TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time

[2] About 25 shows from the original list were featured during a special week on Nick at Night on Nickelodeon and TV Land.

[3] Paley Center for Media's James Sheridan regretted the recency bias of the newer list.

[3] Hal Boedeker of the Orlando Sentinel viewed the original list as a triumphant result despite its conflict of interest.

[2] He claimed that episodes chosen from Murder One, The Partridge Family, The Love Boat, and Speed Racer reveal a lack of either maturity or perspective, while others showed taste and bravery.

[2] Chicago Tribune critic Steve Johnson complained that it was premature to claim that any episode of ER had established sufficient cultural significance to rank third on the original list.