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Top 50 PBS Shows (IMDB)

Can you guess the top 50 PBS programs according to IMDB ratings?
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Program
Year(s)
IMDB
The Joy of Painting
1983-1994
9.3
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
1980
9.3
Nature
1982-Present
8.9
Masterpiece Mystery!
1980-2006
8.9
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
1968-2001
8.8
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
2012-Present
8.7
NOVA
1974-Present
8.7
Jazz
2001
8.6
Rick Steves' Europe
2000-Present
8.6
Globe Trekker
1994-2016
8.6
American Experience
1988-Present
8.6
Frontline
1983-Present
8.6
Masterpiece Classic
1971-Present
8.6
NOVA ScienceNow
2005-2012
8.5
America's Test Kitchen
2001-Present
8.5
Sneak Previews
1975-1996
8.5
Square One Television
1987-1992
8.4
Reading Rainbow
1984-2006
8.4
Carrier
2008
8.3
Wishbone
1995-1997
8.3
Independent Lens
1999-Present
8.2
Bill Nye the Science Guy
1993-1998
8.2
Shining Time Station
1989-1993
8.2
American Masters
1986-Present
8.2
Zoobilee Zoo
1986-1987
8.2
3-2-1 Contact
1980-1988
8.2
The Electric Company
1971-1976
8.2
The Red Green Show
1991-2006
8.1
Sesame Street
1970-Present
8.1
Secrets of the Dead
2000-Present
8.0
This Old House
1979-Present
8.0
Great Performances
1972-Present
8.0
Liberty's Kids: Est. 1776
2002-2003
7.9
Ghostwriter
1992-1995
7.9
Peep and the Big Wide World
2004-2007, 2010-2011
7.8
The Magic School Bus
1994-1997
7.8
Genius by Stephen Hawking
2016
7.7
Wild Kratts
2011-Present
7.7
PBS NewsHour
1975-Present
7.7
Zoboomafoo
1999-2001
7.6
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
1991-1995
7.6
Mercy Street
2016-2017
7.5
Charlie Rose
1991-2017
7.5
Odd Squad
2014-2022
7.4
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood
2012-Present
7.4
Antiques Roadshow
1997-Present
7.4
Arthur
1996-2022
7.4
FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman
2006-2010
7.3
Democracy Now!
2001-Present
7.3
Zoom
1999-2005
7.3
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2 Comments
sumguy
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Level 87
Sep 12, 2021
"Square One" isn't good enough for Square One Television?
johnsonncn5
+1
Level 66
Sep 12, 2021
It is now! ;)
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