# Sitcom Ratings - Choose 10 please **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 2, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-ratings-choose-10-please/451515 "2008-06-02T18:44:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-ratings-choose-10-please/451515/21 "2008-06-02T19:35:17Z")
Friends Frasier Seinfeld WKRP 2 1/2 Men Mash The Simpsons Family Guy Malcolm in The Middle South Park. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-ratings-choose-10-please/451515/22 "2008-06-02T19:37:50Z")
Frasier The Office (US) Cheers Mash I didn’t pick 10 so I’ll add My Name is Earl Roseanne Night Court I like most of the shows on your list but the above are the only ones that I tried real hard not to miss. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-ratings-choose-10-please/451515/23 "2008-06-02T19:38:32Z")
Friends Frasier WKRP The Office (US) Cheers Mash Family Guy Malcolm in The Middle 30 Rock South Park ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-ratings-choose-10-please/451515/24 "2008-06-02T19:38:33Z")
My Add on : Barney Miller WKRP Cheers Mash The Simpsons South Park Scrubs Obviously I don’t like the shows the \*\*jali \*\* does. My top 10 only contains 3 from his list tops. It might have been better to ask us for our top 10. Sorry, Jim ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-ratings-choose-10-please/451515/25 "2008-06-02T19:42:58Z")
WKRP The Office (US) Cheers Mash The Simpsons Arrested Development Scrubs South Park. My addition: The Dick Van Dyck Show. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-ratings-choose-10-please/451515/26 "2008-06-02T19:48:54Z")
Friends Frasier WKRP The Office (US) Cheers The Simpsons Scrubs 30 Rock South Park. And I’m subbing in Newsradio. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-ratings-choose-10-please/451515/27 "2008-06-02T19:51:04Z")
[QUOTE=jali] Friends **Frasier** Everybody Loves Raymond **Seinfeld** WKRP 2 1/2 Men The Office (US) Cheers Mash **The Simpsons** **Family Guy** Malcolm in The Middle **Arrested Development** **Scrubs** Curb Your Enthusiasm 30 Rock Will and Grace **The Cosby Show** **South Park**. [/QUOTE] Bolded the ones I like - there were only 8 of them. Note that I’ve never seen WKRP or 30 Rock, though. ETA: If we’re allowed to sub in other shows, then I’ll throw in Union Square (debuted and disappeared within a couple episodes in '97 but I thought it was awesome) and The King of Queens. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-ratings-choose-10-please/451515/28 "2008-06-02T19:54:40Z")
Frasier Arrested Development The Office (US) Cheers The Golden Girls \<----------My Addition The Simpsons Mash Family Guy Scrubs 30 Rock ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-ratings-choose-10-please/451515/29 "2008-06-02T19:55:00Z")
Friends Frasier Seinfeld The Office (US) Cheers 30 Rock Will and Grace The Cosby Show South Park I liked each of the above at various points in its life, although not necessarily all the way through. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-ratings-choose-10-please/451515/30 "2008-06-02T20:06:05Z")
Friends Frasier Everybody Loves Raymond Seinfeld The Office (US) Cheers The Simpsons Family Guy Curb Your Enthusiasm Will and Grace ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-ratings-choose-10-please/451515/31 "2008-06-02T20:12:31Z")
Friends Frasier Everybody Loves Raymond WKRP The Office (US) Cheers Mash The Simpsons Arrested Development 30 Rock ---
**Author:** ![DCTrekkie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dctrekkie/32/18862_2.png) [@DCTrekkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCTrekkie)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-ratings-choose-10-please/451515/32 "2008-06-02T20:15:21Z")
Frasier Everybody Loves Raymond 2 1/2 Men Cheers The Simpsons Family Guy Scrubs And some other ones that I know are shown in the US Futurama Blackadder Drew Carey Show Spin City There’s a load of uk ones too, but i’m guessing the OP mainly wants American shows. ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-ratings-choose-10-please/451515/33 "2008-06-02T20:20:54Z")
South Park. The Simpsons Seinfeld **Strangers With Candy** The Office (US) Scrubs Family Guy Curb Your Enthusiasm Arrested Development Malcolm in The Middle …it is actually 11 since I added one, but the last 4-5 could easily be nixed by further replacement picks. I assume that The Daily Show, Colbert Report, and MST3K do not count as sitcoms? ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-ratings-choose-10-please/451515/34 "2008-06-02T20:27:08Z")
Seinfeld The Office (US) Cheers The Simpsons Family Guy Arrested Development Scrubs Curb Your Enthusiasm South Park Night Court \<—Sub ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-ratings-choose-10-please/451515/35 "2008-06-02T20:28:55Z")
How I Met Your Mother (sub) Seinfeld The Office (US) Cheers Mash The Simpsons Arrested Development Curb Your Enthusiasm 30 Rock South Park. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-ratings-choose-10-please/451515/36 "2008-06-02T20:29:10Z")
In Order: Curb Your Enthusiasm The Office Frasier Family Guy 2 1/2 Men Simpsons Cheers 30 Rock Seinfeld Friends ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-ratings-choose-10-please/451515/37 "2008-06-02T20:36:19Z")
Out of the original 10: Friends Frasier Wkrp Cheers Mash Scrubs Simpsons 30 Rock The Cosby Show Malcolm in the Middle If I had my druthers I’d replace The Simpsons (which I used to watch all the time but haven’t watched in the last 5 years) & Frasier with Home Improvement and Married with Children. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-ratings-choose-10-please/451515/38 "2008-06-02T20:37:36Z")
Thanks everyone for responding! Someone was explaining to me that there’s a “ **Friends** ” camp and a “ **Seinfeld** ” camp and those who like one usually hate the other. Your answers disprove that. These results are interesting to me. There are shows that I can’t stand and I thought that those who like my hated shows wouldn’t share my love for other shows. Wrong. I can’t watch a full episode of **2 1/2 Men** , but I share the love of other shows on the lists of those who watch **2 1/2 Men** regularly. The original list of 20 included shows I hate as well as those I like. **AbFab** is one of the best sitcoms ever made IMO - I just didn’t think of it at the time. **The Daily Show** ,\*\* Colbert\*\*, **Bill Maher** don’t count as sitcoms in this thread. Oh yeah, I’m a chick. (someone mentioned “his list”) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-ratings-choose-10-please/451515/39 "2008-06-02T20:39:52Z")
Friends Seinfeld WKRP Cheers The Simpsons Family Guy Arrested Development 30 Rock South Park And I’m subbing in Futurama Other shows that would have beat some of the shows in the OP: Barney Miller, The John Laroquette Show, Married…With Children, My Name Is Earl, Night Court, Taxi ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-ratings-choose-10-please/451515/40 "2008-06-02T20:53:07Z")
Seinfeld The Office (US) Cheers Mash The Simpsons Family Guy Malcolm in The Middle Arrested Development 30 Rock South Park. And FWIW, Frasier and The Cosby Show were the two that almost made the cut, when I was trying to whittle it down to 10. (And of course I was limiting myself to the 20 originally listed. There are plenty of other good, and bad, sitcoms out there.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-ratings-choose-10-please/451515.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-ratings-choose-10-please/451515.md?page=3)