Here is how I rate them:

1. Room 222 (Really a Dramady, but is considered to be a Sitcom by many)

2. Becker (The best pure Sitcom that I have seen)

3. Love American Style

4. Barney Miller

5. Cheers (Only the episodes with Diane)

6. Seinfeld

7. Fraiser

8. Living Single (Only the first 3 years)

9. Martin (First 3 Seasons)

10. Andy Griffith (Only the Episodes with Barney Fife)

#1 I love lucy
#2 the hooneymooners
#3 family ties
#4 the wonder years
#5 boy meets world
#6 Perfect strangers
#7 happy days
#9 Dick van dyke show
#10 Step by step

#1 I love lucy
#2 the hooneymooners
#3 family ties
#4 the wonder years
#5 boy meets world
#6California Dreams
#7 perfect strangers
#8 happy days
#9 Dick van dyke show
#10 Step by step

#1 I love lucy
#2 the hooneymooners
#3 family ties
#4 the wonder years
#5 boy meets world
#6California Dreams
#7 perfect strangers
#8 happy days
#9 Dick van dyke show
#10 Step by step

Happy Days would make my top 20, but not my top 10, although I grew up watching it.

The Amos 'N' Andy Show
When Things Were Rotten
The Andy Griffith Show
Soap
Dennis the Menace
Gomer Pyle USMC
Sanford and Son
Love American style
The Munsters
The Honeymooners

This list is almost random...

I Love Lucy
The Honeymooners
The Danny Thomas Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Beverly Hillbillies
Bewitched
All In The Family
Maude
Three's Company

in fact it is literally in the order the shows came to mind as I fumbled through my memory index (except Three's Company; it was actually the 6th or 7th show I thought of but got tacked on at the end...I guess because it had a bigger and longer decline than any of the others listed)

Ask me tomorrow and it could be a totally different list. Ten is too few and I hate leaving shows I really like off a list of "bests".

The real list right here:


Leave It To Beaver
Ozzie & Harriet
Father Knows Best
The Honeymooners
Mr. Ed
My Three Sons
The Patty Duke Show
Bewitched
I Dream of Jeannie
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Donna Reed Show
That Girl
The Munsters
The Addams Family
All In The Family
Sanford and Son
Gilligans Island
Hogans Heroes

1) I love Lucy
2) The Honeymooners
3) 3's Company
4) Bewitched
5) The Munsters
6) The Adams Family
7) The Beverly Hillbillies
8) The Love boat
9) The Jeffersons
10) Friends

these are my top 10:

1) I Love Lucy
2) Mary Tyler Moore
3) Friends
4) The Dick Van Dyke Show
5) Bewitched
6) The Office
7) Get Smart
8) Happy Days
9) The Bob Newhart Show
10) Cheers

Honorable mention: I Dream of Jeannie, Mad About You, Andy Griffith Show, Coach, Taxi

However, I think the following shows should be added to an all-time list in terms of influence, popularity, etc (not just personal preference): All in the Family, M*A*S*H, Seinfeld, The Honeymooners, The Cosby Show

In no particular order:

Seinfeld
Frasier
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Cheers
News Radio
Dharma and Greg
I Love Lucy
All in the Family
Will and Grace
The Nanny

Some fav US sitcoms.
- All in the Family (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=31)
- The Beverly Hillbillies (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=50)
- Happy Days (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=12)
- Hogan's Heroes (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=71)
- Married with Children (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=84)

#1 ALF
#2 Amen
#3 All in the Family
#4 Alice
#5 Benson
#6 Maude
#7 Mama's Family
#8 M*A*S*H
#9 Growing Pains
#10 Full House

I won't rank them in particular order, but here are mine:

I Love Lucy
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Andy Griffith Show
Leave it to Beaver
Father Knows Best
The Honeymooners
The Flintstones
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Abbott & Costello Show
The Cosby Show
Gilligan's Island
The Munsters
Gomer Pyle
Hogan's Heroes

B&W "no Norman Lear shows in my list - yuck" Fan

Best In terms of national popularity:

Mash
All In The Family
Cheers
I Love Lucy
The Mary Tyler Moore show
The Honeymooners
The Dick Van Dyke show

Greatest in terms of my own opinion:

Becker
Seinfeld
The Munsters
The Jefferson's
Cheers
Gilligan's island
The Many Loves Of Dobie Gilli's
Car 54, Where Are You?
What's Happening!!

