10 SMARTEST TV SHOWS OF ALL TIME

Mensa, the organization for geniuses, has issued a list of what it thinks are the top 10 smartest TV shows of all time. Mensa International selected the shows after being posed the question by Fancast.com.

1. "M*A*S*H" -- It had smart repartee and was so much more than a comedy.
2. "Cosmos" (with Carl Sagan) -- Sagan was able to communicate something extremely complicated to the layman and do it well, and that's unusual for a scientist at his level.
3. "CSI" -- The way they use science to solve their programs is intriguing to viewers.
4. "House" -- It's high level type of show. It's the personality that makes it a winner, plus it deals with science.
5. "West Wing" -- You had to pay attention to stay up with it. The repartee was fast and furious, and you needed a fairly high level intelligence to keep up with it.
6. "Boston Legal" -- It's primarily because of the characters. The story lines are okay, but the characters are incredible and the writers give them great dialogue.
7. "All in the Family" -- The show dealt with social issues before its time and was on the forefront of trying to show people's feelings, beliefs and the complexities of personality, in both a serious and comedic way.
8. "Frasier" -- The repartee was sensational; the main characters were very good. Even though they portrayed people who were likely of high intelligence, they also showed their weaknesses.
9. "Mad About You" -- It's a personal favorite, I loved the characters and the back and forth. It was very smart.
10. "Jeopardy" -- It's about the only game show that really tries to test people's intelligence. There's very little luck involved, and there are few game shows like that. I don't watch it all that much honestly, but from what I've seen it tests more than knowledge, it tests intelligence too.