Sunday, September 01, 2019

Top 100 Sitcoms

1. I Love Lucy - CBS 1951-57
(EP: Desi Arnaz S: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley)

2. All In the Family - CBS 1971-79
(C: Norman Lear S: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers, Rob Reiner)

3. M*A*S*H - CBS 1972-1983
(C: Larry Gelbart S: Alan Alda, MacLean Stevenson, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit, Gary Burghoff)

4. The Honeymooners - CBS 1955-56
(C: Jackie Gleason S: Jackie Gleason, Audrey Meadows, Art Carney, Joyce Randolph)

5. Seinfeld - NBC 1989-98
(C: Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld S: Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards)

6. The Simpsons - Fox 1989-present
(C: Matt Groening V: Dan Castellanata, Julie Kavner, Lisa Cartwright, Yeardley Smith)

7. Cheers - NBC 1982-1993
(C: James Burrows, Glen Charles, Les Charles S: Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Kristie Alley, Woody Harrelson)

8. The Mary Tyler Moore Show - CBS 1970-77
(C: James L. Brooks, Allan Burns S: Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Gavin MacLeod, Ted Knight)

9. The Andy Griffith Show - CBS 1960-68
(C: Aaron Ruben, Sheldon Leonard, Danny Thomas S: Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Ron Howard, Frances Bavier)

10. The Cosby Show - NBC 1984-92
(C: Ed Weinberger, Michael Leeson, Bill Cosby S: Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashas, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tempestt Bledsoe)

11. The Beverly Hillbillies - CBS 1962-71
(C: Paul Henning S: Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer Jr.)

12. Taxi - ABC 1978-82; NBC 1982-83
(C: James L. Brooks, Stan Daniels, David Davis, Ed Weinberger S: Judd Hirsch, Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner, Tony Danza)

13. The Odd Couple - ABC 1970-75
(C: Garry Marshall, Jerry Belson S: Jack Klugman, Tony Randall)

14. The Brady Bunch - ABC 1969-74
(C: Sherwood Schwartz S: Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Barry Williams, Maureen McCormick, Ann B. Davis)

15. Roseanne - ABC 1988-97
(C: Matt Williams S: Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert)

16. The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet - ABC 1952-66
(C: Ozzie Nelson S: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, Rick Nelson, David Nelson)

17. Friends - NBC 1994-2004
(C: David Crane, Marta Kauffman S: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer)

18. Sanford & Son - NBC 1972-77
(C: Bud Yorkin S: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Whitman Mayo)

19. Bewitched - ABC 1964-72
(C: Sol Saks S: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead)

20. The Office - NBC 2005-13
(C: Greg Daniels S: Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer)

21. Get Smart - NBC 1965-69; CBS 1969-70
(C: Mel Brooks, Buck Henry S: Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Edward Platt, Dick Gautier)

22. Happy Days - ABC 1974-84
(C: Garry Marshall S: Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley)

23. Frasier - NBC 1993-2004
(C: David Angell, Peter Casey, David Lee S: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin, John Mahoney)

24. The Phil Silvers Show (aka You'll Never Get Rich, aka Sgt. Bilko) - CBS 1955-59
(C: Nat Hiken S: Phil Silvers, Harvey Lembeck, Allen Melvin, Paul Ford)

25. Maude - CBS 1972-78
(C: Norman Lear S: Bea Arthur, Bill Macy, Adrienne Barbeau, Conrad Bain)

26. The Big Bang Theory - CBS 2007-2019
(C: Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady S: Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar)

27. The Dick Van Dyke Show - CBS 1961-66
(C: Carl Reiner S; Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam)

28. Murphy Brown - CBS 1988-98
(C: Diane English S: Candice Bergen, Faith Ford, Charles Kimbrough, Robert Pastorelli)

29. Modern Family - ABC 2009-present
(C: Christopher Lloyd, Steven Levitan S: Ed O'Neill, Sofia Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet)

30. South Park - Comedy Central 1997-present
(C: Trey Parker, Matt Stone V: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Isaac Hayes, Mona Marshall)

