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goldengirlsfreak · 12-29-2011, 11:26 PM

1960's to now. For the 2000's, don't put shows that are still airing. You don't have to rank them.

Here are mine:

60's
The Addams Family
The Andy Griffith Show
Bewitched
Gilligan's Island
I Dream of Jeannie

70's
All in the Family
Happy Days
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Maude
Three's Company

80's
The Golden Girls
The Facts of Life
Cheers
Family Ties
The Cosby Show

90's
3rd Rock from the Sun
Frasier
Full House
Roseanne
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

00's
The King of Queens
Sex and the City
8 Simple Rules
Will and Grace
Samantha Who?

Current
Modern Family
30 Rock
Suburgatory
Two and a Half Men
Parks and Recreation

waichingliu81 · 01-01-2012, 10:16 PM

70s

1. the jeffersons
2. good times
3. what's happening

(only 3)

80s

1. diff'rent strokes
2. married with children
3. the cosby show
4. roseanne
5. webster

90s

1. caroline in the city
2. frasier
3. fresh prince of bel air
4. hangin' with mr cooper
5. in the house

00s

1. the parkers
2. that's so raven
3. back to you
4. scrubs

(only 4)

tvfreak1987 · 01-02-2012, 01:55 AM

60's:
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Bewitched
I Dream Of Jeannie
Get Smart
The Beverly Hillbillies

HM: Car 54, Where Are You?

70's:
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Bob Newhart Show
Happy Days
Three's Company
Maude

HM: The Odd Couple, Soap

80's:
The Cosby Show
Cheers
Night Court
Family Ties
Newhart

HM: The Golden Girls

90's:
Roseanne
The Wonder Years
Wings
Murphy Brown
A Different World

HM: The Drew Carey Show, Empty Nest

00's: (5 may be a stretch here)
Everybody Loves Raymond
The King Of Queens
(the next 3 are the stretch I referred to. The only other sitcoms I at least somewhat liked in the last decade that aren't still on now)
Will & Grace
According To Jim
My Name Is Earl

Now:
How I Met Your Mother
The Big Bang Theory
Two and a Half Men
Mike & Molly
Rules Of Engagement

HM: Modern Family

EmoJoe · 01-02-2012, 03:37 AM

'60s
1. I Dream of Jeannie
2. The Dick Van Dyke Show
3. Bewitched
4. Gilligan's Island
ehh...that's it

'70s
1. Mary Tyler Moore Show
2. All in the Family
3. Three's Company
4. Happy Days
5. Soap

'80s
1. Cheers
2. Who's the Boss (i liked it a lot as a kid!)
3. Family Ties
4. ...

'90s
1. Boy Meets World
2. The Nanny
3. Married With Children
4. Seinfeld
5. Friends

00s (i'm considering this anything that aired in the '00s and does not air now)
1. Arrested Development
2. Everybody Loves Raymond
3. Scrubs
4. uh...Will and Grace?
5. ...

Now:

1. 30 Rock
2. Parks & Recreation
3. Community
4. Up All Night
5. New Girl (Modern Family would go here or higher if it didnt start to go downhill so quickly)

aside from now and the 70s, every decade had a few really good shows and then a bunch of ****, generally speaking. (i guess the 90s were ok too)

*Pleasant Tomorrow* · 01-02-2012, 03:45 AM

60's
I enjoyed 60's sitcoms as a kid, but now I look at them like...wow, they really did just discover LSD, didn't they?
However Munsters. What a damned classic.

70's
1. Three's Company
2. Laverne and Shirley
3. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
4. All in the Family
5. The Jeffersons
6. Happy Days
7. Taxi

80's
1. The Golden Girls
2. Cheers
3. Growing Pains
4. I dunno, Benson was cool
5. omg im looking at the list and they tried to remake everything in the 80's

90's
1. Boy Meets World
2. Home Improvement
3. The Nanny
4. Friends
5. Married With Children
6. The Wonder Years
7. Roseanne

00's
1. Will and Grace
2. Everybody Loves Raymond
3. 8 Simple Rules
4. Arrested Development
5. Scrubs

Now
1. 30 Rock
2. Parks and Recreation
3. New Girl
4. Up All Night
5. meh

Zoneboy · 01-02-2012, 06:49 AM

50's

Amos 'N' Andy
The Honeymooners
The Phil Silvers Show
Topper
Leave it to Beaver

60's

Gomer Pyle USMC
The Andy Griffith Show
Dennis the Menace
The Munsters
Green Acres

