1,295 so far, actually.

I've been taking a look at how many episodes I actually watch in the run of a given series. I've started with a group of fifteen shows that I think are related by format or common creative personnel. I used wikipedia to set how many episodes each show produced, and used my memory, aided by wikipedia and IMDB and occasionally other material to jog my memory of what the whole episode was about. I've since added MASH as a sixteenth show.

There were some surprises in my count. Going in, I would have thought the Dick van Dyke Show had the highest percentage of episodes that I enjoy, but it didn't come particularly close. I've always preferred The Bob Newhart Show to Newhart, and was surprised by how many Newhart episodes I actually enjoy. And I was surprised that there is a show I like as consistently as I like Barney Miller.

Here's how many episodes of each show I like:

Barney Miller 155 of 171 (90.6%)
Andy Griffith Show 135 of 250 (54.0%)
Cheers 111 of 275 (40.4%)
Bob Newhart Show 106 of 142 (74.6%)
Newhart 96 of 184 (52.2%)
Odd Couple 93 of 114 (81.6%)
Frasier 91 of 264 (34.5%)
Dick van Dyke Show 87 of 159 (54.7%)
Night Court 83 of 193 (43.0%)
WKRP in Cincinnati 65 of 90 (72.2%)
MASH 65 of 256 (25.4%)
Everybody Loves Raymond 60 of 210 (28.6%)
Taxi 51 of 114 (44.7%)
Wings 33 of 172 (19.2%)
Mary Tyler Moore Show 33 of 168 (19.6%)
That Girl 31 of 136 (22.8%)

And here are the shows ranked by percentage of episodes I enjoy:

Barney Miller 155 of 171 (90.6%)
Odd Couple 93 of 114 (81.6%)
Bob Newhart Show 106 of 142 (74.6%)
WKRP in Cincinnati 65 of 90 (72.2%)
Dick van Dyke Show 87 of 159 (54.7%)
Andy Griffith Show 135 of 250 (54.0%)
Newhart 96 of 184 (52.2%)
Taxi 51 of 114 (44.7%)
Night Court 83 of 193 (43.0%)
Cheers 111 of 275 (40.4%)
Frasier 91 of 264 (34.5%)
Everybody Loves Raymond 60 of 210 (28.6%)
MASH 65 of 256 (25.4%)
That Girl 31 of 136 (22.8%)
Wings 33 of 172 (19.2%)
Mary Tyler Moore Show 33 of 168 (19.6%)

Overall, I like 1,295 of 2,898 (44.7%) episodes of the sixteen shows.

Here's 155 good episodes of Barney Miller:

Pilot:

The Life and Times of Barney Miller

Season 1:

1. Ramon,2. Experience,3. Snow Job,7. Bureaucrat,9. Vigilante,10. The Guest,11. Escape Artist

Season 2:

3. The Layoff,4. Ambush,5. Heat Wave,6. The Arsonist,8. Discovery,9. You Dirty Rat,10. Horse Thief,11. Rain,12. Fish,14. Protection,15. Happy New Year,16. Sniper,17. Fear of Flying,19. Massage Parlor,20. The Psychiatrist,22. The Mole

Season 3:

1. Evacuation,2. Quarantine: Part 1,3. Quarantine: Part 2,4. Bus Stop,5. The Election,6. Werewolf,7. The Recluse,8. Noninvolvement,9. Power Failure,10. Christmas Story,11. Hash,12. Smog Alert,13. Community Relations,14. The Rand Report,15. Fire '77,16. Abduction,17. Sex Surrogate,18. Moonlighting,19. Asylum,20. Group Home,21. Strike: Part 1,22. Strike: Part 2

Season 4:

1. Goodbye, Mr. Fish: Part 1,2. Goodbye, Mr. Fish: Part 2,3. Bugs,4. Corporation,5. Burial,6. Copy Cat,7. Blizzard,8. Chase,9. Thanksgiving Story,10. Tunnel,11. Atomic Bomb,12. The Bank,14. Appendicitis,15. Rape,16. Eviction: Part 1,17. Eviction: Part 2,18. Wojo's Problem,19. "Quo Vadis?,20. Hostage,21. Evaluation,22. The Sighting,23. Inauguration

Season 5:

1. Kidnapping: Part 1,2. Kidnapping: Part 2,3. The Search,5. Baby Broker,6. Accusation,7. The Prisoner,8. Loan Shark,9. The Vandal,10. The Harris Incident,11. The Radical,12. Toys,13. The Indian,14. Voice Analyzer,15. The Spy,16. Wojo's Girl: Part 1,17. Wojo's Girl: Part 2,18. Middle Age,19. The Counterfeiter,20. Open House,21. Identity,22. Computer Crime,23. Graveyard Shift,24. Jack Soo, a Retrospective

Season 6:

1. Inquisition,2. The Photographer,3. Vacation,4. The Brother,5. The Slave,6. Strip Joint,7. The Bird,8. The Desk,9. The Judge,10. The DNA Story,11. The Dentist,12. People's Court,13. Vanished: Part 1,14. Vanished: Part 2,15. The Child Stealers,16. Guns,17. Uniform Days,18. Dietrich's Arrest: Part 1,19. Dietrich's Arrest: Part 2,20. The Architect,21. The Inventor,22. Fog

Season 7:

3. The Delegate,4. Dorsey,5. Agent Orange,6. Call Girl,7. Resignation,8. Field Associate,9. Movie: Part 1,10. Movie: Part 2,11. The Psychic,12. Stormy Weather,13. The Librarian,14. Rachel,15. Contempt: Part 1,16. Contempt: Part 2,17. The Doll,18. Lady and the Bomb,19. Riot,20. Vests,21. The Rainmaker,22. Liquidation

Season 8:

1. Paternity,2. Advancement,3. The Car,4. Possession,5. Stress Analyzer,6. Games,7. Homeless,8. The Tontine,9. Examination Day,10. The Clown,11. Chinatown: Part 1,12. Chinatown: Part 2,13. Hunger Strike,14. Arrival,15. Obituary,16. Inquiry,17. Old Love,18. Altercation,19. Bones,20. Landmark: Part 1,21. Landmark: Part 2,22. Landmark: Part 3

93 Good episodes of The Odd Couple. It was surprising how well the show does, because the first season is perceived as relatively weak:

Season 1:

1. The Laundry Orgy,4. The Jury Story,5. The Breakup,8. Oscar the Model,10. It's All Over Now, Baby Bird,11. Felix Is Missing,12. Scrooge Gets an Oscar,13. The Blackout,14. They Use Horseradish, Don't They?,15. The Hideaway,17. Engrave Trouble,19. You've Come a Long Way, Baby,20. A Taste of Money,21. Oscar's New Life,22. What Makes Felix Run?,23. What Does a Naked Lady Say to You?,24. Trapped

Season 2:

3. Hospital Mates,4. Sleepwalker,5. A Grave for Felix,6. Murray the Fink,7. Does Your Mother Know You're Out, Rigoletto?,8. The Fat Farm,9. The Odd Couple Meet Their Host,11. Being Divorced Is Never Having to Say I Do,13. Felix the Calypso Singer,14. And Leave the Greyhound to Us?,15. Security Arms,16. Speak for Yourself,17. You Saved My Life,18. Where's Grandpa?,19. Partner's Investment,22. Oscar's Promotion,23. Psychic, Shmychic

Season 3:

2. Big Mouth,3. The Princess,4. The Pen Is Mightier Than the Pencil,5. The Odd Monks,6. I'm Dying of Unger,8. Felix's First Commercial,9. The First Baby,11. Password,12. The Odd Father,13. Don't Believe in Roomers,14. Sometimes a Great Ocean,15. I Gotta Be Me,16. The Ides of April,18. The Hustler,19. My Strife in Court,20. Let's Make a Deal,21. The Odyssey Couple,22. Take My Furniture, Please,23. The Murray Who Came to Dinner

Season 4:

1. Gloria Moves In,2. Last Tango in Newark,3. The Odd Decathlon,5. The Odd Holiday,6. The New Car,7. That Is the Army Mrs. Madison,8. The Songwriter,10. The Pig Who Came to Dinner,11. Maid for Each Other,12. The Exorcists,13. A Barnacle Adventure,14. The Moonlighter,15. Cleanliness Is Next to Impossible,16. The Flying Felix,17. Vocal Girl Makes Good,18. Shuffling Off to Buffalo,19. A Different Drummer,20. The Insomniacs,21. New York's Oddest,22. One for the Bunny

Season 5:

1. The Rain in Spain Falls Mainly in Vain,2. To Bowl or Not to Bowl,4. The Hollywood Story,5. The Dog Story,6. Strike Up the Band or Else,7. The Odd Candidate,8. The Subway Story,10. Our Fathers,11. The Big Broadcast,12. Oscar in Love,13. The Bigger They Are,14. Two on the Aisle,15. Your Mother Wears Army Boots,16. Felix the Horse Player,17. The Rent Strike,18. Two Men on a Hoarse,19. The Roy Clark Show,20. Old Flames Never Die,21. Laugh, Clown, Laugh,22. Felix Remarries

106 good episodes of The Bob Newhart Show:

Season 1:

1. Fly the Unfriendly Skies, 2. Tracy Grammar School, I'll Lick You Yet, 4. Mom, I L-L-Love You, 5. Goodnight, Nancy, 8. Don't Go to Bed Mad, 11. I Want to Be Alone, 12. Bob and Emily and Howard and Carol and Jerry, 13. I Owe It All to You... But Not That Much, 14. His Busiest Season, 15. Let's Get Away from It Almost, 17. The Man with the Golden Wrist, 20. A Home Is Not Necessarily a House, 21. Emily, I'm Home... Emily?, 22. You Can't Win 'Em All, 23. Bum Voyage

Season 2:

1. The Last TV Show, 2. Motel, 3. Backlash, 4. Somebody Down Here Likes Me, 7. Old Man Rivers, 8. Mister Emily Hartley, 9. Mutiny on the Hartley, 10. I'm Okay, You're Okay, So What's Wrong?, 11. Fit, Fat and Forty-One, 13. My Wife Belongs to Daddy, 15. I'm Dreaming of a Slight Christmas, 16. Oh, Brother, 17. The Modernization of Emily, 18. The Jobless Corps, 19. Clink Shrink, 20. Mind Your Own Business, 21. A Love Story, 23. Confessions of an Orthodontist, 24. A Matter of Principal

Season 3:

1. Big Brother Is Watching, 2. The Battle of the Groups, 3. The Great Rimpau Medical Arts Co-op Experiment, 4. The Separation Story, 6. The Grey Flannel Shrink, 7. Dr. Ryan's Express, 8. Brutally Yours, Bob Hartley, 9. Ship of Shrinks, 10. Life Is a Hamburger, 11. An American Family, 12. We Love You... Good-bye, 14. Serve for Daylight, 15. Home Is Where the Hurt Is, 16. Tobin's Back in Town, 17. Think Smartly—Vote Hartley, 18. The Way We Weren't, 20. My Business Is Shrinking, 21. The New Look, 22. Bob Hits the Ceiling, 23. Emily Hits the Ceiling, 24. The Ceiling Hits Bob

Season 4:

1. The Longest Good-bye, 2. Here's Looking at You, Kid, 3. Death of a Fruitman, 4. Change Is Gonna Do Me Good, 6. Carol's Wedding, 7. Shrinks Across the Sea, 8. What's It All About, Albert?, 9. Who Is Mr. X?, 10. Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time, 11. Over the River and Through the Woods, 12. Fathers and Sons and Mothers, 15. Bob Has to Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Christmas Eve in the Hospital, 16. No Sale, 17. Carol at 6:01, 20. Duke of Dunk, 22. Birth of a Salesman, 24. Peeper Two

Season 5:

1. Enter Mrs. Peeper, 2. Caged Fury, 3. Some of My Best Friends Are..., 4. Still Crazy After All These Years, 5. The Great Rent Strike, 6. Et tu, Carol?, 8. A Crime Most Foul, 9. The Slammer, 10. Jerry's Retirement, 11. Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson, 12. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, 13. Making Up Is the Thing to Do, 14. Love Is the Blindest, 15. The Ironwood Experience, 16. Of Mice and Men, 17. Halls of Hartley, 19. Death Be My Destiny, 21. Desperate Sessions, 23. Shrinking Violence, 24. You're Having My Hartley

Season 6:

1. Bob's Change of Life, 3. A Jackie Story, 4. Who Was That Masked Man?, 6. A Day in the Life, 8. You're Fired, Mr. Chips, 9. Shallow Throat, 10. A Girl in Her Twenties, 11. Grand Delusion, 12. Twas the Pie Before Christmas, 13. Freudian Ship, 16. Group on a Hot Tin Roof, 18. Easy for You to Say, 20. Carol Ankles for Indie-Prod, 22. Happy Trails to You

65 good episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati:

Season 1:

1. Pilot - Part 1,2. Pilot - Part 2,3. Les on a Ledge,4. Hoodlum Rock,5. Hold-Up,6. Bailey's Show,7. Turkeys Away,8. Love Returns,9. Mama's Review,10. A Date with Jennifer,11. The Contest Nobody Could Win,13. Goodbye, Johnny,14. Johnny Comes Back,15. Never Leave Me, Lucille,16. I Want to Keep My Baby,17. A Commercial Break,19. I Do, I Do... For Now,21. Fish Story,22. Preacher

Season 2:

1. For Love or Money: Part 1,2. For Love or Money: Part 2,4. Bad Risk,5. Jennifer Falls in Love,6. Carlson for President,7. Mike Fright,9. Baby, If You've Ever Wondered,10. Bailey's Big Break,11. Jennifer's Home for Christmas,12. Sparky,13. God Talks to Johnny,14. A Family Affair,15. Herb's Dad,16. Put Up or Shut Up,17. The Americanization of Ivan,18. Les's Groupie,20. The Doctor's Daughter,23. Venus Rising,24. Most Improved Station

Season 3:

3. Real Families,4. The Baby,5. Hotel Oceanview,6. A Mile in My Shoes,8. Baby, It's Cold Inside,9. The Painting,12. Venus and the Man,13. Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 1,14. Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 2,17. Secrets of Dayton Heights,18. Out to Lunch,22. Clean Up Radio Everywhere

Season 4:

1. An Explosive Affair: Part 1,2. An Explosive Affair: Part 2,3. The Union,5. Straight from the Heart,6. Who's on First?,7. Three Days of the Condo,8. Jennifer and the Will,9. The Consultant,10. Love, Exciting and New,13. Changes,14. Jennifer and Johnny's Charity,15. I'll Take Romance,19. The Creation of Venus,21. To Err Is Human,22. Up and Down the Dial

87 good episodes of The Dick van Dyke Show:

Pilot:

Head of the Family

Season 1:

3. Sally and the Lab Technician,5. Oh How We Met on the Night That We Danced,10. The Meershatz Pipe,12. Empress Carlotta's Necklace,15. Where Did I Come From?,16. The Curious Thing About Women,19. The Talented Neighborhood,20. A Word a Day,23. The Twizzle,24. One Angry Man,26. I Am My Brother's Keeper,27. The Sleeping Brother,29. Sol and the Sponsor

Season 2:

2. The Two Faces of Rob,3. The Attempted Marriage,6. My Husband is Not a Drunk,7. What's in a Middle Name,9. The Night the Roof Fell In,10. The Secret Life of Buddy and Sally,11. A Bird in the Head Hurts,14. Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra,17. Will You Two Be My Wife,18. Ray Murdock's X-Ray,19. I Was a Teenage Head Writer,20. It May Look Like a Walnut,23. Give Me Your Walls!,26. I'm No Henry Walden!,30. A Surprise Surprise is a Surprise,32. When a Bowling Pin Talks, Listen

Season 3:

1. That's My Boy??,2. The Masterpiece,3. Laura's Little Lie,4. Very Old Shoes, Very Old Rice,5. All About Eavesdropping,9. Big Max Calvada,12. The Sound of the Trumpets of Conscience Falls Deafly on a Brain That Holds Its Ears,13. The Alan Brady Show Presents,18. A Nice, Friendly Game of Cards,23. Honeymoons Are for the Lucky,25. The Plots Thicken",27. The Return of Edwin Carp,28. October Eve,29. Dear Mrs. Petrie, Your Husband Is in Jail,31. I'd Rather Be Bald Than Have No Head at All

