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cheers freak · 06-13-2003, 12:16 PM

Cheers
All in the Family
Seinfeld
The Golden Girls
M*A*S*H
I love Lucy

Im not a big fan of I love Lucy but it IS a classic!

Also great pick for the Larry Sanders Show Sitcomwriter, thats a good show!

DianeChambers87 · 06-13-2003, 01:10 PM

Cheers
I love lucy
Taxi
Happy Days (although I hate to admit it)
Three's Company (although I also hate to admit it)

Tweety · 06-17-2003, 10:44 PM

Wow...a lot of great choices out there...

Since it's truly impossible to pick the 5 best and most classic shows of all time, I'll throw a few others into the mix... I don't think these have been mentioned yet...

Get Smart
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Hogan's Heroes
The Odd Couple
Green Acres
Beverly Hillbilies

ooops, that's six...

If I had to pick my top 5 favorites, they would probably be:

I Love Lucy (which had no bad episodes)

Seinfeld (which had a few sub-par episodes, but the best episodes were so great, they more than made up for it)

The Dick Van Dyke Show (again, never made a bad episode)

Green Acres (comedy was far, far ahead of it's time)

The Honeymooners (just the classic 39...which were indeed, all classics)

Close behind would be Leave It To Beaver

Happy Days went on far too long, IMHO

All in the Family was great for 2-3 years, but then went downhill quickly...the whole premise of the show was lost when Mike and Gloria moved next door... (in fact, the premise was lost when Mike got a job in the first place)

I'm appreciating MASH more now (my wife loves that show) than I did when it was on...I got tired of it during it's original run...the show started when I was in Jr. High, and ended after I was out of college! WOW It's not on where we are, but we're buying the DVDs...

The Cosby Show, got sick of that after about 3 seasons...went on way too long...

I love the Brady Bunch, I can still watch MOST of their episodes (the eps I can't watch any more are the vacations to Grand Canyon and Hawaii, the pilot episode, and Great Grandma Hutchins meets Great Grandpa Brady, along with a couple of others,like the Davey Jones ep)...but I love Marcia and Jan

Never liked Laverne and Shirley, although I thought Cindy Williams was very cute

Always liked My Three Sons, particularly when Katie was added to the cast

Cheers was great!

I like I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, and the Munsters...I like Andy Griffith, but not 15 times a day (are you listening, TV Land?)

As I said earlier, it's tough to narrow it down to 5 shows, or even 10...or 20...

Dude111 · 07-17-2026, 12:43 AM

All in the Family
Happy Days
The Brady Bunch
The Andy Griffith Show
Bewitched

Bonniegirl · 07-17-2026, 01:59 AM

I Love Lucy
Gilligan's Island
Brady Bunch
Friends
Sanford & Son

Alan Brady's Hair · 07-17-2026, 05:11 AM

The question was five for fifty years of sitcoms. Here's seven for seventy years:

I Love Lucy
The Beverly Hillbillies
All in the Family
Laverne &:Shirley
The Cosby Show
Seinfeld
The Big Bang Theory

These are the only seven sitcoms that finished #1 in the annual Nielsen ratings two or more times

Dude111 · 07-17-2026, 07:25 AM

No surprise All in the family did!

Stupid Gloria and Mike wanted to move for his job! (He could have gotton 1 there in NYC)

Bonniegirl · 07-17-2026, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

I Love Lucy
Gilligan's Island
Brady Bunch
Friends
Sanford & Son

How could I forget Leave it to Beaver?

tlc38tlc38 · 07-17-2026, 06:07 PM

My personal top-5 sitcoms that I consider classics. Some would disagree with this but that’s okay.

1. I Love Lucy
2. Mama’s Family
3. The Golden Girls
4. Green Acres
5. The Beverly Hillbillies

Bonniegirl · 07-18-2026, 02:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tlc38tlc38

My personal top-5 sitcoms that I consider classics. Some would disagree with this but that’s okay.

1. I Love Lucy
2. Mama’s Family
3. The Golden Girls
4. Green Acres
5. The Beverly Hillbillies

Yes ! Green Acres & Petticoat Junction too. Both classics to me !

AMackII · 07-19-2026, 11:21 PM

The Brady Bunch
Happy Days
All in the Family
The Golden Girls
Threes Company

biffbronson · 07-20-2026, 11:44 AM

Here are 2 that I want to go with:

I Love Lucy is the 1st one that came to mind for me.

The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet: great longevity, and pioneered the "family sitcom" genre for TV (after it was established in radio).

