Next Thursday, The Big Bang Theory joins the rarefied club of sitcoms to produce 200+ episodes. To celebrate this milestone, vote for your favorite sitcom to have accomplished such a feat. There were quite a # of options so I tried to pick a sitcom from each of the past 5 decades. You can of course name a sitcom not in the poll, because to my surprise, there are quite many.

Cheers And All In The Family. Bewitched is OK. The other 2 I really don't care for

Friends and The Office suck so the other 3.

I voted for Cheers since you left Frasier off the list.

One Day at a Time, 209 episodes, but in all good conscience, I can only recommend 208 of them.

One Day at a Time, 209 episodes, but in all good conscience, I can only recommend 208 of them.
The Schneider spinoff episode was pretty bad. lol

Of those, All in the Family.

From the list I'd go with Cheers and The Office. I'm also a fan of Married with Children which went well into the 200s (259 to be exact).

I would have to say Cheers for the poll's sake but in all actuality I am picking Married...With Children 262 episodes of Bundy greatness.

The Schneider spinoff episode was pretty bad. lol

True, but what I was subtly going for was the one episode Valerie Bertinelli missed. She did a minute in the Schneider spin-off.

My favorites are "The Jeffersons" with 253 episodes and "Family Matters" with 215 episodes.

I voted for "All in the Family". I also like "Cheers" and "Bewitched".

I voted for Bewitched with Cheers in 2nd. Not on the list that beats them both is Frasier.

Married with children, modern family, Steinfeld, and my favorite - 2 and 1/2 men ; 200 episodes yet?

Older comedies: McHale's Navy, Andy Griffin Show, Adam's Family, Leave To Beaver, Hazel?

I voted for Cheers since you left Frasier off the list.

Too many were left off and most of the choices are pathetic at best. It's a good idea for a poll but it needs to redone with more choices and not just one from each decade.

Out of the options for this poll I picked All In The Family. I enjoyed that shoe far more than I thought I would when I saw it a few years ago but that one isn't my favorite 200 plus episide sitcom.

The other 200 plus episode sitcoms I feel should be in the poll that I liked better than All In The Family are:

Happy Days- 258 episodes I think.
Family Matters- 215 episodes.

And, though it's quality is definitely debatable, if we're going to include shows that made it to 200 plus episodes period I'd put 2 and a Half Men on that list too.

I'm happy for Big Bang Theory. Though not my favorite current multi cam sitcom, it is quite good IMO and deserved to join that exclusive 200 plus episode club.

deserved to join that exclusive 200 plus episode club.

How exclusive is it? Is there a list somewhere of all the sitcoms that have hit that mark?

How exclusive is it? Is there a list somewhere of all the sitcoms that have hit that mark?

This is what I found I don't know if will help or not.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/juliabricklin/2012/02/14/the-200-episode-club/#588d2e417117

This is what I found I don't know if will help or not.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/juliabricklin/2012/02/14/the-200-episode-club/#588d2e417117

I also found this list dealing just with sitcoms, but for some reason it's not listed in numerical order

http://www.ranker.com/list/longest-running-us-sitcoms/tvs-frank?page=2

The unofficial and ever-changing 200 episode sitcom club:

1. The Simpsons (1989-present) 588 episodes+
2. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952-1966) 435
3. My Three Sons (1960-1972) 380
4. The Jack Benny Program (1950-65) 343
5. The Danny Thomas Show (1953-1964) 336
6. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950-1958) 291
7. Cheers (1982-1993) 275
8. Beverly Hillbillies (1962-1971) 274
9 The Donna Reed Show (1958-1966) 274
10. South Park (1997-present) 267+
11. Frasier (1993-2004) 264
12. Family Guy (1999-present) 263+
13. Two and a Half Men (2003-15) 262
14. Married ...with Children (1987-1997) 259
15. M*A*S*H (1972-1983) 256
16. Happy Days (1974-1984) 255
17. Bewitched (1964-1972) 254
18. The Jeffersons (1975-1985) 253
19. King of the Hill (1997-2009) 253
20. Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968) 249
21. Murphy Brown (1988-1998) 247
22. Friends (1994-2004) 236
23. Leave It To Beaver (1957-1963) 234
24. The Drew Carey Show (1995-2004) 233
25. The Real McCoys (1957-1963) 224
26. Roseanne (1988-1997) 222
27. Family Matters (1989-1998) 215
28. Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005) 212
29. All In The Family (1971-1979) 210
30. One Day At A Time (1975-84) 209
31. The Facts of Life (1979-1988) 209
32. How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014) 208
33. The King of Queens (1998-2007) 207
34. Home Improvement (1991-1999) 204
35. Father Knows Best (1954-1960) 203
36. Alice (1976-1985) 202
37. The Cosby Show (1984-92) 201
38. The Office (2005-2013) 201
39. The Big Bang Theory (2007- ) 200+
40. That 70's Show (1998-2006) 200

I picked AITF-but if we were allowed to pick two my second would have been Bewitched.

Thanks for posting that list Sal! There's a LOT more shows that have had 200 plus episodes than I thought! I was thinking the number was closer to 24, didn't think there were 40 though. It's still a pretty exclusive club not many shows manage to achieve. A lot of shows are lucky to get half that number of episodes in the end. But thanks for the list, saw quite a few shows I had no idea lasted that long.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_and_a_Half_Men

Two and half men had 262 episodes!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Married..._with_Children

Married With Children had the same 262 episodes!