31. Gilligan's Island - CBS 1964-67
(C: Sherwood Schwartz S: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Tina Louise, Russell Johnson, Dawn Wells)

32. The Wonder Years - ABC 1988-93
(C: Neal Marlens, Carol Black S: Fred Savage, Danica McKellar, Dan Lauria, Alley Mills, Jason Hervey)

33. Everybody Loves Raymond - CBS 1996-2005
(C: Phillip Rosenthal S: Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, Brad Garrett, Doris Roberts, Peter Boyle)

34. Barney Miller - ABC 1975-82
(C: Danny Arnold, Theodore J. Flicker S: Hal Linden, Max Gail, Ron Glass, Steve Landesberg)

35. The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis - CBS 1959-63
(C: Max Shulman S: Dwayne Hickman, Bob Denver, Frank Faylen, Florida Friebus, Tuesday Weld)

36. Make Room For Daddy (aka The Danny Thomas Show) - ABC 1953-57, CBS 1957-64
(EP: Sheldon Leonard, Charles Stewart S: Danny Thomas, Jean Hagen, Marjorie Lord, Rusty Hagen)

37. Three's Company - ABC 1977-84
(C: Don Nicholl, Michael Ross, Bernie West S: John Ritter, Suzanne Somers, Joyce DeWitt, Norman Fell)

38. Married...With Children - Fox 1987-97
(C: Michael G. Moye, Ron Leavitt S: Ed O'Neill, Katey Segal, Christina Applegate, David Faustino)

39. Newhart - CBS 1982-90
(C: Barry Kemp, Sheldon Bull S: Bob Newhart, Mary Frann, Tom Poston, Julia Duffy)

40. Arrested Development - Fox 2003-06, Netflix 2013-present
(C: Michael Hurwitz S: Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, Michael Cera)

41. My Three Sons - ABC 1960-65, CBS 1965-72
(C: George Tibbles, Don Fedderson S: Fred MacMurray, Don Grady, Stanley Livingston, Tim Considine, Barry Livingston)

42. The Flintstones - ABC 1960-66
(C: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera V: Alan Reed, Jean Vander Pyl, Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet)

43. Leave It To Beaver - CBS 1957-58, ABC 1958-63
(C: Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher S: Jerry Mathers, Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Beaumont, Tony Dow)

44. Two And A Half Men - CBS 2003-15
(C: Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn S: Jon Cryer, Charlie Sheen, Angus T. Jones, Ashton Kutcher)

45. Gomer Pyle—USMC - CBS 1964-69
(C: Aaron Ruben S: Jim Nabors, Frank Sutton, Ronnie Schell, Roy Stuart, Elizabeth MacRae)

46. The Life Of Riley - NBC 1953-58
(EP: Tom McKnight S: William Bendix, Marjorie Reynolds, Tom D'Andrea, Gloria Blondell)

47. Home Improvement - ABC 1991-99
(C: Carmen Finestra, David McFadzean, Matt Williams S: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Jonathan Taylor Thomas)

48. Full House - ABC 1987-95
(C: Jeff Franklin S: Bob Saget, John Stamos, Dave Coulier, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olson, Candace Cameron)

49. Father Knows Best - CBS 1954-55, 1958-60, NBC 1955-58
(C: Ed James S:Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray, Lauren Chapin)

50. 30 Rock - NBC 2006-13
(C: Tina Fey S: Tina Fey, Alex Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer)

51. The Golden Girls - NBC 1985-92
(C: Susan Harris S: Betty White, Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty)

52. The Monkees - NBC 1966-68
(C: Bob Rafelson, Bert Schneider S: Mickey Dolenz, Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork)

53. Family Ties - NBC 1982-89
(C: Gary David Goldberg S: Michael J. Fox, Meredith Baxter-Birney, Michael Gross, Justine Bateman, Tina Yothers)

54. The Jeffersons - CBS 1975-85
(C: Don Nicholl, Michael Ross, Bernie West S: Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, Marla Gibbs, Roxie Roker)

