10 The Larry Sanders Show HBO 1992-98

Having done dozens of guest-host spots for Johnny Carson, Garry Shandling had firsthand knowledge of how late-night

TV’s sausage got made. Who better to turn a workplace comedy about a narcissistic, neurotic talk-show host into a cringe-comedy satire of the genre, complete with celebrities playing obnoxious versions of themselves? How pitch-perfect was this show? No less than David Letterman told Shandling, “This show is like every day of my life.”