Season 4:

1. My Mother Can Beat Up My Father,2. The Ghost of A. Chantz,7. 4 1/2,8. The Alan Brady Show Goes to Jail,9. Three Letters from One Wife,11. It Wouldn't Hurt Them to Give Us a Raise,15. Brother, Can You Spare $2500?,16. The Impractical Joke,17. Stacey Petrie - Part I,18. Stacey Petrie - Part II,20. The Redcoats Are Coming,21. The Case of the Pillow,22. Young Man with a Shoehorn,23. Girls Will Be Boys,24. Bupkis,25. Your Home Sweet Home Is My Home,27. Never Bathe on Saturday,30. One Hundred Terrible Hours,31. Br-rooom, Br-rooom

Season 5:

1. Coast to Coast Big Mouth,3. Uhny Uftz,4. The Ugliest Dog in the World,7. The Great Petrie Fortune,8. Odd But True,10. Go Tell the Birds and the Bees,11. Body and Sol,12. See Rob Write, Write Rob Write,13. You're Under Arrest,16. I Do Not Choose to Run,17. The Making of a Councilman,18. The Curse of the Petrie People,19. The Bottom of Mel Cooley's Heart,20. Remember the Alimony,21. Dear Sally Rogers,22. Buddy Sorrell: Man and Boy,23. Bad Reception in Albany,24. Talk to the Snail,26. Obnoxious, Offensive, Egomaniac, Etc,27. The Man from My Uncle,30. Long Night's Journey into Day,31. The Gunslinger,32. The Last Chapter

96 good Newhart episodes. I expected fewer, because I'm not a Michael-Stephanie fan:

Season 1:

1. In the Beginning,2. Mrs. Newton's Body Lies A-Mould'ring in the Grave,3. Hail to the Councilman,4. Shall We Gather at the River?,5. This Probably Is Condemned,6. No Tigers at the Circus,8. Some Are Born Writers...Others Have Writers Thrust Upon Them,9. No Room at the Inn,10. The Senator's Wife Was Indiscreet,11. Sprained Dreams,12. The Way We Thought We Were,14. What Is This Thing Called Lust?,15. Breakfast Theater,16. Ricky Nelson, Up Your Nose,17. A View from the Bench,18. The Boy Who Cried Goat,19. Heaven Knows Mr. Utley,20. You're Homebody Till Somebody Loves You,21. Grandma, What a Big Mouth You Have,22. I Enjoy Being a Guy

Season 2:

1. It Happened One Afternoon: Part 1,2. It Happened One Afternoon: Part 2,3. Animal Attractions,4. The Stratford Wives,5. The Girl from Manhattan,6. Don't Rain on My Parade,7. Lady & the Tramps,9. The Looks of Love,10. Kirk Goes for the Juggler,13. Curious George at the Firehouse,14. Book Beat,15. Kirk Pops the Question,16. Best Friends,17. Kirk Ties One On,18. Go, Grandma, Go,19. Leave It to the Beavers,20. Vermont Today,22. New Faces of 1951

Season 3:

1. Tell a Lie, Get a Check,4. Miss Stephanie,5. But Seriously, Beavers,6. Tickets, Please,7. Poor Reception,9. Happy Trials to You,12. Local Hero,13. Dick Gets Larry's Goat,17. My Fair Larry,18. You're Nobody Till Somebody Hires You,21. The Prodigal Darryl,22. What Makes Dick Run

Season 4:

1. Pirate Pete,3. Summa Cum Larry,4. Oh, That Morocco,10. Still the Beavers,14. Stephanie Nightingale,17. The Snowmen Cometh,20. Dwight Schmidlapp Is Not a Quitter,24. Pre-Nups

Season 5:

3. Dick the Kid,8. Thanksgiving for the Memories,9. Utley, Can You Spend a Dime?,10. Sweet and Sour Charity,12. Saturday in New York with George,15. It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To,16. Chimes They Are a Changin',17. Unfriendly Persuasion,19. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Loudon,21. Night Moves,23. Good Bye and Good Riddance, Mr. Chips,24. Much to Do Without Muffin

Season 6:

1. Here's to You Mrs. Loudon,2. Prima Darryl,5. Reading, Writing, and Rating Points,7. Take Me to Your Loudon,10. Telethon Man,12. Support Your Local Shifflet,15. Presence of Malice,16. Would You Buy a Used Car from This Handyman?,17. The Buck Stops Here,20. Draw Partner,23. The Gleeless Club,24. Courtin' Disaster

Season 7:

3. This Blood's for You,4. I Married Dick,6. I Came, I Saw, I Sat,7. Twelve Annoyed Men...and Women,14. The Nice Man Cometh,21. Murder at the Stratley

Season 8:

2. Get Dick,4. Utley Exposed,7. Good Lord Loudon,10. I Like You, Butt,13. Beauty and the Pest,14. Good Neighbor Sam,22. Father Goose,24. The Last Newhart

51 good Taxi episodes:

Season 1:

1. Like Father, Like Daughter,5. Come as You Aren't,6. The Great Line,8. Paper Marriage,11. Memories of Cab 804: Part 1,12. Memories of Cab 804: Part 2,16. Louie Sees the Light,19. Mama Gravas,20. Alex Tastes Death and Finds a Nice Restaurant

Season 2:

1. Louie and the Nice Girl,3. Reverend Jim: A Space Odyssey,4. Nardo Loses Her Marbles,8. The Great Race,9. The Apartment,11. Latka's Revolting,13. Louie Meets the Folks,14. Jim Gets a Pet,17. Guess Who's Coming for Brefnish,18. What Price Bobby?,21. Alex Jumps Out of an Airplane,22. Art Work

Season 3:

2. Tony's Sister and Jim,4. Elaine's Strange Triangle,5. Going Home,6. The Ten-Percent Solution,7. Call of the Mild,8. Latka's Cookies,11. Elaine's Old Friend,13. Zen and the Art of Cab Driving,16. Louie Bumps Into an Old Lady,18. On the Job: Part 1,19. On the Job: Part 2,20. Latka the Playboy

Season 4:

1. Jim the Psychic,3. Mr. Personalities,4. Jim Joins the Network,15. Simka Returns,17. Take My Ex-Wife, Please,18. The Unkindest Cut,20. Elegant Iggy,21. The Wedding of Latka and Simka,22. Cooking for Two

Season 5:

1. Love Un-American Style,3. Alex Goes Off the Wagon,4. Scenskees from a Marriage: Part 1,5. Scenskees from a Marriage: Part 2,6. Crime and Punishment,7. Alex the Gofer,10. Elaine and the Monk,13. Louie Moves Uptown,19. Louie and the Blind Girl

83 good Night Court episodes:

Season 1:

1. All You Need is Love,3. The Former Harry Stone,4. Welcome Back, Momma,8. Quadrangle of Love,10. Some Like It Hot,11. Harry and the Rock Star,12. Bull's Baby,13. Hi Honey, I'm Home

Season 2:

2. Daddy for the Defense,9. Inside Harry Stone,11. Take My Wife, Please,13. Dan's Parents,14. Nuts About Harry,16. The Gypsy,17. Battling Bailiff,20. Mac and Quon Le: Together Again,21. World War III

Season 3:

1. Hello, Goodbye,2. The Hostage,4. Mac and Quon Le: No Reservations,6. Best of Friends,7. Dan's Boss,9. The Wheels of Justice (Part 1),13. The Night Off,16. Leon, We Hardly Knew Ye,20. Flo's Retirement,21. Hurricane (Part 1),22. Hurricane (Part 2)

Season 4:

7. The New Judge,9. Earthquake,13. Baby Talk,15. A Day in the Life,16. Rabid,17. Christine's Friend,20. Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson,21. Her Honor (Part 1),22. Her Honor (Part 2)

Season 5:

1. Her Honor (Part 3),2. Her Honor (Part 4),3. Death of a Bailiff,4. Ladies Night,5. Safe,7. Who Was That Mashed Man?,11. Let It Snow,13. Hit the Road, Jack,14. I'm OK, You're Catatonic/Schizophrenic,16. Another Day in the Life,17. Heart of Stone,18. Russkie Business,20. Top Judge,21. Mac's Millions,22. Danny Got His Gun (Part 1)

Season 6:

1. Danny Got His Gun (Part 2),2. Danny Got His Gun (Part 3),3. Fire,8. Night Court of the Living Dead,9. The Night Court Before Christmas,12. Clip Show - Part 1,13. Clip Show - Part 2,17. Strange Bedfellows,18. From Snoop to Nuts (Part 1),19. From Snoop to Nuts (Part 2),22. Yet Another Day in the Life

Season 7:

1. Life With Buddy,4. Come Back to the Five and Dime, Stephen King, Stephen King,6. For Love or Money,8. Attack of the Mac Snacks,18. Melvin and Harold,19. The Glasnost Menagerie,22. Still Another Day in the Life,23. A Closer Look

Season 8:

5. Death Takes a Halloween,11. Jail Bait,15. Mama Was a Rollin' Stone,19. To Sleep, No More,22. Harry's Fifteen Minutes

Season 9:

1.My Life as a Dog Lawyer,5. Pop Goes the Question,13. A New York Story,14. Undressed For Success,15. Poker? I Hardly Know Her,20. Opportunity Knock Knocks - Part 1,21. Opportunity Knock Knocks - Part 2

111 good Cheers episodes:

Season 1:

1. Give Me a Ring Sometime,2. Sam's Women,4. Sam at Eleven,5. Coach's Daughter,6. Any Friend of Diane's,8. Truce or Consequences,9. Coach Returns to Action,10. Endless Slumper,11. One for the Book,12. The Spy Who Came In for a Cold One,13. Now Pitching, Sam Malone,14. Let Me Count the Ways,15. Father Knows Last,16. The Boys in the Bar,17. Diane's Perfect Date,18. No Contest,19. Pick a Con... Any Con,20. Someone Single, Someone Blue,21. Showdown, Part 1,22. Showdown, Part 2

Season 2:

1. Power Play,3. Personal Business,4. Homicidal Ham,5. Sumner's Return,6. Affairs of the Heart,7. Old Flames,8. Manager Coach,9. They Called Me Mayday,10. How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Call You Back,12. Where There's a Will...,14. No Help Wanted,15. And Coachie Makes Three,17. Fortune and Men's Weight,18. Snow Job,19. Coach Buries a Grudge,21. I'll Be Seeing You, Part 1,22. I'll Be Seeing You, Part

Season 3:

1. Rebound, Part 1,2. Rebound, Part 2,3. I Call Your Name,4. Fairy Tales Can Come True,5. Sam Turns the Other Cheek,8. Diane Meets Mom,10. Diane's Allergy,11. Peterson Crusoe,12. A Ditch in Time,13. Whodunit?,14. The Heart Is a Lonely Snipehunter,16. Teacher's Pet,17. The Mail Goes to Jail,18. Bar Bet,19. Behind Every Great Man,20. If Ever I Would Leave You,21. The Executive's Executioner,22. Cheerio, Cheers,23. The Bartender's Tale,25. Rescue Me,,20

Season 4:

1. Birth, Death, Love and Rice,2. Woody Goes Belly Up,3. Someday My Prince Will Come,6. I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday,7. 2 Good to Be 4 Real,9. From Beer to Eternity,11. Don Juan Is Hell,13. Take My Shirt... Please,14. Suspicion,15. The Triangle,17. Second Time Around,19. Dark Imaginings,22. Diane Chambers Day,23. Relief Bartender

Season 5:

2. The Cape Cad,3. Money Dearest,4. Abnormal Psychology,6. Tan 'n' Wash,7. Young Dr. Weinstein,8. Knights of the Scimitar,9. Thanksgiving Orphans,10. Everyone Imitates Art,12. Dance, Diane, Dance,13. Chambers vs. Malone,18. One Last Fling,20. Dinner at Eight-ish,21. Simon Says,23. Norm's First Hurrah,26. I Do, Adieu

Season 6:

2. I on Sports,6. Paint Your Office,8. Bidding on the Boys,12. Christmas Cheers,13. Woody for Hire, Meets Norman of the Apes,17. To All the Girls I've Loved Before

Season 7:

6. Norm, Is That You?,7. How to Win Friends and Electrocute People

Season 8:

5. The Two Faces of Norm,8. For Real Men Only,14. What Is... Cliff Clavin?

Season 9:

2. Cheers Fouls Out - Bar Wars IV,12. Honor Thy Mother,23. Rat Girl

Season 10:

4. The Norm Who Came to Dinner,24. Heeeeere's...Cliffy

Season 11:

2. The Beer Is Always Greener,3. The King of Beers,11. Love Me, Love My Car,18. The Last Picture Show,19. Bar Wars VII: The Naked Prey,22. It's Lonely on the Top,26. One for the Road - Part 1,27. One for the Road - Part 2,28. One for the Road - Part 3

91 good Frasier episodes:

Season 1:

1. The Good Son,2. Space Quest,3. Dinner at Eight,5. Here's Looking at You,6. The Crucible,9. Selling Out,12. Miracle on Third or Fourth Street,13. Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast?,14. Can't Buy Me Love,15. You Can't Tell a Crook by His Cover,16. The Show Where Lilith Comes Back,18. And the Whimper Is...,19. Give Him the Chair!,21. Travels with Martin,22. Author, Author,23. Frasier Crane's Day Off

Season 2:

3. The Matchmaker,4. Flour Child,6. The Botched Language of Cranes,7. The Candidate,13. Retirement is Murder,14. Fool Me Once, Shame on You. Fool Me Twice...,17. Daphne's Room,23. The Innkeepers

Season 3:

2. Shrink Rap,3. Martin Does It His Way,9. Frasier Grinch,11. The Friend,12. Come Lie with Me,13. Moon Dance,14. The Show Where Diane Comes Back,15. A Word to the Wiseguy,16. Look Before You Leap,17. High Crane Drifter,18. Chess Pains,19. Crane vs. Crane,23. The Focus Group

Season 4:

1. The Two Mrs. Cranes,3. The Impossible Dream,5. Head Game,6. Mixed Doubles,7. A Lilith Thanksgiving,11. Three Days of the Condo,12. Death and the Dog,13. Four for the Seesaw,14. To Kill a Talking Bird,18. Ham Radio

Season 5:

1. Frasier's Imaginary Friend,9. Perspectives on Christmas,10. Where Every Bloke Knows Your Name,12. The Zoo Story,14. The Ski Lodge,16. Beware of Greeks,17. The Perfect Guy

Season 6:

1. Good Grief,7. How to Bury a Millionaire,9. Roz, a Loan,11. Good Samaritan,14. Three Valentines,17. Dinner Party

Season 7:

3. Radio Wars,7. A Tsar is Born,12. RDWRER,13. They're Playing Our Song,15. Out with Dad,19. Morning Becomes Entertainment,20. To Thine Old Self Be True,21. The Three Faces of Frasier,22. Dark Side of the Moon

Season 8:

12. The Show Must Go Off,16. Docu.Drama

Season 9:

2. Don Juan in Hell - Part 2,7. Bla-Z-Boy,8. The Two Hundredth Episode,17. Three Blind Dates,20. The Love You Fake,21. Cheerful Goodbyes,24. Moons Over Seattle

Season 10:

6. Star Mitzvah,11. Door Jam,14. Daphne Does Dinner,16. Fraternal Schwinns,18. Roe to Perdition

Season 11:

3. The Doctor is Out,7. Maris Returns (Part 1),8. Murder Most Maris (Part 2),15. Caught in the Act,16. Boo!,18. Match Game,23. Goodnight, Seattle - Part 1,24. Goodnight, Seattle - Part 2

60 good Everybody Loves Raymond episodes:

Season 1:

1. Pilot,4. Standard Deviation,19. The Dog,22. Why Are We Here?

Season 2:

1. Ray's on TV,3. Brother,8. The Children's Book,9. The Gift,14. Mia Famiglia, 15. Marie's Meatballs,16. The Checkbook,17. The Ride-Along,19. Good Girls,21. Traffic School

Season 3:

4. Getting Even,5. The Visit,6. Halloween Candy,11. The Apartment,15. Robert's Date,17. Cruising with Marie,20. Move Over,22. Working Girl,24. Dancing with Debra,25. Robert Moves Back,26. How They Met

