# What are your five favorite sitcoms of all time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 6, 2013, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-favorite-sitcoms-of-all-time/665487 "2013-08-06T12:18:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-favorite-sitcoms-of-all-time/665487/41 "2013-08-06T19:51:12Z")
> [@SykoSkotty](#): > > 1. Everybody Loves Raymond That would have been my #6. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-favorite-sitcoms-of-all-time/665487/42 "2013-08-06T20:14:59Z")
1. Futurama 2. Night Court 3. Simpsons 4. M_A_S\*H 5. Seinfeld ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-favorite-sitcoms-of-all-time/665487/43 "2013-08-06T20:32:49Z")
No love for Small Wonder? For shame… ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-favorite-sitcoms-of-all-time/665487/44 "2013-08-06T20:34:46Z")
In alphabetical order _**Barney Miller Get Smart The Honeymooners The Odd Couple Seinfeld**_ I’m sure it’s purely coincidental that four of them were set in New York City. ---
**Author:** ![LMarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@LMarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LMarie)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-favorite-sitcoms-of-all-time/665487/45 "2013-08-06T20:48:27Z")
[ol] [li]Girlfriends[/li][li]The Fresh Prince of Bel Air[/li][li]The Game[/li][li]Martin[/li][li]King of Queens[/li][/ol] Honorable mention to: I Love Lucy, The Cosby Show, Living Single, Good Times, The Jeffersons, Three’s Company, The Bernie Mac Show, Sherri, Half & Half, and Reed Between the Lines. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-favorite-sitcoms-of-all-time/665487/46 "2013-08-06T20:52:08Z")
Will & Grace The Vicar of Dibley Wings WKRP in Cincinnati Frasier ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-favorite-sitcoms-of-all-time/665487/47 "2013-08-06T21:24:59Z")
1. MASH 2. The Simpsons (pre-season 10) 3. WKRP 4. Seinfeld 5. It’s always sunny in Philadelphia ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-favorite-sitcoms-of-all-time/665487/48 "2013-08-06T21:45:16Z")
1. Seinfeld 2. Frasier 3. Futurama 4. The Big Bang Theory 5. The IT Crowd ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-favorite-sitcoms-of-all-time/665487/49 "2013-08-06T22:00:16Z")
Simpson South Park Futurama Big Bang Theory It’s Always Sunny in Philly ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-favorite-sitcoms-of-all-time/665487/50 "2013-08-06T23:55:46Z")
M_A_S\*H The Bob Newhart Show Newhart WKRP in Cincinnati Big Bang Theory ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-favorite-sitcoms-of-all-time/665487/51 "2013-08-06T23:58:22Z")
The Thin Blue Line Barney Miller Bob Newhart Show Soap Machale’s Navy ---
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**Britcoms** Blackadder Thin Blue Line Father Ted Vicar of Dibley Dad’s Army tied with Good neighbors _ **Sitcoms** _ MASH Frasier Big Bang Theory Night Court a shitload tied for the remaining slot ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-favorite-sitcoms-of-all-time/665487/53 "2013-08-07T00:48:08Z")
MASH I Love Lucy The Simpsons Mary Tyler Moore All In The Family ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-favorite-sitcoms-of-all-time/665487/54 "2013-08-07T01:01:54Z")
1-Seinfeld 2-Curb Your Enthusiasm 3-The Office 4-South Park 5-The Fresh Prince of Bel Air ---
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You know, I came into this thread thinking this would be a snap. Now that I’ve read some of the responses, keeping it to five is freaking hard!! **Family Guy News Radio South Park Grounded for Life Married with Children** It is with heavy heart, I can only choose five. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-favorite-sitcoms-of-all-time/665487/56 "2013-08-07T01:08:40Z")
Roseanne Cheers Fraiser I love Lucy Seinfeld I’m probably forgetting something though. ---
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Frasier MASH Father Ted Roseanne Gilligan’s Island/Brady Bunch (childhood guilty pleasure tie) ---
**Author:** ![turtlescanfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-favorite-sitcoms-of-all-time/665487/58 "2013-08-07T02:43:35Z")
Coupling (British version)\* The Office (U.S. version) Modern Family How I Met Your Mother Gilligan’s Island \*I haven’t seen anyone else mention this one, which is surprising because it is VERY good IMHO… funny, clever writing, engaging characters (think a British version of “Friends” except EVERYTHING is about sex). I can only assume that not many have seen it or it surely would be mentioned more often. Last time I watched was on Netflix, btw. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-favorite-sitcoms-of-all-time/665487/59 "2013-08-07T03:18:00Z")
Judging by past threads, a lot of us are familiar with Coupling. I would put BlackAdder over it if I were going to add a Britcom, though. So that may be the problem. First, it’s not even the best British series and limiting the list to five American series is bloody hard. Pardon my French. Second, both shows had three good six-episode seasons and a fourth not-as-good season. Most shows have at least one weak or worse season, but that’s a big chunk of a limited series. Even if you add them all together those series total far fewer episodes than one season of Gilligan’s Island. That’s a huge advantage American series have. A 200-episode show will burn itself into your memory more than a 24-episode show and make 25 weak episodes stand out less. ---
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If I can list only the top five, I guess they’d have to be 1. Big Bang Theory 2. Dick Van Dyke 3. Cheers! 4. Night Court 5. Fawlty Towers I could go on a lot longer, though, if I were to list _all_ my favorites. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-favorite-sitcoms-of-all-time/665487.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-favorite-sitcoms-of-all-time/665487.md?page=4)