70's

My World and Welcome to it
When Things Were Rotten
Love American Style
Sanford and Son
Soap

80's

Newhart
Archie Bunker's Place
Benson
Diff'rent Strokes
Amen

Retro4Life · 01-02-2012, 01:22 PM

*(I didn't include animated shows)

50's
1) Leave it to Beaver
2) I Love Lucy
3) Father Knows Best
4) Make Room for Daddy
5) The Donna Reed Show

60's
1) The Beverly Hillbillies
2) Bewitched
3) The Andy Griffith Show
4) Gilligan's Island
5) Green Acres

70's
1) All in the Family
2) The Mary Tyler Moore Show
3) Taxi
4) M*A*S*H
5) Barney Miller

80's
1) Family Ties
2) Golden Girls
3) Empty Nest
4) Newhart
5) Head of the Class

90's
1) Seinfeld
2) Friends
3) Everybody Loves Raymond
4) Roseanne
5) Frasier

2000s

1) Curb Your Enthusiasm

Uhhh...can't think of anymore that honestly make me laugh. Sorry.

BigManMike · 01-02-2012, 02:09 PM

50s
I Love Lucy
Leave It To Beaver

60s
The Andy Griffith Show
Gilligan's Island
Green Acres

70s
The Brady Bunch
Happy Days
Good Times
The Jeffersons
Three's Company

80s
Diff'rent Strokes
The Facts of Life
The Cosby Show
Family Ties
Who's the Boss?

90s
Full House
Family Matters
Home Improvement
The Nanny
Friends

00s
Everybody Hates Chris

Current
Two and a Half Men
iCarly
The Game
Mike and Molly

Skywalker · 01-02-2012, 04:13 PM

50's:

1. The Honeymooners
2. The Abbott and Costello Show

60's:

1. Bewitched
2. Get Smart
3. Car 54, Where Are You?
4. Gilligan's Island
5. Mister Ed

70's:

1. Three's Company
2. Taxi
3. The Odd Couple
4. WKRP
5. All in the Family

80's:

1. Cheers
2. Family Ties
3. Night Court
4. Married... With Children
5. Bosom Buddies

90's:

1. Wings
2. Seinfeld
3. Everybody Loves Raymond
4. Newsradio
5. Frasier

00's:

1. The Big Bang Theory
2. That 70's Show
3. Arrested Development
4. Curb Your Enthusiasm
5. The King of Queens

USATVFAN · 01-02-2012, 06:09 PM

I really don’t have many favorites from the 50’s or 60’s
1950’s
I Love Lucy
Leave It to Beaver
The Honeymooners
These are the only Sitcoms I have seen most episodes of From the 1950’s

1960’s
1. The Dick Van Dyke show
2. Hazel
3. Family Affair
4. Hogan’s Heroes
5. The Andy Griffin show

1970’s
1. Three’s Company
1. The Jeffersons
1. Maude
2. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
2. All In The Family
3. Happy Days
4. M*A*S*H
5. Laverne & Shirley
6, Good Times
Other: Bob Newhart Show and Rhoda

1980’s
Cheers
A Different World
The Golden Girls
227
Night Court
Mama’s Family

1990’s
Friends
Roseanne
Murphy Brown
Home Improvement
Seinfeld
Frasier
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

2000’s(Not many shows that I like from this decade)
Everybody Loves Raymond
Reba
The King of Queens
8 Simple Rules
That 70s show

Current
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation
Two and a half Men’s
30 Rock

Retro4Life · 01-02-2012, 07:08 PM

It's interesting how so many of us, regardless of age, comment that there aren't many good sitcoms in the past decade.

howierules86 · 01-02-2012, 09:56 PM

THE 80s
1. Head of the Class
2. Punky Brewster
3. ALF
4. The Hogan Family
5. Who's the Boss?

THE 90s
1. Empty Nest
2. Dinosaurs
3. Step By Step
4. Friends
5. Family Matters

THE 00s
1. That '70s Show
2. Reba
3. Bernie Mac Show
4. Malcolm In The Middle
5. What I Like About You

CURRENT
1. How I Met Your Mother
2. 30 Rock
3. Modern Family
4. The Big Bang Theory
5. New Girl

*Pleasant Tomorrow* · 01-03-2012, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Retro4Life

It's interesting how so many of us, regardless of age, comment that there aren't many good sitcoms in the past decade.

I feel like they're getting better, but in the 00's (especially the earlier half) they were terrible.

Er, they were getting better anyway. I don't know anymore with stuff like Whitney and Work it happening.

