Though it was critically acclaimed at the time, thirtysomething kind of gets a bad rep now for being a show about white, middle class yuppies whining, and sure, it was a show about white, middle class yuppies whining, but it was also a lot more than that. Created by My So-Called Life producers Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, the show was written by the likes of Paul Haggis (let's put our Crash hatred aside and remember Letters from Iwo Jima and Casino Royale, people), and Winnie Holzman, and at the time, had this perfectly timely resonance with people dealing with the complications of modern suburban life like no other show before it.

Tags: My So-Called Life, thirtysomething