# Sitcom kitchen orientation - left vs. right **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 12, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-kitchen-orientation-left-vs-right/148168 "2003-01-12T19:01:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![barton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@barton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barton)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-kitchen-orientation-left-vs-right/148168/1 "2003-01-12T19:01:00Z")
In a sign that much of my brain capacity is woefully unused, I just realized the other day that most sitcom kitchens I’m familiar with are on the audience’s left. I really don’t think about these things, usually, I swear. I’d say it’s about a 2 to 1 ratio favoring the '70s. More modern ones usually have it on the right. Advances in set design? ---
**Author:** ![ThatGuyWithPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@ThatGuyWithPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatGuyWithPants)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-kitchen-orientation-left-vs-right/148168/2 "2003-01-12T19:14:35Z")
Well lets see here…lets throw what ones we know about in a collection! Full House- right Family Matters- right That 70’s Show- left Friends- left, right, left again, and an unknown (Ross’s place) Seinfeld- right Step by step- right What I like about you- right Reba- right Will and Grace- left 3rd Rock- left Drew Carrey- right Home Improvement- left ok I’m tapped out. ---
**Author:** ![scablet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@scablet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scablet)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-kitchen-orientation-left-vs-right/148168/3 "2003-01-12T19:19:46Z")
[on preview, PantsFellow had listed every one off my list except these two, the noive!] Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, left Cheers, centre 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-kitchen-orientation-left-vs-right/148168/4 "2003-01-12T19:21:10Z")
Happy Days - right Lavern and Shirley (basement apt) - left Dick Van Dyke Show - right Bob Newhart - right Everybody Love Raymond - right and right Gilligan’s Island - ummmmmm ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-kitchen-orientation-left-vs-right/148168/5 "2003-01-12T21:04:19Z")
The Cosby Show -left Married With Children -left Newhart - left ( but it was an inn, not a house per se) Three’s Company - right Family Ties - I dunno. I’m guessing left. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-kitchen-orientation-left-vs-right/148168/6 "2003-01-12T21:11:20Z")
All in the Family - left Jeffersons - left Sanford and Son - right Brady Bunch - back and to the left 😃 Frasier - right Mary Tyler Moore - left and later, right Simpsons - left, sorta ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-kitchen-orientation-left-vs-right/148168/7 "2003-01-12T23:15:14Z")
This thread would probably do better in Cafe Society. I always thought of the kitchen in Home Improvement as being sort if in the foreground more than anything else. I guess it’s to our left. I do have two to add: Roseanne - right Frasier - right