'90s sitcoms that should be in syndication

[tlc38tlc38]

What sitcoms from the '90s (that currently aren't airing) do you think should be airing in syndication now.

Here's my top 5 list:
1. The Drew Carey Show
2. Major Dad
3. Empty Nest
4. Evening Shade
5. Unhappily Ever After

[Adamantium]

I am compiling a list of Christmas episodes. I’m going to post as many as I can and you add ones I didn’t mention. Be sure to say what season the episode is from and where someone can watch it.

I will add all of the episodes you mention to my list in this first post, that way this can be the one place to find such information.

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Season 3: The Christmas Goose
DVD, Prime Video (.99), The Roku Channel

All in the Family

Season 2: Christmas Day at the Bunkers
DVD, IMDbTV

Season 4: Edith’s Christmas Story
DVD, IMDbTV

Season 7: The Draft Dodger
DVD, IMDbTV

Season 8: Edith’s Crisis of Faith – Part 1
DVD, IMDbTV

Season 8: Edith’s Crisis of Faith – Part 2
DVD, IMDbTV

Season 9: The Bunkers Go West
DVD, IMDbTV

Season 9: California, Here We Are – Part 1
DVD, IMDbTV

Season 9: California, Here We Are – Part 2
DVD, IMDbTV

Back to the Future (cartoon)

Season 1: A Dickens of a Christmas
DVD

Barney Miller

Season 3: Christmas Story
DVD

Season 8: Homeless
DVD

Becker

Season 2: Santa on Ice
DVD, Pluto TV

Season 3: Dr. Angry Head
DVD, Pluto TV

Season 4: The Ghost of Christmas Presents
DVD, Pluto TV

Season 5: Chris-Mess
DVD, Pluto TV

Benson

Season 4: Mary and Her Lambs
The Roku Channel

Season 6: Home for Christmas
The Roku Channel

Big Bad Beetleborgs

Season 1: Christmas Bells and Phantom’s Spells
DVD

The Bill Cosby Show

Season 1: A Christmas Ballad
DVD

Bob

Season 1: A Christmas Story
DVD

Season 2: Have Yourself a Married Little Christmas
DVD

The Brady Bunch

Season 1: The Voice of Christmas
DVD, Hulu, Paramount+, Pluto TV

Buffalo Bill

Season 2: Have Yourself a Very Degrading Christmas
DVD

Caroline in the City

Season 1: Caroline and the Christmas Break
DVD

Season 2: Caroline and the Freight King
DVD, Paramount+

Season 3: Caroline and the Car Salesman
DVD, Paramount+

Season 3: Caroline and the Decanter
DVD

Season 4: Caroline and the Fright Before Christmas
DVD

Coach

Season 3: Christmas Brains
DVD, IMDbTV

Season 6: Christmas of the Van Damned
DVD, IMDbTV

The Cosby Show

Season 6: Getting to Know You
DVD, Prime Video ($1.99)

Daniel Boone

Season 2: The Christmas Story
DVD

Designing Women

Season 2: I’ll Be Home for Christmas
DVD, Hulu

Season 6: Tales Out of School
DVD, Hulu

Diff’rent Strokes

Season 1: Retrospective – Part 1
DVD, Prime Video, The Roku Channel

Season 1: Retrospective – Part 2
DVD, Prime Video, The Roku Channel

Season 5: Santa’s Helper
DVD, Prime Video

The Facts of Life

Season 5: The Christmas Show
DVD

Season 6: Christmas in the Big House
DVD

Season 7: Christmas Baby
DVD

Season 9: It’s a Wonderful Christmas
DVD

Family Affair

Season 3: Christmas Came a Little Early
DVD, IMDbTV

Gimme a Break!

Season 3: A Kanisky Christmas
DVD

Season 4: The Spirit of Christmas
DVD

Season 5: Snippets
DVD

Season 6: Christmas in New York
DVD

Hazel

Season 1: Hazel’s Christmas Shopping
Crackle, DVD

Season 4: Just 86 Shopping Minutes to Christmas
DVD

Here Come the Brides

Season 1: A Christmas Place
DVD

The Honeymooners

Season 1: ‘twas the Night Before Christmas
DVD

I Love Lucy

Season 6: The Christmas Show
DVD

It’s Garry Shandling’s Show

Season 2: It’s Garry Shandling’s Christmas Show
DVD

Joey

Season 1: Joey and the Plot Twist
DVD

Season 2: Joey and the Christmas Party
DVD

Kate & Allie

Season 5: The Nightmare Before Christmas
DVD

Laverne & Shirley

Season 2: Christmas at the Booby Hatch
DVD

Season 4: O, Come All Ye Bums
DVD

The Lucy Show

Season 1: Together for Christmas
DVD, The Roku Channel

Season 4: Lucy the Choirmaster
DVD, Hulu

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Season 3: The Jingle Bells Affair
DVD, Prime Video ($1.99)

