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Old 08-08-2005, 12:20 AM   #1
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Default The Top 5 ABC Sitcoms by Decade?

What do you think top five ABC sitcoms by decade were?

The Top 5 between 2000-1991

The Top 5 between 1990-1981

The Top 5 between 1980-1971

The Top 5 Between 1970-1961

The Top 5 Between 1960-1951
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1991-2000
5. Any Show on TGIF or Grace Under Fire
4. Ellen
3. The Drew Carey Show
2. Home Improvement
1. Roseanne

1981-1990
4. Benson
3. Growing Pains
2. Perfect Strangers
1. Who's The Boss?

1971-1980
5. Soap
4. Happy Days
3. Mork & Mindy
2. Three's Company
1. Laverne & Shirley

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Old 08-09-2005, 12:53 PM   #3
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1970-1979
1. Welcome Back, Kotter
2. Happy Days
3. That's My Mama
4. Soap
5. Three's Company

1980-1989
1. Bosom Buddies
2. Webster
3. Mr. Belvedere
4. Growing Pains
5. Perfect Strangers

1990-1999
1. Coach
2. Doogie Howser, M.D.
3. Family Matters
4. Step By Step
5. Hangin' With Mr. Cooper

There's not a single ABC sitcom I like in the 2000's

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1991-2000
1. Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
2. Ellen
3. Hangin' With Mr. Cooper
4. Home Improvement (even though I don't really like this show)
5. Boys Meets World(even though I don't really like this show )
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1970-1979
1. Taxi
2. Mork And Mindy
3. Happy Days
4. Three's Company
5. Laverne And Shirley

1980-1989
1. Who's The Boss
2. Benson
3. Webster
4. Growing Pains
5. Just The 10 Of Us

1990-1999
1. Roseanne
2. Grace Under Fire
3. Ellen
4. Coach
5. Sports Night

2000-
1. 8 Simple Rules (John Ritter episodes only)
2-5. no idea
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1960s
5. The Addams Family
4. Batman
3. The Flintstones
2. My Three Sons
1. Bewitched

1970s
5. Happy Days
4. Three's Company
3. Mork & Mindy
2. The Odd Couple
1. Taxi

1980s
5. Webster
4. Growing Pains
3. Who's The Boss?
2. Head Of The Class
1. Benson

1990s
5. The Drew Carey Show
4. Boy Meets World
3. Home Improvement
2. Roseanne
1. Coach

2000s
5. According To Jim
4. My Wife & Kids (first 3 seasons ONLY)
3. 8 Simple Rules
2. George Lopez
1. Less Than Perfect

ABC's best decades were the 70s and 90s.
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1970s
1.Three's Company
2.What's Happening!!
3.Welcome Back Kotter
4.Soap
5.Taxi

1980s
1.Mr. Belvedere
2.Head of The Class
3.Benson
4.It's A Living
5.Growing Pains

1990s
1.The Wonder Years
2.Boy Meets World
3.Family Matters
4.Roseanne
5.Hangin' With Mr. Cooper

2000s
1.My Wife and Kids
2.8 Simple Rules
3.George Lopez Show
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I forgot Wonder Years!!! I knew I was forgetting something
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I forgot Wonder Years!!! I knew I was forgetting something
It was an in between show, started in '88, ended in '93. I just chose it for the '90s.
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'70s

The Odd Couple
Taxi
Three's Company
Laverne & Shirley
Soap


'80s

Mr. Belvedere
Bosom Buddies
Head of the Class
Growing Pains
Too Colse For Comfort


'90s

The Wonder Years
Roseanne
Home Improvement
The Drew Carey Show
Coach

2000s

George Lopez
8 Simple Rules
Married to the Kellys
Jake in Progress
Less than Perfect
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1950s

1. LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
2. OZZIE & HARRIET
3. MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY
4. THE DONNA REED SHOW
5. THE REAL MCCOYS

1960s

1. BEWITCHED
2. MY THREE SONS (on ABC from 1960-65 before moving to CBS)
3. THE FLINTSTONES
4. THE ADDAMS FAMILY
5. BATMAN

1970S

1. HAPPY DAYS
2. LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY
3. WELCOME BACK KOTTER
4. MORK AND MINDY
5. THREE'S COMPANY

1980S

1. SOAP
2. TAXI
3. TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT
4. HEAD OF THE CLAS5
5. WEBSTER

1990s

1. ALLY MCBEAL
2. SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH
3. COACH
4. SPIN CITY
5. ROSEANNE

2000s

1. DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
2. HOPE AND FAITH
3. 8 SIMPLE RULES
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1. ALLY MCBEAL
Wasn't that show on fox?
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Wasn't that show on fox?
You're right. Looks like I'll have to change that list. Here goes:

1990s

1. SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH
2. COACH
3. ROSEANNE
4. SPIN CITY
5. DHARMA AND GREG

There! That's better!
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