The Simpsons - TV's longest running sitcom follows a dysfunctional cartoon family attempting to live the American Dream
Futurama - Simpsons creator brings classic plots and foibles into the next millenium (including an alcoholic robot named Bender)
Family Guy - Satiric cartoon that is interrupted with more obscure pop culture references than a Dennis Miller show
Charmed - Three beautiful witches save the world daily in postmodern rehashes of classic fairy tales
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Tongue-in-cheek horror/comedy that follows a suburban high school student and vampire hunter
Xena: Warrior Princess - Campy fantasy adventure that mixes multiple mythologies, time periods, and a touch of postmodern feminism
Dark Angel - Jessica Alba's leather clad body is a genetically engineered weapon in another spin on postmodern feminist superheros
Drawn Together - Reality TV parody with an eclectic mix of characters (from an overweight Betty Boop to a sexed-up Superman)
Reno 911 - Pastiche of the reality show Cops, that doesn't have to stray too far from the original for absurd plots and big laughs

The Real World - Voyeuristic "Reality" TV original where producers hand pick a diverse/volatile group to live in a house full of booze
Cops - Low culture spectacle follows America's finest as they chase half-naked addicts through a trailer park (see also Reno 911)
Survivor - Postmodern gameshow mixes reality TV with the novel Lord of the Flies as malnourished contestants plot and scheme
Married with Children - America's first family of dysfunction that spawned several sitcom clones
The Tom Green Show - Watch the master of shock humor as he plays pranks, suckles from a cow, and humps dead animals
South Park - Low-tech animation provides raunchy parables on the state of current mass culture
MTV Jackass - MTV pranksters and "extreme" sportsmen perform dangerous stunts, pranks, and body mutilation

Seinfeld - Pseudo-reality sit-com about "nothing" features a comedian, offbeat friends, rampant inside jokes, and a show within a show
The Office - Original British mockumentary on workplace psychology follows an incompetent boss and awkward reality TV moments
The Office (US) - American spin on a painfully unfunny boss and his attempts to make a dysfunctional office love and respect him
Da Ali G Show - Borat and other Sacha Baron Cohen characters dupe unsuspecting interviewees to reveal their prejudices
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - Pinnacle of "fake" news has ironically gone from comedy pastiche to legitimate political powerhouse

Twin Peaks - Mind-bending mystery full of twisted plots, self-reference, and bizarre events from the director David Lynch
Lost - Drama of philosophy and signs, where a group of cast-aways battle "The Others" amidst flashbacks and a web of connections
The X-Files - Paranoid and paranormal search through the mysteries of the FBI's unsolved cases involving aliens, myths, and legends
Harsh Realm - X-Files meets the Matrix in this cyberspace thriller about a hero trapped in a hyperrealistic simulation run by the military