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icecream
09-12-2017, 10:37 PM
Best
1. WKRP in Cincinnati
2. Barney Miller
3. Fawlty Towers
4. M*A*S*H
5. Happy Days
6. Welcome Back, Kotter
7. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
8. The Courtship of Eddie's Father
9. Mork and Mindy
10. The Partridge Family
11. Laverne and Shirley
12. The Odd Couple

want to see most
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
C.P.O. Sharkey
The Don Rickles Show
The Nancy Walker Show
Nanny and the Professor
Taxi- I liked the 2 episodes I've seen but want a larger sample.
Angie
The Bob Newhart Show- saw it once but that was before I was a fan of the 80s Newhart.
Hello, Larry

Worst
All in the Family
Maude
Good Times
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Soap

tlc38tlc38
09-12-2017, 10:47 PM
My top 10 favorites from the 70s:

(In no particular order)
1. Alice
2. All in the Family
3. The Bob Newhart Show
4. The Brady Bunch
5. The Jeffersons
6. Laverne & Shirley
7. Maude
8. The Odd Couple
9. Sanford and Son
10. Three's Company

Adamantium
09-13-2017, 09:38 AM
I don’t feel like listing all the ones I like and don’t like. So I’m just going to name a few. These are my top 5 favorite ‘70s sitcoms, and the 2 I dislike the most.

The Best
1. Taxi
2. Rhoda
3. Happy Days
4. The Odd Couple
5. Chico and the Man

The Worst
1. WKRP in Cincinnati
2. Sanford and Son

opus
09-13-2017, 11:27 AM
Also all time best- One Day at a Time

Bonniegirl
09-13-2017, 12:55 PM
Lots of favorites from this time but I'd say the main ones are ::)

Alice
All in the family
Brady Bunch
One day at a time
Rhoda
Sanford & Son

Worst? To me none were really THAT bad than! ;) I really never liked WKRP too much though!:p

PhoenixAcres
09-13-2017, 01:22 PM
Best:

1. Odd Couple
2. Bob Newhart
3. Sanford & Son
4. Partridge Family
5. Mary Tyler Moore
6. Laverne & Shirley

bmasters9
09-13-2017, 02:22 PM
Best:
Barney Miller
The Bob Newhart Show

Worst:
Laverne & Shirley
Mork & Mindy

icecream
09-13-2017, 03:21 PM
I have not seen Rhoda but several people on this board have mentioned preferring it to The Mary Tyler Moore Show. I myself prefer Lou Grant to the original, but it seems hard to think that Rhoda would be on the same level. I am not a big fan of Rhoda's though when she was on Mary Tyler Moore, the best parts there were the newsroom with Ted, Murray, and Lou. I also don't like it taking a dim view of marriage and forcing her husband off the show.

benjamoon
09-13-2017, 10:53 PM
BEST
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Bob Newhart Show
The Brady Bunch
Rhoda
Taxi
Happy Days

WORST
All in the Family (sorry...)
What's Happening
Welcome Back Kotter
Good Times
Maude

Tubehead
09-13-2017, 10:54 PM
best
#1 sanfrod & son
#2 court ship of eddies father
#3 welcome back kotter
#4 the jeffersons
#5 the odd couple
#6 what happening
#7 happy days
#8alice
#9 The Partridge Family
#10 one day at an time

worst
#1 the love boat
#2 mary mary hart man
#3 mash
#4phillyis
#5 soap
#6 love american style
#7 heres lucy
#8Laverne & Shirley
#9 thats my mamma
#10 mork & mindy

icecream
09-14-2017, 12:46 AM
WORST
All in the Family
Good Times
MaudeGood, there is someone else on this board who hates the Norman Lear shows as much as I do. :D

Dale Key
09-14-2017, 12:50 AM
Best

01. All in the Family
02. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
03. M*A*S*H*
04. Taxi
05. Barney Miller
06. The Bob Newhart Show
07. Soap
08. WKRP in Cincinnati
09. The Jeffersons
10. Maude
11. The Odd Couple
12. Three's Company
13. Good Times

Everything else is either mid-tier or I haven't seen it.

Theda Bara
09-14-2017, 01:02 AM
BEST:

1. Barney Miller
2. Sanford and Son
3. Mary Tyler Moore
4. The Bob Newhart Show
5. All in the Family

WORSE:

1. MASH
2. Mork and Mindy
3. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
4. Phyllis (I wanted to love this show but it just sucked, sucked BIG TIME!)
5. FISH (I love Barney Miller, but this sitcom was AW-FUL; another crappy spin- off that was unsuccessful)

MA
09-14-2017, 06:57 AM
Happy Days
MASH
Barney Miller

I don't have any worst ones.

Kasey
09-14-2017, 12:37 PM
Favorites:
MAUDE
ALICE
ONE DAY AT A TIME
MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN
THE BRADY BUNCH
PHYLLIS
ALL IN THE FAMILY
THREE'S COMPANY
THE DORIS DAY SHOW
HERE'S LUCY


Dislikes:
HAPPY DAYS
MASH
SANFORD & SON

AMackII
11-24-2017, 09:42 AM
Best:
Happy Days
Laverne & Shirley
The Odd Couple
All in the Family
The Jeffersons
Sanford & Son
Alice
Three's Company
M*A*S*H
The Doris Day Show
WKRP in Cincinnati
The Patridge Family
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Bob Newhart Show
One Day at a Time
Mork & Mindy

Worst:
Soap
Fish
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

Retro4Life
11-24-2017, 01:45 PM
It's weird that I can't think of many sitcoms from the 70's that I really hated.

There were weaker ones, but none stick out as really terrible.

I've listed the best before, but again, in no order...

1) All in the Family
2) MASH
3) Taxi
4) WKRP In Cincinnati
5) Barney Miller
6) Mary Tyler Moore Show
7) Bob Newhart
8) The Odd Couple
9) Soap
10) Good Times

KentB3
12-01-2017, 07:18 AM
BEST:
All in the Family
The Jeffersons
M*A*S*H
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Happy Days

WORST:
Green Acres
The Ropers
The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (the original sitcom and follow-up TV movies were FAR better, this was downright hokey!)
Hello Larry
Maude