MickeyMac · 01-03-2012, 01:19 PM

1950's
Leave It To Beaver
Ozzie & Harriet
The Honeymooners
Father Knows Best
I Love Lucy

1960's
Bewitched
I Dream of Jeannie
The Flintstones
My Three Sons
Patty Duke Show

1970's
All In The Family
Sanford and Son
WKRP In Cincinnati

icecream · 01-03-2012, 06:38 PM

1950s
1. I Love Lucy
2. Ozzie & Harriet
3. Leave it to Beaver
4. Bachelor Father
5. Father Knows Best

1960s
1. I Dream of Jeannie
2. Bewitched
3. Family Affair
4. The Dick Van Dyke Show
5. Petticoat Junction

1970s
1. WKRP in Cincinnati
2. Barney Miller
3. M*A*S*H
4. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
5. Happy Days

1980s
1. Benson
2. The Wonder Years
3. Mork & Mindy
4. Newhart
5. Family Ties

1990s
1. Murphy Brown
2. Frasier
3. Mad About You
4. Home Improvement
5. Wings

2000s
1. Corner Gas
2. Dag
3. Back to You
4. Hope & Faith
5. Life With Bonnie

2010s
1. The Middle
2. Last Man Standing
3. Raising Hope
4. Working Class
5. Better With You

12-29-2011, 11:26 PM	#1
goldengirlsfreak Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 19, 2011 Location: new jersey Posts: 16	Your Top Five Sitcoms of Each Decade 1960's to now. For the 2000's, don't put shows that are still airing. You don't have to rank them. Here are mine: 60's The Addams Family The Andy Griffith Show Bewitched Gilligan's Island I Dream of Jeannie 70's All in the Family Happy Days The Mary Tyler Moore Show Maude Three's Company 80's The Golden Girls The Facts of Life Cheers Family Ties The Cosby Show 90's 3rd Rock from the Sun Frasier Full House Roseanne The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 00's The King of Queens Sex and the City 8 Simple Rules Will and Grace Samantha Who? Current Modern Family 30 Rock Suburgatory Two and a Half Men Parks and Recreation

01-02-2012, 01:55 AM	#3
tvfreak1987 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 10, 2009 Location: Jackson, MI Posts: 580	60's: The Dick Van Dyke Show Bewitched I Dream Of Jeannie Get Smart The Beverly Hillbillies HM: Car 54, Where Are You? 70's: The Mary Tyler Moore Show The Bob Newhart Show Happy Days Three's Company Maude HM: The Odd Couple, Soap 80's: The Cosby Show Cheers Night Court Family Ties Newhart HM: The Golden Girls 90's: Roseanne The Wonder Years Wings Murphy Brown A Different World HM: The Drew Carey Show, Empty Nest 00's: (5 may be a stretch here) Everybody Loves Raymond The King Of Queens (the next 3 are the stretch I referred to. The only other sitcoms I at least somewhat liked in the last decade that aren't still on now) Will & Grace According To Jim My Name Is Earl Now: How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory Two and a Half Men Mike & Molly Rules Of Engagement HM: Modern Family
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01-02-2012, 03:37 AM	#4
EmoJoe Cool cool cool Forum Addict Join Date: Apr 23, 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 71,478	'60s 1. I Dream of Jeannie 2. The Dick Van Dyke Show 3. Bewitched 4. Gilligan's Island ehh...that's it '70s 1. Mary Tyler Moore Show 2. All in the Family 3. Three's Company 4. Happy Days 5. Soap '80s 1. Cheers 2. Who's the Boss (i liked it a lot as a kid!) 3. Family Ties 4. ... '90s 1. Boy Meets World 2. The Nanny 3. Married With Children 4. Seinfeld 5. Friends 00s (i'm considering this anything that aired in the '00s and does not air now) 1. Arrested Development 2. Everybody Loves Raymond 3. Scrubs 4. uh...Will and Grace? 5. ... Now: 1. 30 Rock 2. Parks & Recreation 3. Community 4. Up All Night 5. New Girl (Modern Family would go here or higher if it didnt start to go downhill so quickly) aside from now and the 70s, every decade had a few really good shows and then a bunch of ****, generally speaking. (i guess the 90s were ok too)
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01-02-2012, 03:45 AM	#5
Pleasant Tomorrow Member Forum Addict Join Date: Feb 19, 2003 Location: New York Posts: 69,525	60's I enjoyed 60's sitcoms as a kid, but now I look at them like...wow, they really did just discover LSD, didn't they? However Munsters. What a damned classic. 70's 1. Three's Company 2. Laverne and Shirley 3. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 4. All in the Family 5. The Jeffersons 6. Happy Days 7. Taxi 80's 1. The Golden Girls 2. Cheers 3. Growing Pains 4. I dunno, Benson was cool 5. omg im looking at the list and they tried to remake everything in the 80's 90's 1. Boy Meets World 2. Home Improvement 3. The Nanny 4. Friends 5. Married With Children 6. The Wonder Years 7. Roseanne 00's 1. Will and Grace 2. Everybody Loves Raymond 3. 8 Simple Rules 4. Arrested Development 5. Scrubs Now 1. 30 Rock 2. Parks and Recreation 3. New Girl 4. Up All Night 5. meh
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01-02-2012, 06:49 AM	#6
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01-01-2012, 10:16 PM	#2
waichingliu81 debbie allen Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 28, 2006 Location: london, england, UK Posts: 4,347	70s 1. the jeffersons 2. good times 3. what's happening (only 3) 80s 1. diff'rent strokes 2. married with children 3. the cosby show 4. roseanne 5. webster 90s 1. caroline in the city 2. frasier 3. fresh prince of bel air 4. hangin' with mr cooper 5. in the house 00s 1. the parkers 2. that's so raven 3. back to you 4. scrubs (only 4)

