How would you rank these 30 comedies from 1990-2005? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Dean Winchester · 02-05-2006, 02:33 PM

I know some of these shows started in the 80's but didn't reach their peak until the 1990's, since this list goes up to last year, there's 30 instead of 25 because there's a little more to go round

rank these from #1 to #30
Arrested Development
Boy Meets World
Coach
Cosby
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Different World
Drew Carey
Ellen
Everybody Loves Raymond
Family Matters
Frasier
Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air
Friends
Full House
Home Improvement
Mad About You
Married with Children
Murphy Brown
Nanny
Newsradio
Roseanne
Seinfeld
Sex And The City
Spin City
Step By Step
Suddenly Susan
Third Rock
Will And Grace
Wings
Wonder Years

Dean Winchester · 02-05-2006, 02:39 PM

1. Roseanne
2. Sex And The City
3. Seinfeld
4. Curb Your Enthusiasm
5. Ellen
6. Different World
7. Arrested Development
8. Friends
9. Murphy Brown
10. Frasier
11. Third Rock
12. Newsradio
13. Suddenly Susan
14. Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air
15. Mad About You
16. Coach
17. Wings
18. Spin City
19. Wonder Years
20. Cosby
21. Family Matters
22. Drew Carey
23. Will And Grace
24. Boy Meets World
25. Married with Children
26. Step By Step
27. Home Improvement
28. Nanny
29. Everybody Loves Raymond
30. Full House

Madness · 02-05-2006, 04:39 PM

This was tough...as soon as I hit 20 I realized I just really can't stand any of those shows.

1.Curb Your Enthusiasm
2.Full House
3.Wonder Years
4.Married with Children
5.Wings
6.Roseanne
7.Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air
8.Home Improvement
9.Frasier
10.Cosby
11.Drew Carey
12.Boy Meets World
13.Step By Step
14.Nanny
15.Family Matters
16.Different World
17.Third Rock
18.Seinfeld
19.Mad About You
20.Newsradio
21.Everybody Loves Raymond
22.Sex And The City
23.Coach
24.Friends
25.Ellen
26.Arrested Development
27.Will And Grace
28.Suddenly Susan
29.Spin City
30.Murphy Brown

vashti1999 · 02-05-2006, 05:28 PM

Wow, I literally haven't seen half of these shows, or not enough to judge them fairly. So by default some shows are in the top half of my list when they ordinarily wouldn't be, just because I haven't seen the others.

1.Different World
2.Arrested Development
3.Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air
4.Married with Children
5.Wonder Years
6.Boy Meets World
7.Roseanne
8.Family Matters
9.Third Rock
10.Step By Step
11.Home Improvement
12.Seinfeld
13.Cosby
14.Full House
15.Friends

Episodes of the following shows, I've seen one or none. In random order:
16.Will And Grace
17.Ellen
18.Coach
19.Drew Carey
20.Nanny
21.Newsradio
22.Mad About You
23.Curb Your Enthusiasm
24.Sex And The City
25.Suddenly Susan
26.Spin City
27.Frasier
28.Murphy Brown
29.Wings
30.Everybody Loves Raymond

Shows like Martin and Living Single should have been included.

Dean Winchester · 02-05-2006, 05:35 PM

yep, Living Single and That 70's Show both came to mind after I had posted it

vashti1999 · 02-05-2006, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by barwars

Do you.... hate yourself?? You have to see these shows.

Will and Grace - the only ep I remember watching was the Janet Jackson ep

Ellen - the coming out ep

All the others, what can I say? Nothing drew me in to ever check them out.

Johnny S · 02-05-2006, 10:52 PM

1. Friends
2. Seinfeld
3. Everybody Loves Raymond
4. Full House
5. Will And Grace
6. Frasier
7. Drew Carey
8. Home Improvement
9. Married with Children
10. Sex And The City
11. Family Matters
12. Boy Meets World
13. Newsradio
14. Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air
15. Spin City
16. Third Rock
17. Ellen
18. Roseanne
19. Step By Step
20. Arrested Development
21. Curb Your Enthusiasm
22. Mad About You
23. Murphy Brown
24. Nanny
25. Coach

#'s 26-30 I Have Never Really Seen:
Cosby
Different World
Suddenly Susan
Wings
Wonder Years

Dean Winchester · 02-05-2006, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vashti1999

Will and Grace - the only ep I remember watching was the Janet Jackson ep

Ellen - the coming out ep

All the others, what can I say? Nothing drew me in to ever check them out.

you really should check out Curb on HBO-In Demand, HBO is back to the first season there, if you like Arrested, you'd probably love CYE too. Yes, Larry David is associated with both Curb and Seinfeld, but I wouldn't say the two shows are mutually exclusive to where if you like one show, you'll like the other, or dislike one and dislike the other. They are nice companion pieces, but also very different. I also love the guest stars on there too, the celebrities who go on there are actually playing themselves in not-so-flattering ways, and it's great. Any episode that has either Richard Lewis or Wanda Sykes is going to be a masterpiece IMO. Season 5 boasted a lot of great guest stars too (yet not in a stuntcasting way) from Mayim Bialik, to Dustin Hoffman and Bea Arthur.