I voted Cheers, would have picked M*A*S*H if it was on the list. :)

The unofficial and ever-changing 200 episode sitcom club:

1. The Simpsons (1989-present) 588 episodes+
2. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952-1966) 435
3. My Three Sons (1960-1972) 380
4. The Jack Benny Program (1950-65) 343
5. The Danny Thomas Show (1953-1964) 336
6. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950-1958) 291
7. Cheers (1982-1993) 275
8. Beverly Hillbillies (1962-1971) 274
9 The Donna Reed Show (1958-1966) 274
10. South Park (1997-present) 267+
11. Frasier (1993-2004) 264
12. Family Guy (1999-present) 263+
13. Two and a Half Men (2003-15) 262
14. Married ...with Children (1987-1997) 259
15. M*A*S*H (1972-1983) 256
16. Happy Days (1974-1984) 255
17. Bewitched (1964-1972) 254
18. The Jeffersons (1975-1985) 253
19. King of the Hill (1997-2009) 253
20. Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968) 249
21. Murphy Brown (1988-1998) 247
22. Friends (1994-2004) 236
23. Leave It To Beaver (1957-1963) 234
24. The Drew Carey Show (1995-2004) 233
25. The Real McCoys (1957-1963) 224
26. Roseanne (1988-1997) 222
27. Family Matters (1989-1998) 215
28. Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005) 212
29. All In The Family (1971-1979) 210
30. One Day At A Time (1975-84) 209
31. The Facts of Life (1979-1988) 209
32. How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014) 208
33. The King of Queens (1998-2007) 207
34. Home Improvement (1991-1999) 204
35. Father Knows Best (1954-1960) 203
36. Alice (1976-1985) 202
37. The Cosby Show (1984-92) 201
38. The Office (2005-2013) 201
39. The Big Bang Theory (2007- ) 200+
40. That 70's Show (1998-2006) 200
Petticoat Junction(1963-1970) 222

Thank you William! I'm sorry I forgot about Petticoat Junction. That's a show I really love! So now if I add it to the list, the new, updated list will look like this:



1. The Simpsons (1989-present) 588 episodes+
2. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952-1966) 435
3. My Three Sons (1960-1972) 380
4. The Jack Benny Program (1950-65) 343
5. The Danny Thomas Show (1953-1964) 336
6. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950-1958) 291
7. Cheers (1982-1993) 275
8. Beverly Hillbillies (1962-1971) 274
9. The Donna Reed Show (1958-1966) 274
10. South Park (1997-present) 267+
11. Frasier (1993-2004) 264
12. Family Guy (1999-present) 263+
13. Two and a Half Men (2003-15) 262
14. Married ...with Children (1987-1997) 259
15. M*A*S*H (1972-1983) 256
16. Happy Days (1974-1984) 255
17. Bewitched (1964-1972) 254
18. The Jeffersons (1975-1985) 253
19. King of the Hill (1997-2009) 253
20. Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968) 249
21. Murphy Brown (1988-1998) 247
22. Friends (1994-2004) 236
23. Leave It To Beaver (1957-1963) 234
24. The Drew Carey Show (1995-2004) 233
25. The Real McCoys (1957-1963) 224
26. Petticoat Junction (1963-1970) 222
27. Roseanne (1988-1997) 222
28. Family Matters (1989-1998) 215
29. Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005) 212
30. All In The Family (1971-1979) 210
31. One Day At A Time (1975-84) 209
32. The Facts of Life (1979-1988) 209
33. How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014) 208
34. The King of Queens (1998-2007) 207
35. Home Improvement (1991-1999) 204
36. Father Knows Best (1954-1960) 203
37. Alice (1976-1985) 202
38. The Cosby Show (1984-92) 201
39. The Office (2005-2013) 201
40. The Big Bang Theory (2007- ) 200+
41. That 70's Show (1998-2006) 200



Now if I was to list my personal favourites out of that list, I would rank them in this order:

1. Happy Days
2. Leave It To Beaver
3. Bewitched
4. My Three Sons
5. Beverly Hillbillies
6. Andy Griffith Show
7. Cosby Show
8. Married With Children
9. Two and a Half Men
10. Frasier

1. Frasier
2. Murphy Brown
3. The Andy Griffith Show
4. Petticoat Junction
5. M*A*S*H
6. Bewitched
7. Happy Days
8. The Facts of Life
9. The Jack Benny Program
10. Ozzie and Harriet
11. Home Improvement
12. Leave it to Beaver
13. Cheers
14. Burns and Allen
15. The Beverly Hillbillies
16. Family Matters
17. Everybody Loves Raymond
18. The Cosby Show
19. My Three Sons

I voted Friends. While I had seen an occasional episode in syndication, I just became a big fan when I watched them all in order on Netflix last year. Now it's my second favorite show. Cheers and All in The Family are also among my all time favorite shows. Bewitched I liked when I was a kid but can't really stomach now. I didn't know The Office had 200 episodes but I liked the early seasons. Though the superior British version soured my opinion on our longer running version.

Cheers but also prefer All in the Family

I had assumed Seinfeld would be in the 200 episode club, but saw it is just 180. Having a combined 17 episodes from the first two seasons didn't help. The Middle and Modern Family are recent sitcoms that have joined the 200 episode club.

Off the list, I voted for Bewitched.

But off the list:

The Jeffersons
The Cosby Show
The Facts Of Life

Def All in the family