Television Hall of Fame Inductees: Episodes
This area is currently under construction. Please find below the current list of inductees as well as the year in which they were inducted into the Hall of Fame by the members of the OFTA. Please note that the most recent additions have been listed like this. We are working on an area to give more details on our selections.
EDITORIAL NOTE: Hall of Fame inductees are selected based on three primary considerations: the historic, aesthetic, and cultural significance of each inductee. Some productions were byproducts of a certain time period and those views are reflective that era. When we look historically at the productions of the past, we must acknowledge the historic relevance of certain films even if the contents of those films have become problematic at best or downright offensive at worst. While we aren’t able to change the selections of the past, our organization pledges to do what it can to promote inclusion and tolerance. Further, we encourage you to seek out knowledge on each film and understand not only its importance to cinema history, but also the nature of its offenses. History will write itself based on the morality of the present, but only through the reflection of the past can we see where we have come from and where we are going to. A film’s controversiality may impact its perception in the framework of history, but we need to make sure that history impacts the perception of the present and learn from whatever mistakes were made. Ignoring those mistakes only enables the worst impulses of history to be forgotten and enables the commission of such atrocities in the future.
— A —
2023: All Good Things…, Parts 1 & 2 – Star Trek: The Next Generation (1994, season 7, episodes 25 & 26)
— B —
2024: Blink – Doctor Who (2007, season 3, episode 10)
— C —
2023: Christmas at Downton Abbey – Downton Abbey (2011, season 2, episode special)
2023: Chuckles Bites the Dust – The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1975, season 6, episode 7)
2023: City on the Edge of Forever – Star Trek (1967, season 1, episode 28)
2023: Contest – Seinfeld (1992, season 4, episode 11)
2024: Cousin Maude’s Visit – All in the Family (1971, season 2, episode 25)
— F —
2023: Farewell Mr. Hooper – Sesame Street (1983, season 15, episode 4)
2024: Felina – Breaking Bad (2013, season 5, episode 16)
— G —
2024: Good to the Last Drop – L.A. Law (1991, season 5, episode 16)
2023: Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen – M*A*S*H (1983, season 11, episode 16)
— H —
2024: Hush – Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1999, season 4, episode 10)
— L —
2024: Lamb to the Slaughter – Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958, season 3, episode 28)
2023: Last Newhart – Newhart (1990, season 8, episode 24)
2023: Love’s Labor Lost – ER (1995, season 1, episode 19)
2023: Lows in the Mid-Eighties – Will & Grace (2000, season 3, episodes 8 & 9)
2023: Lucy Does a TV Commercial – I Love Lucy (1952, season 1, episode 30)
2023: Luke and Laura’s Wedding – General Hospital (1981)
— M —
2023: Meet the Bunkers – All in the Family (1971, season 1, episode 1)
— O —
2023: One Where Everybody Finds Out – Friends (1999, season 5, episode 14)
2023: Ozymandias – Breaking Bad (2013, season 5, episode 14)
— P —
2023: Pilot – Lost (2004, season 1, episodes 1 & 2)
2023: Pilot – The West Wing (1999, season 1, episode 1)
2024: Puppy Episode – Ellen (1997, season 4, episodes 22 & 23)
— R —
2024: Rains of Cashmere – Game of Thrones (2013, season 3, episode 9)
— S —
2023: Sammy’s Visit – All in the Family (1972, season 2, episode 21)
2023: Sopranos – The Sopranos (1999, season 1, episode 1)
— T —
2024: The Constant – Lost (2008, season 4, episode 5)
— U —
2024: Unearthly Child – Doctor Who (1963, season 1, episodes 1-4)
— W —
2023: Who Done It – Dallas (1980, season 4, episode 4)