Best TV Pilots

How you debut isn’t everything, but first impressions do count. TV Guide recently put together its list of the 10 Best TV Pilots ever, looking back at how some successful (and, in some cases, not quite so successful) series got started.

Here’s the list:

1. Lost (2004)

2. 24 (2001)

3. The Shield (2002)

4. The Sopranos (1999)

5. 30 Rock (2006)

6. Football Wives (2007)

7. Desperate Housewives (2004)

8. Saturday Night Live (1975)

9. ER (1994)

10. Alias (2001)

To read all about the original picks, and get a different take, visit Time magazine.