This is a thread where I take all the sitcoms from each decade according to Sitcoms Online and place them in order of favorite to least favorite. This includes only shows I’ve seen enough of to be able to judge fairly.

Shows I either haven’t seen or seen enough of that will not be included in my list…
Angie / The Bad News Bears / C.P.O. Sharkey / Carter Country / The Courtship of Eddie’s Father / Eight Is Enough / Fish / Hello, Larry / Love, American Style / The Love Boat / Nanny and the Professor / The New Dick Van Dyke Show / Operation Petticoat / Room 222 / The Tony Randall Show

My Favorite To Least Favorite

#1. Taxi
#2. The Odd Couple
#3. Happy Days
#4. Chico and the Man
#5. Rhoda
#6. M*A*S*H
#7. Three’s Company
#8. Soap
#9. One Day at a Time
#10. The Brady Bunch
#11. Welcome Back, Kotter
#12. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
#13. Mork & Mindy
#14. Laverne & Shirley
#15. Alice
#16. The Bob Newhart Show
#17. All in the Family
#18. Barney Miller
#19. What’s Happening!!
#20. Phyllis
#21. Maude
#22. The Doris Day Show
#23. Good Times
#24. The Jeffersons
#25. Here’s Lucy
#26. The Partridge Family
#27. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
#28. The Ropers
#29. That’s My Mama
#30. WKRP in Cincinnati
#31. Sanford and Son

I should note this is a favorites list. I don’t think “The Ropers” and “That’s My Mama” are necessarily better than “WKRP in Cincinnati” or “Sanford and Son” it’s just that I don’t care that much about the first two shows whereas I strongly dislike the latter two and feel they need to be the last two on my list.

Oddly enough, your favorite and least favorite 70's sitcoms are the same as mine except reversed. Sanford & Son is far and away my #1 and Taxi ranks dead last with me.

Oddly enough, your favorite and least favorite 70's sitcoms are the same as mine except reversed. Sanford & Son is far and away my #1 and Taxi ranks dead last with me.

Taxi is also my second favorite sitcom of all-time. To me, it's a smart, hilarious comedy with heart, a great ensemble cast and also a nice soundtrack by Bob James.

Sanford and Son on the other hand, rarely (if ever) makes me laugh. It feels like it's just the same few jokes over and over and over again (You Big Dummy, Esther you ugly, Elizabeth! I'm coming to Join you!). I don't see the appeal.

My top 5 sitcoms of the 70s:

1. The Jeffersons
2. All in the Family
3. Three's Company
4. Maude
5. Alice

My Top 5 70s sitcoms:
1. All in the Family
2. WKRP in Cincinnati
3. Taxi
4. The Jeffersons
5. One Day at a Time

Of the ones I have seen enough of to judge:

1. Mary Tyler Moore Show
2. Happy Days
3. The Bob Newhart Show
4. Taxi
5. The Brady Bunch
6. Rhoda
7. The Jeffersons
8. Laverne & Shirley
9. WKRP in Cincinnati
10. M*A*S*H
11. The Odd Couple
12. Here's Lucy
13. Phyllis
14. Mork & Mindy
15. The Partridge Family
16. Three's Company
17. Welcome Back, Kotter
18. Sanford and Son
19. All in the Family

I'm just going to say Rhoda is #1 for me, and Three's Company is #2. My list is no longer than that.

Love em all equal!

Happy Days
Chico and the Man
Rhoda
M*A*S*H
One Day at a Time
The Brady Bunch
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Laverne & Shirley
Alice
The Bob Newhart Show
All in the Family
The Doris Day Show
Good Times
The Jeffersons
Here’s Lucy
The Partridge Family
Love, American Style
Room 222
The Love Boat
Eight Is Enough
Courtship of Eddies Father
Family

This is a thread where I take all the sitcoms from each decade according to Sitcoms Online and place them in order of favorite to least favorite. This includes only shows I’ve seen enough of to be able to judge fairly.

