Netflix has a large streaming library, but they don't do a very good job of organizing it, so it's currently impossible to get a complete list of what's available. After the recent addition of Leave It to Beaver, I thought it would be nice to attempt to create a master list of all sitcoms that are currently available to stream instantly.

Are there any that I'm missing? I'd like to keep this thread updated as shows are added and deleted.

1950s:
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet [search for "Selections from the Best of Ozzie & Harriet"]
Dennis the Menace [season 1 only]
Father Knows Best
Leave It to Beaver

1960s:
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
The Andy Griffith Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Mister Magoo Show
The Munsters

1980s:
Blackadder
Cheers
Family Ties
A Fine Romance

1990s:
Coach
Dilbert
Dinosaurs
Father Ted
Frasier
The Larry Sanders Show
Married... With Children
Mr. Bean
The Ren & Stimpy Show
Saved By the Bell
Spaced
SportsNight
Wings
The Wonder Years

2000s:
Accidentally on Purpose
The Bernie Mac Show
Better Off Ted
Black Books
Brothers
Code Monkeys
Creature Comforts America
Everybody Loves Raymond
Father of the Pride
Freaks and Geeks
Home Movies
The IT Crowd
King of the Hill
Malcolm in the Middle
My Boys
Out of Practice
My Name Is Earl
The Office [UK]
Out of Practice
Reggie Perrin
Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"
Reno 911!
Rita Rocks
Samantha Who?
Scrubs
Sherri
Shorties Watchin' Shorties
Slings and Arrows
Sordid Lives
10 Items or Less
That '70s Show
The Tick
'Til Death
Trailer Park Boys
Ugly Betty
Weeds
The Worst Week of My Life

2010s:
Blue Mountain State
18 to Life
Friends with Benefits
How to Be a Gentleman
¡Rob!
Running Wilde
Sons of Tucson
Traffic Light
Undeclared
United States of Tara

Current:
Archer
American Dad!
Arrested Development [returning 2013]
Beavis and Butt-head
Bob's Burgers
Call Me Fitz
The Cleveland Show
Come Fly with Me
Family Guy
Futurama
Good Luck Charlie
The Guild
Happily Divorced
Hot in Cleveland
How I Met Your Mother
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
The League
Louie
Melissa & Joey
The Office [U.S.]
Parks and Recreation
Peep Show
Portlandia
Raising Hope
Retired at 35
Rules of Engagement
South Park
30 Rock
Ugly Americans
Wilfred [U.S.]
Workaholics

Great idea for a thread. However Upstairs, Downstairs is a British drama. So this means Netflix has NO sitcoms from the 70s for streaming? Really? None?

Netflix had a press release some months back (after a quarter with good profits) that they are focused on acquiring catalog TV shows for streaming. In reality they've let several notable licenses expire like Coach, Newsradio, Fawlty Towers and added virtually no more sitcoms. This is why I'm hanging onto my streaming+disc membership. Sadly, I imagine they'd rather acquire truckloads of reality garbage like Mall Cops: Mall of America as opiate for the asses instead of quality scripted shows.

I've found they don't have that many sitcoms in comparison to the many dramas they have.

Great idea for a thread. However Upstairs, Downstairs is a British drama.
You're right. My bad. Fixed.

So this means Netflix has NO sitcoms from the 70s for streaming? Really? None?
I agree. It would be great to see shows like Taxi, All in the Family, The Mary Tyler Moore Show; etc. become available. I don't imagine any '70s sitcoms would be too terribly expensive to license, save for WKRP in Cincinnati with the original music.

I had a free trial of Hulu Plus in December, and noticed they had WKRP (with music substitutions), Mary Tyler Moore and The Bob Newhart Show. I'm not sure why Netflix can't get the rights to these shows, as well. Maybe Hulu has some sort of exclusivity deal with Fox for certain shows.

Netflix had a press release some months back (after a quarter with good profits) that they are focused on acquiring catalog TV shows for streaming. In reality they've let several notable licenses expire like Coach, Newsradio, Fawlty Towers...
Yep. Not to mention The Cosby Show and Roseanne. I believe they also had Soap and Community for awhile, though that could be my memory playing tricks on me.

I don't know much about Netflix,but I was under the impression that they had a much wider variety of older programs than they seem to have.There was a thread a while back where the person who started the topic mentioned he was able to watch a lot of classic programs(including sitcoms) via Netflix even on his TV set.

