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The 50 Most Definitive Family TV Shows, Ranked

Vulture has made a list of the 50 most definitive family TV shows, ranked in order of their impact and innovation.
And yes, The Goldbergs picture is really meant to be that one. It's a show that aired between 1949-1957) :)
Listed from least to most definitive.
How many of these family shows have you already watched?
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Party of Five
Party of Five
1
Shameless
Shameless
2
Jon and Kate Plus Eight
Jon and Kate Plus Eight
3
Queen Sugar
Queen Sugar
4
Downtown Abbey
Downtown Abbey
5
Happy Days
Happy Days
6
Diff'rent Strokes
Diff'rent Strokes
7
Frasier
Frasier
8
Family Ties
Family Ties
9
Flintstones
Flintstones
10
One Day at a Time
One Day at a Time
11
Family
Family
12
Home Improvement
Home Improvement
13
Everybody Loves Raymond
Everybody Loves Raymond
14
Soap
Soap
15
Big Love
Big Love
16
Gilmore Girls
Gilmore Girls
17
This Is Us
This Is Us
18
Full House
Full House
19
Brady Bunch,The
Brady Bunch,The
20
The Fosters
The Fosters
21
Good Times
Good Times
22
The Addams Family
The Addams Family
23
Dallas
Dallas
24
The Goldbergs
The Goldbergs
25
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
26
Fresh off the Boat
Fresh off the Boat
27
Friday Night Lights
Friday Night Lights
28
The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years
29
Black-Ish
Black-Ish
30
An American Family
An American Family
31
Better Things (2016)
Better Things (2016)
32
Modern Family
Modern Family
33
The Osbournes
The Osbournes
34
Golden Girls
Golden Girls
35
Arrested Development
Arrested Development
36
Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie
37
Bob's Burgers
Bob's Burgers
38
The Sopranos
The Sopranos
39
Jane the Virgin
Jane the Virgin
40
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