I think Larry David proved with Curb that he was really the true brains behind Seinfeld.

vashti1999 · 02-05-2006, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HUNG UP!

you really should check out Curb on HBO-In Demand, HBO is back to the first season there, if you like Arrested, you'd probably love CYE too.

I actually planned on doing that. I planned on recording it a while back when the cycle on HBO On Demand was at the beginning of the series, because I wanted to watch it from the start, but for whatever reason let time pass and never recorded them. So I planned on doing it again the next time it was back on season 1, but now the first 5 episodes will be gone by midnight tonight.

I do plan on checking out CYE eventually. Maybe I'll just start with episode #6.

Dean Winchester · 02-05-2006, 11:24 PM

actually, the second half of season 1 is better than the first half, seasons 2 and 3 are definately the peaks but 4 and 5 were good too

Ronn Harmon · 02-06-2006, 04:07 AM

1. Full House
2. Home Improvement
3. Seinfeld
4. Roseanne
5. Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
6. Married with Children
7. Coach
8. Wings
9. The Nanny
10. Mad About You
11. Sex and the City
12. Friends
13. Family Matters
14. A Different World
15. Boy Meets World
16. Frasier
17. Spin City
18. Arrested Development
19. Wonder Years
20. Curb Your Enthusiasm
21. 3rd Rock From the Sun
22. Newsradio
23. Murphy Brown
24. Everybody Loves Raymond
25. Suddenly Susan
26. Will and Grace
27. Step by Step
28. Ellen
29. Cosby
30. Drew Carey

troopoleon8897 · 02-06-2006, 05:11 PM

1. Roseanne
2. Home Improvement
3. Seinfeld
4. Ellen
5. The Drew Carey Show
6. Full House
7. Boy Meets World
8. The Nanny
9. The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air
10. The Wonder Years
11. Frasier
12. Married...With Children
13. NewsRadio
14. Wings
15. Friends
16. Mad About You
17. Family Matters
18. Step By Step
19. Everybody Loves Raymond
20. A Different World
21. Cosby
22. 3rd Rock From The Sun
23. Arrested Development
24. Curb Your Enthusiasm
25. Coach
26. Will & Grace
27. Sex In The City
28. Murphy Brown
29. Spin City
30. Suddenly Susan

Adamantium · 02-06-2006, 05:56 PM

I've seen all of the shows, so I don't have to leave any out.

1. NewsRadio
2. Wings
3. Ellen
4. Boy Meets World
5. Curb Your Enthusiasm
6. Arrested Development
7. Step by Step
8. Family Matters
9. Friends
10. The Wonder Years
11. Married ... With Children
12. Everybody Loves Raymond
13. Full House
14. Coach
15. Seinfeld
16. Roseanne
17. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
18. Home Improvement
19. Cosby
20. Spin City
21. The Drew Carey Show
22. Frasier
23. Murphy Brown
24. 3rd Rock from the Sun
25. Mad About You
26. Suddenly Susan
27. A Different World
28. Sex and the City
29. Will & Grace
30. The Nanny

ky24943 · 02-06-2006, 06:52 PM

1. Roseanne
2. Married with Children
3. Drew Carey
4. A Different World
5. Ellen
6. Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
7. 3rd Rock
8. Step By Step
9. Boy Meets World
10. The Nanny
11. Family Matters
12. Full House
13. Home Improvement
14. Murphy Brown
15. Wonder Years
16. Everybody Loves Raymond
17. Spin City
18. Will and Grace
19. Friends
20. Cosby
21. Mad About You
22. Coach

NEVER SEEN
Arrested Development
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Frasier
Newsradio
Seinfeld
Sex and the City
Suddenly Susan
Wings

Nighthawk76 · 02-06-2006, 07:41 PM

1. Boy Meets World
2. Coach
3. Married With Children
4. The Wonder Years
5. Sex And the City
6. Different World
7. Step By Step
8. Ellen
9. Home Inprovement
10. Mad About You
11. Drew Carey
12. Everybody Loves Raymond
13. Roseanne
14. Friends
15. Wings
16. Family Matters
17. Full House

I have not seen any episodes of the other shows.

