I generally think the Howard thing worked, if only because the actor who played Howard did such a good job of making Howard seem like an antagonist and a prick even though he really wasn’t one if you think about it for five seconds.

I should note one major omission from that Top 100 shows list that I’m just now noticing…24. It started in 2001, and I think its reputation has been dropping slowly over the years due to it being a show about a guy who breaks pretty much every law he can to stop terrorist attacks.