01-02-2012, 01:22 PM	#7
Retro4Life Accept No Substitutes Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 04, 2009 Location: IL Posts: 6,708	(I didn't include animated shows) 50's 1) Leave it to Beaver 2) I Love Lucy 3) Father Knows Best 4) Make Room for Daddy 5) The Donna Reed Show 60's 1) The Beverly Hillbillies 2) Bewitched 3) The Andy Griffith Show 4) Gilligan's Island 5) Green Acres 70's 1) All in the Family 2) The Mary Tyler Moore Show 3) Taxi 4) MASH 5) Barney Miller 80's 1) Family Ties 2) Golden Girls 3) Empty Nest 4) Newhart 5) Head of the Class 90's 1) Seinfeld 2) Friends 3) Everybody Loves Raymond 4) Roseanne 5) Frasier 2000s 1) Curb Your Enthusiasm Uhhh...can't think of anymore that honestly make me laugh. Sorry.
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01-02-2012, 04:13 PM	#9
Skywalker Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 04, 2003 Posts: 14,204	50's: 1. The Honeymooners 2. The Abbott and Costello Show 60's: 1. Bewitched 2. Get Smart 3. Car 54, Where Are You? 4. Gilligan's Island 5. Mister Ed 70's: 1. Three's Company 2. Taxi 3. The Odd Couple 4. WKRP 5. All in the Family 80's: 1. Cheers 2. Family Ties 3. Night Court 4. Married... With Children 5. Bosom Buddies 90's: 1. Wings 2. Seinfeld 3. Everybody Loves Raymond 4. Newsradio 5. Frasier 00's: 1. The Big Bang Theory 2. That 70's Show 3. Arrested Development 4. Curb Your Enthusiasm 5. The King of Queens

01-02-2012, 06:09 PM	#10
USATVFAN Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 31, 2007 Location: Kalispell, USA Posts: 1,742	I really don’t have many favorites from the 50’s or 60’s 1950’s I Love Lucy Leave It to Beaver The Honeymooners These are the only Sitcoms I have seen most episodes of From the 1950’s 1960’s 1. The Dick Van Dyke show 2. Hazel 3. Family Affair 4. Hogan’s Heroes 5. The Andy Griffin show 1970’s 1. Three’s Company 1. The Jeffersons 1. Maude 2. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 2. All In The Family 3. Happy Days 4. MAS*H 5. Laverne & Shirley 6, Good Times Other: Bob Newhart Show and Rhoda 1980’s Cheers A Different World The Golden Girls 227 Night Court Mama’s Family 1990’s Friends Roseanne Murphy Brown Home Improvement Seinfeld Frasier The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 2000’s(Not many shows that I like from this decade) Everybody Loves Raymond Reba The King of Queens 8 Simple Rules That 70s show Current Modern Family Parks and Recreation Two and a half Men’s 30 Rock
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01-02-2012, 07:08 PM	#11
Retro4Life Accept No Substitutes Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 04, 2009 Location: IL Posts: 6,708	It's interesting how so many of us, regardless of age, comment that there aren't many good sitcoms in the past decade.

01-02-2012, 09:56 PM	#12
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