Demons
942. Sleepy Hollow
943. Endeavour
944. The Following
945. Hannibal
946. Hemlock Grove
947. Utopia
948. My Mad Fat Diary
949. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
950. Africa
951. The Wrong Mans
952. Under the Dome
953. Orange Is the New Black
954. Atlantis
955. The Doctor Blake Mysteries
956. Ja’mie: Private School Girl
957. The Blacklist
958. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
959. Peaky Blinders
960. Masters of Sex
961. The Fall
962. Mr. Selfridge
963. Vicious
964. Top of the Lake
965. Our Girl
966. My Love from the Star
967. Ray Donovan
968. Hinterland
969. Vikings
970. Orphan Black
971. Happy Valley
972. The Flash
973. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
974. Gotham
975. The 100
976. Fargo
977. The Strain
978. About a Boy
979. Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond
980. Penny Dreadful
981. The Last Ship
982. Jonah From Tonga
983. Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
984. Inside No. 9
985. Jane the Virgin
986. The Honourable Woman
987. How to Get Away with Murder
988. Mammon
989. Star Wars Rebels
990. True Detective
991. The Leftovers
992. The Musketeers
993. The Crimson Field
994. Outlander
995. Silicon Valley
996. Wolf Hall
997. Cucumber
998. Battle Creek
999. Empire
1000. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
1001. Better Call Saul