The Top Ten Sitcoms of All Time

Here is a list of the top ten sitcoms you make a point of watching each week or still watch each time they pop up in syndication. Don't agree with the list? Place your vote or if you are a logged in, add a new item for others to vote on.

Vote for Seinfeld 1) Seinfeld

How can you beat Seinfeld. Everyone can relate to a character. The mix of story lines was brilliant.

Seinfeld is the number one show of all time.

mobrules

THIS IS THE BEST SHOW ALL TIME IT IS THE BEST SITCOM EVER

AARON


Vote for Friends rsItems( 2) Friends

Greatest sitcom ensemble ever!

danalana

Friends is the best thing ever thought of..it is no 1 ..one is a fool not to realise Friends is cool

Anytime I’m super-pissed off I just watch one episode of this show and I’m in a good mood.

jewunit69


Vote for Scrubs 3) Scrubs

This should be in the top ten! Scrubs is so hilarious and underrated!

2shy

scrubs = the best thing out since the dawn of time. sorry. but it should be number 1. as a matter of fact, what they should do is build a whole new website, and just have scrubs written across the middle, and people would have to pay to see it. thats how good scrubs is.

Scrubs should be number 1! no other show can match it. It’s masterful combination of drama and comedy entertainment, morals,and even great songs. Scrubs is also hilarious! Scrubs 4ever!


Vote for The Vicar of Dibley 4) The Vicar of Dibley

Dawn French leads this wacky and hilarious town.


Vote for Frasier 5) Frasier

A lot of people say that only smart people watch Frasier. That is probably why whoever isn’t voting for Frasier is a Dumbass

RHCPfan

This is so much better than Scrubs, Friends, and Seinfeld combined. Frasier is awesome. So sophisticated yet hilarious. I know a lot of kids don’t like this show, But I’m an exception. Martin is my Favorite. And BTW Scrubs sucks and is overated. FRASIER IS AWESOME!

RHCPfan

Finally, a comedy that doesn’t rely on tired slapstick, slacker guys, and predicable lines.


Vote for The Simpsons 6) The Simpsons

Doh

The Simpsons is great! They portray many different things through television such as the violence that kids see on t.v. through Itchy and Scratchy.

I also really liked the episode where Homer becomes Pie Man. At the beginning of the episode, there was a t. v. show on like Survivor where a very rich man had a couple women come to his island. He gave each woman a rose to keep going except one; he would throw a rock at the one who displayed the most character and intelligence.

This proves that nowadays many people worry too much about their looks. They believe that the only way they will be popular is through their looks!

Thank you Simpsons for pointing this out to me... try to insult God a lot less and you’ll have the no.1 t.v. show! D’oh!

Oreanta

The Simpsons rule they are the best thing ever to be put on FOX.And by the way:Wohooo The Simpsons are in the top 10


Vote for The Fresh Prince of Bel Air 7) The Fresh Prince of Bel Air

The only sitcom that actually makes me laugh. Will Smith FTW.

Kaotic

MOST AWESOME show EVER!

vanishing_truth

OH yay! Carlton brings the house down baby!


Vote for Everybody Loves Raymond 8) Everybody Loves Raymond

So funny

Great show. Frank is the best, Robert is right behind him. the mother gets annoying and Raymond, well he’s just a whining wuss. But, none the less, I still love this show, its very funny. My favorite show for this catagory would be "That 70s show". I’m not a huge Simpsons fan but as many years they been around and still running, you gotta give that show a huge round of applause.

PDP

it never gets old

HighSkoolArtist


Vote for The King of Queens 9) The King of Queens

Doug could be one of the funniest sitcom characters ever

arabhomie68

This has to be the funniest sitcom I’ve seen in years

panikkrazy

funniest show ever


Vote for South Park 10) South Park

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

xanderh

the makers of this hilarious show r GENIUS

luvtoread

This should be #1. Best show ever.


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Vote for Arrested Development 11) Arrested Development

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.

Vote for M.A.S.H. 12) M.A.S.H.

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

Vote for The Office 13) The Office

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

Vote for How I Met Your Mother 14) How I Met Your Mother

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

Vote for My Hero 15) My Hero

One of the best comedy shows form the Uk. BRILLIANT!!! Would love to see some bloopers. Can’t imagine how they could stop giggling while doing this show.

Scorpion

Vote for Sex and the City 16) Sex and the City

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

Vote for Cheers 17) Cheers

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

Vote for Family Guy 18) Family Guy

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

Vote for Married with Children 19) Married with Children

Humor that’s timeless

Definitely no lower than 3rd.

One of the best if not the best. Ten times better than Friends, Frazier, etc.

Vote for All In The Family 20) All In The Family

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

Vote for Fawlty Towers 21) Fawlty Towers

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

Vote for I Love Lucy 22) I Love Lucy

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

Vote for Two and a Half Men 23) Two and a Half Men

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, Charlie Sheen!

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

This is the meaning of ’Entertainment’ !

Vote for Mr. Bean 24) Mr. Bean

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

Vote for Will and Grace 25) Will and Grace

I totally agree this is my favorite show

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

unprecedented wit!

