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icecream · 12-08-2007, 09:05 PM

What are the best three shows of each decade?

1950s
I Love Lucy
Dragnet
Leave it to Beaver

1960s
I Dream of Jeannie
Bewitched
Family Affair

1970s
M*A*S*H
Adam-12
Happy Days

1980s
Family Ties
The Wonder Years
Benson

1990s
Early Edition
7th Heaven
Frasier

2000s
Hope & Faith
Reba
Without a Trace

mrs.gingerhinkley · 12-09-2007, 11:59 AM

50's:
I Love Lucy
Honeymooners
Leave it to Beaver

60's
Gilligan's Island
The Munsters
I Dream of Jeanie or Bewitched (tie)

70's
Brady Bunch
All in the Family
M*A*S*H

80's
no preference

90's
Sabrina

2000's
That 70's Show

NOVARick · 12-09-2007, 08:16 PM

1950s
I Love Lucy
The Honeymooners
Leave It to Beaver

1960s
The Andy Griffith Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Beverly Hillbillies/The Lucy Show (tie)

1970s
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
All in the Family
The Carol Burnett Show

1980s
Cheers
The Golden Girls
The Cosby Show

1990s
Seinfeld
Frasier
The Wonder Years

2000s
The Office
Will and Grace
Everybody Loves Raymond

USATVFAN · 12-09-2007, 08:41 PM

1950s
1. I Love Lucy
2.Leave It To Beaver

1960s
1.The Andy Griffth Show
2.Beverly Hillbellies
3.Hogan Heroes

1970s
1.The Jeffersons
2.Three's Company
3.All In The Family

1980s
1.Amen
2.Cheers
3.The Cosby Show

1990s
1.Home Improvement
2.Roseanne
3.Seinfeld

2000s
1.Friends
2.Everybody Love Raymond
3.8 Simple Rules

Dean Winchester · 12-10-2007, 12:14 AM

1960's:
Bewitched
I Dream Of Jeannie
Patty Duke Show

1970's:
One Day At A Time
Maude
The Jeffersons

1980's:
Golden Girls
Facts Of Life
Cosby Show

1990's:
Roseanne
Seinfeld
Ellen

2000's:
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Sex And The City
Curb Your Enthusiasm

tv star collector · 12-10-2007, 08:47 AM

Limiting my choices to only sitcoms:

'50s
1. I Love Lucy
2. Honeymooners
3. Leave It to Beaver

'60s
1. Andy Griffith Show
2. Beverly Hillbillies/Munsters (tie)
3. Get Smart

'70s
1. Partridge Family
2. Happy Days
3. All in the Family

'80s
1. The Cosby Show
2. ALF
3. Family Ties

'90s
1. Frasier
2. Everybody Loves Raymond
3. King of Queens

benjamoon · 12-10-2007, 03:56 PM

1950s
1) I Love Lucy
2) Leave it to Beaver
3) Father Knows Best

1960s
1) Bewitched
2) Get Smart
3) The Dick Van Dyke Show

1970s
1) The Mary Tyler Moore Show
2) Happy Days
3) M*A*S*H

1980s
1) Cheers
2) Newhart
3) Who's the Boss?

1990s
1) Friends
2) Mad About You
3) Everybody Loves Raymond

2000s
1) American Dreams
2) The Office
3) According to Jim

megamanj2004 · 12-10-2007, 04:50 PM

This is quite a toughie for me:

1950s

Sitcoms
I Love Lucy
Father Knows Best
Leave It to Beaver

Dramas
Dragnet
Gunsmoke
Car 54, Where Are You?

1960s

Sitcoms:
Bewitched/I Dream of Jeannie (tie)
Get Smart
Beverly Hillbillies, The

Dramas
Mission: Impossible
Fugitive, The
The F.B.I.