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

Season 1: Deck the Halls
Crackle, DVD, The Roku Channel, Shout! Factory TV

Season 2: Jangle Bells
Crackle, DVD, The Roku Channel, Shout! Factory TV

Season 3: Have Reindeer, Will Travel
DVD, The Roku Channel, Shout! Factory TV

Season 4: Will the Real Santa Claus Please Come Down the Chimney?
DVD, Pluto TV, The Roku Channel, Shout! Factory TV

Maude

Season 2: The Office Party
DVD, IMDbTV

Season 4: The Christmas Party
DVD

Season 5: Walter’s Christmas Gift
DVD

Season 6: Maude’s Christmas Surprise
DVD

McHale’s Navy

Season 1: The Day They Captured Santa Claus
DVD

Mister Ed

Season 4: Ed’s Christmas Story
DVD

The Monkees

Season 2: The Monkees’ Christmas Show
DVD

Moonlighting

Season 2: ‘twas the Episode Before Christmas
DVD

Season 3: It’s a Wonderful Job
DVD

Mork & Mindy

Season 1: Mork’s First Christmas
DVD

My Mother the Car

Season 1: Many Happy No-Returns
DVD

Ned and Stacey

Season 2: Les Is More or Less Moral-less
DVD

Newhart

Season 1: No Room at the Inn
DVD

Norm

Season 2: Norm vs. Christmas
DVD

The Odd Couple (1970)

Season 1: Scrooge Gets an Oscar
DVD, Hulu, Paramount+, Pluto TV

One Day at a Time (1975)

Season 4: Girl Talk
DVD

Season 9: Not a Creature Was Staying
DVD

The Partridge Family

Season 2: Don’t Bring Your Guns to Town, Santa
Crackle, DVD, Prime Video ($2.99)

The Patty Duke Show

Season 1: The Christmas Present
DVD, Pluto TV, The Roku Channel

The Real Ghostbusters
Season 1: Xmas Marks the Spot
DVD, Prime Video ($2.99), YouTube ($1.99)

Saved by the Bell: The New Class

Season 2: Christmas in July
DVD

Season 3: The Christmas Gift
DVD

Season 4: Fire at The Max – Part 1
DVD

Season 6: Season’s Greed-ings
DVD

Spin City

Season 2: Miracle Near 34th Street
DVD, Pluto TV

Season 4: My Dinner with Caitlin
DVD, Pluto TV

Season 5: Toy Story
DVD, Pluto TV

Season 6: An Office and a Gentleman
DVD, Pluto TV

Square Pegs

Season 1: A Child’s Christmas in Weemawee – Part 1
Crackle, DVD, Prime Video ($1.99)

Season 1: A Child’s Christmas in Weemawee – Part 2
Crackle, DVD, Prime Video ($1.99)

Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad

Season 1: Kilo Is Coming to Town
DVD

Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills

Season 1: It’s a Gorganus Life
DVD

Taxi

Season 1: A Full House for Christmas
DVD, Hulu, Paramount+, Pluto TV

Season 5: Get Me Through the Holidays
DVD

Three’s Company

Season 2: Three’s Christmas
DVD, Pluto TV

Titus

Season 2: The Last Noelle
DVD, YouTube

Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place

Season 2: Two Guys, a Girl and a Christmas Story
DVD

WKRP in Cincinnati

Season 2: Jennifer’s Home for Christmas
DVD

Season 3: Bah, Humbug
DVD

What’s Happening!!

Season 1: A Christmas Story
DVD, The Roku Channel

Season 3: Positive Identification
DVD, The Roku Channel

Wings

Season 2: A Terminal Christmas
DVD

Season 4: The Customer’s Usually Right
DVD, Hulu, Paramount+

Season 5: Happy Holidays
DVD, Hulu, Paramount+

Season 6: Insanity Claus
DVD, Hulu, Paramount+

Season 7: ‘twas the Heist Before Christmas
DVD, Hulu, Paramount+

Season 8: All About Christmas Eve
DVD, Hulu, Paramount+














































Even though I own all five seasons on DVD, I wish NewsRadio was on more in syndication. It's such a funny show, I don't know why it's not more popular. I figure it's either because Phil Hartman died during the show and maybe his death has cast a dark shadow over the series to some people. Or it could be because Andy Dick was on the show and it seems like most people hate him.