Top 10 (my personal favorites):

Green Acres
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Get Smart
I Love Lucy
Father Knows Best
Newhart
The Honeymooners
Gilligan's Island
Leave it to Beaver
The Andy Griffith Show

Only two:
Barney Miller
The Bob Newhart Show

I Love Lucy
All In The Family
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Bewitched
Newsradio
Cheers
Seinfeld
Everybody Loves Raymond
Community
Friends

I Love Lucy
The Odd Couple
The Honeymooners
All in the Family
Get Smart
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Sanford and Son
Green Acres
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Happy Days

Personal Top Ten:

1) All in the Family
2) Mary Tyler Moore
3) Bob Newhart
4) M*A*S*H
5) Leave it to Beaver
6) Taxi
7) WKRP in Cincinnati
8) Barney Miller
9) Everybody Loves Raymond
10) The Odd Couple

Julia
I Dream of Jeannie
Gidget
What's Happening
Sister, Sister
Three's Company
Good Times
The Jeffersons
Happy Days
Sanford and Son/Martin

Best: M*A*S*H (first 5 seasons)
Worst: M*A*S*H (last 6 seasons)

Best In terms of national popularity:

Mash
All In The Family
Cheers
I Love Lucy
The Mary Tyler Moore show
The Honeymooners
The Dick Van Dyke show

Greatest in terms of my own opinion:

Becker
Seinfeld
The Munsters
The Jefferson's
Cheers
Gilligan's island
The Many Loves Of Dobie Gilli's
Car 54, Where Are You?
What's Happening!!



I like this idea of making the two separate lists. It will give you a clearer picture of what the true classics are compared to what your personal favorites might be. One thing for sure: You won't find garbage like Living Single or California Dreams on any lists that any serious TV critics might make. Now if you ask me, I would give you the following:


My all-time favourites:

1. Happy Days
2. Leave It To Beaver
3. Gilligan's Island
4. The Partridge Family
5. The Monkees
6. The Brady Bunch
7. Bewitched
8. The Dick Van Dyke Show
9. Green Acres
10. I Dream Of Jeannie
11. Get Smart
12. Laverne & Shirley
13. Mork & Mindy
14. Welcome Back, Kotter
15. My Three Sons
16. The Beverly Hillbillies
17. The Odd Couple
18. Three's Company
19. The Andy Griffith Show
20. The Phil Silvers Show


Consensus choices from sitcom fans and critics in general about their choices for greatest sitcoms ever:


1950s - I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners

1960s - The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Get Smart

1970s - All In The Family, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, MASH, Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons,

1980s - Taxi, WKRP In Cincinnati, The Cosby Show, Family Ties, Cheers, The Golden Girls, Newhart

1990s - Roseanne, Friends, Frasier, The Larry Sanders Show, Murphy Brown, Seinfeld, The Simpsons

2000s - Everybody Loves Raymond, Californication, Entourage, The Office, 30 Rock, Sex and the City

2010-17 - Arrested Development, The Big Bang Theory, Curb Your Enthusiasm, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Modern Family

The highest anyone so far has gone is 22,so I will add on where it left off.

23. Red Dwarf
24. Diff'rent Strokes

I'll add a few more as well to make it 17.

Top 10 (my personal favorites):

Green Acres
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Get Smart
I Love Lucy
Father Knows Best
Newhart
The Honeymooners
Gilligan's Island
Leave it to Beaver
The Andy Griffith Show
I Dream of Jeannie
The Odd Couple
Sanford and Son
F Troop
Cheers
Bob Newhart Show
Seinfeld

My opinion:

I Love Lucy
Mama's Family
Green Acres
Newhart
The Jeffersons
The Golden Girls
Designing Women
Happy Days
The Brady Bunch
Leave it to Beaver
The Andy Griffith Show