We’re on a mission — to uncover the best sitcom in the history of television. And we need your help.
We’re preparing a sitcom tournament where soon you’ll be able to vote for your favorite TV comedies. We have our favorites but we want to make sure that we include yours too. There’s just so many!
So, before we ask you to vote, we’d like to get your help in assembling the nominees. In the comments below, please list up to 10 of your favorite sitcoms of all time. We’ve listed a “few” to help jog your memory and organized them by the decade when most of their episodes aired. If we missed a show that you think should be included, go ahead and add that in as well.
The 1950s
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, Amos & Andy, The Burns and Allen Show, Father Knows Best, The Goldbergs, I Love Lucy, and Leave It to Beaver.
The 1960s
The Addams Family, The Andy Griffith Show, Batman, The Beverly Hillbillies, Bewitched, Dennis the Menace, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Donna Reed Show, The Doris Day Show, Family Affair, The Flintstones, Get Smart, Gilligan’s Island, Gomer Pyle USMC, Green Acres, Hazel, Hogan’s Heroes, I Dream of Jeannie, The Lucy Show, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Mister Ed, The Monkees, The Munsters, My Favorite Martian, My Three Sons, The Patty Duke Show, Petticoat Junction, and That Girl.
The 1970s
Alice, All In The Family, Barney Miller, The Bob Newhart Show, The Brady Bunch, Chico and the Man, Eight is Enough, Fawlty Towers, Fernwood 2 Night, Good Times, Happy Days, Here’s Lucy, The Jeffersons, Laverne & Shirley, M*A*S*H, Mary Hartman Mary Hartman, Mary Tyler Moore, Maude, Mork and Mindy, The Muppet Show, The Odd Couple, The Partridge Family, Police Squad, Rhoda, Sanford and Son, Soap, Three’s Company, Welcome Back, Kotter, What’s Happening!!, and WKRP in Cincinnati.
The 1980s
227, ALF, Amen, Benson, Blackadder, Bosom Buddies, Charles in Charge, Cheers, The Cosby Show , Diff’rent Strokes, The Facts of Life, Family Ties, Full House, Gimme a Break, The Golden Girls , Growing Pains, The Hogan Family (Valerie), It’s a Living, Kate & Allie, The Love Boat, Mama’s Family, Moonlighting, Mr. Belvedere, Newhart, Night Court, One Day at a Time, Perfect Strangers, Roseanne, Silver Spoons, Taxi, Too Close for Comfort, Webster, and Who’s the Boss?
The 1990s
3rd Rock from the Sun, Blossom, Boy Meets World, California Dreams, Coach, Designing Women, A Different World, Dinosaurs, Ellen, Empty Nest, Evening Shade, Family Matters, Frasier, Freaks and Geeks, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Friends, Grace Under Fire, Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, Home Improvement, Living Single, Mad About You, Married With Children, Martin, Murphy Brown, The Nanny, NewsRadio, Northern Exposure, Red Dwarf , Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Saved By The Bell, Seinfeld, Sister Sister, Spin City, Step By Step, The Steve Harvey Show, Wings, and The Wonder Years.
The 2000s
8 Simple Rules, According to Jim, All of Us, Andy Richtor Controls the Universe, Arrested Development, Becker, The Bernie Mac Show, The Cleveland Show, Cougar Town, Dharma & Greg, Drake & Josh, The Drew Carey Show, Everybody Hates Chris, Everybody Loves Raymond, Extras, Family Guy, Futurama, The Game, Girlfriends, Just Shoot Me, The King of Queens, The King of the Hill, Malcolm in the Middle, The Middle, Modern Family, My Name is Earl, My Wife & Kids, Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide, The Office (UK), The Parkers, Samantha Who?, Scrubs, The Simpsons, That ’70s Show, and Will & Grace.
What are you waiting for? Go ahead and tell us your favorite sitcoms (up to 10). In a week or two, we’ll compile the results and then ask you to vote in round one of our upcoming sitcom showdown.
UPDATE: Thanks for your input everyone! Now, please go vote!
