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View Full Version : Best sitcoms of their eras Ericguy 10-10-2002, 09:56 AM Hers is the question. Take 2 sitcoms from each decade 50' 60' 70' 80' 90's.....you can substitute any decade and include 2000 if you want even though we are only two years into it but try not to. That will make 10 shows in all, that is your list of the top ten sitcoms ever...have fun trying to pick. Don't let critics guide you, just your funny bone. I will post mine in a bit...I have to think about it for awhile. callmetootie 10-10-2002, 10:22 AM 1950's: I Love Lucy and The Honeymooners 1960's: Bewitched and The Lucy Show 1970's: Three's Company and All In The Family 1980's: The Facts Of Life and Cheers 1990's: Roseanne and Hearts Afire 2000's: The Geena Davis Show and Bette Those are not all neccesarily my favorite shows of the eras, but what I thought were the most important shows, not even caring about how long they ran. If Checking In was a ground-breaking sitcom and still only ran 4 episodes, I would've chose that. I know Hearts Afire was not groundbreaking but was the most underrated sitcom of the era. As for GDS and Bette, they were excellent, hilarious, provocotive series that never got themselves an audience. Plasma 10-10-2002, 11:06 AM 50s- Leave It to Beaver, I Love Lucy 60s- Bewitched, Get Smart 70s- Three's Company, Alice 80s- Cosby Show, Growing Pains 90s- Seinfeld, Friends 00s- Everybody Loves Raymond, Will and Grace(I know they started in the 90s) Ericguy 10-10-2002, 11:46 AM Andrew. Those are some I did not think anybody would post. It got me thinking....thanks Ericguy 10-10-2002, 01:19 PM Ok this is harder than I thought. To pick just two from each decade is difficult because some had so many, like the 70's which I think FAR and away was the best in history and some were a little weak. So I will modify the criteria just a bit. If a show started in one decade and ended in another, like MASH, you can pick it as either decade. I think if I picked just a top ten, 7 would come from the 70's but each decade is harder, therefore, more fun....here goes 50's Leave it to Beaver Dennis the Menace Runner up-Car 54 Where are you? 60's The Flinstones My Favorite Martian runner up--Addams Family 70' Alice SOAP runner up...and I mean close.. WKRP 80's Married with Children Three's Company runner up....Hogan Family 90's Home Improvement The Simpsons runner up...Seinfield Chocoholic 10-10-2002, 01:23 PM the 50's- none come to mind the 60's- Bewitched, The Flintstones the 70's- Taxi, MASH the 80's- Cheers, The Cosby Show the 90's- Wings, NewsRadio current- Scrubs, The Simpsons Ericguy 10-10-2002, 01:30 PM I am changing my mind...on the 50's take off Beaver and add the honeymooners!!!! Now I have it...but i left off MASH..Night Court...Silver Spoons...and more...UGH!!!!! James 10-10-2002, 01:48 PM 1950s: Leave It To Beaver, The Donna Reed Show 1960s: The Andy Griffith Show, My Three Sons 1970s: The Brady Bunch, The Waltons 1980s: Perfect Strangers, The Brady Brides 1990s: The Bradys, The Wonder Years 2000s: State of Grace, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Will and Grace Fanatic 10-10-2002, 01:56 PM 1950's-I Love Lucy, Leave it to Beaver 1960's-The Dick Van Dyke Show, 1970's Three's Company, Soap 1980's Golden Girls, Night Court 1990's Roseanne, Veronica's Closet 2000's Will and Grace, Scrubs I know Will and Grace started in the 1998 but they will be best know as a 2000's sitcom since they were only in the 90's for a year and a half. Impressions 10-10-2002, 04:56 PM '50s- I Love Lucy, Georges Burns & Gracie Allen '60s- My Favorite Martian,Green Acres '70s- Laverne & Shirley,Three's Company '80s- The Facts of Life,Diff'rent Strokes '90s- Full House,The Wonder Years '00s- 8 Simple Rules,Family Affair Notorious 10-10-2002, 05:50 PM 1950s: I Love Lucy, Leave it to Beaver 1960s: The Lucy Show, Gilligan’s Island, Bewitched 1970s: All in the Family, Laverne & Shirley, Three’s Company, Good Times 1980s: The Golden Girls, The Facts of Life, Charles in Charge, Archie Bunker’s Place 1990s: Veronica’s Closet, Friends, Married with Children, Roseanne, Full House, Seinfeld, Just Shoot Me 2000s: Will & Grace, The King of Queens, Family Guy, Family Affair, 8 Simple Rules…, The Osbournes I guess this shows that I'm not too picky about what I watch. There is, however, some shows that seem unbearable to watch! I won't name them, cuz I know that people tend to get mad over little things, won't list them either. dawsongirl 10-10-2002, 05:58 PM These are pretty much my favs...but some were pretty substantial, as far as ground breaking or controversial. 50s: I Love Lucy and Leave it to Beaver 60s: Hogan's Heroes and The Monkees 70s: The Odd Couple and Welcome Back, Kotter 80s/90s: Saved by the Bell and Full House See, I didn't really watch 80s/90s TV that much. :) GoldenFamilyTies 10-10-2002, 06:17 PM 50's: I Love Lucy 60's: The Andy Griffith Show 70's: Three's Company, Sanford & Son, Barney Miller 80's: Family Ties, The Cosby Show, Cheers, The Golden Girls 90's: Friends, Mad About You Brian Damage 10-10-2002, 06:21 PM 50's The Honeymooners, I Love Lucy 60's None come to mind 70's Taxi, The Odd Couple 80's Diff'rent Strokes, Cheers 90's/2000's Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, Frasier,The Simpsons Czas na Zywiec 10-10-2002, 07:02 PM 50's - I Love Lucy 60's - None that I could really think of. 70's - Lavergne and Shirley 80's - Facts of Life, Diff'rent Strokes, ALF 90's - The Nanny, Family Matters 00's - Reba AlexPKeatonFanboy 10-10-2002, 07:49 PM The 50s The Honeymooners I Love Lucy The 60s The Flintstones Hogans Heroes The 70s Threes Company Happy Days The 80s The Facts of Life Charles in Charge The 90s The Simpsons Seinfeld 2000 Less Than Perfect Gilmore Girls buddy love 10-10-2002, 09:43 PM 50's: I Love Lucy and The Jack Benny Program 60's: The Andy Griffith Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show 70's: All in the Family and The Mary Tyler Moore Show 80's: Cheers and Designing Women 90's: Seinfeld and Fraiser 00's: I'm stumped!! honorable mentions (meaning that these shows missed my best list by (as Maxwell Smart would say) "that much": Bewitched The Bob Newhart Show MASH (the first five seasons) Murphy Brown The Cosby Show Friends Buffalo Bill oldshows 10-11-2002, 10:26 PM 50s: I Love Lucy and The Honeymooners 60s: The Andy Griffith Show and I Dream of Jeannie 70s: All in the Family and Sanford and Son 80s/90s: Family Matters and really nothing else. Since the 80s sitcoms for the most part aren't that good. boechsner 10-12-2002, 12:40 PM 1950's: Leave It to Beaver and I Love Lucy 1960's: The Addams Family and Mr. Ed (runner up: Green Acres) 1970's: The Brady Bunch and The Jeffersons (runner up: Maude) 1980's: The Golden Girls and The Hogan Family (Very hard to pick, so many good shows) (runner up: The Facts of Life) 1990's: Fresh Prince and Home Improvement (Had to really pick and choose, 1990's sucked, these two aren't even that good) 2000's: Everybody Loves Raymond and ????? Sitcomwriter 10-12-2002, 03:48 PM I'm only going to do 90's and Current: 90's: Townies Party Girl Oh Baby Movie Stars SO Many More! Current: Curb Your Enthusiasm Friends |