Season 4:

2. The Can Opener,3. You Bet,4. Sex Talk,7. Cousin Gerard,8. Debra's Workout,15. Robert's Rodeo,17. Hackidu,18. Debra Makes Something Good,23. Confronting the Attacker

Season 5:

1. Italy - Part 1,2. Italy - Part 2,8. Young Girl,19. The Canister,21. Let's Fix Robert,24. Frank Paints the House

Season 6:

1. The Angry Family,7. Jealous Robert,10. Raybert,11. The Kicker,16. Lucky Suit,17. The Skit

Season 7:

1. The Cult,6. Robert Needs Money,9. She's the One,13. Somebody Hates Raymond,20. Who's Next?,22. Baggage,24. Robert's Wedding - Part 1,25. Robert's Wedding - Part 2

Season 8:

2. Thank You Notes,7. Liars,14. Lateness

Season 9:

1. The Home, 2. Not So Fast, 6. Boys' Therapy

31 good That Girl episodes:

Season 1:

1. Don't Just Do Something, Stand There,3. Never Change a Diaper on Opening Night,5. Anatomy of a Blunder, 8. Little Auction Annie,9. Time for Arrest,11. What's in a Name?,14. Phantom of the Horse Opera,18. These Boots Weren't Made for Walking,23. What Are Your Intentions?,27. The Honeymoon Apartment,28. This Little Piggy Had a Ball

Season 2:

1. Pass the Potatoes, Ethel Merman,2. The Good Skate,15. Twas the Night Before Christmas, You're Under Arrest,18. The Rivals,19. Sixty-Five on the Aisle,21. The Other Woman

Season 3:

1. Sock It to Me,3. Eleven Angry Men and That Girl,4. 7¼ - Part 1,5. 7¼ - Part 1,8. A Muggy Day in Central Park,13. Should All Our Old Acquaintance Be Forgot,16. Dark on Top of Everything Else,20. There Was a Time Ann Met a Pie Man,25. Bad Day at Marvin Gardens

Season 4:

1. Mission Improbable - Part 1,2. Mission Improbable - Part 2,21. The Night They Raided Daddy's,22. The Reunion

Season 5:

3. I Ain't Got No Body

33 good Wings episodes:

Season 1:

None

Season 2:

3. A Little Nightmare Music,4. Sports and Leisure,17. Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places,19. All in the Family

Season 3:

2. Is That a Subpoena in Your Pocket?,7. Crate Expectations,9. Try to Remember the Night He Dismembered,12. Marriage, Italian Style,13. Divorce, American Style,16. Planes, Trains, and Visiting Cranes,17. Das Plane,19. Four Dates That Will Live in Infamy,20. The Bank Dick

Season 4:

7. It's So Nice to Have a Mather Around the House,10. The Customer's Usually Right,19. The Houseguest

Season 5:

14. The Faygitive,15. Say Uncle, Carlton,18. Moonlighting

Season 6:

5. The Waxman Cometh,6. Is That a Ten Foot Sandwich or Are You Just Glad to See Me?,8. Miss Jenkins,22. A House to Die For,24. Et Tu, Antonio?,25. Boys Just Wanna Have Fun,26. Here It Is: The Big Wedding

Season 7:

4. The Person Formerly Known as Lowell,24. The Lyin' King

Season 8:

5. Too Beautiful for You,11. All About Christmas Eve,15. Fay There, Georgy Girl,23. Final Approach - Part 1,24. Final Approach - Part 2

33 good Mary Tyler Moore Show episodes:

Season 1:

1. Love Is All Around,7. Toulouse-Lautrec Is One of My Favorite Artist,8. The Snow Must Go On,11. 1040 or Fight,14. Christmas and the Hard-Luck Kid II

Season 2:

3. He's No Heavy...He's My Brother,6. Cover Boy,12. ...Is a Friend in Need,18. Baby Sit-Com,21. Where There's Smoke, There's Rhoda

Season 3:

1. The Good Time News,5. It's Whether You Win or Lose,6. Rhoda the Beautiful,9. Farmer Ted and the News,23. Put on a Happy Face,24. Mary Richards and the Incredible Plant Lady

Season 4:

8. Lou's First Date,10. The Dinner Party,20. Better Late...That's a Pun...Than Never,22. Lou's Second Date,23. Two Wrongs Don't Make a Writer,24. I Was a Single for WJM

Season 5:

3. You Sometimes Hurt the One You Hate,7. The New Sue Ann,16. Mary Richards: Producer,17. The System,23. Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcasters' School

Season 6:

1. Edie Gets Married,5. Ted's Moment of Glory,7. Chuckles Bites the Dust

Season 7:

14. The Critic,22. Mary's Big Party,24. The Last Show

For Raymond, one of the early episodes of the final season has the Barone parents getting kicked out of the retirement village. Hilarious episode.

You found a lot of great That Girl episodes, but if you try "Anatomy of a Blunder" from season 1, that's a good one, too.

For Raymond, one of the early episodes of the final season has the Barone parents getting kicked out of the retirement village. Hilarious episode.

Thank you! I'll take a look at that and the That Girl when I get a chance. Not being listed here doesn't mean I don't like an episode. I may have just mostly forgotten it.

These are 135 good Andy Griffith Show episodes:

Danny Thomas Show:

Pilot, Season 7: 20. Danny Meets Andy Griffith

Season 1:

1. The New Housekeeper, 2. The Manhunt, 3. The Guitar Player, 4. Ellie Comes to Town, 5. Irresistible Andy, 6. Runaway Kid, 7. Andy the Matchmaker, 8. Opie's Charity, 9. A Feud Is a Feud, 10. Ellie for Council, 11. The Christmas Story, 12. Stranger in Town, 17. Alcohol and Old Lace, 18. Andy the Marriage Counselor, 19. Mayberry on Record, 20. Andy Saves Barney's Morale, 21. Andy and the Gentleman Crook, 22. Cyrano Andy, 23. Andy and Opie, Housekeepers, 25. A Plaque for Mayberry, 26. The Inspector, 27. Ellie Saves a Female, 28. Andy Forecloses, 29. Quiet Sam, 30. Barney Gets His Man, 31. The Guitar Player Returns, 32. Bringing Up Opie

Season 2:

1. Opie and the Bully, 3. Andy and the Woman Speeder, 4. Mayberry Goes Bankrupt, 7. Crime-Free Mayberry, 8. The Perfect Female, 10. The Clubmen, 11. The Pickle Story, 13. The Farmer Takes a Wife, 15. Bailey's Bad Boy, 16. The Manicurist, 17. The Jinx, 18. Jailbreak, 19. A Medal for Opie, 20. Barney and the Choir, 21. Guest of Honor, 22. The Merchant of Mayberry, 23. Aunt Bee the Warden, 24. The County Nurse, 25. Andy and Barney in the Big City, 27. Three's a Crowd, 28. The Bookie Barber, 29. Andy on Trial

Season 3:

3. Andy and the New Mayor, 4. Andy and Opie – Bachelors, 5. The Cow Thief, 6. Barney Mends a Broken Heart, 8. The Mayberry Band, 10. Opie's Rival, 11. Convicts at Large, 13. The Bank Job, 14. One-Punch Opie, 15. Barney and the Governor, 16. Man in a Hurry, 18. The Loaded Goat, 19. Class Reunion, 20. Rafe Hollister Sings, 21. Opie and the Spoiled Kid, 22. The Great Filling Station Robbery, 23. Andy Discovers America, 24. Aunt Bee's Medicine Man, 25. The Darlings Are Coming, 26. Andy's English Valet, 27. Barney's First Car, 28. The Rivals, 29. A Wife for Andy, 30. Dogs, Dogs, Dogs, 31. Mountain Wedding, 32. The Big House

Season 4:

1. Opie the Birdman, 2. The Haunted House, 3. Ernest T. Bass Joins the Army, 4. The Sermon for Today, 5. Briscoe Declares for Aunt Bee, 6. Gomer the House Guest, 7. A Black Day for Mayberry, 9. Up in Barney's Room, 10. A Date for Gomer, 11. Citizen's Arrest, 13. Barney and the Cave Rescue, 15. Aunt Bee the Crusader, 16. Barney's Sidecar, 17. My Fair Ernest T. Bass, 18. Prisoner of Love, 19. Hot Rod Otis, 20. The Song Festers, 21. The Shoplifters, 22. Andy's Vacation, 23. Andy Saves Gomer, 24. Bargain Day, 25. Divorce, Mountain Style, 27. Fun Girls, 28. The Return of Malcolm Merriweather, 29. The Rumor, 30. Barney and Thelma Lou, Phfftt, 32. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Season 5:

2. Barney's Physical, 4. The Education of Ernest T. Bass, 6. Barney's Bloodhound, 7. Man in the Middle, 12. The Darling Baby, 13. Andy and Helen Have Their Day, 14. Three Wishes for Opie, 16. Barney Fife, Realtor, 17. Goober Takes a Car Apart, 18. The Rehabilitation of Otis, 19. The Lucky Letter, 20. Goober and the Art of Love, 21. Barney Runs for Sheriff, 22. If I Had a Quarter-Million, 25. The Case of the Punch in the Nose, 28., The Arrest of the Fun Girls, 29. The Luck of Newton Monroe, 30. Opie Flunks Arithmetic, 31. Opie and the Carnival, 32. Banjo-Playing Deputy

Season 6:

17. The Return of Barney Fife, 29. The Battle of Mayberry

Season 7:

4. The Ball Game, 11. Big Fish in a Small Town, 13. Otis the Deputy, 17. Dinner at Eight, 18. A Visit to Barney Fife, 19. Barney Comes to Mayberry, 25. Goodbye Dolly, 27. Howard, the Comedian

Season 8:

15. Howard's New Life, 30. Mayberry R.F.D.

Andy Griffith Show Creative Personnel:

Created by:

Sheldon Leonard: 249 episodes
Aaron Ruben: 249
Danny Thomas: 249

Produced by:

Sheldon Leonard (executive): 249
Danny Thomas (executive): 8

Aaron Ruben: 159
Bob Ross: 90

Ronald Jacobs (production supervisor): 154
W. Argyle Nelson (production supervisor): 64
Frank E. Myers (production manager): 219
Edward M. Hillie (production manager): 30

Directed by:

Bob Sweeney: 80
Lee Philips: 60
Alan Rafkin: 27
Coby Ruskin: 18
Don Weis: 9
Richard Crenna: 8
Jeffrey Hayden: 8
Howard Morris: 8
Earl Bellamy: 7
Peter Baldwin: 7

Written by:

Aaron Ruben (story consultant): 124
Bob Ross (story consultant): 29

Bob Ross (script consultant): 90
Fred S. Fox (script consultant): 29

Jack Elinson: 34
Harvey Bullock: 31
Charles Stewart: 29
James Fritzell: 29
Everett Greenbaum: 29
Sam Bobrick: 19
Bill Idelson: 19
Frank Tarloff: 9
Lawrence J. Cohen: 8
Fred Freeman: 8
Ben Gershman: 8
Leo Solomon: 8
John Whedon: 8
Aaron Ruben: 7
Fred S. Fox: 7
Art Baer: 7
Ben Joelson: 7
Dick Bensfield: 7
Perry Grant: 7
Seaman Jacobs: 7
Michael Morris: 7
Bob Ross: 6
R.S. Allen: 5
Arnold Margolin: 5
Jim Parker: 5
Joseph Bonaduce: 5
Doug Tibbles: 5

(James L. Brooks: 2)

Casting by:

Ruth Burch: 186
Fred Roos: 60
Mike Fenton: 30

Dick van Dyke Show Creative Personnel:

Created by:

Carl Reiner: 158 episodes

Produced by:

Danny Thomas (executive): 158
Sheldon Leonard (executive): 158

Carl Reiner: 148
Bill Persky: 11
Sam Denoff: 11

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Directed by:

Jerry Paris: 84
John Rich: 41
Howard Morris: 5

Written by:

Carl Reiner (story consultant): 46
Bill Persky (story consultant): 62
Sam Denoff (story consultant): 62

Carl Reiner: 54
Bill Persky: 29
Sam Denoff: 29
Jerry Belson: 18
Garry Marshall: 18
Carl Kleinschmitt: 9
Dale McRaven: 9
Howard Merrill: 8
John Whedon: 7
Sheldon Keller: 7
Martin Ragaway: 5

Casting by:

Ruth Burch: 158

That Girl Creative Personnel:

Created by:

Bill Persky: 137 episodes
Sam Denoff: 137

Produced by:

Bill Persky (executive): 136
Sam Denoff (executive): 136

Danny Arnold: 56
Bernie Orenstein: 50
Saul Turteltaub: 50
Jerry Davis: 30

Directed by:

Hal Cooper: 23
John Rich: 19
Richard Kinon: 18
John Erman: 10
Russ Mayberry: 10
Bob Sweeney: 7
James Sheldon: 7
Danny Arnold: 6
Saul Turteltaub: 6
James Frawley: 5

Written by:

Bernie Orenstein (story consultant): 50
Saul Turteltaub (story consultant): 50

Ruth Brooks Flippen (script consultant): 49
Jerry Davis (script consultant): 30

Bernie Orenstein: 26
Saul Turteltaub: 26
Ruth Brooks Flippen: 12
Richard Baer: 10
Peggy Elliott: 8
Ed Scharlach: 8
Alfred Lewis Levitt: 6
Helen Levitt: 6
Carl Kleinschmitt: 5
Milton Pascal: 5
Arnold Margolin: 5
Jim Parker: 5
Arnold Horwitt: 5

[James L. Brooks: 3]

Casting by:

Fred Roos: 112
Mike Fenton: 30
William J. Kenney: 24

The Mary Tyler Moore Show Creative Personnel:

Created by:

James L. Brooks: 168 episodes
Allan Burns: 168

Produced by:

James L. Brooks (executive producer/producer): 168 episodes
Allan Burns (executive producer/producer): 168

Ed. Weinberger (associate producer/producer): 120
Stan Daniels (associate producer/producer): 72
Bud Cherry (associate producer/producer): 72

David Davis: 48

Lionel E. Ephraim (production executive): 168

Abby Singer (production manager/unit production manager): 48
Les Sheldon (production manager): 24

Directed by:

Jay Sandrich: 119
Peter Baldwin: 10

Written by:

David Lloyd: 31
Ed. Weinberger: 20
Treva Silverman: 16
Bob Ellison: 15
Stan Daniels: 11
Steven Pritzker: 8
Lorenzo Music: 8
Allan Burns: 8
Martin Cohan: 8
David Davis: 7
James L. Brooks: 6
Susan Silver: 5

James L. Brooks (script consultant): 24
Allan Burns (script consultant): 24
Lorenzo Music (story consultant): 24

Marjorie Mullin (script supervisor): 155
Dorothy Aldworth (script supervisor): 5

Casting by:
Meryl O'Laughlin (series casting): 23

The Odd Couple Creative Personnel:

Created by:

Neil Simon (playwright): 114 episodes

Garry Marshall (developed for television): 114
Jerry Belson (developed for television): 114

Produced by:

Garry Marshall (executive): 114
Jerry Belson (executive): 69
Harvey Miller (executive): 22
Sheldon Keller (executive): 22

Anthony W. Marshall: 91
Jerry Davis: 63
Frank Buxton: 7

Ted Leonard (executive production manager): 10
Sam Strangis (production manager): 10

Directed by:

Jerry Paris: 19
Jack Donohue: 14
Hal Cooper: 11
Mel Ferber: 11
Frank Buxton: 9
Bruce Bilson: 6
Garry Marshall: 6
Jay Sandrich: 6
George Tyne: 5

Written by:

Carl Kleinschmitt (executive story consultant): 7

Lowell Ganz: 11
Mark Rothman: 11
Garry Marshall: 7
Harvey Miller: 7
Dick Bensfield: 7
Ron Friedman: 7
Albert E. Lewin: 6
Rick Mittleman: 6
Bill Idelson: 5
Peggy Elliott: 5
Ed Scharlach: 5
Mickey Rose: 5

Casting by:

Mildred Gusse (casting supervisor): 13

Mike Hanks: 10

Barney Miller Creative Personnel:

Created by:

Danny Arnold: 170 episodes
Theodore J. Flicker: 170

Produced by:

Danny Arnold (executive): 170
Roland Kibber (executive): 67

Danny Arnold: 170
Tony Sheehan: 91
Noam Pitlik: 44
Chris Hayward: 35
Reinhold Weege: 24
Frank Dungan: 20
Jeff Stein: 20
Arne Sultan: 8

Gary Shaw (co-producer): 156

Jordan P. Davis (executive in charge of production): 168

Directed by:

Noam Pitlik: 102
Danny Arnold: 13
Bruce Bilson: 10
Lee Bernhardi: 8
Max Gail: 5

Written by:

Lee H. Grant (story editor): 86
Ed Duzik (story editor): 84
Frank Dungan (story editor): 37
Jeff Stein (story editor): 35
Tony Sheehan (story editor): 22
Reinhold Weege (story editor): 22
Frank Dungan (story editor): 13
Jeff Stein (story editor): 13


Tony Sheehan: 38
Frank Dungan: 34
Danny Arnold: 26
Jeff Stein: 25
Reinhold Weege: 18
Chris Hayward: 16
Tom Reeder: 10
Jeff Stein: 8
Nat Mauldin: 6
Arne Sultan: 5
Wally Dalton: 5
Shelley Zellman: 5
Jordan Moffet: 5

Tony Sheehan (teleplay): 26
Danny Arnold (teleplay): 18
Reinhold Weege: (teleplay): 14
Chris Hayward (teleplay): 8
Frank Dungan (teleplay): 5

Chris Hayward (story): 11
Danny Arnold (story): 10
Reinhold Weege (story): 8
Tony Sheeran (story): 6

Casting by:

Cody Ewell: 42
Beth Uffner: 28
Lori Openden: 27
Jerold Franks: 21
Eleanor Ross: 20
Harriet B. Helberg: 19
Tricia Rosenbaum: 8
Joanna E. Aldrich: 5

The Bob Newhart Show Creative Personnel:

Created by:

David Davis: 142 episodes
Lorenzo Music: 142

Produced by:

Tom Patchett (producer/executive producer): 72
Jay Tarses (producer/executive producer): 72
Lorenzo Music (producer/executive producer): 72
David Davis (producer/executive producer): 65
Michael Zinberg (producer/executive producer): 55

Martin Cohan: 24
Gordon Farr: 24
Lynne Farr: 24
Glen Charles: 22
Les Charles: 22
Bill Idelson: 7

Lionel A. Ephraim (production manager/executive in charge of production): 28
Abby Singer (production manager): 70

Directed by:

Peter Bonerz: 29
Alan Rafkin: 23
Michael Zinberg: 15
Peter Baldwin: 12
James Burrows: 11
Dick Martin: 11
Jay Sandrich: 10
George Tyne: 6
Jerry London: 5

Written by:

Rosemary Dorsey (script supervisor): 135

Tom Tenowich (executive script consultant): 22

Tom Patchett: 19
Jay Tarses: 19
Gordon Farr 13
Lynne Farr 13
Jerry Mayer 10
Charlotte Brown 9
Sy Rosen 9
Martin Cohan 6
Lloyd Garver 5
David Davis: 5
Lorenzo Music: 5

(David Lloyd, Hugh Wilson, Glen Charles, Les Charles: 3)

Casting by:

Bob Manahan: 24
Sharon Himes: 22
Joel Thurm: 20

Meryl O'Laughlin (executive in charge of talent): 45

Taxi Creative Personnel:

Created by:

James L. Brooks: 114 episodes
Stan Daniels: 114
David Davis: 114
Ed. Weinberger: 114

Produced by:

James L. Brooks (executive): 114
Stan Daniels (executive): 114
Ed. Weinberger (executive): 114
David Davis (executive): 22

James L. Brooks (executive creative consultant): 108
David Davis (executive consultant): 86
Glen Charles (executive consultant): 22
Les Charles (executive consultant): 22
Harvey Miller (executive consultant): 12

Glen Charles: 68
Les Charles: 68
Ken Estin: 46
Richard Sakai: 24
Sam Simon: 24
Howard Gewirtz: 22
Ian Praiser: 22

Ronald E. Frazier (executive in charge of production): 59
James Wright (production executive): 15


Directed by:

James Burrows: 75
Noam Pitlik: 11
Michael Zinberg: 6

Written by:

David Lloyd (executive story editor): 29
Katherine Green (executive story editor): 22
Sam Simon (executive story editor): 20
Howard Gewirtz (story editor): 17
Ian Praiser (story editor): 15

Barry Kemp (executive script consultant): 42
David Lloyd (executive script consultant): 42

Ken Estin: 19
Glen Charles: 16
Les Charles: 16
Barry Kemp: 13
Sam Simon: 11
David Lloyd: 12
Howard Gewirtz: 9
Ian Praiser: 9
Earl Pomerantz: 9

Rosemary Dorsey (script supervisor): 63
Judi Brown (script supervisor): 45

Ken Estin (program consultant/story editor): 45

Casting by:

Joel Thurm (original casting): 107

Susan Arnold: 24
Vicki Rosenberg: 22
Rhonda Young: 21
Joan Sittenfield: 21
Jennifer Jackson Part: 20

WkRP in Cincinnati Creative Personnel:

Created by:

Hugh Wilson: 90 episodes

Produced by:

Hugh Wilson (executive): 88

Rod Daniel: 53
Blake Hunter: 43
PJ Torokvei: 39
Steven Kampmann: 21
Dan Guntzelman: 11
Steve Marshall: 11
Bill Dial: 7

Abby Singer (executive in charge of production): 68
Carol Himes (production manager): 46

Directed by:

Rod Daniel: 24
Will McKenzie: 16
Asaad Kelada: 15
Linda Day: 11
Frank Bonner: 6

Written by:

Dan Guntzelman (executive story consultant/story consultant): 32
Steve Marshall (executive story consultant/story consultant): 32
Blake Hunter (executive story consultant): 23
Lissa Levin (story consultant): 11

Lissa Levin (story editor): 32
Dan Guntzelman (story editor): 23
Steve Marshall (story editor): 23
PJ Torokvei (story editor): 23
Steven Kampmann (story editor): 23
Blake Hunter (story editor): 21
Bill Dial (story editor): 21
Tom Chehak (story editor): 21
Emily Marshall (story editor): 9
Hugh Wilson: 13
Blake Hunter: 12
Steve Marshall: 10
Dan Guntzelman: 9
Lissa Levin: 7
PJ Torokvei: 7
Steven Kampmann: 7
Bill Dial: 5
Michael Fairman: 5
Richard Sanders: 5

Marilynn Marko-Sanders (script supervisor): 68

Casting by:

Meryl O'Laughlin (executive in charge of talent): 46
Geri Windsor (executive in charge of talent): 22

Cheers Creative Personnel:

Created by:

James Burrows: 271 episodes
Glen Charles: 271
Les Charles: 271

Produced by:

James Burrows (executive/producer): 271
Glen Charles (executive/producer): 271
Les Charles (executive/producer): 271

Bill Steinkellner (executive/co-executive/producer): 271
Cheri Steinkellner (executive/co-executive/producer): 271
Phoef Sutton (executive/co-executive/co-producer): 99
Dan O'Shannon (executive/supervising/co-producer): 76
Tom Anderson (executive/supervising/co-producer): 76

Rob Long (co-executive/co-producer): 50
Dan Staley (co-executive/co-producer): 50

David Angell (producer/supervising): 89
Peter Casey (producer/supervising): 89
David Lee (producer/supervising): 89

Heide Perlman: 26
Ken Estin: 25
Sam Simon: 25

Tim Berry (producer/co-/associate): 270

Andy Ackerman (co-): 52
Larry Balmagia (co-): 26
Brian Pollack (co-): 26
Mert Rich (co-): 26
Tom Leopold (co-): 25
David Isaacs (co-): 21
Ken Levine (co-): 21

Richard Villarino (executive in charge of production): 168

Ahuva Fogel (production supervisor): 102

Directed by:

James Burrows: 237
Andy Ackerman: 18
Thomas Lofaro: 5

Written by:

David Lloyd (creative consultant): 147
David Isaacs (creative consultant): 100
Ken Levine (creative consultant): 100
Tom Tenowich (creative consultant): 21

Bill Steinkellner (executive story consultant): 42
Cheri Steinkellner (executive story consultant): 42
Brian Pollack (executive story consultant): 26
Mert Rich (executive story consultant): 26
Rebecca Parr Cioffi (executive story consultant): 25

Brian Pollack (executive story consultant/executive story editor): 15
Mert Rich (executive story consultant/executive story editor): 15
Heide Perlman (executive story consultant/story editor): 46

Bob Ellison (executive script consultant): 174
David Lloyd (executive script consultant): 94
Bill Steinkellner (executive script consultant): 25
Cheri Steinkellner (executive script consultant): 25

Kathy Ann Stumpe (story consultant): 25

Steven Kunes (executive story editor): 77
Dan O'Shannon (executive story editor): 26
Tom Anderson (executive story editor): 26
David Angell (executive story editor/story editor): 42
Phoef Sutton (executive story editor/story editor): 37

Rob Long (story editor): 26
Dan Staley (story editor): 26
Fred Graver (story editor): 25
Janet Leahy (story editor): 13
Jeff Abugov (story editor): 13
Glen Charles: 12
Les Charles: 12

David Isaacs: 36
Ken Levine: 36
David Lloyd: 25
Bill Steinkellner: 22
Cheri Steinkellner: 22
Phoef Sutton: 21
Dan O'Shannon: 18
Tom Anderson: 17
David Angell: 17
Heide Perlman: 17
Rob Long: 14
Dan Staley: 14
Peter Casey: 10
David Lee: 10
Brian Pollack: 9
Mert Rich: 9
Tom Reeder: 7
Kathy Ann Stumpe: 6
Ken Estin: 5
Sam Simon: 5

Gabrielle James (script supervisor): 251
Sonny P. Filippini (script supervisor): 10
Doris Grau (script supervisor): 5

Casting by:
Stephen Kolzak (original): 222

Jeff Greenberg: 175
Stephen Kolzak: 48
Randy Stone: 26
Lori Openden: 21

Newhart Creative Personnel:

Created by:

Barry Kemp: 183 episodes
Sheldon Bull (developed): 183

Produced by:

David Mirkin (executive): 48
Mark Egan (executive): 46
Mark Solomon (executive): 46
Barry Kemp (executive): 44
Dan Wilcox (executive/supervising): 46
Douglas Wyman (executive/co-/coordinating): 72
Bob Bendetson (co-executive/supervising): 46

Shelley Zellman (supervising): 24
Stu Kreisman (consulting): 23

Sheldon Bull: 44
Barton Dean: 24

Stephen C. Grossman (producer/coordinating/associate): 184
Arnie Kogen (producer/co-): 48
Michael Loman (co-): 16

Matt Dinsmore (coordinating/associate): 94

Bernard Oseransky (executive in charge of production/unit production manager): 162
Abby Singer (executive in charge of production): 22Daniel Franklin (production supervisor): 48

Directed by:

Dick Martin: 33
Will Mackenzie: 24
Peter Baldwin: 23
Michael Lessac: 19
David Steinberg: 15
John Tracy: 8
Lee Shallat Chemel: 7
Ellen Gittelsohn: 6
John Pasquin: 6
Jim Drake: 5
J.D. Lobue 5

Written by:

Emily Marshall (executive story consultant): 43
Douglas Wyman (executive story consultant): 22
Nat Mauldin (executive story consultant): 6
Chris Cluess (executive consultant): 20

Miriam Trogdon (creative consultant): 24
David Steinberg (creative consultant): 22

Barton Dean (executive story supervisor): 22

Norm Gunzenhauser (executive story editor): 24
David Tyron King (executive story editor): 24
Tom Seeley (executive story editor): 24
Shelley Zellman (executive story editor): 16
Gary Jacobs (executive story editor): 16
Arnie Kogen (executive story editor): 15

Norm Gunzenhauser (story editor): 24
David Tyron King (story editor): 24
Tom Seeley (story editor): 24
Marjorie Gross (story editor): 24
Nell Scovell (story editor): 24
Dan O'Shannon (story editor): 22
Tom Anderson (story editor): 22
Jane Milmore (story editor): 22
Billy van Zandt (story editor): 22
Barbara Hall (story editor): 16
Bill Fuller (story editor): 14
Jim Pond (story editor): 14
Michele Gendelman (story editor): 13
Ellen Herman (story editor): 13
David Mirkin (story editor): 10
Barton Dean (story editor): 9

Gary Jacobs (executive script consultant): 24
Arnie Kogen (executive script consultant): 24
Brad Isaacs (executive script consultant): 24
Miriam Trogdon (executive script consultant/script consultant): 31

Miriam Trogdon: 14
Emily Marshall: 13
Bob Bendetson: 13
Arnie Kogen: 11
David Mirkin: 11
Douglas Wyman: 11
Barbara Dean: 9
Barry Kemp: 9
Shelley Zellman: 9
Barton Dean: 9
Sheldon Bull: 8
Barbara Hall: 7
Howard Bendetson: 7
Norm Gunzenhauser: 6
David Tyron King: 6
Tom Seeley: 6
Dan O'Shannon: 6
Tom Anderson: 5
Gary Jacobs: 5
Brad Isaacs: 5

(Phoef Sutton - 2)

David Mirkin (executive script supervisor): 23
Ellen Halpin (script supervisor): 160

Casting by:

Molly Lopata: 114
Andrea Cohen: 24
Stanley Carr: 24
Eugene Blythe: 21

Geri Windsor (executive in charge of talent): 171

Night Court Creative Personnel:

Created by:

Rheinhold Weege: 193 episodes

Produced by:

Rheinhold Weege (executive): 162
Chris Cluess (executive): 46
Stu Kreisman (executive): 46

Gary Murphy (executive/producer): 46
Larry Strawther (executive/producer): 46

Jeff Melman (supervising/producer): 123
Fred Rubin (supervising/producer): 48
Bill Underwood (supervising/producer): 48
Nancy Steen (supervising/producer): 46
Neil Thompson (supervising/producer): 45

Tim Steele (producer/co-/associate): 162

Bob Stevens: 25
Nat Mauldin: 22
Linwood Boomer: 22
Tom Straw: 22
Kevin Kelton: 22

Peggy Vargas Phillippi (production supervisor): 46
Rikk Greengrass (production supervisor): 12

Directed by:

Jeff Melman: 77
Jim Drake: 63
Tim Steele: 19
Alan Bergmann: 7
Howard Ritter: 7

Written by:

Tom Reeder (executive script consultant): 66
Dennis Koenig (executive script consultant): 44

Jim Pond (executive story editor/executive story consultant): 46
Elaine Aronson (executive story editor/story editor/executive story consultant): 46
Bill Fuller (executive story editor/story editor/executive story consultant): 46

Nancylee Myatt (executive story editor/story editor): 25
Vince Cheung (executive story editor/story editor): 22
Alison Rosenfeld Desmarais (executive story editor/story editor): 22
Ben Montanio (executive story editor/story editor): 22

Bob Underwood (executive story editor): 23
Ron Osborn (executive story editor): 22
Jeff Reno (executive story editor): 22
Gary Murphy (executive story editor): 22
Larry Strawther (executive story editor): 22
Tom Straw (executive story editor): 21

Kevin Kelton (executive story consultant): 24
Nat Mauldin (executive story consultant): 22
Lee Maddux (executive story consultant): 22

Bob Stevens (story editor): 28
Linwood Boomer (story editor): 24
Chris Cluess (story editor): 22
Teresa O'Neill (story editor): 22
Bill Bryan (story editor): 22
Stu Kreisman (story editor): 21

Rheinhold Weege: 17
Tom Reeder: 14
Bob Underwood: 13
Bob Stevens: 13
Gary Murphy: 12
Larry Strawther: 12
Stu Kreisman: 9
Chris Cluess: 9
Nat Mauldin: 9
Nancy Steen: 8
Neil Thompson: 8
Fred Rubin: 8
Teresa O'Neill: 7
Linwood Boomer: 7
Elaine Aronson: 6
Bill Fuller: 6
Nancylee Myatt: 6
Jim Pond: 6
Dennis Koenig: 5
Bill Bryan: 5
Kevin Kelton: 5