1. Friends
2. Seinfeld
3. Boy Meets World
4. I dream of Jeannie
5. Samantha Who?
6. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
7. That 70’s Show
8. I love Lucy
1. i love lucy
2. all in the family
3. cheers
4. MASH
5. the honeymooners
6. seinfeild
7. family guy
8. marry tyler moore
9. the dick van dyke show
10. taxi
The Jeffersons
Fresh Prince of Bel Air
All of US
My Wife & Kids
The Golden Girls
Boy Meets World
Smart Guy
Doogie Howser
Saved By the Bell
Sister Sister
According To Jim, All In THe Family, Better Off Ted, Andy Richter Controls The Universe, Back To You, Fraiser, Everybody Loves Raymond, Arrested Development. Two And A Half Mern and How I Met Your Mother.
Cheers is my top pick. The rest are too difficult to order. I loved them all. Honourable mention to Night Court as John Larroquette’s “Dan Fielding” is the funniest character in history IMHO
Cheers
Frasier
Seinfeld
Friends
The Flintstones
M*A*S*H
All In The Family
I Love Lucy
The Cosby Show
Everybody Loves Raymond
I think if you are looking for the best of all time “The Honeymooners” should be considered. (I mean how can you include the Flintstones in your suggestions list, and make no mention of the show that inspired it? (Not to mention countless others.)
1. BETTER OFF TED
2. ANDY RICTER CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE
3. TIL DEATH
4. BACK TO YOU
5. ALL IN THE FAMILY
6. SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS
7. TWO AND A HALF MEN
8. ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
8. HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
9. EVERYBODY LVOES RAYMOND
10. DO NOT DISTURB
1. 5o’s- I Love Lucy
2.60’s- Andy Griffith
3.70’s- All In The Family
4.-80’s-Cheers/Seinfield (tie)
5.90’s- Frazier
6.00’s- King of Queens
That would be it by decade..My best for all time would be as follows
1. Andy Griffith
2. I Love Lucy
3. Mash ( Season’s 1thru 3 with Mclean Stevenson)
4. Cheers
5.Seinfield
6.All in the family
7.Taxi
8. Evening Shade
9. King of Queens
10.Bob Newhart Show
1. Friends
2. The King of Queens
3. Will & Grace
4. Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
5. Boy Meets World
WTH? NO X-FILES?!?! IT’S LIKE ONE OF THE BEST TV SHOWS EVER RELEASED!!!!!
@abby: Most don’t think of it as a comedy.
Personal Favs in no Particular order:
-Newsradio
-Spin City
-Mad About You
-M*A*S*H
-Seinfeld
-Hogan’s Heroes
-BlackAdder
-All In The Family
-Ellen
-Arrested Development
Back To You, Til Death, Better Off Ted, All In THe Family, How I Met Your Mother, Arrested Development, My Name Is Earl, THe Big Bang Theory, Two ANd A Half Men and According To Jim!!!
dude, i forgot better off ted, that show is hilarious
It’s very hard to keep it to 10 but here it goes:
1. I love Lucy
2. Beverly Hillbillies
3. Bewitched
4. Happy Days
5. Mash
6. Mork & Mindy
7. Threes Company
8. Designing Women
9. The Bob Newhart Show
10. I Dream of Jeannie
Sitcom is short for a Situation Comedy. These are 30 min shows. Some of the shows listed arent sitcoms, Freaks and Geeks and Northern Exposure for example. They have funny moments but so did Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Also, animated shows like The Simpsons and Family Guy shouldnt count as Animated shows dont have the same restrictions of the situation comedy i.e. characters aging and being less funny. Also, The Muppet Show shouldnt count cause its a variety show. Then we have to add in Dean Martin, Carol Burnett, SNL, In Living Color, and other sketch and variety shows. If… Read more »
1. Murphy Brown
2. Roseanne
3. MASH
4. Bewitched
5. Mary Tyler Moore
6. WKRP in Cincinnati
7. Kate & Allie
8. The Odd Couple
9. Eight is Enough
10.Taxi
Why can’t they make shows like these any more. I hate what they call comedy lately.
No the GAME, GIRLFRIENDS , MARTIN,WAS THE BEST TV SHOW THEY EVER MADE THEY DON’T MAKE COMEDY AND REAL LIFE SITUATION SHOWS LIKE THAT ANYMORE ESPCIAALLY BLACK ONES BUT THEY KEEP MLETTING THESE IGNORANT SHOWS STAY ON AND TEACH OUR YOUTH BAD LESSONS LIKE THE SIMPSONS, FAMILY GUY,SOUTH PARK, FUTURAMA AND ECT…. GET IT TOGETHER PEOPLE