Shows I either haven’t seen or seen enough of that will not be included in my list…
Angie / The Bad News Bears / C.P.O. Sharkey / Carter Country / The Courtship of Eddie’s Father / Eight Is Enough / Fish / Hello, Larry / Love, American Style / The Love Boat / Nanny and the Professor / The New Dick Van Dyke Show / Operation Petticoat / Room 222 / The Tony Randall Show

My Favorite To Least Favorite

#1. Taxi
#2. The Odd Couple
#3. Happy Days
#4. Chico and the Man
#5. Rhoda
#6. M*A*S*H
#7. Three’s Company
#8. Soap
#9. One Day at a Time
#10. The Brady Bunch
#11. Welcome Back, Kotter
#12. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
#13. Mork & Mindy
#14. Laverne & Shirley
#15. Alice
#16. The Bob Newhart Show
#17. All in the Family
#18. Barney Miller
#19. What’s Happening!!
#20. Phyllis
#21. Maude
#22. The Doris Day Show
#23. Good Times
#24. The Jeffersons
#25. Here’s Lucy
#26. The Partridge Family
#27. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
#28. The Ropers
#29. That’s My Mama
#30. WKRP in Cincinnati
#31. Sanford and Son

I should note this is a favorites list. I don’t think “The Ropers” and “That’s My Mama” are necessarily better than “WKRP in Cincinnati” or “Sanford and Son” it’s just that I don’t care that much about the first two shows whereas I strongly dislike the latter two and feel they need to be the last two on my list.

Both seasons of CPO Sharkey are on DVD.

All five seasons of Eight is Enough is on DVD.

Season 1 of Love, American Style is on DVD.

Seasons 1 and 2 of The Love Boat are on DVD, and the Love Boat is on Me-TV.

This is a thread where I take all the sitcoms from each decade according to Sitcoms Online and place them in order of favorite to least favorite. This includes only shows I’ve seen enough of to be able to judge fairly.

Shows I either haven’t seen or seen enough of that will not be included in my list…
Angie / The Bad News Bears / C.P.O. Sharkey / Carter Country / The Courtship of Eddie’s Father / Eight Is Enough / Fish / Hello, Larry / Love, American Style / The Love Boat / Nanny and the Professor / The New Dick Van Dyke Show / Operation Petticoat / Room 222 / The Tony Randall Show

My Favorite To Least Favorite

#1. Taxi
#2. The Odd Couple
#3. Happy Days
#4. Chico and the Man
#5. Rhoda
#6. M*A*S*H
#7. Three’s Company
#8. Soap
#9. One Day at a Time
#10. The Brady Bunch
#11. Welcome Back, Kotter
#12. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
#13. Mork & Mindy
#14. Laverne & Shirley
#15. Alice
#16. The Bob Newhart Show
#17. All in the Family
#18. Barney Miller
#19. What’s Happening!!
#20. Phyllis
#21. Maude
#22. The Doris Day Show
#23. Good Times
#24. The Jeffersons
#25. Here’s Lucy
#26. The Partridge Family
#27. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
#28. The Ropers
#29. That’s My Mama
#30. WKRP in Cincinnati
#31. Sanford and Son

I should note this is a favorites list. I don’t think “The Ropers” and “That’s My Mama” are necessarily better than “WKRP in Cincinnati” or “Sanford and Son” it’s just that I don’t care that much about the first two shows whereas I strongly dislike the latter two and feel they need to be the last two on my list.



Of the ones I like:

1. Happy Days
2.The Bob Newhart Show
3. All In The Family
4. Here's Lucy
5. Maude
6. Mash
7. Taxi
8. The Jefferson's
9. Good Times
10. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
11. What Happening!!
12. Laverne And Shirley
13. Alice
14. Barney Miller
15. Sanford And Son

1-Three's Company
2-All in the Family
3- Happy Days
4-Sanford and Son
5-Jeffersons
6-Alice
7-Laverne & Shirley
8-Mary Tyler Moore Show
9-One Day at a Time
10-Welcome Back, Kotter
11-Maude
12-Bob Newhart Show
13-Barney Miller
14-Chico and the Man
15-WKRP in Cincinnati
16-Odd Couple
17-Soap
18-Taxi
19-Good Times
20-Eight Is Enough
21-Love Boat
22-Here's Lucy
23-M*A*S*H
24-What's Happening!!
25-Rhoda
26-Mork & Mindy
27-Brady Bunch
28-Love, American Style
29-Doris Day Show
30-Room 222
31-Tony Randall Show
32-C.P.O. Sharkey
33-Carter Country
34-Nanny and the Professor
35-That's My Mama
36-Partridge Family
37-Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
38-Hello, Larry
39-Bad News Bears
40-Ropers
41-Angie
42-Phyllis
43-Fish

The others I have seen only one or 2 episodes of so I can't comment on them. Even the ones near the bottom of my list I like. The 70's had so many great sitcoms.