55. Laverne & Shirley - ABC 1976-83
(C: Garry Marshall, Lowell Ganz, Mark Rothman S: Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, Michael McKean, David L. Lander)

56. Soap - ABC 1977-81
(C: Susan Harris S: Katherine Helmond, Cathryn Damon, Robert Mandan, Richard Mulligan, Billy Crystal)

57. The Bob Newhart Show - CBS 1972-78
(C: David Davis, Lorenzo Music S: Bob Newhart, Suzanne Pleshette, Marcia Wallace, Bill Daily)

58. Family Matters - ABC 1989-97, CBS 1997-98
(C: William Bickley, Michael Warren S: Jaleel White, Reginald VelJohnson, Jo Marie Payton, Kellie Shanygne Williams, Darius McCrary)

59. Rhoda - CBS 1974-78
(C: James L. Brooks, Allan Burns S: Valerie Harper, Julie Kavner, Nancy Walker, David Groh)

60. The Addams Family - ABC 1964-66
(C: David Levy S: John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy)

61. Dennis The Menace - CBS 1959-63
(EP: Harry Ackerman S: Jay North, Joseph Kearns, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry)

62. Sex & The City - HBO 1998-2004
(C: Darren Star S: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon)

63. Alice - CBS 1976-85
(C: Robert Getchell S: Linda Lavin, Vic Tayback, Beth Howland, Polly Holliday, Phillip McKeon)

64. Hogan's Heroes - CBS 1965-71
(C: Bernard Fein, Albert S. Ruddy S: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, Ivan Dixon, Richard Dawson)

65. Family Affair - CBS 1966-71
(C: Don Fedderson S: Brian Keith, Sebastian Cabot, Kathy Garver, Anissa Jones, Johnny Whitaker)

66. The Munsters - CBS 1964-66
(C: Allan Burns, Chris Hayward S: Fred Gwynne, Yvonne DeCarlo, Al Lewis, Butch Patrick)

67. I Dream Of Jeannie - NBC 1965-70
(C: Sidney Sheldon C: Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman, Bill Daily, Hayden Roarke)

68. Mad About You - NBC 1992-99
(C: Paul Reiser, Danny Jacobson S: Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt, Anne Ramsay, John Pankow)

69. Curb Your Enthusiasm - HBO 2000-11
(C: Larry David S: Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman)

70. Diff'rent Strokes - NBC 1978-85, ABC 1985-86
(C: Jeff Harris, Bernie Kukoff S: Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, Conrad Bain, Dana Plato, Charlotte Rae)

71. Night Court - NBC 1984-92
(C: Reinhold Weege S: Harry Anderson, John Larroquette, Markie Post, Richard Moll)

72. Hazel - NBC 1961-65, CBS 1965-66
(C: Ted Key S: Shirley Booth, Don DeFore, Whitney Blake, Bobby Buntrock)

73. Growing Pains - ABC 1985-92
(C: Neal Marlens S: Kirk Cameron, Tracey Gold, Jeremy Miller, Alan Thicke, Joanna Kerns)

74. WKRP In Cincinnati - CBS 1978-82
(C: Hugh Wilson S: Howard Hesseman, Tim Reid, Gary Sandy, Loni Anderson, Gordon Jump, Richard Sanders, Frank Bonner)

75. Who's The Boss - ABC 1984-92
(C: Martin Cohan, Blake Hunter S: Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, Danny Pintauro, Katherine Helmond)

76. Welcome Back, Kotter - ABC 1975-79
(C: Gabe Kaplan, Alan Sacks S: Gabe Kaplan, John Travolta, Robert Hegyes, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Ron Palillo)

77. Green Acres - CBS 1965-71
(C: Jay Sommers S: Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor, Pat Buttram, Tom Lester, Frank Cady)

78. Good Times - CBS 1974-79
(C: Eric Monte, Michael Evans S: Esther Rolle, John Amos, Jimmie Walker, Bern Nadette Stanis, Ralph Carter)