I don't know much about Netflix,but I was under the impression that they had a much wider variety of older programs than they seem to have.There was a thread a while back where the person who started the topic mentioned he was able to watch a lot of classic programs(including sitcoms) via Netflix even on his TV set.
Well, when you add DVDs and Blu-rays to the equation, Netflix essentially has any television series that has been released on home video since the advent of DVD. Unfortunately, their streaming selection, as of now, is rather limited, but for $8 a month, it's still not a bad deal.

Yes, you can view Netflix streaming titles on your TV (in great quality, too, barring a poor Internet connection) if you have a PS3, XBox 360, Wii, Apple TV, Roku, or several Wi-Fi enabled Blu-ray players. I watch on my PS3, and can stream certain titles in 720p HD.

Well, when you add DVDs and Blu-rays to the equation, Netflix essentially has any television series that has been released on home video since the advent of DVD. Unfortunately, their streaming selection, as of now, is rather limited, but for $8 a month, it's still not a bad deal.

Yes, you can view Netflix streaming titles on your TV (in great quality, too, barring a poor Internet connection) if you have a PS3, XBox 360, Wii, Apple TV, Roku, or several Wi-Fi enabled Blu-ray players. I watch on my PS3, and can stream certain titles in 720p HD.

I have Netflix streaming through my WDTV Live Plus via HDMI connection and the quality is fantastic considering my "average" internet connection. It's nearly DVD quality. The rest of their streaming library is actually pretty impressive, especially for classic cartoons and kids shows - their sitcoms are the only genre/format with a limited selection. So I think the streaming is still worth $8/month. And YES they did have Soap which I intended to watch but it was deleted before I ever got the chance.

i like net flix reclenty got netflix /blu ray palyer last christmas. i like netlflix cuse they show some of the older sticomes so far idownload the rock frod filsthe wonder years the A-team emernc mision impossabble hawie five o old one iRECENTLY downloade mighty morphin power rangers on netlfix i grew up plusei got the 1990 anmited sereis of spider-man.i used t o love watchingi t growing up. does any one heard of amazone prime? i looked at it its mostly show they come on tv alll the time i like netlifx better cuse they have older shows. it cost 78 dollors a year i guess that good deal. if iwatch newer shows iusual get on demond.

I have Netflix streaming through my WDTV Live Plus via HDMI connection and the quality is fantastic considering my "average" internet connection. It's nearly DVD quality. The rest of their streaming library is actually pretty impressive, especially for classic cartoons and kids shows - their sitcoms are the only genre/format with a limited selection. So I think the streaming is still worth $8/month. And YES they did have Soap which I intended to watch but it was deleted before I ever got the chance.

I used to stream our Netflix over an HDMI connection but then I received Logitech's Google TV and Netflix streams over its application. It's really the only way I've watched TV since I've received it since it's so easy to use and has all my shows.

I used to stream our Netflix over an HDMI connection but then I received Logitech's Google TV and Netflix streams over its application. It's really the only way I've watched TV since I've received it since it's so easy to use and has all my shows.
I really would like to own a smart TV one day, but I'm pretty cash-strapped for the time being. I'm holding out hope that Steve Jobs' TV becomes a reality.

Added Bob's Burgers.

It's unfortunate that the only sure way to see WKRP in Cincinnati as nature intended would be to go back to the day it premiered, and record all 90 episodes (including the hour-long Filthy Pictures and Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide episodes) from the night of the first broadcast airings.

(Paging Doc Brown)

I don't know much about Netflix,but I was under the impression that they had a much wider variety of older programs than they seem to have.There was a thread a while back where the person who started the topic mentioned he was able to watch a lot of classic programs(including sitcoms) via Netflix even on his TV set.


Netflix gains and loses the rights to TV shows and movies each week. Sometimes they will have a show for years and then it will disappear for awhile and come back. For example, "Leave it To Beaver" was gone for about a year and it was recently readded in March. Sometimes a show will be gone for a weekend and pop back up on Monday. You just never know. I usually check out InstantWatcher.com for the expiration and upcoming release dates. According to them, "Leave it To Beaver" will be available until 2015.

Streaming is great, but if it's a show that you love and want to watch anytime, get the DVDs.