John Rappaport (creative consultant): 24
Tom Reeder (creative consultant): 12

Casting by:

Gilda Stratton (series): 114
April Webster (series): 44
Harriet B. Helberg (series): 22
Eileen Mack Knight (series): 12

Wings Creative Personnel:

Created by:

David Angell: 172 episodes
Peter Casey: 172
David Lee: 172

Produced by:

David Angell (executive): 172
Peter Casey (executive): 172
David Lee (executive):172

Howard Gewirtz (executive/co-executive): 99
Ian Gurvitz (executive/co-executive/supervising/producer): 111
Mark Reisman (executive/co-executive/supervising): 100
Dave Hackel (executive/co-executive/supervising): 94
Jeffrey Richman (co-executive/supervising): 50
Steven Levitan (co-executive/supervising/producer): 48
Christopher Vane (supervising/producer): 50
Christopher Lloyd (supervising/producer): 42
Ellen Byron (supervising/co-): 50
Lissa Kappstrom (supervising/co-): 50

Robin Chamberlain: 141
Andy Ackerman: 42
Roz Doyle: 28
Michael Sardo: 24

Larry Balmagia (producer/co-): 44
Lori A. Moneymaker (co-): 98
Maggie Blanc (co-): 72
Shelly Landau (co-): 25
Bill Diamond (co-): 22
Michael Saltzman (co-): 22
Philip LaZebnik (co-): 21
Bruce Rasmussen (co-): 21

Chris Porterfield (production supervisor): 48

Directed by:

Andy Ackerman: 46
Jeff Melman: 40
Leonard R. Gardner Jr.: 33
Noam Pitlik: 27
Peter Bonerz: 11

Written by:

Joyce Gittlin (executive script consultant): 57
Jeffrey Richman (executive script consultant): 57

Bob Ellison (creative consultant): 89
Joyce Gittlin (creative consultant): 62
David Isaacs (creative consultant): 43
Ken Levine (creative consultant): 36
Dave Hackel (creative consultant): 22
Jeffrey Richman (creative consultant): 14

Bill Diamond (executive story consultant): 21
Michael Saltzman (executive story consultant): 21
Philip LaZebnik (executive story consultant): 7

Ellen Byron (executive story editor): 25
Lissa Kappstrom (executive story editor): 25
Shelly Landau (executive story editor): 24
Michael Sardo (executive story editor/story editor): 51
Lori Kirkland Baker (executive story editor/story editor): 49
Steve Levitan (story editor): 22
Adam Belanoff (story editor): 17
Bryan Winter (story editor): 12

David Angell: 6
Ian Gurvitz: 16
Steve Levitan: 15
Dave Hackel: 12
Mark Reisman: 12
Ellen Byron: 12
Lissa Kappstrom: 12
Michael Sardo: 12
David Lloyd: 11
Jeffrey Richman: 11
Howard Gewirtz: 10
Bill Diamond: 8
Michael Saltzman: 8
Christopher Vane: 7
Lori Kirkland Baker: 7
Christopher Lloyd: 6
Joyce Gittlin: 6
Shelly Landau: 6
Philip LaZebnik: 5
Larry Balmagia: 5

(David Isaacs and Ken Levine: 4)

Marcia Gould (script supervisor): 136
Sonny P. Filippini (script supervisor): 16
Marilyn Giardino (script supervisor): 12

Casting by:

Jeff Greenberg (series): 170
Sheila Guthrie (series): 158
Lisa Zarowin (series): 7

Helen Mossler (casting executive): 170

Frasier Creative Personnel:

Created by:

David Angell: 263 episodes
Peter Casey: 263
David Lee: 263

Glen Charles (created character): 263
Les Charles (created character): 263

Produced by:

Peter Casey (executive): 263
David Lee (executive): 263
Kelsey Grammer (executive): 262
David Angell (executive): 196

Christopher Lloyd (executive/co-executive): 191
Sam Johnson (executive/co-executive): 120
Chris Marcil (executive/co-executive): 120
Dan O'Shannon (executive/co-executive/consulting): 134
Lori Kirkland Baker (executive/co-executive/supervising/producer/co-): 150
Joe Keenan (executive/co-executive/supervising/co-): 144
Jon Sherman (executive/co-executive/supervising/producer): 125
Jeffrey Richman (executive/supervising): 72
Rob Hanning (executive/co-executive/supervising/co-): 72
Mark Reisman (executive/supervising/consulting): 72
Linda Morris (executive/co-executive/supervising): 54
Vic Rauseo (executive/co-executive/consulting): 54
Bob Daily (co-executive/supervising/producer/co-): 96
Eric Zicklin (co-executive/supervising/producer): 72
Jay Kogen (co-executive/supervising): 72
Heide Perlman (co-executive/consulting): 72
Steven Levitan (co-executive/consulting): 24

Charlie Hauck (supervising/consulting): 24
Gayle Abrams (supervising/producer): 48
Anne Flett-Giordano (supervising/co-/producer): 71
Chuck Ranberg (supervising/co-/producer): 71
Rob Greenberg (supervising/co-/producer): 71

Janis Hirsch (supervising): 24
Sy Dukane (supervising): 23
Denise Moss (supervising): 23
Michael B. Kaplan (supervising): 23

Elias Davis (supervising/producer): 9
David Pollack (supervising/producer): 9

Maggie Blanc: 263
William Lucas Walker: 23
David Lloyd: 6

Saladin K. Patterson (producer/co-): 48
Suzanne Martin (producer/co-): 46
Ron Volk (co-): 48
Tony Hicks (co-/associate): 168
Mary Fukuto (co-/associate): 119
Jack Burditt (co-): 24
Bill Carroll (co-): 24
Ron Darian (co-): 5

Directed by:

David Lee: 41
Kelsey Grammer: 36
Pamela Fryman: 34
James Burrows: 32
Sheldon Epps: 23
Philip Charles MacKenzie: 21
Jeff Melman: 19
Katy Garretson: 11
Scott Ellis: 9
Andy Ackerman: 8
Wil Shriner: 8
Robert H. Egan: 5

Written by:

David Lloyd (creative consultant): 251
David Isaacs (creative consultant): 164
Tom Reeder (creative consultant): 90
Dave Hackel (creative consultant): 55
Ken Levine (creative consultant): 44
Anne Flett-Giordano (creative consultant): 41
Chuck Ranberg (creative consultant): 41
Rob Greenberg (creative consultant): 24
Mark Reisman (creative consultant): 21
Lloyd Garver (creative consultant): 8

Joe Keenan (executive story consultant/executive story editor): 23
Saladin K. Patterson (executive story editor): 23
Bob Daily (executive story editor): 23
Patricia Breen (executive story editor): 22
Rob Hanning (executive story editor): 13
Peter Huyck(executive story editor): 13
Rob Hanning (executive story editor/story editor): 36
Dan Cohen (executive story editor): 21
F.J. Pratt (executive story editor): 20
Alex Gregory (executive story editor): 13
Peter Huyck (executive story editor): 13
Suzanne Martin (executive story editor): 11

Patricia Breen (story editor): 10

Patricia Breen: 48
Joe Keenan: 24
Christopher Lloyd: 18
Lori Kirkland Baker: 17
Anne Flett-Giordano: 17
Chuck Ranberg: 16
David Lloyd: 15
Bob Daily: 14
Rob Hanning: 14
Jon Sherman: 14
Sam Johnson: 13
Chris Marcil: 13
Alexander Gregory: 13
Rob Greenberg: 11
Jeffrey Richman: 10
David Isaacs: 9
Suzanne Martin: 8
Jay Kogen: 8
Eric Zicklin: 7
Ken Levine: 7
Linda Morris: 7
Vic Rauseo: 7
Dan O'Shannon: 7
Heide Perlman: 7
Sy Dukane: 5
Denise Moss: 5
Saladin K. Patterson: 7

Patricia Breen (staff): 22
Danita Jones (staff): 10

Gabrielle James (script supervisor): 259

Casting by:

Jeff Greenberg (262)

Helen Mossler (casting executive): 216
Sheila Guthrie (casting executive): 44

Everybody Loves Raymond Creative Personnel:

Created by:

Phil Rosenthal: 210 episodes
Ray Romano (based on the comedy of): 210

Produced by:

Phil Rosenthal (executive): 210
Rory Rosegarten (executive): 208
Stu Smiley (executive): 208
David Letterman (executive): 203
Ray Romano (executive/producer): 184

Jeremy Stevens (executive/co-executive/supervising): 187
Lew Schneider (executive/co-executive/supervising/co-/producer): 207
Mike Royce (executive/co-executive/supervising/co-/producer): 87
Tucker Cawley (executive/co-executive/supervising/producer): 160
Steve Skrovan (executive/co-executive/supervising/producer): 161
Aaron Shure (executive/co-executive/supervising/producer): 111
Jennifer Crittenden (executive/co-executive/supervising): 73
Lisa Helfrich Jackson (co-executive/coordinating/producer): 202
Tom Caltabiano (co-executive/supervising/producer/co-): 135
Leslie Caveny (co-executive/supervising/producer/consulting): 42
Kathy Ann Stumpe (co-executive): 121
Cindy Chupack (co-executive): 51
Ellen Sandler (co-executive): 51
Mike Scully (co-executive): 31
Bruce Kirschbaum (co-executive): 18

Holli Gailen (producer/co-): 183
Ken Ornstein (producer/coordinating): 142
Stewart Lyons: 46

Kevin O'Donnell (production supervisor): 120
Lorraine Shaw (production supervisor/post-production supervisor): 15

Directed by:

Gary Halvorson: 61
Will Mackenzie: 32
Jerry Zaks: 21
Kenneth Shapiro: 19
Steve Zuckerman: 13
Jeff Meyer: 9
Brian K. Roberts: 7
John Fortenberry: 6
Michael Lembeck: 5
Jeff Melman: 5
Michael Zinberg: 5

Written by:

Aaron Shure (executive story editor/story editor): 44
Steve Skrovan (executive story editor/story editor): 35
Tom Caltabiano (executive story editor/story editor): 27
Tucker Cawley (executive story editor): 17
Mike Royce (story editor): 23

Jeremy Stevens (creative consultant): 15
Steve Tompkins (creative consultant): 7
Dave Attell (creative consultant): 5

Tucker Cawley: 36
Steve Skrovan: 30
Lew Schneider: 29
Phil Rosenthal: 23
Aaron Shure: 19
Mike Royce: 19
Tom Caltabiano: 17
Kathy Ann Stumpe: 15
Ray Romano: 15
Jeremy Stevens: 13
Jennifer Crittenden: 10
Cindy Chupack: 8
Ellen Sandler: 7
Leslie Caveny: 6
Susan van Allen: 5

Ellen Halpin (script supervisor): 141
Karen Wald (script supervisor): 21
Coby Turner (script supervisor): 21

Casting by:

Lisa Miller Katz (series): 187

Maggie Sherman (associate): 61
Lisa Percell (associate): 31
Lisa Ystrom (associate): 11

Emmys won by each of the 15 shows:

The Andy Griffith Show (6):

Supporting Actor/Comedy: 1966, 1967
Supporting Actor: 1962, 1963
Supporting Actor or Actress: 1961
Supporting Actress/Comedy: 1967

Dick van Dyke Show (15):

Best Comedy Series: 1964, 1966
Outstanding Entertainment Program: 1965
Best Humor Series: 1963
Best Actor/Comedy: 1964, 1966
Outstanding Actor/Entertainment: 1965
Best Actress/Comedy: 1964, 1966
Writing/Comedy: 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966
Director/Comedy: 1963, 1964

That Girl (0)

The Odd Couple (3):

Lead Actor/Comedy: 1971, 1973, 1975

Mary Tyler Moore Show (29):

Best Comedy Series: 1975, 1976, 1977
Actress/Comedy: 1973, 1974, 1976
Supporting Actor/Comedy: 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976
Supporting Actress/Comedy: 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976
Writing/Comedy: 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977
Director/Comedy: 1971, 1973

Film Editing/Series: 1975, 1977

Supporting Actress/Series Episode: 1975 (Chloris Leachman)

Writer/Series: 1974
Actress/Series: 1974

The Bob Newhart Show (0)

Barney Miller (3):

Best Comedy Series: 1982
Writing/Comedy: 1980
Director/Comedy: 1979

WKRP in Cincinnati (1):

Video Tape Editing: 1981

Taxi (18):

Best Comedy Series: 1979, 1980, 1981
Lead Actor/Comedy: 1981, 1983
Supporting Actor/Comedy: 1981, 1982, 1983
Supporting Actress/Comedy: 1983
Writing/Comedy: 1981, 1982
Director/Comedy: 1980, 1981

Film Editing/Series: 1979, 1980, 1981

Lead Actress/Comedy: 1979 (Ruth Gordon), 1982 (Carol Kane)

Newhart (0)

Cheers (28):

Best Comedy: 1983, 1984, 1989, 1991
Actor/Comedy: 1990, 1993
Actress/Comedy: 1984, 1991
Supporting Actor/Comedy: 1989
Supporting Actress/Comedy: 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991
Writing/Comedy: 1983, 1984
Director/Comedy: 1983, 1991

Film Editing/Series: 1984
Graphic Design & Title/Series: 1983
Sound Mixing & Effect/Series: 1985
Sound Mixing/Comedy: 1986, 1987, 1990
Editing/Multi-cam Series: 1988, 1993

Guest Performer/Comedy: 1987 (John Cleese)

Night Court (7):

Supporting Actor/Comedy: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988

Sound Mixing/Comedy: 1989
Technical Direction: 1989
Editing/Multi-camera series: 1987

Wings (0)

Frasier (37):

Best Comedy: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
Lead Actor/Comedy: 1994, 1995, 1998, 2004
Supporting Actor/Comedy: 1995, 1998, 1999, 2004
Writing/Comedy: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999
Directing/Comedy: 1994, 1995, 1997

Editing/Multi-camera series: 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Sound Mixing/Comedy: 1996, 2002, 2004
Art Direction/Multi-camera series: 2004

Guest Actress/Comedy: 2000 (Jean Smart), 2001 (Jean Smart), 2004 (Laura Linney)
Guest Actor/Comedy: 2001 (Derek Jacobi), 2002 (Anthony LaPaglia)

Everybody Loves Raymond (15):

Best Series/Comedy: 2003, 2005
Lead Actor/Comedy: 2002
Lead Actress/Comedy: 2000, 2001
Supporting Actress/Comedy: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
Supporting Actor/Comedy: 2002, 2003, 2005
Writing/Comedy: 2003

Sound Mixing/Series: 2001, 2003

These are the rankings of each show in the annual Nielsen ratings. A question mark indicates that the information hasn't been found for that year:

The Andy Griffith Show (1960-68): 4, 7, 6, 5, 4, 6, 3, 1
The Dick van Dyke Show (1961-66): 80, 9, 3, 7, 16
That Girl (1966-71): 57, ?, 44, 48, ? [1967-68: not in the Top 40]
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-77): 22, 10, 7, 9, 11, 19, 39
The Odd Couple (1970-75): ?, 37, 39, 47, 76
The Bob Newhart Show (1972-78): 16, 12, 17, 26, 37, 67
Barney Miller (1975-82): 68, 37, 17, 17, 15, 20, 34, 54
Taxi (1978-83): 9, 13, ?, 53, 73
WKRP in Cincinnati (1978-82): 35, 22, ?, 56
Cheers (1982-1993): 75, 34, 13, 5, 3, 3, 4, 3, 1, 4, 8
Newhart (1982-1990): 12, 23, 16, 16, 12, 25, 50, 48
Night Court (1984-1992): 41, 20, 11, 7, 7, 21, 28, 50, 46
Wings (1990-97): ?, 42, 18, 30, 18, 30, 35, 76
Frasier (1993-2004): 7, 15, 11, 16, 10, 3, 6, 13, 16, 32, 35
Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005): 84, 33, 10, 12, 5, 4, 7, 9, 9

Five Misfires, 1966-71:

Hey, Landlord (1966-67)
31 Episodes
Nielsen Ranking: 67

Created by: Jerry Belson, Gary Marshall
Produced by: Jerry Belson, Gary Marshall, Sheldon Leonard (executive consultant), Lee Richard (in charge of production), Ronald Jacobs (production executive)
Directed by: Jerry Paris
Written by: Peggy Elliott, Jerry Belson, Ed Scarlach, Carl kleinschmitt, Dale McRaven, Arnold Margolin, Jim Parker, Sam Bobrick, Bill idelson, Rick Mittelman, [James L. Brooks, 1 episode]

He & She (1967-1968)
26 Episodes
Nielsen Ranking: ?

