Your Top 50 Sitcom's Of All Time??

[dvd_mazter]

My top 25 (sorry 50 is just too many for me) - I did use some animated stuff that I feel can fit the sitcom banner:

1. The Simpsons
2. How I Met Your Mother
3. Futurama (Debateable choice but I think it kinda is)
4. Arrested Development
5. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
6. Scrubs
7. That 70's Show
8. Undeclared
9. 30 Rock
10. Entourage
11. The Office (U.S.)
12. The Loop (So short-lived but brilliant)
13. Grounded for Life
14. Greg the Bunny
15. Big Bang Theory
16. My Name is Earl
17. King of Queens
18. King of the Hill
19. Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
20. Spaced
21. Eastbound and Down
22. Extras
23. Modern Family
24. Andy Ritcher Controls the Universe
25. 60's Batman

[Illini007]

Czar, I thought this was a sort of a challenge to everyone, so I gave it a go (thank goodness I have a decent length train commute). It is tough to rank from about 25-50, but I tried. Here is my list:

1. Soap
2. M*A*S*H*
3. Cheers
4. The Simpsons
5. Arrested Development
6. The Honeymooners
7. Friends
8. The Cosby Show
9. Frasier
10. Night Court
11. The Dick Van Dyke Show
12. I Love Lucy
13. The Carol Burnett Show
14. The John Larroquette Show
15. The Flintstones
16. Scrubs
17. Family Ties
18. Newsradio
19. The Big Bang Theory
20. Dream On!
21. Home Improvement
22. The Drew Carey Show
23. The Muppet Show
24. WKRP in Cincinnati
25. Married…with Children
26. Seinfeld
27. Monk
28. Growing Pains
29. Silver Spoons
30. Mork and Mindy
31. How I Met Your Mother
32. Wings
33. Green Acres
34. Newhart
35. The Monkees
36. Taxi
37. Sanford and Son
38. The Munsters
39. Get Smart
40. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
41. The Larry Sanders Show
42. Spin City
43. Psych
44. Undeclared
45. Happy Days
46. Laverne and Shirley
47. Welcome Back, Kotter
48. The Beverly Hillbillies
49. Futurama
50. Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place


I found that I really wanted to put Charles in Charge on the list, but didn't really want to remove anything. Also, my feelings about Soap being the best sitcom ever are documented in other threads, but it is such a funny, original and controversial show, even when I watch the DVDs today.

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by Illini007

Czar, I thought this was a sort of a challenge to everyone, so I gave it a go (thank goodness I have a decent length train commute). It is tough to rank from about 25-50, but I tried. Here is my list:

1. Soap
2. M*A*S*H*
3. Cheers
4. The Simpsons
5. Arrested Development
6. The Honeymooners
7. Friends
8. The Cosby Show
9. Frasier
10. Night Court
11. The Dick Van Dyke Show
12. I Love Lucy
13. The Carol Burnett Show
14. The John Larroquette Show
15. The Flintstones
16. Scrubs
17. Family Ties
18. Newsradio
19. The Big Bang Theory
20. Dream On!
21. Home Improvement
22. The Drew Carey Show
23. The Muppet Show
24. WKRP in Cincinnati
25. Married…with Children
26. Seinfeld
27. Monk
28. Growing Pains
29. Silver Spoons
30. Mork and Mindy
31. How I Met Your Mother
32. Wings
33. Green Acres
34. Newhart
35. The Monkees
36. Taxi
37. Sanford and Son
38. The Munsters
39. Get Smart
40. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
41. The Larry Sanders Show
42. Spin City
43. Psych
44. Undeclared
45. Happy Days
46. Laverne and Shirley
47. Welcome Back, Kotter
48. The Beverly Hillbillies
49. Futurama
50. Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place


I found that I really wanted to put Charles in Charge on the list, but didn't really want to remove anything. Also, my feelings about Soap being the best sitcom ever are documented in other threads, but it is such a funny, original and controversial show, even when I watch the DVDs today.

Very nice list. We have similar taste. Also I did bold some that arent on my list as they didnt make my top 50 cut, but sitcom's like the Dick Van Dyke Show & Beverly Hillbillies are still very good and I do enjoy them.

Soap is a great sitcom. I havnt seen it in ages but remember it had a great cast, very raunchy and starred other people who were also on other sitcom's. Love the mom from Who's the Boss on Soap, she was hilarious. Got Em!!

[RonSwanson]

Originally Posted by CZAR

We already have top 100 list for movies and such so how about sitcom's. Sitcom's have been around for ages and there have been some great ones over the years. List your top 50 that u prefer in order if possible. Remember only sitcom's. My list below and pretty much in order. Got Em!!

