24
2. Frasier
3. Tales From the Crypt
4. Home Movies
5. Rome/CSI: Miami
In order.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
My So-Called Life
Battlestar Galactica (reboot)
That's probably it. There are others I like a lot, like Game of Thrones, Babylon 5, Farscape, but those three are the ones I just love. Then there's something like Twin Peaks. I love the first season, but the second season wasn't as good. Breaking Bad and Six Feet Under were both really good, but I have some issues with both of them, plus, I just don't love them like I do the others, so if it's just my personal faves? Those three.

The Wire
Game of Thrones
The Leftovers
The Returned
It's Always Sunny

5. '
   The Six Million Dollar Man
   '.
6. '
   Doctor Who
   ' (1963).
7. '
   The Twilight Zone
   ' (1959).
8. '
   The Outer Limits
   ' (1963).
9. '
   TOS
   '.
   Honorable mentions:
10. '
    Battlestar Galactica
    ' (1978).
11. '
    I Dream of Jeannie
    '.
    I'll let you know when I come-up with a new signature,
    .

Minder
The Professionals
dad's army
porridge
Are you Being served?

I was addressing the 1950's top shows, as the subject suggests. I did not say Hitchcock was the first of the genre as his movies predate the television show. I was speaking of top programs of the 1950's that were top shows.
I do thank you for your input, and maybe you should check the 1960's the genre did get revived for a few other series including notably Rod Serlings Night Gallery though Serling was only the host of the show, and in the 1970's Fantasy Island is a feel good example of this genre.
There are others that were tried to including a Steven Spielberg entry in the 1980's. The decline you speak of happened when reality television started with Survivor. That genre pretty much wiped out the anthology on network television.
A Smile is priceless and Can Be Addicting

There had been anthology series since the 1940s, so "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" wasn't the first. Actually, 1955 marked the beginning of the genres decline. Each year after that there were less on the air, and by 1960 the genre was pretty much extinct except for "The Twilight Zone".
Have you played Atari today?

Think it might be smarter as some posters have done to break this down by dates or decades. Television evolved over time, for example in the 1950's -in no order
I Love Lucy 1951- set the standard for sit coms after it
What's My Line 1950- showed that live intellect can make a great game show
Beat The Clock 1950 -live with Bud Collyear and insane fun
Playhouse 90 - 1956- best live drama series ever, several episodes were remade as movies
Alfred Hitchcock Presents - 1955 -earliest example of anthology series
Honorable mentions
Jack Benny (1950) and Burns and Allen (1950)
Ozzie and Harriet (1952)- sort of a model for Dick Van Dyke(1961), Father Knows Best(1954), To Tell The Truth -(1956), Twilight Zone (1959), The Honeymooners (1955),
Funny how Hollywood projected an image of TV through the 1950's as a media to look your nose down at, yet by the end of the decade had produced several movies based upon television series episodes. Reminds me much of how the networks looked down their noses at FOX Television Network when it started, then started stealing the networks original ideas as fast as they could for their own shows, news.
A Smile is priceless and Can Be Addicting

Reaper
Will & Grace
Big Bang Theory
Two And A Half Men
Frasier
he was swallowed alive by the freeway.

1 Sopranos
2 Seinfeld
3 Daily Show with Jon Stewart
4 The Prisoner
5 Mad Men
"I was so disappointed when they closed the Stock Exchange." - Donald Trump, 9/11/2001

1. Game of Thrones
2. Eastbound & Down
3. Seinfeld
4. The Wire
5. Breaking Bad

1. Game of Thrones
2. Oz
3. Breaking Bad
4. Dexter
5. The Sopranos

My favorite TV shows list:
http://www.imdb.com/list/Viyqq3Jd_Cg

Of all time? This is really hard

1. Twilight Zone
2. I Love Lucy
3. Deadwood
4. Dexter
5. Kids in the Hall
   Honorable:
   The Walking Dead
   Mad Men
   MST3k
   There are a
   ton
   of shows I've been wanting to see but still haven't.