I was just thinking the other day... I wonder why Suddenly Susan isn't in reruns. I think it was for a while years ago but to my knowledge it isn't now and hasn't been for quite sometime. I'm actually not a fan but it's a show that was popular back in the day and I'm surprised it's nowhere to be found today - not even on DVD.

[tlc38tlc38]

Originally Posted by Adamantium

I was just thinking the other day... I wonder why Suddenly Susan isn't in reruns. I think it was for a while years ago but to my knowledge it isn't now and hasn't been for quite sometime. I'm actually not a fan but it's a show that was popular back in the day and I'm surprised it's nowhere to be found today - not even on DVD.

I would love to see "SS" come to syndication or DVD. I'm surprised by this as well, especially with the Kathy Griffin explosion in the last few years.

[treky]

I wonder why MAD ABOUT YOU isn't on DVD and/or in syndication. I think the first season is on DVD but that's all.

[ajgenard]

Speaking of NewsRadio and Suddenly Susan, there are plenty of NBC sitcoms from the Must See TV lineup in the 90s that were fairly well made hits in their day but failed to have much longevity in syndication. I wouldn't mind seeing Caroline in the City or Veronica's Closet pop up more in syndication. It's been so long since I've seen either of them (or any meaningful discussion about them has taken place) that I couldn't even tell you what they were about without googling it. Stark Raving Mad is another one. The show only lasted one season but I recall it being pretty good and was canceled while pulling in a 10.7 average share and being #15 overall, according to Wikipedia. If NBC put out a comedy with that kind of audience now...geez oh man would it be a different story.

[treky]

and we all know how accurate Wicopedia is!

[ajgenard]

Originally Posted by treky

and we all know how accurate Wicopedia is!

Well that particular fact is directly attributed to this book so I'm inclined to believe it's somewhat close to being "true."

But yeah, Wikipedia can be tragically incorrect on occasion lol

[comedyfreak]

Here's my top 5 list:
1. Parker Lewis Can't Lose
2. NewsRadio
3. Dream On
4. Get A Life
5. Unhappily Ever After

[Mr. Television]

Two Guys and a Girl

[Adamantium]

Originally Posted by ajgenard

Speaking of NewsRadio and Suddenly Susan, there are plenty of NBC sitcoms from the Must See TV lineup in the 90s that were fairly well made hits in their day but failed to have much longevity in syndication. I wouldn't mind seeing Caroline in the City or Veronica's Closet pop up more in syndication. It's been so long since I've seen either of them (or any meaningful discussion about them has taken place) that I couldn't even tell you what they were about without googling it. Stark Raving Mad is another one. The show only lasted one season but I recall it being pretty good and was canceled while pulling in a 10.7 average share and being #15 overall, according to Wikipedia. If NBC put out a comedy with that kind of audience now...geez oh man would it be a different story.

Remember when USA aired short-lived shows from the '90s on weekday mornings? They called it USAM. They also showed Wings, which seemed odd since it ran for 172 episodes while the other shows on their lineup was anything from 35 episodes to (I don't know) 60 something. It was watching it on USA in the mornings when I became a hardcore fan of Wings.

I wish USA would bring back that lineup or at least that concept.

[tlc38tlc38]

Originally Posted by treky

I wonder why MAD ABOUT YOU isn't on DVD and/or in syndication. I think the first season is on DVD but that's all.

Seasons 1-5 are on DVD and reruns air on FXX.

[tlc38tlc38]

Originally Posted by Adamantium

Remember when USA aired short-lived shows from the '90s on weekday mornings? They called it USAM. They also showed Wings, which seemed odd since it ran for 172 episodes while the other shows on their lineup was anything from 35 episodes to (I don't know) 60 something. It was watching it on USA in the mornings when I became a hardcore fan of Wings.

I wish USA would bring back that lineup or at least that concept.

I LOVED USAM!!! I remember them airing "Wings", "Something So Right", "Jesse", "Suddenly Susan", "Veronica's Closet", "Carol Burnett & Friends", and "Hearts Afire"...among others.

[treky]

ANTENNA TV was showing MAD ABOUT YOU on weeknights when they first started.

[mets82]

Growing Pains
Just the 10 of Us
Silver Spoons
Charles in Charge
The Wonder Years

Yes, I liked USAM too!! I used to watch it in the morning before it became NCIS/CSI channel.

[icecream]

Originally Posted by treky

I wonder why MAD ABOUT YOU isn't on DVD and/or in syndication. I think the first season is on DVD but that's all.

Mad About You currently airs on FXX 4 back-to-back episodes every weekday from 11AM-1PM with occasional airings elsewhere. I'm hoping Mad About You stays in the 11-1 slot when The Simpsons joins the schedule in August.