If you don't know what those shows did to American TV as far as camera work, number of cameras, set design, storylines character development and dialogue than you are just as clueless as meat.

I'd add "All in the Family" to that list as well.

Those are not just old shows. They were almost all groundbreaking in some way. Just because they were before your time and you don't understand what they meant at the time doesn't make them less significant. You have a lot of growing up to do.

The only show I question in his list is Rifleman but I can see why it's there as it portrayed a single Dad who was hard-nosed yet competent with his son. This is different from Andy Griffith which later had that theme but is more revolutionary for it's use of cameras and the quality of its writing.

Edit: My comment was addressed to Nate not Lou but it's always good for XPT to stir up a little controversy between Mods.