02-05-2006, 05:28 PM	#4
vashti1999 NY METS - #1 Forum Fanatic Join Date: Oct 14, 2003 Location: The world's greatest city - New York City Posts: 11,404	Wow, I literally haven't seen half of these shows, or not enough to judge them fairly. So by default some shows are in the top half of my list when they ordinarily wouldn't be, just because I haven't seen the others. 1.Different World 2.Arrested Development 3.Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air 4.Married with Children 5.Wonder Years 6.Boy Meets World 7.Roseanne 8.Family Matters 9.Third Rock 10.Step By Step 11.Home Improvement 12.Seinfeld 13.Cosby 14.Full House 15.Friends Episodes of the following shows, I've seen one or none. In random order: 16.Will And Grace 17.Ellen 18.Coach 19.Drew Carey 20.Nanny 21.Newsradio 22.Mad About You 23.Curb Your Enthusiasm 24.Sex And The City 25.Suddenly Susan 26.Spin City 27.Frasier 28.Murphy Brown 29.Wings 30.Everybody Loves Raymond Shows like Martin and Living Single should have been included.
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02-05-2006, 02:33 PM	#1
Dean Winchester Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 28, 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 14,803	How would you rank these 30 comedies from 1990-2005? I know some of these shows started in the 80's but didn't reach their peak until the 1990's, since this list goes up to last year, there's 30 instead of 25 because there's a little more to go round rank these from #1 to #30 Arrested Development Boy Meets World Coach Cosby Curb Your Enthusiasm Different World Drew Carey Ellen Everybody Loves Raymond Family Matters Frasier Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air Friends Full House Home Improvement Mad About You Married with Children Murphy Brown Nanny Newsradio Roseanne Seinfeld Sex And The City Spin City Step By Step Suddenly Susan Third Rock Will And Grace Wings Wonder Years

02-05-2006, 02:39 PM	#2
Dean Winchester Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 28, 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 14,803	1. Roseanne 2. Sex And The City 3. Seinfeld 4. Curb Your Enthusiasm 5. Ellen 6. Different World 7. Arrested Development 8. Friends 9. Murphy Brown 10. Frasier 11. Third Rock 12. Newsradio 13. Suddenly Susan 14. Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air 15. Mad About You 16. Coach 17. Wings 18. Spin City 19. Wonder Years 20. Cosby 21. Family Matters 22. Drew Carey 23. Will And Grace 24. Boy Meets World 25. Married with Children 26. Step By Step 27. Home Improvement 28. Nanny 29. Everybody Loves Raymond 30. Full House

02-05-2006, 04:39 PM	#3
Madness I call it the rocket Senior Member Join Date: May 03, 2000 Posts: 2,047	This was tough...as soon as I hit 20 I realized I just really can't stand any of those shows. 1.Curb Your Enthusiasm 2.Full House 3.Wonder Years 4.Married with Children 5.Wings 6.Roseanne 7.Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air 8.Home Improvement 9.Frasier 10.Cosby 11.Drew Carey 12.Boy Meets World 13.Step By Step 14.Nanny 15.Family Matters 16.Different World 17.Third Rock 18.Seinfeld 19.Mad About You 20.Newsradio 21.Everybody Loves Raymond 22.Sex And The City 23.Coach 24.Friends 25.Ellen 26.Arrested Development 27.Will And Grace 28.Suddenly Susan 29.Spin City 30.Murphy Brown

02-05-2006, 05:35 PM	#5
Dean Winchester Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 28, 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 14,803	yep, Living Single and That 70's Show both came to mind after I had posted it

02-05-2006, 11:24 PM	#10
Dean Winchester Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 28, 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 14,803	actually, the second half of season 1 is better than the first half, seasons 2 and 3 are definately the peaks but 4 and 5 were good too

02-06-2006, 04:07 AM	#11
Ronn Harmon Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 05, 2005 Posts: 181	1. Full House 2. Home Improvement 3. Seinfeld 4. Roseanne 5. Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 6. Married with Children 7. Coach 8. Wings 9. The Nanny 10. Mad About You 11. Sex and the City 12. Friends 13. Family Matters 14. A Different World 15. Boy Meets World 16. Frasier 17. Spin City 18. Arrested Development 19. Wonder Years 20. Curb Your Enthusiasm 21. 3rd Rock From the Sun 22. Newsradio 23. Murphy Brown 24. Everybody Loves Raymond 25. Suddenly Susan 26. Will and Grace 27. Step by Step 28. Ellen 29. Cosby 30. Drew Carey

02-06-2006, 05:56 PM	#13
Adamantium TVAdam No More Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 11, 2002 Location: Springfield, Ohio Posts: 7,839	I've seen all of the shows, so I don't have to leave any out. 1. NewsRadio 2. Wings 3. Ellen 4. Boy Meets World 5. Curb Your Enthusiasm 6. Arrested Development 7. Step by Step 8. Family Matters 9. Friends 10. The Wonder Years 11. Married ... With Children 12. Everybody Loves Raymond 13. Full House 14. Coach 15. Seinfeld 16. Roseanne 17. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 18. Home Improvement 19. Cosby 20. Spin City 21. The Drew Carey Show 22. Frasier 23. Murphy Brown 24. 3rd Rock from the Sun 25. Mad About You 26. Suddenly Susan 27. A Different World 28. Sex and the City 29. Will & Grace 30. The Nanny

02-06-2006, 07:41 PM	#15
Nighthawk76 Rachel Berry Forum Celebrity Join Date: Feb 28, 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 23,254	1. Boy Meets World 2. Coach 3. Married With Children 4. The Wonder Years 5. Sex And the City 6. Different World 7. Step By Step 8. Ellen 9. Home Inprovement 10. Mad About You 11. Drew Carey 12. Everybody Loves Raymond 13. Roseanne 14. Friends 15. Wings 16. Family Matters 17. Full House I have not seen any episodes of the other shows.