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TVAdam No More
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Once I feel enough people have answered, then I will total them up and list the top 5 sitcoms of each decade.
My pick for the top 5 (A show is given it's "Decade" from which section it's at, here on the messageboard) 1950's 1 I Love Lucy 2 The Honeymooners 3 Leave it to Beaver 4 The Life of Riley 5 Amos N' Andy 1960's 1 Car 54, Where Are You? 2 Mister Ed 3 The Munsters 4 The Monkees 5 My Three Sons 1970's 1 Chico and the Man 2 Happy Days 3 The Odd Couple 4 Three's Company 5 Taxi 1980's 1 Newhart 2 ALF 3 Perfect Strangers 4 Charles in Charge 5 Night Court 1990's 1 NewsRadio 2 Wings 3 Ellen 4 Boy Meets World 5 Married ... With Children 2000's 1. Andy Richter Controls the Universe 2. 8 Simple Rules 3. The Tick 4. The King of Queens 5. Less Than Perfect Alright, What are your choices? |
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1)I Love Lucy 2)Leave It To Beaver 1960's 1)The Dick Van Dyke Show 2)The Munsters 1970's 1)Three's Company 2)Mary Tyler Moore Show 1980's 1)Punky Brewster 2)Cheers 3)Cosby Show 4)Golden Girls 5)Alf 1990's 1)Roseanne 2)Seinfeld 3)Ellen 4)Married With Children 5)Jesse 2000's 1)Will and Grace 2)Malcom in the Middle 3)8 Simple Rules |
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*I Love Lucy *Leave It to Beaver *The Honeymooners *Father Knows Best 1960s *Bewitched *I Dream of Jeannie *Gidget *The Dick Van Dyke Show *The Monkees 1970s *Threes Company *Barney Miller *The Love Boat *Happy Days *Laverne and Shirley 1980s *The Golden Girls *Head of the Class *Family Ties *Designing Women *Perfect Strangers 1990s *Roseanne *Dharma and Greg *Ellen *Mad About You *Wings |
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1950s
Definitely "I love Lucy" and "Leave It To Beaver". 1960s There's so many! The Monkees The Munsters Twilight Zone Andy Griffith Family Affair Get Smart Lost In Space Bewitched I Dream of Jeanie To name just a few! 1970s Three's Company All In The Family Welcome Back Kotter Taxi Happy Days Laverne and Shirley 1980s Full House Family Ties Alf Cheers Home Improvement Moonlighting 1990s Seinfeld Frasier Friends Just Shoot Me 3rd Rock From the Sun |
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1950s:
1) I Love Lucy 2) Leave it to Beaver 3) The Donna Reed Show 4) Father Knows Best 5) Honeymooners 1960s: 1) Bewitched 2) The Dick Van Dyke Show 3) I Dream of Jeannie 4) Get Smart 5) My Three Sons 1970s: 1) The Mary Tyler Moore Show 2) Happy Days 3) The Bob Newhart Show 4) Rhoda 5) Laverne & Shirley 1980s: 1) Wonder Years 2) Cheers 3) Newhart 4) Cosby Show 5) Family Ties 1990s: 1) Friends 2) Seinfeld 3) Mad About You 4) Frasier 5) Ellen 2000s: 1) Everybody Loves Raymond 2) According to Jim 3) 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter 4) I'm With Her 5) Will & Grace |
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My Blog: http://benjamonsterstv.blogspot.com/ My Site: peaktvdatabase.weebly.com My favorite TV shows: Bewitched, I Love Lucy, American Dreams, Mary Tyler Moore, The Office, Happy Days, The West Wing, Modern Family, Friday Night Lights, Friends, Mad Men, Parks and Recreation, and Parenthood Last edited by benjamoon; 10-13-2003 at 02:38 PM. |
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Still Loving Lucy!