1. Martin
2. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
3. Saved By the Bell
4. Good Times
5. Diff'rent Strokes
6. Three's Company
7. Sanford and Son
8. What's Happening!!
9. Gilligan's Island
10. Happy Days
11. Family Matters
12. Leave it to Beaver
13. Who's the Boss?
14. Mr. Belvedere
15. Silver Spoons
16. Punky Brewster
17. The Parent 'Hood
18. Living Single
19. The Wayans Bros.
20. The Steve Harvey Show
21. Laverne & Shirley
22. George Lopez
23. The King of Queens
24. The Brady Bunch
25. The Jeffersons
26. Family Ties
27. The Love Boat
28. California Dreams
29. Welcome Back, Kotter
30. One Day at a Time
31. Too Close for Comfort
32. Married...with Children
33. Small Wonder
34. Webster
35. Cheers
36. Alice
37. Bewitched
38. I Dream of Jeannie
39. The Facts of Life
40. Gimme a Break!
41. A Different World
42. My Three Sons
43. Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.
44. I Love Lucy
45. Mork & Mindy
46. Hangin with Mr. Cooper
47. Growing Pains
48. Green Acres
49. Taxi
50. The Jaime Foxx Show

CZAR, i love this post!! so i'm bumpin it with my own rankings.

keep in mind, guys, i was born in 1986, and also it's good to know that I LOVE tv, hope to write for a tv show some day, and truly watch almost all sitcoms that are on today (until i decide whether i like them or not...and i usually give them at least a season to decide)

lmao, and i agree with a previous poster about you likin those shows with a Black/ethnic cast...perfectly fine with me though...you like what you like, and that often has to do with how you are raised and what you watch growing up, and who you are. even though to me a lot of these shows are not up to qual with a lot of my faves (with 'whitey')...lmao that post just cracked me up, sorry!!!

oh, and i've given all the old shows a shot, but honestly they were before my time and not too many make the cut. just the facts of life!

note that i also don't include shows like Monk or Psych, i consider them a different genre than Sitcom...i put them in the same category as Burn Notice, Chuck, etc....action/comedy, etc....not sitcom.

1. Scrubs (hands down)
2. Seinfeld
3. How I Met Your Mother
4. King of Queens
5. The Office (USA)
6. Arrested Development
7. Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
8. Parks and Recreation (NO JOKE!!! I LOVE IT)
9. Spin City
10. NewsRadio
11. Friends
12. Home Improvement
13. Big Bang Theory
14. Three's Company
15. Two Guys, A Girl, and a Pizza Place
16. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
17. My Wife and Kids
18. 30 Rock
18a. (forgot it!) Less than Perfect
19. Entourage
20. Curb Your Enthusiasm
21. The Office (British)
22. The IT Crowd (British)
23. Cheers
25. Hangin' With Mr. Cooper
26. Sanford and Son
27. Leave it to Beaver
28. Boy Meets World
29. Step by Step
30. Grounded for Life
31. Martin
32. Saved by the Bell
33. War at Home
34. WKRP in Cincinnati
35. Freaks and Geeks
36. Family Matters
37. The Wayans Bros
38. Modern Family
39. Community
40. Smart Guy
41. Undeclared
42. Night Court
43. Family Ties
44. George Lopez Show (S1-3)
45. Everybody Loves Raymond
46. Mork and Mindy
47. The Jaime Foxx Show
48. Married..With Children
49. Gilligan's Island
50. The Parent Hood

Man, i left off a lot of good shows. TOUGH!!!

Oh, and Chuck is my favorite show of all time, and I watch every show, ever. So you should watch it

[RampageIceman]

1. Scrubs
2. Boy Meets World
3. The Wonder Years (this was more of a dramedy but Im going with it)
4. Monk
5. Roseanne
6. Weeds
7. Arrested Development
8. That 70s Show
9. Friends
10. The Munsters
11. I Love Lucy
12. The Golden Girls
13. Married w/ Children
14. Kenan & Kel
15. How I Met Your Mother
16. Full House
17. The Big Bang Theory
18. All in the Family
19. The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
20. 30 Rock
21. The King of Queens
22. Cheers
23. Happy Days
24. I Dream of Jeannie
25. The Suite Life of Zach & Cody / On Deck
26. Less Than Perfect
27. Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
28. I Carly
29. Gilligan’s Island
30. Grounded for Life
31. Three’s Company
32. Mister Ed
33. Reba
34. The Office (US)
35. Salute Your Shorts
36. My Name Is Earl
37. Lizzie McGuire
38. Clueless
39. Community (will be higher after more seasons)
40. Everybody Loves Raymond
41. Wizards of Waverly Place
42. 3rd Rock From the Sun
43. Drake & Josh
44. Spin City
45. The Brady Bunch
46. Saved by the Bell
47. Laverne & Shirley
48. Bewitched
49. The Facts of Life
50. Family Matters

I did my best to avoid any animated programming (maybe that could be another thread, top 25 animated shows)

As someone who does not watch a lot of TV this was not too hard really, probably because I did watch a lot more when I was younger as to know it is movies and sports.