Created by: Leonard Stern
Produced by: Leonard Stern (executive), Daniel Melnick, Arne Sultan, Jay Sandrich (production supervisor)
Directed by: Jay Sandrich
Written by: Allan Burns, Chris Hayward, Arnold Margolin, Jim Parker, Arne Sultan, Milt Rosen

Emmy for Best Writing/Comedy (1968); also a second nomination for Best Writing/Comedy, and nominations for Best Actor, Actress, and Supporting Actor

Good Morning, World (1968-69)
26 Episodes
Nielsen Ranking: ?

Created by: Bill Persky, Sam Denoff
Produced by: Sheldon Leonard (executive), Carl Reiner (executive), Bill Persky, Sam Denoff, Ronald Jacobs (production executive), Norman Henry (production supervisor), John Banse (production manager)
Directed by: Gary Nelson
Written by: E. Duke Vincent, Rick Mittleman, Bill Persky, Sam Denoff, Bruce Howard, Joseph Bonaduce, Bernie Orenstein, Sam Turteltaub, Bruce Johnson [one each: Peggy Elliott, Ed Scarlach, Sam Bobrick, James L. Brooks, Bill idelson, Carl Kleinschmitt, Dale McRaven]

My World and Welcome to It (1969-70)
26 Episodes
Nielsen Ranking: ?

Created by: Melville Shavelson
Produced by: Sheldon Leonard (executive), Danny Arnold, Ronald Jacobs (executive in charge of production), Donald A. Baer (supervising production manager), William A. Porter (production manager)
Directed by: John Rich, Danny Arnold, James Sheldon, Sheldon Leonard
Written by: James Thurber (based on writings), Melville Shavelson (conceived for television), Danny Arnold (story editor), Laurence Marks, Rick Mittelman, Melville Shavelson, Carl kleinschmitt, Ruth Brooks Flippen, Marion Hargrove, Paul Wayne, Lila Garrett, Bernie kahn

Emmys for Best Series/Comedy (1970), Best Actor/Comedy (1970)

Bill Cosby Show (1969-71)
52 Episodes
Nielsen rankings: 11, ?

Created by: Bill Cosby, Ed. Weinberger, Michael Zagar
Produced by: Bill Cosby (executive), Marvin Miller, Cassius Weathersby (production manager)
Directed by: Coby Ruskin, Jay Sandrich
Written by: Ed. Weinberger, Michael Elias, Frank Shaw, Art Wallace, Martin Ragaway

Emmy nominations (1970): Best Series/Comedy, Best Series/New, Best Actor/Comedy, Music Composition/New Show

Phil Rosenthal, creator of Everybody Loves Raymond, said of his first meeting with Carl Reiner:

I got to tell Carl how I completely based my way of thinking on his way of running The Dick Van Dyke Show, which was to always ask the writers, “What happened at your house this week?”

Rosenthal and Reiner became good friends:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/everybody-loves-raymond-creator-phil-rosenthal-remembers-carl-reiner-1301354/amp/

Rosenthal interviewed Reiner upon Reiner's receipt of an award:

https://youtu.be/xPfc3DRJHbA

And when The Dick van Dyke Show did a reunion show, Ray Romano did the framing:

https://youtu.be/ORCPrkO_O2M

https://youtu.be/N4KG0sPdNXE

Everybody Loves Raymond shares a lot of structure with The Dick van Dyke Show. This included the basic DvD structure where the central character has both a well-developed home and work life (see, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Bob Newhart Show, Frasier). In ELR's case, the work life in sports wasn't very interesting, and they wisely deemphasized that part of the story.

ELR also minimized the use of the kids in the show, famously stating "It's not about the kids" in the opening credits. This followed DvD's practice of keeping young Ritchie Petrie offscreen as much as possible, by having him do sleepovers (no kid ever stayed with the Petries) or sending him to bed at impossibly early hours.

Several ELR episodes seem to draw on DvD scripts. The most obvious of these is "The Children's Book," which looks a whole lot like DvD's "See Rob Write, Write Rob Write." In both episodes, the wife sets out to write a children's story. The husband/professional writer assists so unproductively that they end up with two vastly different versions, which they use to compete for approval.

ELR's episode "Get Even" follows the DvD episode "The Impractical Joke," perhaps also the Cheers episode "Suspicion." One character is embarrassed by another, who then becomes paranoid that vengeance will be exacted imminently. The victim, though, just allows the paranoia to grow and grow until the offender finally does himself in.

The ELR episode "The Can Opener" is part of what's become a common sitcom plot - the same incident described in radically different ways by multiple characters. Grounded in the movie Rashomon, the plot has been done by many shows (see, All in the Family and Mama's Family), including by DvD in "The Night the Roof Fell In." There are too many shows that have done the plot to say that ELR was following DvD, but DvD is one of the earliest examples.

ELR's first six seasons each ended with a flashback episode to a Barone family milestone. This is regular enough to be considered a thematic set. DvD had a plethora of flashback episodes, so perhaps it's to be expected that most of the ELR milestone flashbacks have corresponding DvD episodes. In fact, they all do:

ELR: "How They Met" / DvD: "Oh, How We Met the Night That We Danced" (first meeting)

ELR: "The Wedding" / DvD: "The Attempted Marriage" (wedding)

ELR: "The First Time" / DvD: "Honeymoons Are for the Lucky" (first sex, which would be the honeymoon in a 60s sitcom)

ELR: "Why Are We Here" / DvD: "Your Home Sweet Home Is My Home" (buying a house)

ELR: "Ally's Birth" / DvD: "Where Did I Come From?" (birth of baby)

ELR: "Robert's Divorce" / DVD: "Remember the Alimony" (Robert gets divorced, Rob & Laura briefly consider divorce)

DvD did many flashback episodes, but I think the only "milestone" events they covered that ELR did not are: naming the baby ("What's in a Middle Name?") and meeting the parents ("Pink Pills and Purple Parents").

Creative people from Taxi went on to create Cheers, and others from Cheers went on to create Wings (and Frasier). Despite the break in continuity, it appears likely that Wings's creators had Taxi in mind as one of their models as they put together the new show. The characters and story line are very different, but much of the underlying structure is similar:

1) Obviously, both shows concern a method of public transport, and largely take place in the depot/airport.

2) The openings are very similar. No people are seen - just the vehicle cruising along. Both shows had soothing theme music that was unusually low-key for a sitcom.

3) The main antagonists, Wings's Roy and Taxi's Louie, are right out on the main stage with everyone else, rather than having some lair to retire to and plot their schemes. Unusually, they both eventually become parts of the social group, still slimy and somewhat despised but accepted.

4) Female leads: the name "Elaine" (Taxi) is a French version of the name Helen (Wings). Both characters had blue collar jobs, but unusually had aspirations in the arts (Elaine worked part-time in an art gallery, Helen was an aspiring concert cellist).

5) This one's convoluted: after it's first year, Taxi added Christopher Lloyd as a regular. Wings added Tony Shalhoub as a regular after Season 2. Both had made single appearances earlier in the series.

Here's the convoluted part: Lowell + Antonio = Latka + Reverend Jim. One competent mechanic, one hapless cab driver; one immigrant, one space cadet. The immigrants both had to marry a citizen to stay in the country.

I'd like to know if Antonio drives Cab 804.

The Dick van Dyke Show, Mary Tyler Moore Show, and Frasier combined to win 12 best comedy series Emmys and 13 best comedy writing Emmys. Of the three shows, only Frasier was ever cancelled, and that was after its 11th season. Together DvD, MTM, The Bob Newhart Show (MTM's brother show), and The Odd Couple established the idea that a comedy series should end in an orderly fashion with an appropriate finale episode.

DvD, MTM, Bob Newhart, and Frasier shared a common structure - they placed a balanced emphasis on the main characters' domestic and work lives. They all contained at least a small glimpse of the home life each week, but they also maintained a very strong commitment to the main characters' work life. Coworkers were at least present nearly every week: for example, Sally Rogers (DvD) 134 of 158 episodes, Lou Grant (MTM) 166 of 168 episodes, Carol Kester (Bob Newhart) 140 of 142 episodes, and Roz Doyle (Frasier) 261 of 263 episodes.

The difficulty in maintaining well-balanced home/work settings is illustrated by Barney Miller, which itself won a best comedy writing Emmy. Early Barney Miller showed Barney at home, and when that was abandoned his wife Liz visited the station house periodically. That arrangement obviously wasn't working, either, and Liz ended up appearing in only eleven episodes scattered over four seasons. Barney Miller ended up a strictly workplace show, to be rapidly followed by WKRP in Cincinnati, Taxi, Cheers, and Night Court. MTM also became a mostly workplace show in its last two seasons. The domestic/workplace split is hard to maintain.

Mary Richards is Rob Petrie: a young, small-town midwesterner who goes to the big city and finds herself in a job for which she's been advanced beyond her experience. She has two neighbors, one her best friend and one irritating. At work, she's surrounded by much more experienced colleagues, and a boss best described as "volcanic." She's very bright and pleasant, and something of a people pleaser. Because of the latter, she sometimes gets pushed around, but she has a core of iron and when she does stand up for herself, she wins.

Frasier Crane is Mary Richards: He's in a new city after experiencing a broken romance. He, too, has one nice neighbor and one irritating one (though they're actually inside Frasier's apartment). He also has a new job that is beyond his experience, but is guided by a competent old hand. Finally, like Mary, Frasier is looking for love, but never gets pinned down by it.

DvD, MTM, Bob Newhart Show, and Frasier have a lot of similar structural components. They begin with the neighbors on the domestic side:

DvD had the Helpers, one of whom (Millie) was Laura's partner-in-crime. The other (Jerry) was irritating;

MTM was next, and Mary again had two neighbors: her partner-in-crime Rhoda and constant irritant Phyllis;

Frasier doesn't seem to have any neighbors. One of the show's innovations is that it brings the neighbor pair into his apartment. Daphne isn't exactly a partner-in-crime for Frasier, but after a few episodes she does become a pleasant helpmate. Martin is Frasier's constant irritant.

The Bob Newhart Show doesn't fit the pattern - Howard is the consummate "wacky neighbor," and the only consistently recurring neighbor. But Howard wasn't the original plan. In the pilot episode, the neighbors are the Hoovers - Arthur and Margaret. Margaret made seven usually brief appearances, and was a pleasant scene partner for Emily. Arthur was in only the pilot episode, but certainly seemed destined to be Bob's irritant in the building. Bill Daily unexpectedly became available, and the show made a quick decision to install him as the only neighbor.

Bill Daily, on being cast as Howard:

https://youtu.be/Qg_t4bEErUM

The workplace characters of the four shows aren't quite as consistent, but their relationships come from a limited number of types. The co-workers in DvD are two able colleagues (Buddy and Sally), one heavily recurring visitor (Mel), and the rarely seen, volcanic boss (Alan Brady). The unusual relationship in the office is between Buddy and Mel, in which Buddy insults Mel at every turn, and Mel has only a rare retort.

The co-workers in MTM are a fascinating adaptation of the DvD workplace. It seems that early in DvD there was some tension about whether Laura or Sally would be the main female character. In her own show, Mary Tyler Moore settled that question decisively by simply eliminating the Sally character. Laura's outstanding DvD scene is her Season 5 confrontation with volcanic boss Alan Brady. MTM conferred regular status on that scene by making the volcanic boss (Lou) a regular and placing his office just a few feet from Mary's desk. Mary could display her spunk there every week.

The other co-workers, Murray and Ted, form an insult pair similar to Buddy and Mel. Murray and Ted, though, don't work as well. They demonstrate why care has to be taken in adapting from one show to another. Mel was in only about half of DvD episodes, and in smaller roles. Ted was a full series regular. Mel was Buddy's formal superior, and respected by Rob and Sally. Ted was neither Murray's superior nor respected by anyone. Mel was a target because he was inoffensive, and occasionally got back at Buddy. Ted was just dumb, and couldn't defend himself. The relationship raised two questions: why was Murray being such a bully; and, the long-running question of why Ted is employed by the station. Mel is competent and Alan Brady's brother-in-law, but why is Ted kept around?

Bob Hartley's office mates, Jerry and Carol, also formed an insult pair, but it was of a lighter variety and the insults somewhat more balanced between them. Patient Elliott Carlin grew in stature over the course of the show and eventually grew to insult all potential targets. Cheers creators Glen and Les Charles and James Burrows all worked on Bob Newhart, and one can wonder if the insult machine Carlin was eventually reborn as Carla Tortelli. Note the Carlin-Carla name similarity.

Frasier had only one regular office-mate, his producer Roz (sports guy Bulldog recurred in just 20% of the series episodes). Roz's opportunities to be part of an insult pair would seem limited, but she was made part of one with Frasier's brother Niles, with Roz the more common target. Niles would visit Frasier's radio station more often than you'd normally expect, or he'd meet Frasier and Roz at the coffee shop. It seems the show didn't think the insult pair was working, because early in Season 2 they let Roz take some good shots at Roz and then actually had Niles praise Roz, and though the insults continued from then on they were more balanced and less savage.

Niles was an unexpected addition to Frasier, and it seems likely that a Niles-less Frasier would have included another character at the radio station. That may have been Bulldog, but he seems a shallow addition to the show: come in as Frasier's show is ending, say something dirty, insult Roz. I think it's more likely that the station would have had at least a recurring boss along the lines of Alan Brady or Lou Grant. I suspect that character might be similar to the station manager in the very early episode "Oops!", who is described by Frasier as, "...the most intimidating, heartless, mean-spirited man I've ever had the misfortune to meet."

These shows make consistent use of offscreen characters. It's often noted that Maris of Frasier serves a similar function to that of Cheers's Vera. Vera, though, was preceded by Lars (Phyllis's husband) on MTM. And Lars was preceded by Pickles (Buddy's wife) on DvD. Pickles is especially interesting because she was played by two different actresses in DvD's first two seasons. Then the actresses disappeared and Pickles became an offscreen character, only talked about and the unheard end of phone conversations. Remarkably, in a very late episode Buddy is Bar Mitzvah'd. He addresses the congregation and specifically thanks his wife, but she is not shown. The use of the unseen character may finally trace back to Sara, phone operator of the Andy Griffith Show.

It seems most of these related shows make some use of offscreen characters. Wings had Antonio's girlfriend Edna, "The Big-Faced Girl." Rhoda had the heard but unseen "Carlton, Your Doorman." Bob Newhart had Doris Peterson, unseen until the final season. And Taxi had Louie's "Ma," unseen until Season 3.

These four shows display an interesting progression in the use of child characters in sophisticated TV shows. The Dick van Dyke Show was noted for using the son, Ritchie Petrie, only when the plot required him. Otherwise, he would be staying at a neighbor's or at a scout camp, or he'd be in bed at an unusually early hour for a child of his age. In all, Ritchie appeared in only 73 of 168 episodes.

Interestingly, Ritchie made fewer appearances in each passing season: 24 of 30 episodes in Season 1, 18 of 32 in Season 2 (including the season-opening tear-jerker, "Never Name a Duck," which would have been termed a "very special episode" in the 1980s), followed by 14, 10, and finally just 7 of 32 episodes in the show's final season. So Ritchie was appearing about one-forth as often in the final season as in the first.

MTM found a neat way of keeping a child in the recurring cast without having the child underfoot. They created a daughter character, Bess, for Mary's neighbor Phyllis. Bess could plausibly disappear to Phyllis's apartment for long stretches, then reappear to interact with Mary. From the start of MTM, Bess appeared less frequently than Ritchie did even in the last season of DvD. Bess appeared twice in Season 1, four times in Season 2, and once in Season 3 before disappearing - except for three appearances in Season 5. I see the Season 5 appearances as an anomaly, because the actress (Lisa Gerritsen) was 17 by that season and because during Season 5 MTM was in the process of spinning off Phyllis to her own series, where Bess would be a regular character.

