ALF
Perfect Strangers
Mr Belvedere
Benson
Night Court

1.Cheers
2.Designing Women
3.Bosom Buddies
4.Square Pegs
5.Kate & Allie
6.Too Close For Comfort
7.The Golden Girls
8.It's A Living
9.Newhart
10.Mama's Family
11.Who's the Boss
12.Private Benjamin

Married with Children
The Golden Girls
Roseanne

My absolute favorite 80s sitcom is MAMA'S FAMILY but I do have several more top picks. The 80s were awesome!

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ALF
Amen
Benson
Cheers
Designing Women
The Facts of Life
Gimme a Break!
The Golden Girls
Kate & Allie
Mr. Belvedere
Newhart
Night Court
Perfect Strangers
Small Wonder

The Facts of Life
Family Ties
The Golden Girls

Not sitcoms, but Hill Street Blues and St. Elsewhere were the best 1980's shows out there. I have seen some Hill Street recently and it has brought be to tears because it reminded me of my wasted youth, and Michael Conrad was so excellent in the show (as well as Michael J. Travanti). Bruce Weitz, who played Belker was a lot like my best high school friend, except not as violent! Damn, that was a great show. Hill Street is dated and does not get enough love since probably not all the people on there went on to greater projects.

I like most Americans watched the original fantastic "Must see Thursdays" on NBC. Cosby, Family Ties, Cheers, and Night Court.

I was from a white suburban area, and I dare say that 90% of the student body watched Family Ties every Thursday at 7:30. every one of us watched this show. The show just hit home to each and every one of us. Even President Reagan stated that this was his favorite sitcom. Reagan. I watched it because it was such a good show about a suburban family and yes, for Justine Bateman (what a fox). Of course, speaking of Fox's, Michael J. Fox was an idol to us at the right time. A small statured skinny Canadian guy was a sex idol to all the girll teens (I would also add to the post 1990's younguns, James Spader was also a teen idol of our time, yeah, the weird guy from Boston Legal and The Office) Family Ties WAS the 1980's.

Night Court was hilarious. It was a stupid show, but wonderfully, beautifully stupid. I was in college when it was on, and I dare to say, we used to smoke it up to watch this show. This program was very original and hilarious. Markie Post. Damn, we college boys just LOVED her. Justine Bateman was a girl, Markie Post was a WOMAN. Then there is the great John Larroquette. Great actor, great antagonist. The John Larroquette Show should have lasted longer than it did. Basically Dan Fielding running a bus station. Great show. What sucks is that this great, hilarious actor basically fell off the radar after this show (John, like the character, was a AA brother) John probably made a lot of money in those years and retired, but I wish we could have saw more of him. He still does work, but he should have been greater than what he is.

Trust me, when this was on, there were thousands upon thousands of us collegians laughing our asses off at this. Night Court also had a lot of heart. Just silly, slapstick comedy.

Cheers without saying is a show that was fantastic also, especially in the early seasons, but the whole series. I challenge most anyone to have watched this show and say it sucked. Well, maybe when Kirstie Alley was on it, but the writing was so good, it made Kirstie Alley looked good (a miracle).

Cosby Show was Ok, a good family sitcom. It was groundbreaking that a African American family is seen as wealthy and successful. Cosby broke a lot of boundries and we white people just saw him as a TV dad with a TV dad and them being African American was an after thought; so much so that the show in the end stated "hey we are African American!" The Cos' was hilarious non the less and brought the African American experience home to white America, to say, we are just like you. I hate to bring race into this, but it is true. Not poor and downtrodden like Good Times and not (occasionally) combatitive) like The Jeffersons. Just average, wealthy American people with snarky teenagers and a loving marriage. God bless you Cosby, you are a National Treasure. Fat Albert was the must see Saturday morning cartoon of the 1970's, and you made sure we learned a good morality tale from this show (....you may learn something before its done....), thank you Dr. Cosby!!!!!

Family Ties
Night Court
Cheers

Golden Girls
Cheers
The Facts of Life
Alf

Diff'rent Strokes
The Facts of Life
ALF
The Golden Girls
It's Your Move
Mama's Family
Head of the Class
Three's A Crowd
Married with Children

my all time favorite family ties
the wonder years
mamma's family
perfect strangers
night court
my two dads
Alf
Major dad
the Golden Girls
Empty nest
Amen
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Gimme a Break!

