Who are your favorite married TV sitcom couples? Choose as many as you like.
Note that I am not including animated couples (sorry, Homer & Marge, Peter & Lois), couples whose marriage is not a fundamental component of the series (sorry Chandler & Monica, Max & 99), and couples in which one of the pair is largely or entirely unseen (sorry Norm & Vera, Barney & Liz).
I have probably missed some; feel free to avail yourself of the ‘other’ option.
I voted for Burt and Virginia on Raising Hope, but Tami and Coach from Friday Night Lights is my Other.
The qualities of love, realism, humor, anger, sex, and happiness in Dan and Roseanne Conner’s relationship still astounds me to this day.
I also voted for Archie and Edith Bunker – had I been born 20 years earlier, they would have been my Dan and Roseanne.
I’m pleasantly surprised at the (early) love the Conners and the Buchmans are receiving.
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Another “Other” vote for Tami & Coach Taylor from Friday Night Lights.
Thurston and Lovey Howell.
Oops … didn’t notice this was for sitcom couples. I’ll keep my other vote and say Lily & Marshall from How I Met Your Mother.
Add George Burns and Gracie Allen.
Other: Frank and Marie Barone (Raymond’s parents).
On the surface, they are everything a spouse or parent should not be. But underneath, they are still everything a spouse or parent should not be.
But if you dig a little deeper, there’s some genuine love between them and their kids.
Jay and Gloria Pritchett from Modern Family would also be in the running.
Other: Kotter, Gabe and Julie - Welcome Back Kotter
Other: Gerard, Joe and Morgenstern, Rhoda - Rhoda
Other: Erikson, Marshall and Aldrin, Lily - How I Met Your Mother
davidm
April 6, 2013, 6:32pm
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I thought of Gomez and Morticia Addams before I even opened this thread, and it looks like they’re winning. Has there ever been a more openly affectionate sitcom couple?
Other: Anderson, Jim and Margaret, Father Knows Best
My reaction while reading that list was, “I don’t like sitcom couples much.”
Lancia
April 6, 2013, 7:12pm
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Other: Ben and Susan Harper, My Family.
Of all the shows listed in the poll, Home Improvement is the only one I’ve seen, and Jill and Tim weren’t particularly interesting.
Of course, my all time favorite tv couple is Nancy and Dale Gribble. But they are disqualified, unfortunately.
I have a few others to mention:
Stivic, Mike “Meathead” and Gloria - All in the Family
Kravitz, Abner and Gladys - Bewitched
Pritchett, Mitch and Tucker, Cam - Modern Family
Stone, Alex and Donna - the Donna Reed Show
And I will second Thurston & Lovey Howell from “Gilligan’s Island.”
That’s my thought as well.
Gomez & Morticia, Rob & Laura Petrie, the Cunninghams.
Also, I like Samantha Stevens, but not Darrin, who is a jerk.