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My Picks
1950's: 1) "I Love Lucy" 2) "Dennis the Menace" 3) "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" 4) "The Honeymooners" 5) Nothing comes to mind 1960's: 1) "The Munsters" 2) "The Dick Van Dyke Show" 3) "The Lucy Show" 4) "I Dream of Jeannie" 5) "Bewitched" two more of the 1960's: 6) "Mister Ed" 7) "The Addams Family" 1970's: 1) "Laverne & Shirley" 2) "Three's Company" 3) "Mary Tyler Moore" 4) "Happy Days" 5) "Sanford and Son" three more of the 1970's: 6) "The Jeffersons" 7) "Here's Lucy" 8) "The Brady Bunch" 1980's 1) "The Golden Girls" 2) "Growing Pains" 3) "Perfect Strangers" 4) "The Brady Brides" 5) "Mork and Mindy" 6) "Mama's Family" 1990's: 1) "The Wonder Years" 2) "Step by Step" 3) "Family Matters" 4) "Saved By The Bell" 5) "Full House" 2000's 1) "Malcolm In The Middle" 2) "Will & Grace" 3) "The Simpsons" 4) "Everybody Loves Raymond" 5) "8 Simple Rules . . ." |
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Oh how hard this is LOL.I'll just do the 2000's and the 1990's for now.
1950's 1. 2 3. 4. 5. 1960's 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1970's 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1980's 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1990's 1.Sports Night 2.Mad About You 3.The Larry Sanders Show 4.Newsradio 5.Ally McBeal 2000's 1.Curb Your Enthusiasm 2.Scrubs 3.Andy Richter Controls The Universe 4.8 Simple Rules 5.The Office |
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1950's
1. Leave It to Beaver 2. I Love Lucy 3. The Donna Reed Show 4. Bachelor Father 5. Make Room for Daddy 1960's 1. The Addams Family 2. Mister Ed 3. Bewitched 4. Family Affair 5. Get Smart 1970's 1. The Brady Bunch 2. The Jeffersons 3. Maude 4. Good Times 5. Alice 1980's 1. The Golden Girls 2. The Hogan Family 3. It's a Living 4. Mr. Belvedere 5. The Cosby Show 1990's 1. The Wonder Years 2. Roseanne 3. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 4. Saved by the Bell 5. Ellen Present (2000's) 1. Everybody Loves Raymond 2. Will & Grace 3. 8 Simple Rules 4. Whoopi 5. According to Jim |
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The Best Sit-com Of The 1950's
1. The Honeymooners 2. I Love Lucy 3. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show 4. The Phil Silvers Show 5. Leave It To Beaver 6. The Jack Benny Show 7. The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis 8. Amos 'n' Andy 9. Father Knows Best 10. The Donna Reed Show The Best Sit-com Of The 1960's 1. The Dick Van Dyke Show 2. The Andy Griffith Show 3. Get Smart 4. The Addams Family 5. Bewitched 6. Green Acres 7. Car 54, Where Are You ? 8. The Monkees 9. The Beverly Hillbillies 10. The Flintstones The Best Sit-com Of The 1970's 1. All In The Family 2. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 3. M*A*S*H 4. Barney Miller 5. Taxi 6. The Bob Newhart Show 7. Sanford and Son 8. The Odd Couple 9. WKRP In Cincinnati 10. Happy Days The Best Sit-com Of The 1980's 1. Cheers 2. The Cosby Show 3. The Golden Girls 4. Newhart 5. Family Ties 6. The Wonder Years 7. Kate and Allie 8. Night Court 9. Police Squad 10. The Days and Nights Of Molly Dodd The Best Sit-com Of The 1990's 1. The Simpsons 2. Seinfeld 3. Roseanne 4. Home Inprovement 5. Friends 6. Mad About You 7. Fraiser 8. Newsradio 9. The Larry Sanders Show 10. Married... With Children |
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1950's
1. I Love Lucy 2. 3. 4. 5. 1960's 1. The Lucy Show 2. Bewitched 3. The Addams Family 4. Dick Van Dyke Show 5. The Andy Griffith Show 1970's 1. Laverne & Shirley 2. Mary Tyler Moore 3. Maude 4. All in The Family 5. Alice 1980's 1. The Facts of Life 2. Mama's Family 3. Gimme A Break 4. Designing Women 5. The Golden Girls 1990's 1. Ellen 2. Roseanne 3. Married With Children 4.The Nanny 5. Empty Nest 2000's 1. Reba 2. Will & Grace 3. Friends 4. Less Than Perfect |