Family Ties
Night Court
Golden Girls
Growing Pains
Head of the Class

Newhart

1.BENSON
2.Diff'rent Strokes
3.Gimme a Break!
4.Too Close for Comfort
5.Family Ties
6.Newhart
7.The Golden Girls
8.Mr. Belvedere
9.Webster
10.Mama's Family
11.What's Happening Now!
12.Three's a Crowd
13.Who's the Boss?
14.Brothers
15.Perfect Strangers
16.Charles in Charge
17.Hogan Family
18.Kate & Allie

Mama's Family
Bosom Buddies
Silver Spoons
Gimme A Break
Best Of The West
Benson
Newhart
The Golden Girls
Empty Nest
Perfect strangers
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Amen
Head Of The Class
Alf
Mr. Belvedere
Webster
Who's The Boss
Kate & Allie

Newhart
Family Ties
Growing Pains
Mr. Belvedere
The Cosby Show

I'll try to name a few favorites from the 1980s, but there are definitely many... (and just to clarify, I'm listing shows that started their run in the 1980s, regardless of when they finished their run- also shows that started at the tail end of the 1970s but mostly ran in the 1980s)

(in no particular order)

ALF
ALF: The Animated Series
ALF Tales
Fraggle Rock
Fraggle Rock (cartoon series)
Muppet Babies
The Jim Henson Hour
The Ghost of Faffner Hall
Charles in Charge
Full House
Family Matters
The Wonder Years
Family Ties
The Cosby Show
A Different World
Valerie/Valerie's Family/The Hogan Family
Benson
Joanie Loves Chachi
Who's The Boss?
Living Dolls
Checking In
Growing Pains
Just the Ten of Us
Doogie Howser, M.D. (if that really counts as a sitcom- it's more of a drama-edy...)
Good Morning, Miss Bliss/Saved By The Bell
Mr. Belvedere
Small Wonder
Webster
The Munsters Today
The Golden Girls
Mr. Bean
The New Gidget
The New Leave It To Beaver (aka Still The Beaver)
The New Odd Couple
Three's A Crowd (though I don't really care for the premise...but I could say that about a lot of shows that I still enjoy and find funny, for example:)
My Two Dads
Cheers
Night Court
Perfect Strangers
Day By Day
Punky Brewster
The Facts of Life (I know it started in 1979, but it had the majority of its run in the 1980s)
Diff'rent Strokes (same sort of deal- started in 1978, but it had the majority of its run in the 1980s)
Dear John
Major Dad
Head of the Class
Kate & Allie
Gimme A Break!
Empty Nest
Newhart
Mama's Family
Bosom Buddies
Amen
Silver Spoons
What's Happening Now
Too Close for Comfort
Designing Women
Square Pegs
It's A Living
Out of This World
She's The Sheriff
Coach
AfterMASH
a.k.a. Pablo
The Brady Brides
The Bradys (also kind of a drama-edy thing, but I'll list it here.)
Cop Rock
Anything but Love
Fast Times
Gloria
Hooperman
Life with Lucy
My Sister Sam
Peewee's Playhouse
Police Squad!
Ramona
Square One Television
The Tortellis
Throb
Smith & Smith (forerunner to The Red Green Show, which I love)

and I know this isn't really a sitcom but it's definitely a pretty comedic action/adventure show and I love it, so I'll list it- The Greatest American Hero.

1. The Cosby Show
2. Growing Pains
3. The Facts of Life (Eastland years only)
4. Diff'rent Strokes
5. The Golden Girls
6. Family Ties
7. Who's The Boss?
8. Just the Ten of Us
9. Mr. Belvedere
10. My Two Dads
11. Cheers
12. Perfect Strangers
13. Head of the Class
14. Gimme A Break! (until the girls left the show; then it was totally unwatchable)
15. Empty Nest
16. Newhart
17. Saved By The Bell/GMMB
18. Designing Women
19. ALF
20. Charles in Charge
21. Family Matters (only the episodes before they axed Judy)
22. Webster
23. Married With Children (first few seasons only)
24. A Different World (1st season only)
25. Valerie/Valerie's Family/The Hogan Family/whatever the hell they were calling it that week

My absolute favorite 80s sitcom is MAMA'S FAMILY but I do have several more top picks. The 80s were awesome!

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ALF
Amen
Benson
Cheers
Designing Women
The Facts of Life
Gimme a Break!
The Golden Girls
Kate & Allie
Mr. Belvedere
Newhart
Night Court
Perfect Strangers
Small Wonder
Mr Belvedear
Rosanne
Desiging Women
Golden Girls
Cheers
Kate and Allie
The Facts of Life
Valerie
The Cosby Show

Cheers, The Facts Of Life, Family Ties

1. Three's Company
2. The Facts of Life
3. Growing Pains
4. Diff'rent Strokes
5. Who's the Boss?
6. Family Ties
7. Cheers
8. The Wonder Years
9. Gimme a Break!
10. The Cosby Show
11. Charles in Charge
12. Mama's Family
13. The Golden Girls
14. The Hogan Family



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ALF
Archie Bunker's Place
Bosom Buddies
Dear John
A Different World
Head of the Class
Just the Ten of Us
Mr. Belvedere
My Two Dads
Punky Brewster
Silver Spoons
Small Wonder
Too Close For Comfort

Three’s a Crowd

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