[JonD7]

I'll give it a go... but I'm adding animation to.
Not sure if I can add 50 that I actually like though.

1. The IT Crowd
2. Spaced
3. Ren & Stimpy
4. Rocko's Modern Life
5. The Munsters
6. Fraiser
7. The Office(UK version)
8. Futurama
9. That 70's Show
10. Snuff Box

After that I just can't think of anything I want to add...

[RonSwanson]

Originally Posted by RampageIceman

1. Scrubs
2. Boy Meets World
3. The Wonder Years (this was more of a dramedy but Im going with it)
4. Monk
5. Roseanne
6. Weeds
7. Arrested Development
8. That 70s Show
9. Friends
10. The Munsters
11. I Love Lucy
12. The Golden Girls
13. Married w/ Children
14. Kenan & Kel
15. How I Met Your Mother
16. Full House
17. The Big Bang Theory
18. All in the Family
19. The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
20. 30 Rock
21. The King of Queens
22. Cheers
23. Happy Days
24. I Dream of Jeannie
25. The Suite Life of Zach & Cody / On Deck
26. Less Than Perfect
27. Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
28. I Carly
29. Gilligan’s Island
30. Grounded for Life
31. Three’s Company
32. Mister Ed
33. Reba
34. The Office (US)
35. Salute Your Shorts
36. My Name Is Earl
37. Lizzie McGuire
38. Clueless
39. Community (will be higher after more seasons)
40. Everybody Loves Raymond
41. Wizards of Waverly Place
42. 3rd Rock From the Sun
43. Drake & Josh
44. Spin City
45. The Brady Bunch
46. Saved by the Bell
47. Laverne & Shirley
48. Bewitched
49. The Facts of Life
50. Family Matters

I did my best to avoid any animated programming (maybe that could be another thread, top 25 animated shows)

As someone who does not watch a lot of TV this was not too hard really, probably because I did watch a lot more when I was younger as to know it is movies and sports.

Shoot, I forgot about Less than Perfect....I was a huge fan. You consider Monk a sitcom? I don't know...I just don't.

[ThaiTeaGal]

Originally Posted by CZAR

We already have top 100 list for movies and such so how about sitcom's. Sitcom's have been around for ages and there have been some great ones over the years. List your top 50 that u prefer in order if possible. Remember only sitcom's. My list below and pretty much in order. Got Em!!

1.Martin
2. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
3. Saved By the Bell
4. Good Times
5. Diff'rent Strokes
6. Three's Company
7. Sanford and Son
8. What's Happening!!
9. Gilligan's Island
10. Happy Days
11. Family Matters
12. Leave it to Beaver
13. Who's the Boss?
14. Mr. Belvedere
15. Silver Spoons
16. Punky Brewster
17. The Parent 'Hood
18. Living Single
19. The Wayans Bros.
20. The Steve Harvey Show
21. Laverne & Shirley
22. George Lopez
23. The King of Queens
24. The Brady Bunch
25. The Jeffersons
26. Family Ties
27. The Love Boat
28. California Dreams
29. Welcome Back, Kotter
30. One Day at a Time
31. Too Close for Comfort
32. Married...with Children
33. Small Wonder
34. Webster
35. Cheers
36. Alice
37. Bewitched
38. I Dream of Jeannie
39. The Facts of Life
40. Gimme a Break!
41. A Different World
42. My Three Sons
43. Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.
44. I Love Lucy
45. Mork & Mindy
46. Hangin with Mr. Cooper
47. Growing Pains
48. Green Acres
49. Taxi
50. The Jaime Foxx Show

I highlighted my top 50 sitcoms that was listed above Czar's list and below is the rest of my top 50 sitcoms in alphabetical order....

26. 227
27. Addam's Family
28. Blossom
29. Bosom Buddies
30. Boy Meets World
31. Charles in Charge
32. Empty Nest
33. Everybody Loves Raymond
34. Friends
35. Full House
36. Golden Girls
37. Home Improvement
38. Out of This World
39. Perfect Strangers
40. Roseanne
41. Seinfeld
42. Sex and the City
43. Sister,Sister
44. Step by Step
45. The Cosby Show
46. The Munsters
47. The Ropers
48. The Wonder Years
49. Two and Half Men
50. Will & Grace

[lobosrul]

I'm an American, but ever since I first saw Fawlty Towers 20 years ago I've enjoyed British comedy more than our own, even going to the expense of importing DVD's.

I'll list 25 UK, and then 25 US comedies:

UK:

1. Father Ted (funniest TV show ever IMO)
2. The Vicar of Dibley
3. Blackadder
4. One Foot in the Grave
5. Spaced
6. Only Fools and Horses
7. Fawlty Towers
8. Coupling
9. Men Behaving Badly
10. The IT Crowd
11. Black Books
12. Peep Show
13. Red Dwarf
14. Gavin and Stacey
15. My Family
16. The Young Ones
17. Green Wing (if only the 2nd series didn't suck)
18. Ab Fab
19. Dad's Army
20. Bottom
21. Two Pints of Lager
22. Are You Being Served?
23. Allo Allo
24. My Hero
25. Keeping Up Apperances

Thats just about all that I can think of actually that I've seen.

US:

This list is going to be heavy with more recent shows. I wasn't born until 1980, and I watched very little TV as a child.

1. Friends
2. Seinfeld
3. Cheers
4. Scrubs
5. Futurama
6. The Simpsons
7. Three's Company
8. I Love Lucy
9. MASH
10. The Big Bang Theory

I won't order the rest:
Happy Days
Honeymooners
Married.... with Children
Modern Family
How I Met Your Mother
Community
Home Improvement
The Cosby Show
Frasier
That 70's Show
Taxi
Roseanne
Everyone Loves Ramond
Fresh Prince of Belair
Happy Days
SOAP
All in the Family

Also, I can't believe so many of you like the old TGIF shows.... god most of those sucked.

[serpheus]

Originally Posted by lobosrul

I'm an American, but ever since I first saw Fawlty Towers 20 years ago I've enjoyed British comedy more than our own, even going to the expense of importing DVD's.

I'll list 25 UK, and then 25 US comedies:

UK:

1. Father Ted (funniest TV show ever IMO)
2. The Vicar of Dibley
3. Blackadder
4. One Foot in the Grave
5. Spaced
6. Only Fools and Horses
7. Fawlty Towers
8. Coupling
9. Men Behaving Badly
10. The IT Crowd
11. Black Books
12. Peep Show
13. Red Dwarf
14. Gavin and Stacey
15. My Family
16. The Young Ones
17. Green Wing (if only the 2nd series didn't suck)
18. Ab Fab
19. Dad's Army
20. Bottom
21. Two Pints of Lager
22. Are You Being Served?
23. Allo Allo
24. My Hero
25. Keeping Up Apperances

Thats just about all that I can think of actually that I've seen.

US:

This list is going to be heavy with more recent shows. I wasn't born until 1980, and I watched very little TV as a child.

1. Friends
2. Seinfeld
3. Cheers
4. Scrubs
5. Futurama
6. The Simpsons
7. Three's Company
8. I Love Lucy
9. MASH
10. The Big Bang Theory

I won't order the rest:
Happy Days
Honeymooners
Married.... with Children
Modern Family
How I Met Your Mother
Community
Home Improvement
The Cosby Show
Frasier
That 70's Show
Taxi
Roseanne
Everyone Loves Ramond
Fresh Prince of Belair
Happy Days
SOAP
All in the Family

Also, I can't believe so many of you like the old TGIF shows.... god most of those sucked.

The Royle Family is one of the best british sitcoms ever you should really check it out.

[disney-boy]

Friends
The Simpsons
Will & Grace
Roseanne
Peep Show
Seinfeld
Married With Children
That 70s Show
How I Met Your Mother
Big Bang Theory
Outnumbered
The IT Crowd
Modren Family
Absolutely Fabulous
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
The Mighty Boosh
Extras
The Office (USA)
Saved by the bell
Malcolm In the Middle
Arrested Development
Scrubs
Ellen
Home Improvement
3rd Rock From the Sun
30 Rock
King of Queens
Spaced
Gavin and Stacey
Red Dwaf
Father Ted
The Royle Family
Dinnerladies
The Young Ones
The League of Gentlemen
Gimme Gimme Gimme
Coupling
Vicar of Dibley
Blackadder
Grounded For Life
Faulty Towers
The Class
Veronicas Closet
Jesse
Samantha Who
Are You Being Served?
The Office UK
Keeping up Appearances
Sister Sister

[OG Pooh]

I don't know if I could do 50, but here's what I can think of (after the top 5, it's kinda random)...

