http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/ranked-the-top-10-nbc-comedies-of-all-time/2012/09/10/9bb471e0-f90d-11e1-a073-78d05495927c_blog.html

Where does "The Office" and "Seinfeld" rank?

The writer obviously never saw any sitcoms that aired on NBC before the 1980's. :rolleyes:

The Office? Parks and Recreation? 30 Rock? Community?

Really?! Seriously?! :confused:

The Office? Parks and Recreation? 30 Rock? Community?

Really?! Seriously?! :confused:
Yes.

The writer obviously never saw any sitcoms that aired on NBC before the 1980's. :rolleyes:
Yeah, that's true. I would say this is a pretty good list of the past 30 years, though.

my top 10 NBC sitcoms
1. Frasier
2. Wings
3. Dag
4. Different Strokes
5. I Dream of Jeannie
6. Mad About You
7. Family Ties
8. The Facts of Life
9. Cheers
10. Seinfeld

The Office? Parks and Recreation? 30 Rock? Community?

Really?! Seriously?! :confused:
I mean, they're the best ever, so yes.

I'm not a big fan of this list though. I'd put Community & 30 Rock higher for sure. I don't know about Family Ties being in the top 5 either. It's a fine show, but top 5 material...eh.

Romney / Ryan

Really?! Seriously?!

1-Cosby Show
2-Friends
3-Seinfeld-
4-Golden Girls
5-Cheers
6-Family Ties
7-Sanford and Son
8-Diff'rent Strokes
9-Facts of Life
10-Night Court

How can everybody be forgetting "Get Smart?" I'd rank that only behind "Seinfeld" in the Post's list ...

Yes.
I love Parks and Recreation, but I don't think its the best NBC has ever had.

The Office? Parks and Recreation? 30 Rock? Community?

Really?! Seriously?! :confused:Those 4 shows combined are less interesting than watching paint dry. I'm glad The Office and 30 Rock are ending this year. With Animal Practice and Go On NBC is finally getting back to comedies worth watching.

How can everybody be forgetting "Get Smart?" I'd rank that only behind "Seinfeld" in the Post's list ...
I'd put I Dream of Jeannie and Chico and the Man on that list too. I just put Friends on my list ( even though I hate it) because it was a big hit.

I think that's a fair list from the last 30 years but it does ignore pre-1980. Of course NBC didn't have many great sitcoms before then anyway.

This would be my list:

1. Friends
2. The Office
3. Cheers
4. Get Smart
5. Parks and Recreation
6. Mad About You
7. I Dream of Jeannie
8. The Cosby Show
9. Newsradio
10. Frasier

My list:

1. I Dream of Jeannie
2. Get Smart
3. The Cosby Show
4. Night Court
5. Wings
6. Cheers
7. A Different World
8. The Golden Girls
9. The Facts of Life
10. Family Ties

JUST missing: Newsradio, Frasier, Mad About You, 227.
Friends and Seinfeld don't even make my top 100. HATE them.

I think that's a fair list from the last 30 years but it does ignore pre-1980. Of course NBC didn't have many great sitcoms before then anyway.

They haven't many afterwards either. All-time lists like this that ignore the entire spectrum are redundant. If the article were titled Top 10 NBC sitcoms of the last 30 years then I'd have no issue with it.

most of those magazine lists are stupid and irrelevent anyways, who cares - i think fans' lists are better

here's my favs:

1 - NewsRadio
2 - Bosom Buddies
3 - The John Larroquette Show
4 - Taxi
5 - Night Court
6 - My Name Is Earl
7 - We Got it Made
8 - The Facts of Life
9 - Get Smart
10 - Committed
with honorable mention to Hello, Larry and a few others

My list:

1. Parks and Recreation
2. Sanford and Son
3. Diff'rent Strokes
4. The Facts of Life
5. The Office
6. My Name is Earl
7. The Golden Girls
8. Night Court
9. 30 Rock
10. ALF

1. The Cosby Show
2. Cheers
3. Get Smart
4. Friends
5. Frasier
6. The Monkees
7. Family Ties
8. I Dream Of Jeannie
9. The Golden Girls
10. Night Court

Yeah, that's true. I would say this is a pretty good list of the past 30 years, though.
I agree, this is an accurate list of the past thirty years.

Here's how I personally rank their top ten/twelve picks:

1. Friends
2. 30 Rock
3. The Office
4. Frasier
5. Cheers and Seinfeld
6. Parks and Recreation
7. Family Ties
8. The Cosby Show
9. Will & Grace
10. Scrubs and Community

I love Parks and Recreation, but I don't think its the best NBC has ever had.i agree i watch it every week and its a very funny show but nbc all time top 10 ? i dont know about that

The writer obviously never saw any sitcoms that aired on NBC before the 1980's. :rolleyes:

She does state at the top of her second paragraph that her list of sitcoms all date from "the advent of must-see comedy blocks in the early 1980s". Also an editor's update states that the headline is misleading: "This list reflects the best of the last 30 years. Hence, no Get Smart."

