ALL-TIME Best & Worst Sitcoms by U.S. Broadcast Network

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ABC

CBS

CW (this includes both UPN and the WB)

Fox

NBC

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Okay.... are we supposed to add to this or what? I figured there would be an actual list.

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Best

ABC
Happy Days
Three's Company
Roseanne
Boy Meets World
The Middle
Modern Family
Happy Endings

CBS
I Love Lucy
All in the Family
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Everybody Loves Raymond
How I Met Your Mother

CW/UPN/WB
Uhh...I don't think they've ever had any sitcoms I'd call "great".

NBC
Cheers
The Cosby Show
Seinfeld
Scrubs
The Office
30 Rock
Parks & Recreation
Community

FOX
The Simpsons
Married with Children
Futurama
Arrested Development
New Girl

So basically, CBS used to be king, but has fallen off quite a bit. NBC & ABC have been pretty consistent through-out the years. FOX isn't doing too badly for having a later start than the other networks, and I'd argue a lot of their shows rank among the best of all-time (Simpsons and AD specifically).

Worst

CBS
Yes, Dear
Two and a Half Men
S**t My Dad Says
Rob

ABC
The Flying Nun
Family Matters
Full House
Cavemen
Work It

CW/WB/UPN
Homebodys in Outer Space
The Help

NBC
Saved by the Bell
Outsourced
Are You There, Chelsea?

FOX
That 70s Show
I Hate My Teenage Daughter
Breaking In

Pretty much all of CBS's current fare qualifies, but I went with the worst of the worst. I'm sure there are many, many terrible short-lived sitcoms from yesteryear that I know nothing about that qualify, but I'm familiar with the stinkers of recent years so that's why this list is mostly full of them.

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BEST:

ABC
Modern Family
Roseanne
Dharma & Greg
Home Improvement
Ellen

CBSI Love Lucy
Murphy Brown
All In The Family
The Carol Burnett Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show

CW (includes WB and UPN)Girlfriends
The Game
For Your Love
Moesha Fox
Ally McBeal
Ned & Stacey
Action
That 70's Show
Living Single

NBC
The Cosby Show
Family Ties
Friends
Frasier
Cheers


WORST

ABC
Soul Man
Teen Angel
Boy Meets World
Caveman
Carpoolers

CBS
High Society
Welcome to New York
Dweebs
Bless This House
Two and a Half Men

NBC
Union Square
Boston Common
Rhythm & Blues
Out All Night
Are You There, It's Me Chelsea?

FOX
Costello
Lush Life
Party Girl
Pauly
Martin

CW (includes WB and UPN)
The Jamie Foxx Show
The Parkers
The Army Show
Muscle
Unhappily Ever After

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ABC
the best
Barney Miller, Benson, The Wonder Years, Bewitched, The Middle, Mork and Mindy, Happy Days, Coach, Home Improvement, Boy Meets World, Growing Pains, Hope & Faith, Ozzie and Harriet, The Partridge Family, Life With Bonnie

the worst
Two Guys, a girl, and a pizza place, Man Up!, Cavemen, Regular Joe, Ellen, Hot Properties, Rodney, The Rifleman, Bosom Buddies, Working It

CBS
the best
WKRP in Cincinnati, Family Affair, Murphy Brown, Newhart, I Love Lucy, Petticoat Junction, Gomer Pyle, The Andy Griffith Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, M*A*S*H, Welcome to New York, The Jack Benny Program, The Munsters

the worst
Two and a Half Men, How I Met Your Mother, How to be a Gentleman, Old Christine, Rules of Engagement, All in the Family, Maude, The King of Queens, The Stones

NBC
the best
Frasier, Wings, Dag, Mad About You, I Dream of Jeannie, Family Ties, Different Strokes, The Facts of Life, Cheers, Seinfeld, ALF, 3rd Rock from the Sun

the worst
30 Rock, Will & Grace, Parks and Recreation, The Office, Friends, Scrubs, Just Shoot Me, The Golden Girls, Father of the Pride, Whoopi

One of the best that aired on ABC, CBS, AND NBC
Bachelor Father

FOX
the best
Back to You, Raising Hope, Malcolm in the Middle
the worst
Family Guy, American Dad, Married with Children, That 70s Show, Ned and Stacey

CW/WB/UPN
the best
Reba, Dilbert, Everybody Hates Chris, Aliens in America
the worst
I'm not familiar with too many sitcoms on these networks. CW has hardly aired any and I didn't have the WB/UPN channels a lot of the time.

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Originally Posted by catsrule

ABC
the best
Barney Miller, Benson, The Wonder Years, Bewitched, The Middle, Mork and Mindy, Happy Days, Coach, Home Improvement, Boy Meets World, Growing Pains, Hope & Faith, Ozzie and Harriet, The Partridge Family, Life With Bonnie

the worst
Two Guys, a girl, and a pizza place, Man Up!, Cavemen, Regular Joe, Ellen, Hot Properties, Rodney, The Rifleman, Bosom Buddies, Working It

CBS
the best
WKRP in Cincinnati, Family Affair, Murphy Brown, Newhart, I Love Lucy, Petticoat Junction, Gomer Pyle, The Andy Griffith Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, M*A*S*H, Welcome to New York, The Jack Benny Program, The Munsters

the worst
Two and a Half Men, How I Met Your Mother, How to be a Gentleman, Old Christine, Rules of Engagement, All in the Family, Maude, The King of Queens, The Stones

NBC
the best
Frasier, Wings, Dag, Mad About You, I Dream of Jeannie, Family Ties, Different Strokes, The Facts of Life, Cheers, Seinfeld, ALF, 3rd Rock from the Sun

the worst
30 Rock, Will & Grace, Parks and Recreation, The Office, Friends, Scrubs, Just Shoot Me, The Golden Girls, Father of the Pride, Whoopi

One of the best that aired on ABC, CBS, AND NBC
Bachelor Father

FOX
the best
Back to You, Raising Hope, Malcolm in the Middle
the worst
Family Guy, American Dad, Married with Children, That 70s Show, Ned and Stacey

CW/WB/UPN
the best
Reba, Dilbert, Everybody Hates Chris, Aliens in America
the worst
I'm not familiar with too many sitcoms on these networks. CW has hardly aired any and I didn't have the WB/UPN channels a lot of the time.

I know that Best and Worst of anything is highly subjective and hinges on one's personal taste, and I mean no disrespect or rudeness, but you've got to be kidding me with some of these, right? This has to be a joke.

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Originally Posted by factsoflife

I know that Best and Worst of anything is highly subjective and hinges on one's personal taste, and I mean no disrespect or rudeness, but you've got to be kidding me with some of these, right? This has to be a joke.

It's no joke, these are my real opinions.