[TV] Top 3 best sitcoms of all time

[Stormcall]

Frasier and Seinfeld for sure. Then I dunno, maybe Scrubs.

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OH my god. I love so many of you guys here. so many with friends and scrubs:P
Scrubs
Friends
Big bang teory

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1. Friends
2. My family
3. Two men and a Half (pre Charlie Sheen leaving)

Actually the only 3 sitcoms I ever watched.

[Cantheal]

Some old school ones that are good (IMO of course)

The Honeymooners
Sanford and Son
All in the Family (Archie Bunker FTW)

Some new ones I enjoy

Wilfred
Breaking Bad
Weeds

[Harry Botter]

Arrested Development
Seinfeld
The Simpsons

[eschatological]

Seinfeld, Frasier, and the Cosby Show.

I think for most minority kids growing up in the 80s, the Cosby Show was one of the most influential sitcoms of all times. I don't know if it's subculture-specific, but yeah.

I'd also put in nods for 30 Rock, Community, Always Sunny, Arrested Development. I prefer absurdist to realistic sitcoms, the obvious exception being the Cosby Show above. And yes, I do consider Frasier to be absurdist.

[Stormcall]

Some old school ones that are good (IMO of course)

The Honeymooners
Sanford and Son
All in the Family (Archie Bunker FTW)

Some new ones I enjoy

Wilfred
Breaking Bad
Weeds

Okay, the first 3 I'm following, but then the second 3, and I'm like wait, what? Breaking Bad is NOT a sitcom. I'm not totally familiar with Weeds, but from what little I know of it, it's not either.

[Shiny212]

Seinfeld
Frasier
Friends

One really can't overstate how superior Seinfeld is to any sitcom ever made. The writing is sublime and so far above anything ever written in the sitcom genre.

And there seems to be alot of misunderstandings as to what a sitcom is in this thread, Breaking Bad and Firefly aren't sitcoms people

[Keny]

Friends
Seinfeld

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Seinfeld
Frasier
Drew Carey Show

Nothing comes close to these shows.

[Paq]

1: Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
2: Big Bang Theory
3: Cheers

[ghrolt]

1.Black Books
2.Louie
3.Lucky Louie

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Scrubs
Friends
Arrested Development

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1. Friends
2. Scrubs
3. The Big Band Theory


In my opinion, Friends was just the perfect sitcom with the perfect casting for a sitcom. I think I've watched all episodes 3 times now and I'm considering watching it all for a 4th time.

I see that a lot of people here are listing Seinfield. I've considered watching it myself since I've only heard good things about the show, believe it or not, but I have actually never seen a single episode of Seinfield, guess I've been missing out on something great.

[silentk59]

Seinfield like 5 times over

Then Home Improvement

and Maybe Scrubs

If you include Animated Then I think Simpsons is tied with Seinfeld.

---------- Post added 2013-06-06 at 06:43 PM ----------

Seinfeld and How I Met Your Mother share a second place, but Friends is the ultimate sitcom of all time.

Thats funny because Seinfeld was actually voted the best Sitcom ever soooo.....yaaaaa

[Stevegasm]

My top 3:

Married... With Children
Seinfeld
There are too many ties for 3rd, I won't even bother listing any.

Seinfeld, Frasier, and the Cosby Show.

I think for most minority kids growing up in the 80s, the Cosby Show was one of the most influential sitcoms of all times. I don't know if it's subculture-specific, but yeah.

I'd also put in nods for 30 Rock, Community, Always Sunny, Arrested Development. I prefer absurdist to realistic sitcoms, the obvious exception being the Cosby Show above. And yes, I do consider Frasier to be absurdist.

What made the Cosby show great is that it wasn't a black comedy in the same way most black comedies were. Nobody in the show really acted stereotypically black. The Cosby family in the show lived in a nice home, nice neighbourhood, and everything. I suppose that is what it was though. As a minority myself, I never really paid attention to that as my family was quite well off.

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1.Friends
2.Seinfeld
3.That 70s Show

Honorable mentions: The War at Home, Married with Children, MASH, Everybody loves Raymond, Newsradio, Taxi, Two and a half men, How I met your mother. There are many more I enjoyed, but I cannot remember any more right now . I could never get into the Big Bang Theory though, I just dont find it that funny.

[eschatological]

What made the Cosby show great is that it wasn't a black comedy in the same way most black comedies were. Nobody in the show really acted stereotypically black. The Cosby family in the show lived in a nice home, nice neighbourhood, and everything. I suppose that is what it was though. As a minority myself, I never really paid attention to that as my family was quite well off.

I'm just saying, growing up as a poor minority, it was nice to see, especially after the years of Sanford and Son and Good Times.

[slackjawsix]

il be that guy, i watch tons and tons of sitcoms nearly everyone named here ive seen, but i DO NOT LIKE FRIENDS AT ALL! so boring and dull although i give props the opening always made me clap along.

the cosby show i like but def not the best, there is like no story ever in any episode

[firechancer]

Only Fools and Horses
Blackadder
Two and half men (charlie sheen's era)

also Red Dwarf, Young ones and Bottom