> > one of our editors whiffed, leaving it off his top 20 entirely, while others had it ranked #2, or even #1.

this ranking has been an interesting exercise but if anything it has shown me there's less of a consensus as to what the best shows were than I expected. '97 was so consistently amazing one person's #5 can be another person's #25. I don't think that's true of many other years.

the idea of 12/11 being an obscure choice for a high ranking was interesting to me. 07/22 and 11/19 being so high was a big surprise to me but 12/11 is straight fire, I felt like it was a lock from the start.

of course I felt that way about 08/09, 07/25, 12/30, 11/17, 12/06, and 11/22. at least one of these didn't even make the honorable mention list and that kinda blows my mind. Two, if 11/23 makes the top 5.