Instant Watcher's List of Sitcoms:
http://instantwatcher.com/genres/553

Instant Watcher's List of Classic TV Shows:
http://instantwatcher.com/genres/544

Is tht all they offer? Blockbuster.com has a lot more, then.

Is tht all they offer? Blockbuster.com has a lot more, then.
For streaming?

As of this morning, the complete series of Coach is now available for Instant Streaming. Also keep in mind that the list and titles mentioned in this thread are just the list of streaming shows - if it's been released *ever* on DVD, Netflix likely also has that.

Thanks for the head-up, Seth. Added Coach.

Netflix has just added the second season of Louie.

Everybody Loves Raymond is on there now too.

Thanx for the list! It is hard to figure out what's all on there.

Right now I'm watching My Mother the Car and Nanny & The Professor on Hulu. If I have time, I'll list all the current Hulu sitcoms.

Added Dinosaurs and Everybody Loves Raymond.

Netflix has a large streaming library, but they don't do a very good job of organizing it, so it's currently impossible to get a complete list of what's available. After the recent addition of Leave It to Beaver, I thought it would be nice to attempt to create a master list of all sitcoms that are currently available to stream instantly.

Are there any that I'm missing? I'd like to keep this thread updated as shows are added and deleted.

1950s:
Dennis the Menace [season 1 only]
Father Knows Best
Leave It to Beaver

1960s:
The Addams Family
The Andy Griffith Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Munsters

1980s:
Blackadder
Cheers
Family Ties
A Fine Romance

1990s:
Coach
Dinosaurs
Father Ted
Frasier
The Larry Sanders Show
Married... With Children
Mr. Bean
Saved By the Bell
Spaced
SportsNight
Wings
The Wonder Years

2000s:
Accidentally on Purpose
The Bernie Mac Show
Better Off Ted
Black Books
Brothers
Everybody Loves Raymond
Home Movies
The IT Crowd
King of the Hill
Malcolm in the Middle
My Boys
Out of Practice
My Name Is Earl
The Office [UK]
Reno 911!
Rita Rocks
Samantha Who?
Sherri
Sordid Lives
10 Items or Less
That '70s Show
The Tick
'Til Death
Trailer Park Boys
Ugly Betty
The Worst Week of My Life

2010s:
Blue Mountain State
Friends with Benefits
Running Wilde
Sons of Tucson
Traffic Light
United States of Tara

Current:
Archer
American Dad!
Arrested Development [returning 2013]
Beavis and Butt-head
Bob's Burgers
Call Me Fitz
The Cleveland Show
Come Fly with Me
18 to Life
Family Guy
Futurama
The Guild
Happily Divorced
Hot in Cleveland
How I Met Your Mother
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
The League
Louie
Melissa & Joey
The Office
Parks and Recreation
Peep Show
Portlandia
Raising Hope
Retired at 35
Scrubs
South Park
30 Rock
Ugly Americans
Weeds
Workaholics

Thanks for the list. I've never been able to find a complete one on the Netflix site.

Thanks for the list. I've never been able to find a complete one on the Netflix site.
Me, either! I'm not so sure this list is complete, so I always appreciate updates and corrections. :)

Martin Clunes' recent (couple of years ago) update of the classic "Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin" is now available in its entirety. It's called "Reggie Perrin."

Thank you! Reggie Perrin added. Also added Wilfred (U.S.)

they really need more sitcoms from the 80's and 90's! They should get the rights to shows like Friends, Seinfeld, Suddenly Susan, Caroline in the City, etc

I agree! I bet they would if they could.

Removed The Addams Family.

Added Freaks and Geeks (yes, I consider it a sitcom) and Undeclared.

You can add Rules of Engagement.

Thank you. Done and done.

The short-lived CBS sitcoms ¡Rob! and How to be a Gentleman have been added.

The short-lived CBS sitcoms ¡Rob! and How to be a Gentleman have been added.
Sorry to hear that. ;) Thanks! Added.

Moved Weeds from "Current" to "2000s."

Added It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

I found The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet added to Netflix a few weeks ago.

I found The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet added to Netflix a few weeks ago.
Could you please link me to it? I'm having a hard time finding it. I see that they have some DVDs, but I'm not seeing it on streaming.

EDIT: Never mind. Found it. Thank you.

This is a great thread! Thanks so much!! :)

Netflix introduced me to a lot of new tv shows that I normally wouldn't watch. Thank you for the list! :)