1970s

Sitcoms:
All in the Family
Jeffersons, The
Mary Tyler Moore Show, The/Barney Miller (tie)

Dramas
Hawaii Five-O
Rockford Files, The
Kojak

1980s

Sitcoms:
Cheers
Cosby Show, The
Newhart

Dramas
Dallas
Simon & Simon
Hill Street Blues/Cagney & Lacey (tie)

1990s

Sitcoms:
Empty Nest
Simpsons, The
Married With Children

Dramas
NYPD Blue
Law and Order
New York Undercover

2000s

Sitcoms:
George Lopez Show, The
King of Queens
Malcolm in the Middle

Dramas
Sopranos, The
CSI
Cold Case

tv star collector · 12-10-2007, 07:33 PM

CAR 54 a drama??? Odd, when I watched that show every week--during
its original run (1961-1963)--it was hysterically funny! I don't know what
cop show you're thinking of .. but CAR 54, WHERE ARE YOU? was definitely
a comedy (and a darn funny one, too).

NOVARick · 12-10-2007, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tv star collector

CAR 54 a drama??? Odd, when I watched that show every week--during
its original run (1961-1963)--it was hysterically funny! I don't know what
cop show you're thinking of .. but CAR 54, WHERE ARE YOU? was definitely
a comedy (and a darn funny one, too).

I was wondering the same thing.

Nothing dramatic about that zany show!

megamanj2004 · 12-11-2007, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tv star collector

CAR 54 a drama??? Odd, when I watched that show every week--during
its original run (1961-1963)--it was hysterically funny! I don't know what
cop show you're thinking of .. but CAR 54, WHERE ARE YOU? was definitely
a comedy (and a darn funny one, too).

Whoops, my bad...lol.

The title name sounded like a drama or something, because I remember wtaching reruns of this show and I was too young to remember how funny this show was.

vtunie · 12-11-2007, 02:57 PM

Very subjectively:

Sitcoms
1950's

1. I Love Lucy
2. Honeymooners
3. Gomer Pyle, USMC

1960's

1. Bewitched
2. I Dream of Jeannie
3. Odd Couple (is it 70's?)

1970's

1. Three's Company
2. M*A*S*H
3. Welcome Back, Kotter

1980's

1. a.k.a Pablo
2. Married with Children
(not a sitcom decade, really. I liked Remington Steele and Moonlighting)

1990's

(not a sitcom decade, Friends, Frasier and Seinfeld being execrable

! Actually bad TV decade, period. Pinky and the Brain, though it's animated, is the only good show)

2000's

1. Big Bang
2. 8 Simple Rules (pre-Sept. 2003)
3. ??????

Top 3, cumulative

1. Three's Company
2. Big Bang
3. a.k.a. Pablo

Dramas/action
1950's
?

1960's

1. 77 Sunset Strip
2. Man from U.N.C.L.E

1970's

1. Columbo
2. CHIPs
3. ????

1980's

1. Remington Steele
2. Moonlighting
3. A-Team

1990's

1. JAG
2-3 ?

2000's

1. Ugly Betty
2-3 ?

Top 3, cumulative

1. 77 Sunset Strip
2. Remington Steele
3. Man from UNCLE

tv star collector · 12-11-2007, 03:58 PM

GOMER PYLE belongs in the '60s list (it debuted on Sept. 24, 1964). It was a spinoff of THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW (which didn't begin until Oct. 3, 1960).

THE ODD COUPLE premiered on Sept. 24, 1970. So, yes, it was a '70s show.

Adamantium · 12-11-2007, 05:29 PM

Sitcoms Only:

1950s
1. I Love Lucy
2. The Honeymooners
3. Make Room for Daddy (aka The Danny Thomas Show)

1960s
1. My Three Sons
2. Car 54, Where Are You?
3. F Troop

1970s
1. The Odd Couple
2. Happy Days
3. Chico and the Man

1980s
1. Charles In Charge
2. Perfect Strangers
3. ALF

1990s
1. NewsRadio
2. Wings
3. Ellen

2000s
1. That '70s Show
2. The King of Queens
3. Curb Your Enthusiasm

EmoJoe · 12-11-2007, 07:22 PM

hmmm...

1950's
1. I Love Lucy
2. Leave it to Beaver
3. ...The Honeymooners?

