Last night was a big one for TV writers. The Writers Guild of America, West, and the Writers Guild of America, East, which often seem to be two rival organizations instead of sisters-in-service to film and television writers, joined forces to pay tribute to “the 101 Best Written TV Series.”
The list is the result of online voting by members of both guilds and is a follow-up to a similar one, the 101 Greatest Screenplays, done back in 2006.
The idea behind the TV 101 list is to honor the writers of, “classic, trailblazing series and miniseries, as well as current and critically acclaimed programs” in all genres because, as our fearless leaders, WGAW Prez Chris Keyser and WGAE Prez Michael Winship said in, yeah, you know, a press release: