The Top Ten Sitcoms of All Time

“this show is the next best thing. Fresher than Friends. And less fraught with cynicism than Sienfeld.”

“it’s my fave tv show, but not really a sitcom”

docghost

“Funniest cartoon ever, much better than family guy or the simpsons”

xanderh

“the makers of this hilarious show r GENIUS”

luvtoread

“one word - GENIUS!”

“I would kill a puppy for a 4th season...”

“Arrested Development is the best written and best casted sitcom of all time. The careful thought that went into this show is beyond anything any other show has ever dreamed of. No question #1 of all time.”

“big time”

“This show paved the way to all others. M. A. S. H. had it all.”

asphaltpilot

“The show lasted 3x the time of the Korean War. That has to count for something.”

RdrTech

“pushes the boundaries every episode - nothing is funnier today!”

“This should be in the top 3!”

idolangelx13

“funniest show on tv.. this should be number 1”

“The show has no laugh track. You can laugh anytime you want. Steve Carell is BRILLIANT!”

“Sometimes the silence is just as funny as the dialogue”

FATRESS

“Halarious. Brilliant. Inovative. Original. Oh yeah and Halarious.”

nigelthewizard

“It’s an insult that this show is not in the top 5.”

“Cheers is great, hilarious still after all these years. Ted Danson is great.”

“Should be in the top 10”

“I just love all the characters in this sitcom, especially Samantha...”

“The one and the only...”

dandeli0n

“"Peg, kids, get ready to torture me- I’m home. "”

Razor79

“OH ALL! I just keep watching it on cable”

manya93

“best sitcome ever. rated best television show of all time by BBC”

“Great show! It has some fantastic writing. The best episode has to be the "Squab" episode.”

axelsonfire

“LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, Charlie Sheen!”

“for sure one of the best, never realized Charlie Sheen was so good til this show. FUNNY!”

“This is, hands down, the best sitcom of all time. Seinfield, nor Friends, nor any other sitcom will ever have the impact that All in the Family had on the American society of that time and even today. When it comes to sitcoms, All in the Family will always be KING.”

“#1....all other are merely imitations....”

“the most influential sit com of all time
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“I mean we are talking about I LOVE LUCY here... no way I Love Lucy isn’t in the top 2...”

SSDirk

“I still watch this show! I LOVE IT! I never get tired of watching her and her crazy ways!”

steph

“The only show that makes me still howl with laughter”

“pretty good show i’d have to say.
season finale made me cry”

“how the hell is this not a top 10, and everybody loves raymond is? that show sucks”

“last ep made me cry i have watched all eps and so sa5 4 3 2 1 happy new year 1979 goes 1980 best ending ever”

“hilarious!”

“I totally agree this is my favorite show”

“OMG THIS SHOW IS AWESOME IM LOVING IT!!!!”

“unprecedented wit!”

“Rowan Atkinson gives a phenomenal and hilarious performance as Mr. Bean.”

“"This is definitely my #1. I watch the reruns every night."”

“WHAT IS THIS?? NUMBER 9?? THE ONLY SITCOM FUNNIER THAN THE COSBY SHOW IS SEINFELD.”

“How this is not in the top 3 is pretty shocking.”

“Definately TOP 10”

“I am a teen and I watch the re-runs all the time. Really good show”

ChrisHenry

“This is one of the few sit-coms worth watching in re-run, even if you know exactly what is going to happen. Barney Fife rules!”

spfdgreg

“This show is still funny 40 years later!”

“it should be no1 it’s genius”

muckie

“The #1 Britcom of all time.”

“What!!?? Isn’t this one even posted?? One of the best and intelligent of the last years. Hate that they cancelled it only after 7 seasons!!!”

“I think its one of the best ideas for a sitcom. and acting is superb! 3rd rock is my favorite!”

“Man, it should have been number one, I can’t believe it! So dissapointed that no one ever see this show. Watch it guys, you’ll change your mind.”

“that is so right! this show definitely is a hit, should deserve more credit that’s all!”

“I LOVE IT”

ninadasiy

“Amazing show... amazing characters... each episode makes you laugh and at the same time touches your heart!”

“Come on, must be higher.”

“Not only is this sitcom funny, but unlike all other sitcoms, it also reflects true life situations that can be quite emotional and heartbreaking from time to time. This sitcom kept me going through some of the most difficult times of my life. I want to thank the girls for this, and wish them all the best.”

“Greatest and funniest television show of all time with an outstanding cast.”

“Great show not taking away from seinfeld but CYE is better it is more clever and has a better premise, plus it is about the life and times of hollywodds funniest man larry david”

“are you kidding me?
Belongs next to Seinfeld on top of the list”

“Very clever situations with excellent improvisation!”

“Are you kidding me this has to be the best show ever”

“best ever”

“Classic”

“Maude to Florida: When he says wife he means possession.
Walter: Maude you told me 100 times you wanted to feel possessed.
Maude: Walter Findley you know perfectly well I never said that standing up.”

“To the poster before, you sir are an idiot, the show only got better, Taxi is to comedy, what Star Trek is to Science Fiction.”

“awesome BUT got bad fast

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“this show is halarious from begining to the last season. martin and his crazy characters were priceless the show was ahead of its time and original there was nothing like it at the time.And there still nothing like it till this day.”

“It’s not eve nclose to me EVERY SEASON except the last was hysterically funny!!!!!!!”

“This show should be in the top 5!!!!”

“Best cast ever!!!!!!!!!!!!”

“Future generations will give Becker his due! lol”

alanald

“My parents named me after this, and I’m a girl, not a grumpy doctor :D”

Bec

“when becker first came on, I couldn’t get rid of the concept of sam malone being a doctor...after becker went off the air (first run), I suddenly realized how great a show it was. I know it might seem odd, but when I think of Ted Danson, I think of ’’Becker’’ and not ’’Cheers’’

I especially loved the last episode, Ted Dansons’s real live wife has a cameo...Becker reads a chart of a Mr. Nielson and says..."his numbers aren’t that bad". BRAVO.”

“This must be among the top 10. There were scenes that made me cry and there were some that made me so full of boiling emotions. The way kevin climbed up cooper’s house to say "I love you" and the expressions she had when she said it too was once in a life time feeling. I adore this show and its got be among the top 10.”

“Good when you were young”

“Come on, this show should be right up there with Seinfeld, not number 1, i would say number 2. Not enough people know about or remember this show. RIP PHIL HARTMAN.”

“WKRP taken to another level...what a great show/great cast!”

“This sitcom had the best ensemble cast of any show ever made. Pure hilarity. RIP Phil. I still miss you.”

“Way above everyone else. Up there with Married with Children.”

“This is the best comedy of all-time.”

“Hilarious, why isn’t it higher? it started with a whole new comedic take on the star trek/sci fi arena and made it one of the funniest tv shows ever and severly underated. blackadder I haven’t even seen on this list and that’s an amazing sitcom to.”

Cantonez

“funny and clever, packed with adventure”

“un-godly funny. the only reason it’s 59 is because people don’t know about it, or don’t have a good enough sense of humor to understand it.”

cobber218

“Will go down as one of the greatest shows of all time. Ridiculous to the point of hilarity. Excellant writting. Unforgetable caracters. Danny Devito just adds major celebrity to the show.”

“A great sitcom for when you want something (only a little) different than Simpsons :)”

“Without a doubt, one of the best ensemble comedies ever.”

“This is truely the big one.”

wideup

“The only reason its not still going is beacuse the star died.”

“love it, should be in top ten”

“excelent funny”

“One of the funniest TV shows ever, The Office is great too.”

seacowphil

“dylan moran manages to give nasty bernard black a touch of vulnerability. He’s horrible all the time but you still want to give him a cuddle!”

“I’m actually surprised this one is in the list. but its probably the most hilarious show I’ve ever seen. dylan moran and bill bailey are just great. a shame there is only 18 episodes”

“Best characters, brilliant writing, swift humour.
The best.”

“one of the best”

“I reckon Adder and Fawlty are about even as the ’best’ with Seinfeld just behind. To me Fawlty is the quintessential sitcom and it’s all great, but I love every single episode of Adder and there are more of them. Very fave Fawlty epidodes are "Waldorf Salad" and a "Touch of Class" ("A gin and orange, a lemon squash, and a scotch and water PLEASE! ") So far as Adder goes I think they’re all very good, though series II and IV are the best- my fave episodes are from those series’, II in particular, "Potato" ("blubbed on the way to the blocks") and "Beer" ("that song about the goblin") and of course "General Hospital" (You mean your father’s German, you’re half German and you married a German").
As for Seinfeld, George and Kramer are great. My fave all-time episode of Seinfeld is "The Seven". I love it when George suggests ’Soda’ for a girl’s name, as the couple are looking confused, he says: "I solve problems, that’s what I do". "The Marine Biologist" is great too; "The Jimmy", "The Junior Mint", "The Helllllllo", "The Big Salad" are other very notable episodes. My favourite seasons are 5, 8 and 9, though they’re all very good. I also like the "Andrea Doria" where George is talking to the old man about the ship that went down and he can’t believe so few people died on it when he thought it would be thousands. "It took 10 hours to sink after it hit the iceberg, it was like an old man getting into a hot bath". All of it’s great and George has (nearly) all the best lines”

HatfulOfHollow

“Rowan at his best taking you though a romp of English History.”

“SHOULD BE NO. 1. I JUST LOVED HELEN HUNT.
BEST SHOW EVER”

“Should be in top ten”

“quiet and clever, I’d laugh til I cried, and the best series finale ever”

“The TV series that became the "Naked Gun" movies. Some of the most original, insane humor on television.”

“Who DOES NOT love Ari? This show is original and spell-binding
”

“No doubt the best. In order:
1. Entourage
2. Arrested Development
3. Seinfeld
4. 30 Rock
5. Curb Your Enthusiasm
6. Family Guy
7. Futurama
8. The Simpsons
9. American Dad
10. Kid Notorious
”

“makes everyone who watches it want to be a movie star. easily the best show out right now, I would rival it against the sopranos as the second best tv show ever, next to seinfeld”

“Amazing this wasn’t on the list. Best ensemble cast of all time (DVD, MTM, Maury Amsterdam, Carl Reiner, Rose Marie, Richard Deacon)”

“Now it’s getting remade for the States I hope people dig out the original version again”

“All the good Britcoms are listed here, except for Spaced. What is up with that? For anyone who loves Sean of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.. Spaced is BETTER!”

“First-rate political satire.”

spfdgreg

“Jethro: What was the Civil War?
Granny: That was when the north invaded America!”

spfdgreg

“Still stands up after all these years. I’d rather watch the Hillbillies than any garbage on the tube now.”

“Why this isn’t in the Top 10 is beyond me. It had the most watched episode in television show history. Seinfeld can’t compare to The Beverly Hillbillies.”

“Always cracks me up. Earl’s trying to be a better person is always funny and creative.”

“SHOULD BE TOP TEN FIRST COMEDY TO
GO OVERBOARD POLITICALLY AND SOCIALLY... WHOM IS VOTING KIDS
UNDER 25 THAT HAVE NEVER SEEN A TRULY GOOD COMEDY”

“Bill and Judy raising those three kids.....hilarious!!”

“This show still stands up today. Most classics do. Get ready for the movie adaptation next year. Should be good with Steve Carrel as agent 86.”

“The first season of Tea Leoni’s sitcom about a tabloid photographer was mysteriously cancelled by ABC, even though it was one of its top 10 shows. The NBC resurrection was not terrible, but the deadly revamp and re-revamp, as well as constant rescheduling, sealed its fate.”

“Ahead of its time and a classic envelope pusher.”

“GARY COLEMAN’S BEST WORK!! =)”

“This show had it all...definitely is in my top 5 (the Michael J. Fox years).”

schumant

“Totally loved this show as a kid of the 80’s! TGIF, great program lineup!”

“... the best”

“Going into it’s 3rd season, its the best show you’re not watching! I don’t know how half the stuff in this show is allowed past the sensors. The writer Rob Thomas is a genius!”

“Veronica Mars rocks! The third seson is the best so far. That’s why I can’t understand why only two million people are watching it every week. I really hope that people give this show a chance because they won’t regret it.”

“come on..a guys guy sitcom! classic!”

“One of the last great sitcoms ever.”

“A show set in the army... that is not really about the army! Hiken was a fantastic writer, subtle and sarcastic. Phile Silvers was a genius who made the show come to life. Hilarious but with subtle cultural references and critique. A comedy classic with an edge! Why is it so far down this list?”

“Very slick for its time”

“This was a hilarious sitcom. It should be in the top 20.”

rugan01

“One word for ya "Dyn-o-mite"!”

wideup

“genius writing”

“Underrated cartoon sitcom”

“One of the best shows of the 1980’s! Can’t wait for all the seasons on DVD! Whoot!”

“Will they, won’t they. Gota love the Tony and Angela chemistry!!!”

“Other than last season by far the greatest ever.”

“Such a good show. Just wasn’t the right time. If this show was re-released it would be number one in two weeks!”

“How can television’s most watched show not be one of the top few sitcoms?”

“"#43 are youns retarted.This show should be #1.Make it #1 i’m not gonna wacth any of this show."”

“"C’mon. You know you watched the "Moron-a-thons!"”

“this is the funniest SHOW EVA!!! i mean come on isnt Kelly Ripa like THE FUNNIEST WOMAN EVA?!?”

“Very funny show! Loved how they told the stories... after they happened. Great characters... especially uncle Eddie and cute Brad the boy next door.”