ThisLittlePiggy · 07-20-2026, 04:56 PM

The Andy Griffith Show
I Love Lucy
The Honeymooners
All in the Family
Seinfeld

+1

The Golden Girls

stevea · 07-20-2026, 05:51 PM

Too hard to narrow it down to 5.

It would be easier to do it by decade, or maybe 20 years--nearly a generation.

06-13-2003, 12:16 PM	#16
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tlc38tlc38 Every day’s a Dolly day! Forum Star Join Date: May 02, 2008 Location: I’m just travelin’ thru Posts: 19,271	My personal top-5 sitcoms that I consider classics. Some would disagree with this but that’s okay. 1. I Love Lucy 2. Mama’s Family 3. The Golden Girls 4. Green Acres 5. The Beverly Hillbillies
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06-17-2003, 10:44 PM	#18
Tweety Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 18, 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 6,804	Wow...a lot of great choices out there... Since it's truly impossible to pick the 5 best and most classic shows of all time, I'll throw a few others into the mix... I don't think these have been mentioned yet... Get Smart The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Hogan's Heroes The Odd Couple Green Acres Beverly Hillbilies ooops, that's six... If I had to pick my top 5 favorites, they would probably be: I Love Lucy (which had no bad episodes) Seinfeld (which had a few sub-par episodes, but the best episodes were so great, they more than made up for it) The Dick Van Dyke Show (again, never made a bad episode) Green Acres (comedy was far, far ahead of it's time) The Honeymooners (just the classic 39...which were indeed, all classics) Close behind would be Leave It To Beaver Happy Days went on far too long, IMHO All in the Family was great for 2-3 years, but then went downhill quickly...the whole premise of the show was lost when Mike and Gloria moved next door... (in fact, the premise was lost when Mike got a job in the first place) I'm appreciating MASH more now (my wife loves that show) than I did when it was on...I got tired of it during it's original run...the show started when I was in Jr. High, and ended after I was out of college! WOW It's not on where we are, but we're buying the DVDs... The Cosby Show, got sick of that after about 3 seasons...went on way too long... I love the Brady Bunch, I can still watch MOST of their episodes (the eps I can't watch any more are the vacations to Grand Canyon and Hawaii, the pilot episode, and Great Grandma Hutchins meets Great Grandpa Brady, along with a couple of others,like the Davey Jones ep)...but I love Marcia and Jan Never liked Laverne and Shirley, although I thought Cindy Williams was very cute Always liked My Three Sons, particularly when Katie was added to the cast Cheers was great! I like I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, and the Munsters...I like Andy Griffith, but not 15 times a day (are you listening, TV Land?) As I said earlier, it's tough to narrow it down to 5 shows, or even 10...or 20...

07-17-2026, 12:43 AM	#19
Dude111 Forum Legend Join Date: Nov 05, 2013 Posts: 36,768	All in the Family Happy Days The Brady Bunch The Andy Griffith Show Bewitched

07-17-2026, 01:59 AM	#20
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,957	I Love Lucy Gilligan's Island Brady Bunch Friends Sanford & Son

07-17-2026, 05:11 AM	#21
Alan Brady's Hair Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 30, 2014 Posts: 1,835	The question was five for fifty years of sitcoms. Here's seven for seventy years: I Love Lucy The Beverly Hillbillies All in the Family Laverne &:Shirley The Cosby Show Seinfeld The Big Bang Theory These are the only seven sitcoms that finished #1 in the annual Nielsen ratings two or more times

07-17-2026, 07:25 AM	#22
Dude111 Forum Legend Join Date: Nov 05, 2013 Posts: 36,768	No surprise All in the family did! Stupid Gloria and Mike wanted to move for his job! (He could have gotton 1 there in NYC)

07-19-2026, 11:21 PM	#26
AMackII Member Forum Star Join Date: Oct 23, 2015 Location: St. Louis Posts: 17,230	The Brady Bunch Happy Days All in the Family The Golden Girls Threes Company

07-20-2026, 11:44 AM	#27
biffbronson Sentimental Fool Forum Star Join Date: Aug 22, 2009 Location: Near Notre Dame Posts: 10,547	Here are 2 that I want to go with: I Love Lucy is the 1st one that came to mind for me. The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet: great longevity, and pioneered the "*family* sitcom" genre for TV (after it was established in radio).

07-20-2026, 04:56 PM	#28
ThisLittlePiggy Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Nov 02, 2013 Posts: 85,287	The Andy Griffith Show I Love Lucy The Honeymooners All in the Family Seinfeld +1 The Golden Girls

07-20-2026, 05:51 PM	#29
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,977	Too hard to narrow it down to 5. It would be easier to do it by decade, or maybe 20 years--nearly a generation.