THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957) starring William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins and Sessue Hayakawa Directed by David Lean

THE WIRE (HBO, 2002-2008) starring Dominic West, John Doman, Frankie Faison, Idris Elba, Wood Harris, Domenick Lombardozzi, Deirdre Lovejoy, Wendell Pierce, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Seth Gilliam, Clarke Peters, Jim True-Frost, J.D. Williams and Michael Kenneth Williams Created by David Simon

THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) starring Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Charmian Carr and Eleanor Parker Directed by Robert Wise

M*A*S*H (CBS, 1972-1983) starring Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit, Larry Linville, Gary Burghoff, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, David Ogden Stiers, Jamie Farr and William Christopher Developed by Larry Gelbart

PULP FICTION (1994) starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Maria de Medeiros, Ving Rhames, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette, Christopher Walken and Bruce Willis Directed by Quentin Tarantino

THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW (CBS, 1960-1968) starring Andy Griffith, Ronny Howard, Don Knotts and Frances Bavier Created by Sheldon Leonard

KING KONG (1933) starring Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong and Bruce Cabot Directed by Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (NBC, 1975-1976) starring Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, George Coe, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, Michael O’Donoghue and Gilda Radner Created by Lorne Michaels

THE GODFATHER PART II (1974) starring Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Talia Shire, Morgana King, John Cazale, Marianna Hill and Lee Strasberg Directed by Francis Ford Coppola

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE “More Cowbell” (NBC, 2000) starring Christopher Walken, Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Chris Parnell, Horatio Sanz and Jimmy Fallon Created by Lorne Michaels

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934) starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert Directed by Frank Capra

THE TWILIGHT ZONE “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” (CBS, 1963) starring William Shatner, Christine White, Ed Kemmer, Asa Maynor and Nick Cravat Created by Rod Serling

THE MALTESE FALCON (1941) starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre, Barton MacLane, Lee Patrick and Sydney Greenstreet Directed by John Huston

Buddy Holly & The Crickets performing on THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW (CBS, 1957)

DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Byron Barr, Richard Gaines and John Philliber Directed by Billy Wilder

STAR TREK (NBC, 1966-1969) starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols and James Doohan Created by Gene Roddenberry

THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971) starring Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco and Marcel Bozzuffi Directed by William Friedkin

TAXI (ABC/NBC, 1978-1983) starring Judd Hirsch, Jeff Conaway, Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner, Tony Danza, Randall Carver, Andy Kaufman, Christopher Lloyd and Carol Kane Created by James L. Brooks, Stan Daniels, David Davis and Ed. Weinberger

Frank Capra’s MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939) starring James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell and Beulah Bondi Directed by Frank Capra

THE HONEYMOONERS (CBS, 1955-1956) starring Jackie Gleason, Audrey Meadows, Art Carney, Joyce Randolph and Pert Kelton Created by Jackie Gleason

SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Joe E. Brown and Pat O’Brien Directed by Billy Wilder

THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW (CBS, 1967-1978) starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, Tim Conway and Dick Van Dyke

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (1975) starring Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher and William Redfield Directed by Miloš Forman

LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN (NBC, 1982-1993) Created by David Letterman

DO THE RIGHT THING (1989) starring Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosie Perez, Martin Lawrence, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro and John Savage Directed by Spike Lee

ALL IN THE FAMILY “Sammy’s Visit” (CBS, 1972) starring Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Sammy Davis Jr., Mike Evans and Isabel Sanford Created by Norman Lear

ON THE WATERFRONT (1954) starring Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning and Eva Marie Saint Directed by Elia Kazan

THE TWILIGHT ZONE “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” (CBS, 1960) starring Claude Akins, Jack Weston, Barry Atwater, Jan Handzlik, Burt Metcalfe and Mary Gregory Created by Rod Serling

Frank Capra’s IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers, Beulah Bondi, Ward Bond, Frank Faylen and Gloria Grahame

YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS (NBC, 1950-1954) starring Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner and Howard Morris Created by Sylvester Weaver

BLUE VELVET (1986) starring Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange, George Dickerson and Dean Stockwell Directed by David Lynch

THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JOHNNY CARSON (NBC, 9/23/71) Guests: Bob Uecker, Hans Conried, Beverly Sills and Della Reese Created by Steve Allen, William O. Harbach, Dwight Hemion and Sylvester Weaver

SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) starring William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Fred Clark and Lloyd Gough Directed by Billy Wilder

THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JOHNNY CARSON (NBC, 1962-1992) Created by Steve Allen, William O. Harbach, Dwight Hemion and Sylvester Weaver

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962) starring Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, John Megna, Ruth White, Paul Fix, Brock Peters and Frank Overton Directed by Robert Mulligan

M*A*S*H (CBS, 1972-1983) starring Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit, Larry Linville, Gary Burghoff, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, David Ogden Stiers, Jamie Farr and William Christopher Developed by Larry Gelbart

STAR WARS (1977) starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing and Alec Guinness Directed by George Lucas

THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW “Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth” (CBS, 1965) starring Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews, Richard Deacon, Ann Morgan Guilbert and Carl Reiner Created by Carl Reiner

VERTIGO (1958) starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore and Henry Jones Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

HILL STREET BLUES (NBC, 1981-1987) starring Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz, Charlie Haid, Veronica Hamel and Robert Prosky Created by Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll

CITIZEN KANE (1941) starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Everett Sloane, Ray Collins, George Coulouris, Agnes Moorehead, Paul Stewart, Ruth Warrick, Erskine Sanford and William Alland Directed, Written and Produced by Orson Welles

CHEERS (NBC, 1982-1993) starring Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Nicholas Colasanto, Rhea Perlman, George Wendt, John Ratzenberger, Kelsey Grammer and Woody Harrelson Created by Glen & Les Charles and James Burrows

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) starring Peter O’Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif, Jack Hawkins and José Ferrer Directed by David Lean

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (NBC, 1975-1976) starring Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, George Coe, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, Michael O’Donoghue and Gilda Radner Created by Lorne Michaels

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952) starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds Directed by Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen

THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW “The Pickle Story” (CBS, 1961) starring Andy Griffith, Ronny Howard, Don Knotts and Frances Bavier Created by Sheldon Leonard

GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) starring Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard and Olivia de Havilland Directed by Victor Fleming

THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW (CBS, 1970-1977) starring Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Gavin MacLeod, Ted Knight, Valerie Harper, Cloris Leachman, Georgia Engel and Betty White Created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns

THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Charley Grapewin and The Munchkins Directed by Victor Fleming

ALL IN THE FAMILY (CBS, 1971-1979) starring Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers and Rob Reiner Created by Norman Lear