79. One Day At A Time - CBS 1975-84
(C: Whitney Blake, Allan Manings S: Bonnie Franklin, Valerie Bertinelli, Mackenzie Phillips, Pat Harrington)

80. Will & Grace - NBC 1998-2006
(C: David Kohan, Max Mutchnick S: Debra Messing, Eric McCormack, Megan Mullally, Sean Hayes)

81. Petticoat Junction - CBS 1963-1970
(C: Paul Henning, Ruth Henning S: Bea Benaderet, Edgar Buchanan, Linda Kaye, Rufe Davis)

82. Chico & The Man - NBC 1974-78
(C: James Komack S: Jack Albertson, Freddie Prinze, Della Reese, Scatman Crothers, Isaac Ruiz)

83. Sports Night - ABC 1998-2000
(C: Aaron Sorkin S: Peter Krause, Josh Charles, Felicity Huffman, Robert Guillaume, Joshua Malina, Sabrina Lloyd)

84. My Favorite Martian - CBS 1963-66
(C: John L. Greene S: Ray Walston, Bill Bixby, Pamela Britton, Alan Hewitt, Ann Marshall)

85. Family Guy - Fox 1999-2003, 2005-present
(C: Seth MacFarlane V: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis)

86. The Patty Duke Show - ABC 1963-69
(C: William Asher, Sidney Sheldon S: Patty Duke, William Schallert, Jean Byron, Paul O'Keefe)

87. How I Met Your Mother - CBS 2005-14
(C: Carter Bays, Craig Thomas S: Josh Radnor, Jason Segal, Neil Patrick Harris, Colbie Smulders, Alyson Hannigan)

88. Saved By The Bell - NBC 1989-93
(C: Sam Bobrick S: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mario Lopez, Elizabeth Berkley, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Dustin Diamond, Lark Voorhees)

89. The Real McCoys - ABC 1957-62, CBS 1962-63
(C: Irving Pincus S: Walter Brennan, Richard Crenna, Kathleen Nolan, Lydia Reed, Michael Winkelman)

90. The Partridge Family - ABC 1970-74
(C: Bernard Slade S: Shirley Jones, David Cassidy, Danny Bonaduce, Susan Dey, Dave Madden)

91. The Donna Reed Show - ABC 1958-66
(C: William S. Roberts S: Donna Reed, Carl Betz, Shelley Fabares, Paul Petersen, Patty Petersen)

92. Mr. Ed - Syndication 1961, CBS 1961-66
(C: Walter R. Brooks V: Allan Lane S: Alan Young, Connie Hines, Larry Keating, Edna Skinner)

93. The Jetsons - ABC 1962-63
(C: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera V: George O'Hanlon, Penny Singleton, Janet Waldo, Daws Butler)

94. Clarissa Explains It All - Nickelodeon 1991-94
(C: Mitchell Kriegman S: Melissa Joan Hart, Jason Zimbler, Elizabeth Hess, Joe O'Connor, Sean O'Neal)

95. Blossom - NBC 1990-95
(C: Don Reo S: Mayim Bialik, Joey Lawrence, Jenna von Oy, Michael Stoyanov, Ted Wass)

96. What's Happening - ABC 1976-79
(C: Eric Monte S: Ernest Lee Thomas, Haywood Nelson, Fred Berry, Shirley Hemphill, Danielle Spencer)

97. ALF - NBC 1986-90
(C: Paul Fusco, Tom Patchett S: Paul Fusco, Max Wright, Anne Schedeen, Andrea Alson, Benji Gregory)

98. The Flying Nun - ABC 1967-70
(C: Max Wylie, Harry Ackerman S: Sally Field, Marge Redmond, Madeleine Sherwood, Shelley Morrison)

99. Benson - ABC 1979-86
(C: Susan Harris S: Robert Guillaume, James Noble, Inga Swenson, Missy Gold, Rene Auberjonois)

100. Perfect Strangers - ABC 1986-93
(C: Dale McRaven S: Bronson Pinchot, Mark-Linn Baker, Ernie Sabella, Melanie Wilson, Rebeca Arthur)

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