I noticed though that in its whole tv history, NBC was not really a network known for sitcoms until the 1980s. In fact, only two NBC sitcoms ever ran more than five seasons (The Life of Riley (1949-50, 1/1953-58) and Sanford and Son (1/1972-77)) before Diff'rent Strokes surpassed the records of those sitcoms in 1984, running on the network until 1985 (and having a final season on ABC after that). Cheers and Frasier are tied for the title of longest-running NBC sitcom of all time, eleven seasons each.

She does state at the top of her second paragraph that her list of sitcoms all date from "the advent of must-see comedy blocks in the early 1980s". Also an editor's update states that the headline is misleading: "This list reflects the best of the last 30 years. Hence, no Get Smart."

I noticed though that in its whole tv history, NBC was not really a network known for sitcoms until the 1980s. In fact, only two NBC sitcoms ever ran more than five seasons (The Life of Riley (1949-50, 1/1953-58) and Sanford and Son (1/1972-77)) before Diff'rent Strokes surpassed the records of those sitcoms in 1984, running on the network until 1985 (and having a final season on ABC after that). Cheers and Frasier are tied for the title of longest-running NBC sitcom of all time, eleven seasons each.
Cheers had 11 seasons, Friends had 10 Seasons not 11. Frasier had 11 Seasons and ties Cheers for the Longest.

She does state at the top of her second paragraph that her list of sitcoms all date from "the advent of must-see comedy blocks in the early 1980s". Also an editor's update states that the headline is misleading: "This list reflects the best of the last 30 years. Hence, no Get Smart."

I don't see how I missed that unless it was added after I first clicked the link.

My picks:

1. I Dream Of Jeannie
2. Get Smart
3. Rowan & Martin's Laugh In
4. Amen
5. 227
6. Friends
7. The Facts Of Life
8. Sanford And Son
9. Chico And The Man
10. The Golden Girls

Cheers had 11 seasons, Friends had 10 Seasons not 11. Frasier had 11 Seasons and ties Cheers for the Longest.

That's what I said, Frasier, not Friends. I never said that Friends had 11 seasons. I have read that NBC had to beg the Friends producers and WB to get to S10, paying $10 Mil licensing fee per episode so each actor could be paid $1 Mil for each.

I am surprised nobody has mentioned the fresh prince of bel air

What....No Sanford and Son? This was one of greatest sitcoms ever! This was a show that blacks and whites both loved, and it was funny as hell. I am white and honestly, my parents did not watch "black shows" (like The Jeffersons or Good Times) but Sanford we loved. That right there shows that this writer doesn't know what the hell she is talking about.

There is nothing on that list pre-1983 (or so). NBC is actually the oldest television network which has been broadcasting television for almost 65 years (since the late 1940's). Now, if she said the best shows in the past 30 years, I can see that. Community? Even my beloved Parks and Recreation is not one of the Top 10 TV shows from NBC's history.

There are many, very good shows from the 1950's, and even the early 1950's that I have discovered and enjoyed. I saw The Milton Berle Show and it was hilarious. Bob Hope was a star on NBC. What about the legendary (and dated) Laugh In?

Not to be negative, but I never understood why people like "Scrubs" so much. In China, I bought some DVD's and to me the show is just dreck (in my opinion). Just not funny, or just good. I even watched an episode with a friend who basically is of the same opinion as myself. Now, I do like Neil Flynn as "The Janitor" now that he is in The Middle.

1. Friends
2. Will and Grace
3. Night Court
4. I Dream of Jeannie
5. Family Ties
6. Facts of Life
7. 30 Rock
8. Cheers
9. Frasier
10. Scrubs

The Cosby Show should have been at the top of that list. Hands down! Cheers and Seinfeld should tie for second.

My favorite is Occasional Wife.

Here's how I'd rank them:
1. Seinfeld
2. Cheers
3. The Golden Girls
4. Frasier
5. Get Smart
6. Hazel
7. Family Ties
8.Wings
9. Mad About You
10. The Cosby Show

Here’s my list as far as favorite go. If this is just an actual Best of NBC, then it doesn’t matter what I say. Just go by the ratings and get your list that way.

Of the past 30 years (1985-2015)

1. NewsRadio (1995-1999)
2. Wings (1990-1997)
3. Community (2009-2014) on Yahoo! Screen during 2015
4. The Office (2005-2013)
5. Parks & Recreation (2009-2015)
6. Cheers (1982-1993)
7. Night Court (1984-1992)
8. The Golden Girls (1985-1992)
9. Seinfeld (1989-1998)
10. Friends (1994-2004)

Honorable mention: "My Name Is Earl"