Ignoring Bess's Season 5 appearances, MTM still managed one child-centered episode per season for the remainder of the show. In Season 4, Murray's daughter is hired at the station for an episode. In Season 5, Mary dates a man whose son doesn't get along with her. In Season 6, Ted and Georgette adopt a son, and in Season 7 they discover the boy has a high IQ.

Taking its cue from MTM, Bob Newhart placed its child character - Howard's son Howie, who lived with his ex-wife - even farther away. There's hardly a feel that Howie is a part of the show, but his episodes are built around him and he appears consistently, one episode in each of the six seasons, except for Season 5. In that season, the actor (Moosie Drier) was recurring in another series. Instead, Bob Newhart did a Season 5 episode that involved two boys from the orphanage where Jerry grew up. Finally, they did a second child-centered episode in Season 6, in which Elliott Carlin gets oddly involved with a woman who has a young son.

Frasier's use of child characters again demonstrates the perils of adapting the basic structure of one show to another show. Like MTM and Bob Newhart, Frasier removes the child - Frasier's son Frederick - from Frasier's household completely. Moreover, Frederick is left a continent away, with his mother in Boston. Structurally, this is similar to stashing Beth or Howie at a convenient distance. Frasier is criticized for the arrangement, though, because it can be interpreted as Frasier being an indifferent father. Frasier's Season 1 features an episode in which Frasier unexpectedly babysits a young teen girl. From Season 3 through 11, Frederick appears in one episode every season.

Frasier, of course, reinvented the lead character for his spinoff. It invented an unknown brother and revived a father said to be dead. Frederick could have been turned into an offscreen character, or even eliminated entirely. It's an interesting thing: the mixed domestic/workplace shows started with a healthy measure of child participation. That participation rapidly declined, but given clear opportunities to eliminate the child characters the writers persisted in periodically including them in their shows.

Roz Doyle is Sally Rogers.

Sally Rogers was an unusual character on DvD: a female, single television writer. She was presented as obsessed with men and frustrated by them. She dated a lot, but only repeat-dated Herman Glimscher, who was dominated by his mother and would not commit to Sally. Most of Sally's story lines involved her search for a man. The very late episode, "Dear Sally Rogers", may have provided her a resolution when she advertised for a husband on a talk show and Herman anonymously impressed her.

As noted above, a Sally-type of character was not included in MTM. The frustrated, man-hungry aspect of her character was kept, though, and given to Mary's friend at home, Rhoda. As is always a risk when adapting from an older show, this led to an incongruity. Rhoda (and actress Valerie Harper) was obviously a very pretty young woman with a fun personality. So it was strange when a big percentage of her dialogue involved her inability to meet or hold onto a man.

Bob Newhart launched two years later, and again it included a frustrated woman: Bob's secretary Carol Kester. She was somewhat more like Sally - somewhat plainer and not as confident as Rhoda.

It's just guesswork, but it seems that at some point MTM productions decided the frustrated characters weren't working anymore. Rhoda was allowed to win a beauty contest. She was later spun off to her own show, and married within the first ten episodes. Carol both met and married a man within a single episode (ironically, this may explain the departure of Pat Finley as Bob's sister Ellen from the show, as Ellen leaves the show just about when Carol's husband joins it).

It might be significant that part of the slack left by Rhoda's departure from MTM was taken up by Sue Ann Nivens, played by Betty White. Just like Sally, Rhoda, and Carol, Sue Ann was defined by her hunger for men. Unlike the earlier three, when she chased men, she caught them - or at least caught a significant number. She was completely unembarrassed about her successes, and could even be something of a braggart about them.

And that finally leads to Roz Doyle of Frazier. She's not eccentric like Sue Ann is. She's competent like Sally, Rhoda, and Carol. She's very interested in men, also like them. But where they had been unable to catch a man, Roz catches all she wants. And she wants plenty.

Several Frasier episodes seem to draw freely from the scripts of earlier classic TV shows:

"Frasier Crane's Day Off" seems to be a reworking of the Dick van Dyke Show episode, "The Meershatz Pipe." Within the episodes, both feature a little physical altercation being the sick person and his father/wife that is too similar to be pure coincidence. Outside of the script, Mary Tyler Moore, who was the female lead in DvD, is one of the guest callers in "Day Off," and that seems to be a callback to the DvD episode. (DvD's creator, Carl Reiner, was a guest caller on one of the earliest Frasier episodes, asking what he should name his boat.)

"A Word to the Wise Guy" is very likely a reworking of the DvD episode, "Big Max Calvada." The telling similarity is that the gangster is trying to discourage the dream of his client, instead of forcing someone to make it come true. Outside of the script, Harris Yulin plays Jerome Belasco as an obvious homage to actor/producer Sheldon Leonard, who played the gangster in the DvD episode and had often played erudite gangsters in his long career.

"Come Lie with Me" is very likely a reworking of the Maude episode, "Last Tango in Tuckahoe." The plots run quite parallel to each, and each reaches resolution by accepting a preposterous story instead of coming to a reasonable understanding.

The main plot of "A Lilith Thanksgiving" is basically the Cheers episode "Simon Sez," with Paxton Whitehead in the John Cleese role.

Two "Martin's chair" episodes seem to be drawn heavily from All in the Family. "Give Him the Chair!" seems to parallel AITF's "Archie's Chair," in which the chair is sent out, then lost, then found in a very public place. "Bla-Z-Boy's" outcome may be drawn from a true story, in which the original chairs from the AITF set were donated to the Smithsonian, and then replacements manufactured at exorbitant cost.

Other Frasier episodes have unusually similar premises to episodes of older shows, but the plots diverge significantly at some point. Among these are, "Head Game," which bears some similarity to The Bob Newhart Show's "You Can't Win 'Em All"; "The Show Where Diane Comes Back," which may borrow from Bob Newhart's, "Group on a Hot Tin Roof"; and, "The Two Mrs. Cranes" which has a similar premise to the WKRP in Cincinnati episode, "I Do, I Do...for Now."

There's also the whole line of "the Cranes give disastrous parties" episodes, which are almost certainly derived from The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Mary gave bad parties on a regular basis, and became known for them. In a very late episode, "Mary's Big Party," she thinks that she is about to break the curse - but the lights go out:

https://youtu.be/56mJGzDMPMQ

Mary Tyler Moore also featured annual "Teddy Awards" episodes, which seem an inspiration for Frasier's "Sea Bee Awards", but since one show involves a TV station and the other a radio station annual awards banquets for either might be expected.

Finally, Frasier's "Roz, a Loan" is the third of four episodes that are almost certainly reworking the same plot, with the others being Mary Tyler Moore's, "Mary Richards and the Incredible Plant Lady"; Cheers' "I'll Gladly Pay You Tuesday"; and, Everybody Loves Raymond's "Robert Needs Money." The four episodes together demonstrate the pitfalls of transferring a plot from one set of characters to another. I think it's broadly agreed that "Roz, a Loan" is a bit of a strained story, because Frasier pushes a loan at Roz, then monitors her spending. The next version, "Robert Needs Money," becomes even more strained because the money is made an outright gift. But in the original episode, "Incredible Plant Lady," Rhoda asks Mary for a personal loan and Mary takes out a bank loan to provide it, so it's much more obvious why Mary is nervous when no money comes back to her.

The ghost of Sheldon Leonard takes over Chuck Lorre's vanity card to explain that Leonard is the inspiration behind Lorre's shows:

Awright, shut up, siddown and listen. I am da immortal spirit Sheldon Leonard and for da last few years I've been using da body of Chuck Lorre to channel my ideas for new sitcoms. For da record, he's a stinkin' lousy channel and my ideas are much better than what he's puttin' on television. Dis is why I am breaking my anonymity. No matter how specifical I tell da kid what to write, he still manages to **** it up. Dharma & Greg? What da hell was dat? I specifically said "do a show about a queer guy who loves a straight chick, and she loves him back, but they can't, you know, bump uglies." But does Lorre listen? No way Jose. The putz turns it inside out, winds up with hippie chick loves uptight lawyer and then wonders why he can't buy an Emmy. (I did find a writing team to act as a channel for dat pitch, which worked out pretty good, Emmy and cash-wise.) Anyway, back to Lorre. Couple years later while he's sleepin', I whisper to him, "Two brudders inherit a midget." Funny, right? What's Lorre do? You got it. Two and a Half Men. Gimme a break! Anyway, I decide to give the mook one last chance. While he's under da gas at the dentist, I tell him to do a show about four wise guys and a sexy dame what knows da score. So what does da knucklehead do? Scientists and a waitress! It just breaks my heart. But at least the dope managed to slip my name in dis one. Now if you'll excuse me, I gotta schlep over to Milton Berle's crypt for a little pinochle with the boys.

https://chucklorrevanitycards.tumblr.com/post/17658107532/chuck-lorre-productions-187-the-big-bang-theory/amp

Grant Tinker describes how Sheldon Leonard saved The Dick van Dyke Show from cancellation:

https://youtu.be/-BRjSn67TVY

This is an interview* with Hugh Wilson, creator of WKRP. If it seems WKRP had a sort of rough quality to it, this explains that. In three years, he went from being an advertising executive to a gofer for MTM to creating and producing a network sitcom:

https://youtu.be/VQN3JYzCV0A

*If you click on "more," there's the full interview. Between about 12 and 35 minutes, he talks about his time at MTM before he started on WKRP.

Family Tree:

Make Room for Daddy/The Danny Thomas Show: The Andy Griffith Show (Thomas/Leonard); The Dick van Dyke Show (Thomas/Leonard)

The Dick van Dyke Show: That Girl (Persky/Denoff); The Odd Couple (Belson/Marshall); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Tinker/Tyler Moore)

That Girl: Barney Miller (Arnold)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Bob Newhart Show (Davis/Music); Taxi (Brooks, Daniels, Davis, Weinberger, Burrows)

The Bob Newhart Show: WKRP in Cincinnati (Wilson); Newhart (Newhart)

Taxi: Cheers (Charles, Charles, Burrows)

Barney Miller: Night Court (Weege)

Cheers: Wings (Angell, Casey, Lee); Frasier (Angell, Casey, Lee)

Everybody Loves Raymond

I've been enjoying reading through your excellent commentary. Considering some of the supporting characters, I was thinking that one may draw pretty strong analogies between Herb Tarlek on WKRP, the Bulldog character on Frasier and Louie DePalma on Taxi. Each one of them is alongside an unattainable, highly attractive woman co-worker in the workplace: Jennifer Marlowe, Roz Doyle and Elaine Nardo respectively, and each make highly inappropriate comments from which they're soundly rebuffed by their objects of desire.

To an extent this became a recurring theme on Cheers as well with Rebecca Howe entering and rebuffing Sam Malone's advances, in that case both lead characters. Again among leads, the relationship between Dan Fielding and Christine Sullivan on Night Court is noteworthy as well. We also had among supporting characters Antonio Scarpacci pining for Casey Chappel on Wings, however he doesn't pursue her in an overt or inappropriate manner.

I've been enjoying reading through your excellent commentary. Considering some of the supporting characters, I was thinking that one may draw pretty strong analogies between Herb Tarlek on WKRP, the Bulldog character on Frasier and Louie DePalma on Taxi. Each one of them is alongside an unattainable, highly attractive woman co-worker in the workplace: Jennifer Marlowe, Roz Doyle and Elaine Nardo respectively, and each make highly inappropriate comments from which they're soundly rebuffed by their objects of desire.

To an extent this became a recurring theme on Cheers as well with Rebecca Howe entering and rebuffing Sam Malone's advances, in that case both lead characters. Again among leads, the relationship between Dan Fielding and Christine Sullivan on Night Court is noteworthy as well. We also had among supporting characters Antonio Scarpacci pining for Casey Chappel on Wings, however he doesn't pursue her in an overt or inappropriate manner.

Yes, that's an excellent point - I hadn't been thinking about those relationships yet. I think Roy and Alex of Wings may have a little of that relationship, too, at least as far as innuendo is concerned.

Spoilers for "Not Going Out" below:

I've been watching a Britcom, "Not Going Out," starring Lee Mack. It's in its 13th series now, apparently the second-longest running Britcom after Last of the Summer Wine.

The show undergoes a remarkable reformatting after the 7th series. The will-they/won't-they couple, married in the last episode of Series 7, start Series 8 seven years later, with three kids. They and their friends have moved to the suburbs.

For me, Series 1-7 felt more "American" than any Britcom I'd seen before. Mack is a standup and the show largely consisted of knockout punch jokes. Series 8 continued generating that feeling, but in Series 9 the feeling got oddly targeted. One episode seemed quite similar to the Everybody Loves Raymond episode, "Liars." Two episodes later is very similar to the Raymond episode "Boob Job."

What is going on here? Not Going Out premiered in 2006. It turns out that in 2013 Lee Mack and Catherine Tate made a pilot for a sitcom called "The Smiths." This would be a UK remake of Everybody Loves Raymond. The pilot didn't sell. The Not Going Out reformatting occurred in 2017, so it looks like once The Smiths pilot didn't sell, they just used Mack's existing show to recreate Raymond as best they could. There's even twins among the three kids.

Lee Mack, at least, admits some sort of debt to Raymond in the reformatting. Speaking of Raymond's creator Phil Rosenthal, Mack said:

His rules were that someone in the writers' room had to say, "Yeah, that happened to me." So I decided that was going to be the rule this year - that there was always some nugget of truth. It doesn't always have to be in our lives; we can know someone it happened to. As long as we know that it's based in truth.’

https://www.chortle.co.uk/features/2017/01/01/26549/how_everybody_loves_raymond_inspired_not_going_out#

Mack, of course, is just restating what Rosenthal said about Carl Reiner and the The Dick van Dyke Show:

At that first lunch [with Reiner]... I got to tell Carl how I completely based my way of thinking on his way of running The Dick Van Dyke Show, which was to always ask the writers, “What happened at your house this week?”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/everybody-loves-raymond-creator-phil-rosenthal-remembers-carl-reiner-1301354/amp/

So, more than 50 years on it seems the point of view of The Dick van Dyke Show jumped the Atlantic and set a long-running sitcom off in a new direction.

Edit - Not Going Out episodes that may derive from Everybody Loves Raymond scripts: Bust Up, Pants on Fire, Marriage Guidance, Builder, Enough, and Hospital.

Frasier creator David Lee, on the writing process on that show;

One thing we always tried to do is we tried to make them come out of personal experience, even if it was just a little gem of something that leads you onto something else. I think that the verisimilitude of it coming from an actual thing, as improbable as it may be, somehow informs the whole thing as being somehow truly human, as opposed to just making up situations.

https://youtu.be/BiFos1fiqCo?si=znUwqd2-TVgXwuBQ

James Burrows, on the writing process on Taxi:

Writers came in at the beginning of every season and shared personal stories that formed a basis for scripts and the arc of the season. Garry Marshall said that when he worked on The Dick Van Dyke Show, Carl Reiner would go around the room and make all the writers recall the most embarrassing moments in their lives. A number of those stories wound up in scripts.

--Directed by James Burrows

Garry Marshall, talking about how he learned to turn his own life experiences into Dick van Dyke Show scripts:

https://youtu.be/eDDo_PwKQTQ

Once you tap from your own life, then it's easy to steal other people's lives....Then I was totally secure and said, 'I'll never, ever run out of material.'


Perhaps inevitably, the Dick van Dyke Show ended up doing an episode about using real life experiences as fodder for TV plots:

https://youtu.be/40iFgn1g_No

James Burrows, on Cheers hiring Kirstie Alley:

Kirstie was doing Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. I saw her star in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Mark Taper Forum, and she was extraordinary. She held that room. We needed someone who knew what they could do onstage. We were, however, concerned about whether she could do comedy. The Brothers went to visit the set of the movie Summer School and asked director Carl Reiner whether Kirstie could do comedy. Carl said, “You got your girl!”

--Directed by James Burrows

Spoilers for "Frasier" revival below:

I've seen the first couple of episodes of the Frasier revival, and its characters seem to tick a lot of boxes that identify the DvD/MTM family of shows:

The protagonist: Frasier
The irritant at home: Freddy
The lubricant at home: Eve
The sexually-charged woman at work: Olivia
The insult pair: Olivia and Alan

That leaves young David, son of Niles and Daphne, who seems to be a sort of gadfly wacky neighbor right now. He used Felix Unger's lead/graphite joke in Episode 2. There are obvious similarities between Niles and Felix.