1: Scrubs (the best damned show ever created)
2: Seinfeld
3: The Honeymooners
4: Married with Children
5: Family Guy
The Odd Couple
Wings
Sanford & Son
King of Queens
All in the Family
The Office (U.S.)
Gilligan's Island
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Three's Company
M*A*S*H*
Alf
Taxi
Barney Miller
South Park
The Jeffersons
I Love Lucy
The Bob Newhart Show/Newhart
The Wonder Years
Fawlty Towers
Lucky Louie
Cheers
Welcome Back Kotter
Family Matters
Kenny Vs. Spenny (is this a sit-com?)
The Addams Family
Alice
WKRP in Cincinnati
The Munsters
Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.
Laverne and Shirley

I don't know if any of you would consider this a sit-com, but if you do, it would move into my number two spot... Northern Exposure.

[Batman1980]

Sitcoms?
Hannah Montana
Saved by the Bell
Boy Meets World
Friends
King of Queens
Wizards of Waverly Place
Lizzie McGuire
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Will & Grace
Frasier
That 70's Show
Married With Children
Home Improvement
M*A*S*H
Fresh Prince of Bel Air
The Cosby Show
Couldn't get to 50.

[ascotinmpls]

You guys are nuts...

3 pages in and i've seen Boy Meets World and Sister Sister and nobody has mentioned Fawlty Towers????

EDIT - I take that back Disney-Boy and OG-Pooh have it listed.

My Top 10

The IT Crowd
Fawlty Towers
Father Ted
The Office (US Version)
The Peep Show
Big Band Theory
Only Fools and Horses
Blackadder
The Royle Family
The League of Gentlemen

[RampageIceman]

Originally Posted by i_bleed_Cubby_Blu

Shoot, I forgot about Less than Perfect....I was a huge fan. You consider Monk a sitcom? I don't know...I just don't.

yeah i think its more of a dramedy but i went with it

[lobosrul]

Originally Posted by ascotinmpls

You guys are nuts...

3 pages in and i've seen Boy Meets World and Sister Sister and nobody has mentioned Fawlty Towers????

EDIT - I take that back Disney-Boy and OG-Pooh have it listed.

I did too @ #7.

[SpaceDog]

I don't know that I love 50 sitcoms. My favorites in no particular order though:

How I Met Your Mother
Modern Family
Frasier
Cheers
As Time Goes By
Absolutely Fabulous
The Vicar of Dibley
Will & Grace (first 4 years only)
Better off Ted (coulda, shoulda, woulda)
Simpsons
Futurama
Family Guy
Ellen
Roseanne
Newhart
Murphy Brown
Golden Girls

[BJ Blazkowicz]

Hey Dude
Salute Your Shorts
The Wonder Years
Married With Children
Home Improvement
Saved By the Bell
Family Matters
Boy Meets World
Adventures of Pete n Pete
Threes Company

[hardtosayx]

1. Modern Family
2. Parks and Recreation
3. That 70s Show
4. Boy Meets World
5. Golden Girls
6. What I Like About You
7. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
8. 30 Rock
9. The Nanny
10. Three's Company
11. The Office
12. Fresh Prince
13. Cosby Show
14. Moesha
15. Gidget
16. Flying Nun
17. Everybody Loves Raymond
18. South Park
19. Roseanne
20. Home Improvement
21. I Love Lucy
22. Who's the Boss?
23. Family Matters
24. George Lopez
25. Growing Pains
26. Seinfeld
27. Friends
28. My Wife and Kids
29. Step By Step
30. Full House
31. Eastbound and Down
32. Drake and Josh
33. iCarly
34. Victorious
35. Everybody Hates Chris
36. The Game
37. Gilligan's Island
38. Even Stevens
39. Lizzie McGuire
40. Monk
41. Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
42. Reno 911
43. Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
44. Sister, Sister
45. Smart Guy
46. That's So Raven
47. Weeds
48. Zoey 101
49. 8 Simple Rules
50. Brady Bunch


Bold are my favorites

[PaulDHolloway]

Boy Meets World
Step By Step
Family Matters
Friends
Joey
That 70's Show
Reba
Roseanne
Full House
How I Met Your Mother
Married With Children
Two and A Half Men
Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
30 Rock
8 Simple Rules...
Cheers
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Just Shoot Me
Scrubs
Three's Company

There's 20. I am sure 30 more will pop in my head later lol