1960's
1. I Dream of Jeannie
2. Bewitched
3. Gilligan's Island

1970's
1. Three's Company
2. Happy Days
3. All in the Family

1980's
1. Who's the Boss?
2. Family Ties
3. The Facts of Life

1990's
1. Married...with Children
2. Boy Meets World
3. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

2000's
1. 30 Rock
2. Scrubs
3. Everybody Loves Raymond

12-08-2007, 09:05 PM	#1
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12-09-2007, 11:59 AM	#2
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12-09-2007, 08:16 PM	#3
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12-10-2007, 03:56 PM	#7
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12-10-2007, 04:50 PM	#8
megamanj2004 Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 21, 2004 Posts: 2,357	This is quite a toughie for me: 1950s Sitcoms I Love Lucy Father Knows Best Leave It to Beaver Dramas Dragnet Gunsmoke Car 54, Where Are You? 1960s Sitcoms: Bewitched/I Dream of Jeannie (tie) Get Smart Beverly Hillbillies, The Dramas Mission: Impossible Fugitive, The The F.B.I. 1970s Sitcoms: All in the Family Jeffersons, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The/Barney Miller (tie) Dramas Hawaii Five-O Rockford Files, The Kojak 1980s Sitcoms: Cheers Cosby Show, The Newhart Dramas Dallas Simon & Simon Hill Street Blues/Cagney & Lacey (tie) 1990s Sitcoms: Empty Nest Simpsons, The Married With Children Dramas NYPD Blue Law and Order New York Undercover 2000s Sitcoms: George Lopez Show, The King of Queens Malcolm in the Middle Dramas Sopranos, The CSI Cold Case
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12-09-2007, 08:41 PM	#4
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12-10-2007, 12:14 AM	#5
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12-10-2007, 08:47 AM	#6
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12-10-2007, 07:33 PM	#9
tv star collector I Love Susie Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 18, 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 4,486	CAR 54 a drama??? Odd, when I watched that show every week--during its original run (1961-1963)--it was hysterically funny! I don't know what cop show you're thinking of .. but CAR 54, WHERE ARE YOU? was definitely a comedy (and a darn funny one, too).

12-11-2007, 02:57 PM	#12
vtunie Member Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 23, 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 592	Very subjectively: Sitcoms 1950's 1. I Love Lucy 2. Honeymooners 3. Gomer Pyle, USMC 1960's 1. Bewitched 2. I Dream of Jeannie 3. Odd Couple (is it 70's?) 1970's 1. Three's Company 2. MAS*H 3. Welcome Back, Kotter 1980's 1. a.k.a Pablo 2. Married with Children (not a sitcom decade, really. I liked Remington Steele and Moonlighting) 1990's (not a sitcom decade, Friends, Frasier and Seinfeld being execrable ! Actually bad TV decade, period. Pinky and the Brain, though it's animated, is the only good show) 2000's 1. Big Bang 2. 8 Simple Rules (pre-Sept. 2003) 3. ?????? Top 3, cumulative 1. Three's Company 2. Big Bang 3. a.k.a. Pablo Dramas/action 1950's ? 1960's 1. 77 Sunset Strip 2. Man from U.N.C.L.E 1970's 1. Columbo 2. CHIPs 3. ???? 1980's 1. Remington Steele 2. Moonlighting 3. A-Team 1990's 1. JAG 2-3 ? 2000's 1. Ugly Betty 2-3 ? Top 3, cumulative 1. 77 Sunset Strip 2. Remington Steele 3. Man from UNCLE
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12-11-2007, 03:58 PM	#13
tv star collector I Love Susie Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 18, 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 4,486	GOMER PYLE belongs in the '60s list (it debuted on Sept. 24, 1964). It was a spinoff of THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW (which didn't begin until Oct. 3, 1960). THE ODD COUPLE premiered on Sept. 24, 1970. So, yes, it was a '70s show.

12-11-2007, 05:29 PM	#14
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12-11-2007, 07:22 PM	#15
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