Seinfeld has been named as the greatest TV show of all time.

The top-rated sitcom has topped a list of the 50 most entertaining or influential television series in American pop culture.

Editors at America's listings magazine TV Guide compiled the chart, to appear in next week's edition.

Lucile Ball's sitcom pioneering sitcom I Love Lucy came second, followed by Jackie Gleason's comedy The Honeymooners and All in the Family, the US version of Till Death Do Us Part.

The rest of the top 10 is:

5. The Sopranos
6. 60 Minutes
7. Late Night with Letterman
8. The Simpsons
9. The Andy Griffith Show
10. Saturday Night Live