1. Breaking Bad
2. The Sopranos
3. The Wire
4. True Detective (1st season)
5. Better Call Saul

I actually watching the first episode right now, I definitely like the tone. It a kind of similar feel to misfits (just from the first 10 minutes). It doesn't hurt that it has Joe Thomas in since he was really funny in The Inbetweeners, it also has Simon's one time love interest (from misfits) which is also cool to see. Jack Whitehall seems to be pretty funny too. But it is too early to say. good to see a few familiar faces. It has my interest already!
I have seen a little bit of Skins and it looked pretty good, I just need to sit down and get into it. I remember seeing Nicholas Hoult in it and that was a nice surprise.
I have seen a little bit of Happy Endings and Drunk History, both seemed fun but I didn't feel compelled to watch more. I'll watch them if I see them on TV but probably wouldn't go out of my way to watch a full season if I am being honest. Maybe if I did watch more I would appreciate it more though. I haven't seen any of Derek but that definitely is something that intrigues me, I am a fan of Ricky Gervais.
I am liking the music on Fresh Meat, I think I am going to get into this. Thanks again for the recommendation!
My Personal Top 40 TV Shows
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls059266199/

Hey
The_GoldenGod_Reigns_Supreme
,
I'm sorry for the delay in response. I honestly made a list of other shows, but misplaced the list temporarily!!
I think
Fresh Meat (2011)
has similar humor to
The Inbetweeners (2008)
.
Joe Thomas
is a lead on both shows. I agree
Jack Whitehall
is either hilarious or annoying, and trust me he is both on
Fresh Meat (2011)
, but he's a favorite on the show, in my opinion!
I tend to be all over the place with shows, and what age range mostly view those shows. I'm not sure how you feel about
Skins (2007)
? It may be to kiddish for you lol
What about
Happy Endings (2011)
?
or
Drunk History (2013)
?
Derek (2012)
?

Thank you for for comment! Good to hear from someone who shares a similar taste in TV shows, hope you enjoy those you haven't seen when you get around to watching them. I have not seen Fresh Meat though, I see Jack Whitehall there who is either hilarious or annoying to me (hoping for the former of course) but it looks worthy of a go! I have a good few English shows in the mix but I am always glad to add more to the list.
Any other potential shows that you would recommend?
My Personal Top 40 TV Shows
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls059266199/

Hello
The_GoldenGod_Reigns_Supreme
! You have an awesome list. I hope you don't mind, but I selected my faves from your list, and added a "need to watch" list of those I have not viewed, yet!
FAVES
Breaking Bad (2008)
The Inbetweeners (2008)
Arrested Development (2003)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
Parks and Recreation (2009)
Scrubs (2001)
Flight of the Conchords (2007)
Misfits (2009)
Better Call Saul (2015)
Workaholics (2011)
The Flash (2014)
I noticed you like The Inbetweeners and Misfits. Do you like
Fresh Meat (2011)
?
NEED TO WATCH
Rick and Morty (2013)
Community (2009)
Silicon Valley (2014)
Daredevil (2015)
Vikings (2013)
Chuck (2007)
Baskets (2016)

1. Breaking Bad
2. Rick and Morty
3. Game of Thrones
4. Dexter
5. Mr. Robot
   My signature is my top 40 shows. I like lists, yet it is so tough to decide where I would place the shows.
   My Personal Top 40 TV Shows
   http://www.imdb.com/list/ls059266199/

old and new..here goes
CURRENT
Pretty Little Liars (2010)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
Modern Family (2009)
Switched at Birth (2011)
Arrow (2012)
PAST
Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Three's Company (1976)
Friends (1994)
Happy Endings (2011)
My So-Called Life (1994)

Selected from
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?lists=ls004611035,ls074385107&title_type=tv_series
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Coupling
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Blackadder II-4
Lost
The Angels Have the Phone Box

Dexter
Game of Thrones
Lost
Mr. Robot
Bloodline

1. Dexter
2. That '70s Show
3. Six Feet Under
4. Freaks and Geeks
5. Friends
   There's something wrong with Esther.

The X Files (1993)
2.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
3.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
4.
Wan pîsu: One Piece (1999)
5.
Game of Thrones (2011)