Vote for That 70’s Show 26) That 70’s Show

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

Vote for The Cosby Show 27) The Cosby Show

"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.

Vote for The Andy Griffith Show 28) The Andy Griffith Show

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!

Vote for Home Improvement 29) Home Improvement

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

Definately TOP 10

Vote for Only Fools and Horses 30) Only Fools and Horses

it should be no1 it’s genius

muckie

The #1 Britcom of all time.

Vote for Roseanne 31) Roseanne

Vote for Malcom in the Middle 32) Malcom in the Middle

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!!!

Vote for Third Rock From the Sun 33) Third Rock From the Sun

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!

Vote for Full House 34) Full House

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.

Vote for The Golden Girls 35) The Golden Girls

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.

Vote for Maude 36) Maude

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.

Vote for The Big Bang Theory 37) The Big Bang Theory

hilarious!

Vote for Curb Your Enthusiasm 38) Curb Your Enthusiasm

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!

Vote for Martin 39) Martin

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!!!!!!!

Vote for Taxi 40) Taxi

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

Vote for The Mary Tyler Moore Show 41) The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Best cast ever!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vote for NewsRadio 42) NewsRadio

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.

Vote for Honeymooners 43) Honeymooners

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

Vote for Dharma & Greg 44) Dharma & Greg

Vote for Becker 45) Becker

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.

Vote for Boy Meets World 46) Boy Meets World

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

Vote for The Wonder Years 47) The Wonder Years

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

Vote for The Nanny 48) The Nanny

best ever

Classic

Vote for Three's Company 49) Three's Company

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

This is the best comedy of all-time.

Vote for Black Books 50) Black Books

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

Vote for Father Ted 51) Father Ted

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

Vote for Futurama 52) Futurama

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

Vote for Sanford and Son 53) Sanford and Son

This is truely the big one.

wideup

Vote for Police Squad 54) Police Squad

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

Vote for Wings 55) Wings

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

Vote for Mad About You 56) Mad About You

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

Vote for My Wife And Kids 57) My Wife And Kids

Vote for WKRP in Cincinnati 58) WKRP in Cincinnati

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

Vote for It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 59) It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

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.

Vote for Red Dwarf 60) Red Dwarf

funny and clever, packed with adventure

Vote for IT Crowd 61) IT Crowd

love it, should be in top ten

excelent funny

Vote for Yes Prime Minister 62) Yes Prime Minister

First-rate political satire.

spfdgreg

Vote for The Beverly Hillbillies 63) The Beverly Hillbillies

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.

Vote for The Larry Sanders Show 64) The Larry Sanders Show

Vote for Still Standing 65) Still Standing

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

Vote for Til Death 66) Til Death

Vote for Night Court 67) Night Court

Vote for The Odd Couple 68) The Odd Couple

Vote for Soap 69) Soap

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

Vote for The Drew Carey Show 70) The Drew Carey Show

Ahead of its time and a classic envelope pusher.

Vote for Family Ties 71) Family Ties

Vote for BlackAdder 72) BlackAdder

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.

Vote for Get Smart 73) Get Smart

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.

Vote for Spaced 74) Spaced

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!

Vote for Entourage 75) Entourage

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

Vote for Coach 76) Coach

come on..a guys guy sitcom! classic!

Vote for John and Marsha 77) John and Marsha

Vote for Spin City 78) Spin City

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

schumant

Vote for Allo Allo 79) Allo Allo

one of the best

Vote for My Name Is Earl 80) My Name Is Earl

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

Vote for Absolutely Fabulous 81) Absolutely Fabulous

... the best

Vote for Veronica Mars 82) Veronica Mars

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.

Vote for Good Times 83) Good Times

One word for ya "Dyn-o-mite"!

wideup

Vote for Diff'rent Strokes 84) Diff'rent Strokes

GARY COLEMAN’S BEST WORK!! =)

Vote for Who's the Boss 85) Who's the Boss

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!!!

Vote for Bilko 86) Bilko

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

Vote for The Dick Van Dyke Show 87) The Dick Van Dyke Show

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

Vote for Perfect Strangers 88) Perfect Strangers

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

Vote for Mind Your Language 89) Mind Your Language

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

rugan01

Vote for The Naked Truth 90) The Naked Truth

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.

Vote for Home Movies 91) Home Movies

genius writing

Underrated cartoon sitcom

Vote for Gilligan’s Island 92) Gilligan’s Island

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

Vote for Dinosaurs 93) Dinosaurs

One of the last great sitcoms ever.

Vote for Moonlighting 94) Moonlighting

Other than last season by far the greatest ever.

Vote for Hope and Faith 95) Hope and Faith

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

Vote for Are You Being Served? 96) Are You Being Served?

Vote for The Royle Family 97) The Royle Family

Vote for Freaks and Geeks 98) Freaks and Geeks

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

Vote for Newhart 99) Newhart

A great show... which had one of the best finales... with it’s surprise ending.

Vote for Beavis & Butt-head 100) Beavis & Butt-head

"#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!"