Milestone #7

Milestone #7

We've moved only from the L's to the M's in the past 100 shows, and I think we'll be in the M's longer than most letters.  I can no longer say that there is no F+, but at least there's still only one F, and no F-.  The D-s went from seven to ten, the Ds from sixteen to twenty, but the D+s rose only from 34 to 37.  The C-s only went from 76 to 82, but the Cs went from 89 to 107, the C+s from 124 to 143.  The B-s impressively increased from 138 to 171, while the Bs less dramatically went from 81 to 93.  The B+s managed to inch from 26 to 28, but the A-s haven't budged from 5.

As for the decade breakdown, the '50s only went from 21 to 22, and the '60s didn't add to their 23 shows.  The '70s, thanks especially to The Mary Tyler Moore Show, finally beat the previous decades, going from 14 to 35.  The '80s, on the other hand only went from 84 to 86.  The '90s only increased from 109 to 114.  The '00s rose from 121 to 149, yes, still approximately one-fifth of the total.  The supreme '10s went from 226 to 268.  Oh, and, yes, there's now one '40s show (The Lone Ranger).

Of the former Big Three, NBC maintained its lead, although only going from 82 to 83 shows, while CBS, again thanks to MTM, is more of a contender, with 74 shows.  The BBC (both One and Two) had 98 shows, and ITV 104.

At this point, almost the alphabetical midpoint, and approximately one year into the project, I still feel like I have to watch a lot of crappy or at least mediocre shows to find decent and occasionally great ones.  It's still an interesting journey and there are definitely shows I'm still curious about.  If nothing else, it's always fun to do stats.