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50's
1. I Love Lucy 2. The Honeymooners 3. Make Room for Daddy/Danny Thomas Show 4. Leave it to Beaver 5. Sergeant Bilko 6. Father Knows Best 60's 1. The Monkees 2. F-Troop 3. Get Smart 4. Dobie Gillis 5. Bewitched 6. My Three Sons 7. My Favorite Martian 8. The Flintstones 9. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 70's 1. WKRP in Cincinnati 2. The Odd Couple 3. Taxi 4. Barney Miller 5. The Bob Newhart Show 6. Laverne and Shirley 7. MASH 8. Soap 9. Sanford and Son 10. What's Happening 11. Three's Company 12. Happy Days 13. The Jeffersons (what can I say, the '70s rocked) 80's 1. Cheers 2. Bosom Buddies 3. Mr. Belvedere 4. Newhart 5. ALF 6. Night Court 7. Family Ties 90's 1. Seinfeld 2. Get a Life 3. Wings 4. Married with Children 5. The Wonder Years 6. NewsRadio 7. Home Improvement 8. Boy Meets World Current 1. Scrubs 2. That '70s Show 3. Everybody Loves Raymond 4. Will and Grace 5. Becker 6. The Simpsons 7. Fraiser 8. The King of Queens |
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50's:
1. Leave it to Beaver 2. 3. 4. 5. 60's: 1. Bewithed 2. The Dick Van Dyke Show 3. 4. 5. 70's: 1. Three's Company 2. All in the Family 3. Happy Days 4. Laverne and Shirley 5. The Jeffersons 80's: 1. Growing Pains 2. The Golden Girls 3. Family Ties 4. Cheers 5. Designing Women 90's: 1. The Nanny 2. Boy Meets World 3. Roseanne 4. Wings 5. Full House 2000's: 1. 8 Simple Rules... 2. Malcolm in the Middle 3. That 70's Show 4. Oliver Beene 5. Still Standing |
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1. "I Love Lucy" (1951-57) 2. "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" (1957-60) 3. "Make Room for Daddy" (1953-64) 4. "Leave it to Beaver" (1957-63) 5. I can't think of another one... 1960s: 1. "The Lucy Show" (1960-66) 2. "Here's Lucy" (1966-72) 3. "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960-68) 4. "The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-66) 5. "Mayberry R.F.D" (1968-71) 1970s: 1. "All in the Family" (1971-79) 2. "Three's Company" (1977-84) 3. "The Jeffersons" (1975-85) 4. "Maude" (1972-78) 5. "WKRP in Cincinnati" (1978-82) 1980s: 1. "Cheers" (1982-93) 2. "Archie Bunker's Place" (1979-83) 3. "Married...With Children" (1987-97) 4. "Roseanne" (1988-97) 5. "Coach" (1989-98) 1990s: 1. "Frasier" (1993-Present) 2. "Wings" (1990-97) 3. "Spin City" (1996-2002) 4. "Becker" (1998-Present) 5. I can't think of another one... 2000s: 1. "8 Simple Rules..." (2002-Present) |
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So Far:
1950's 1. I Love Lucy (11) + Leave it to Beaver (11) 2. The Honeymooners (6) 3. Father Knows Best (4) 4. Donna Reed (3) + Make Room for Daddy (3) 5. Amos N' Andy (2) + Phil Silvers (2) 1960's 1. Bewitched (9) 2. The Dick Van Dyke Show (8) 3. The Monkees (5) The Munsters (5) Addams Family (5) Get Smart (5) 4. Mister Ed (4) I Dream of Jeanie (4) Andy Griffith (4) 5. My Three Sons (3) + The Lucy Show (3) 1970's 1. Three's Company (9) 2. Happy Days (8) 3. Laverne & Shirley (7) 4. Mary Tyler Moore (5) All in the Family (5) Jeffersons (5) 5. Taxi (4) I'll do the rest later. |
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1950's
I Love Lucy Make Room For Daddy 1960's My Favorite Martian BeWitched I Dream of Jeannie 1970's Sanford and Son Chico and the Man Mary Tyler Moore Good Times Barney Miller 1980's a/n 1990's Full House |
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