New Frasier episode 4, "Trivial Pursuits," looks a lot like the Everybody Loves Raymond episode "The Ride-Along"

There were two primary “schools” in the 1970s and ’80s, where actors and writers learned to create sitcoms and then moved on and created other shows: the MTM school, which begat Taxi, Frasier, Cheers, Wings, and Family Ties, and the Garry Marshall school, which begat The Odd Couple, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, and Mork & Mindy. To be MTM-pedigreed in those years was a seal of approval. You still had to prove yourself, but it helped you get in the door. There was also a shorthand between people who worked together on similar projects.

--Directed by James Burrows

[T]here was a complete tonal difference between MTM and Lear, and they were the Harvard and Yale of comedy at the time. The Lear shows were shot on videotape. They were loud. They were people who were pissed. The MTM shows were shot on 35 mm film with a care for lighting..., but the whole tone was a little different. We were, I thought, maybe a little classier, but not nearly as edgy as they were. My mother's generation liked Mary a lot more than some of the Lear stuff, and Lear was very prideful of the fact that his shows could bother people. That was part of his game, but [not] ours.

--Hugh Wilson

Wilson interview at 22:45:

https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/hugh-wilson?clip=28557

...Okay, now we get to the writing of the [new] show, and here's where i think the big problem lies: there was a grooming process, and it began in 1970, with the Mary Tyler Moore Show - James L. Brooks and Allan Burns. They established a level of comedy and a framework for how you do that show, and they groomed writers along the way, namely David Lloyd, and then when they moved on to Taxi they developed Glen Charles and Les Charles. Glen and Les went on to create and run Cheers. We learned from Glen and Les...Peter Casey, David Lee, David Angell, Cheri and Bill Steinkellner, Phoef Sutton, Tom Anderson, Dan O'Shannon - a lot of writers were groomed on Cheers. And then Peter Casey, David Lee, and David Angell create Frasier, and along the way they develop Christopher Lloyd, Joe Keenan, Ann Flett and Chuck Ramberg, and other writers along the way. So this is a grooming process that was very, very instrumental in maintaining the level and the tone of the comedy. And that ended when Frasier ended in, I guess, 2000-and-whatever.

But even when Casey, Lee, and Angell began Frasier, they had David Isaacs and I, and David Lloyd, who had written the Frasier character before, so there were five long-time Cheers writers who knew how to write that character, and with all of us as a base, they then developed new talent.

--Ken Levine

Levine podcast at 27:30:

https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/hollywood-levine-241977/episodes/ep354-the-new-frasier-194211571

These are the people who imdb identifies as the team that made the Frasier pilot. "Cheers" after the name indicates the person also worked on Cheers. "Wings" indicates the person worked on Wings but not Cheers. If someone worked on neither Cheers nor Wings, I've tried to identify his or her most relevant and substantial work before the Frasier pilot:

Writers: David Lee (Cheers), David Angell (Cheers), Peter Casey (Cheers)
Director: James Burrows (Cheers), Brian James Ellis (Cheers), Steven Pomeroy (Cheers)
Producers: Christopher Lloyd (Wings), Maggie Blanc (Wings), Mary Fukuto (Cheers)

Music: Bruce Miller (Wings), Chips Swanson (Cheers), Darryl Phinnessee (Cop Rock)
Cinematography: Ken Lamkin (Wings)
Editing: Ron Volk (Cheers), Janet Ashikaga (Seinfeld)
Casting: Jeff Greenberg (Cheers), Helen Mossler (Wings)
Art Direction: Roy Christopher (Wings)
Set Decoration: Sharon Viljoen (Wings)
Costume Design: Audrey Bansmer (Wings)
Makeup: Bruce Hutchinson (Cheers)
Hair: Pixie Schwartz (Wings)
Unit Production Manager: Bill Carroll (TV movies?)

Construction Coordinator (uncredited): Steven J. Monroe (Cheers)
Sound Dept.: Clark Conrad (Wings), Robert Crosby (Cheers), Randal S. Thomas (Cheers)
Assistant Camera (uncredited): Gary Armstrong (Cheers)
Best Boy (uncredited): Donald Lewis (Cheers)
Costume and Wardrobe: Paul Delucca (Harry and the Hendersons)
Post-production Coordinator: Tony Hicks (Wings)
Script Supervisor: Marcia Gould (Wings)
Transportation Coordinator (uncredited): Gary Edelman (Cheers)

Additional Crew:

Tech coordinator: Rick Beren (Cheers)
Assistant to the Producers: Mike Carroll (?), Cindy Collins (Wings), Cara Coslow (Cheers), Cheryl Dolins (Cheers), Suzanne Holmes (Wings), Karen Lombardo (?), Emily Miller (Cheers), Rick Tuber (movies)
Production Coordinator: Rosie Dean (Cheers)
Creative Consultant: Ann Flett-Giordano (Baby Talk, Kate & Allie), Chuck Ranberg (Baby Talk, Kate & Allie)
Stand-ins: Jackson Sleet (Star Trek, Next Generation), Don Bennett (Cheers), Joan Carey (Cheers)
Production accountant: Kim McLaren (Star Trek, Next Generation)
President, NBC West Coast: Don Ohlmeyer (Cheers)

I started at MTM in this gopher thing but I was like thirty years old and so when I'd go up and ask Alan Burns and Jim Brooks and what they wanted from the deli they all said that you know you're too old to get sandwiches and stuff.

--Hugh Wilson

Wilson interview at 4:00:

https://youtu.be/VQN3JYzCV0A?si=nAkMjw4Tlk39QuhS

There is a Taxi episode, "Alex the Gofer," where Alex takes a gofer job on a Broadway play and endures the indignities of being assigned menial tasks at an advanced age. Taxi, of course, was co-created by James Brooks and I've wondered if Wilson wasn't the model for Alex in that episode. The episode was written by David Lloyd, who worked on many MTM shows of the 1970s and probably also would have been served by Wilson.

The Odd Couple episode "Partners' Investment" has a long scene in a restaurant:

-The boys invest in a Japanese restaurant
-Felix squabbles with the chef, who quits
-The staff leaves with him
-Felix takes over the cooking...INCLUDING EEL
-Oscar becomes the wait staff
-Murray the Cop is drafted to help serve
-There are some close calls with the door leading to the kitchen
-There's smoke, and customers begin to leave
-Murray crashes through the wall

All of these points have corresponding points in the restaurant scene of the Frasier episode, "The Innkeepers." There can be little doubt that the Frasier scene, highly embellished, is based on the Odd Couple scene. About the only Odd Couple point that's not retained is when Felix, cooking at the table, loses control of his knife and tosses it into the wall.

"The Innkeepers" listed writer is David Lloyd. On IMDB, Lloyd is the listed writer for 15 Frasier episodes, and some of them besides The Innkeepers bear similarities to Odd Couple episodes:

-In "Martin Does It His Way," they write a song at the piano, intending to send it to a specific singer. When the song is actually performed, it's in a very different tempo than originally intended. This also describes The Odd Couple episode "The Songwriter."

-Lloyd's "Ham Radio" script is largely taken up with a re-creation of an old-time radio drama. The Odd Couple's "Big Broadcast" episode concludes with such a re-creation.

-Lloyd's "Crane vs. Crane" script concerns a court case. Of course, that trope has been used by most major sitcoms, but it is particularly associated with The Odd Couple, who used it annually, including in the famous episode, "My Strife in Court.

-Lloyd's "You Can't Tell a Crook by His Cover" script concludes in a pool hall - a most unusual Frasier setting. The Odd Couple's "The Hustler" episode concludes in a pool hall. The final scene card reads, "Oddball in the Corner Pocket."

None of this is meant to disparage either David Lloyd or Frasier. The people who wrote these shows all lifted ideas from each other, and these Frasier episodes were done well.

No, the point here is to suggest a solution for one of the enduring sitcom mysteries, to wit, where did Frasier's "Beware of Greeks" episode come from? The episode seems dropped from the sky - a branch of the Crane family never seen before or after, and a huge break in continuity as Martin has a previously denied brother, who just as suddenly disappears forever. It's often suggested that it was a back door pilot, but that's unsatisfying because it doesn't really introduce the new family very well.

But it's a David Lloyd script. And if we accept that David Lloyd was prone to adapt from The Odd Couple, we can note that Oscar and Felix only interacted with two full families, in two different episodes. In one family, the parents were little people. The other family ("The Odyssey Couple" episode) were Greek, and owned a restaurant. And Oscar and Frasier both dance. It seems reasonable to suggest that "The Odyssey Couple" may be the seed from which "Beware of Greeks" grew. [Felix Unger also has a brother seen in one episode ("Shuffling Off to Buffalo"), although he is mentioned in at least one other.]

Lloyd did not write for "The Odd Couple" in the 1970s. He did write a couple of scripts for The Tony Randall Show, when Randall moved over to MTM. He also wrote a Wings script called, "The Fortune Cookie," whose name and subject matter are taken from a mid-1960s movie starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. The movie is considered a forerunner of the movie version of The Odd Couple.

Finally, none of these Lloyd episodes have much of a B plot, which could indicate an origin in a time when linear plots were common.

There are a few non-Lloyd Frasier scripts that contain similarities to Odd Couple scripts, including Author, Author ("I'm Dying of Unger"), and, perhaps to a lesser degree, The Candidate ("The Odd Candidate"), and Shrink Rap ("I Gotta Be Me").

James L. Brooks, on leaving MTM (around 21:30):

You can't imagine the kind of goodwill that we were able to leave with, the fact that Grant [Tinker] did not resent it, which he had every right to in a way. I mean, we had done our end very openly - we had great regard for him, and so then we get over to our next place of business, and we were wondering what television show to do....And Grant owned an article on a taxi company in New York that we wanted to do, and I called him up. Now these are the four guys who left, and I said, "You know, we're sort of thinking about doing that show," and he said, "It's yours."

I could tell a lot of stories and, you know, it's just a breed apart, guys like him. And I never met anybody quite like him, but you're really blessed if you have a good boss early on.

https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/james-l-brooks?clip=49341#interview-clips

Brooks, on the cancellation of Taxi by ABC (around 13:00):

And I called Grant in the middle of it - Grant, who keeps coming up in these stories as, you know, the greatest guy ever - and he was at that time the chairman of NBC. And I said, "They're cancelling us," and he said, "There's nothing I can do"....

...And a day later, he called us up and said, "Wanna go on NBC?" So we had our victory lap on NBC. We had one more year. And it helped.

https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/james-l-brooks?clip=49348#interview-clips

At the 1983 Emmy Awards, Judd Hirsch won for Best Actor in a comedy:

Although he professed "no hard feelings" toward NBC for canceling the show, Hirsch addressed NBC Chairman Grant Tinker, seated in the audience, and said, "We're ready, Grant, we're ready, whenever you want to put us back on." He said that since "Taxi" won so many laurels, "then you should really put us back on the air." Holding the Emmy aloft, Hirsch added he should probably "take this thing and shove it right up there beside the one I got in 1981." The crowd whooped approval.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1983/09/26/the-emmys/a53f1f9b-c5e0-4eb4-9e69-2d941c16e53d/

Grant Tinker, on the aftermath of Hirsch's speech (around 26:30):

I scorned him on an airplane once, a very small retaliation. He sent me a note - he was sitting somewhere behind me - and I think by that time someone had told him that it wasn't a very nice thing to do - so he sent me a note of apology, which I ignored.

He's a very good actor, by the way. I'm a fan of his.

https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/grant-tinker?clip=38762#interview-clips

Sitcom episodes written by James L. Brooks, before Room 222:

My Friend Tony: "Encounter," S1E7, 02/23/1969
The Doris Day Show: "The Job," S1E11, 12/17/1968
Mayberry, RFD: "Youth Takes Over," S1E7, 11/11/1968
My Three Sons: "The Perfect Separation," S8E27, 03/09/1968
Good Morning World, "Pot Luckless," S1E21, 01/30/1968
The Andy Griffith Show, "Emmett's Brother-in-Law," S8E18, 01/08/1968
The Andy Griffith Show, "The Mayberry Chef," S8E17, 01/01/1968
Accidental Family, "The Making of a Vegetarian, S1E7, 11/03/1967
Accidental Family, "Hot Kid in a Cool Town," S1E2, 09/22/1967 (teleplay)
That Girl, "Pass the Potatoes, Ethel Merman," S2E1, 09/07/1967
Hey, Landlord, "Sharin' Sharon," S1E24, 02/26/1967
That Girl, "Rain, Snow, and Rice," S1E21, 02/02/1967
That Girl, "Christmas and the Hard-Luck Kid," S1E16, 12/22/1966
My Mother the Car, "The Blabbermouth," S1E28, 03/22/1966
My Mother the Car, "It Might As Well Be Spring As Not," S1E26, 03/08/1966

These are the sitcoms that have won more than five Emmys in the five major categories - Best Comedy, Actor, Actress, Director, Writing:

All in the Family 16
Frasier 16
The Dick van Dyke Show 15
Cheers 12
The Mary Tyler Moore Show 12
Modern Family 11
Taxi 11
Murphy Brown 10
Veep 10
30 Rock 9
Hacks 8
MASH 8
The Phil Silvers Show 8
Get Smart 7
The Golden Girls 7
The Jack Benny Program 7
The Bear 6
Everybody Loves Raymond 6
Father Knows Best 6

Additional (not all) shows that have won multiple Emmys in the five major categories: 3rd Rock from the Sun 3; Arrested Development 4; Barney Miller 3; Barry 2; The Big Bang Theory 4; The Cosby Show 4; Family Ties 4; The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 2; Hazel 2; I Love Lucy 4; Kate & Allie 3; Louie 2; The Lucy Show 2; Mad About You 4; Malcolm in the Middle 4; Master of None 2; Monk 3; My World and Welcome to It 2; The Odd Couple 3; Seinfeld 3; Ted Lasso 5; Transparent 4; The Wonder Years 4

65 Good MASH episodes:

Season 1:

1. Pilot, 2. To Market, to Market, 4. Chief Surgeon Who?, 5. The Moose, 6. Yankee Doodle Doctor, 7. Bananas, Crackers and Nuts, 8. Cowboy, 9. Henry, Please Come Home, 10. I Hate a Mystery, 11. Germ Warfare, 12. Dear Dad, 13. Edwina, 14. Love Story, 15. Tuttle, 18. Dear Dad...Again, 19. The Long-John Flap, 20. "The Army Navy Game, 22. Major Fred C. Dobbs, 23. Ceasefire

Season 2:

2. 5 O'Clock Charlie, 3. Radar's Report, 7. L.I.P. (Local Indigenous Personnel), 8.The Trial of Henry Blake, 9. Dear Dad... Three, 12. The Incubator, 13. Deal Me Out, 17. For Want of a Boot, 18. Operation Noselift, 21. Crisis, 23. Mail Call, 24. A Smattering of Intelligence

Season 3:

1. The General Flipped at Dawn, 3. Officer of the Day, 4. Iron Guts Kelly, 6. Springtime, 8. Life with Father, 9. Alcoholics Unanimous, 11. Adam's Ribs, 12. A Full Rich Day, 14. Private Charles Lamb, 18. House Arrest, 20. Big Mac, 22. Payday, 23. White Gold, 24. Abyssinia, Henry

Season 4:

8. Dear Mildred, 13. Soldier of the Month, 14. The Gun, 15. Mail Call...Again, 16. Dear Ma, 25. The Interview

Season 5:

1. Bug Out, Part 1, 2. Bug Out, Part 2, 4. Out of Sight, Out of Mind, 5. Lt. Radar O'Reilly, 7. The Abduction of Margaret Houlihan, 8. Dear Sigmund, 15. The Most Unforgettable Characters, 16. 38 Across, 22. Movie Tonight, 24. Post Op

Season 6:

6. The Winchester Tapes

Season 7:

7. None Like It Hot, 22. Rally Round the Flagg, Boys, 26. The Party

Season 8:

None

Season 9:

None

Season 10:

None

Season 11:

None