The Greatest Sitcoms in Television History
The best situation comedies ever to air on television. What's the best sitcom of all time? This list includes the best and most funny all-time sitcoms and funny TV shows. Anyone can vote on this list, making it a definitive representation of the Ranker community's sitcom taste You can even add your own ranking of shows to nominate your favorites.
A sitcom (or situational comedy) is loosely defined as "a humorous television program based on situations that could arise in everyday life". What are the greatest sitcoms ever? You can decide for yourself what fits that term and rank as you see fit, adding what you see missing!
A sitcom (or situational comedy) is loosely defined as "a humorous television program based on situations that could arise in everyday life". What are the greatest sitcoms ever? You can decide for yourself what fits that term and rank as you see fit, adding what you see missing!
List Criteria: Situational Comedies only. (No Dramas, Procedurals etc.)
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- 1Up 1286Down 762
Larry David, Liz Sheridan, Estelle Harris More - 2Up 1464Down 722
James Michael Tyler, Allisyn Ashley Arm, Jennifer Aniston More - 3Up 1243Down 730
Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Pamela Hayden More - 4Up 799Down 558
John Ratzenberger, George Wendt, Kelsey Grammer More - 5Up 1176Down 715
Simon Helberg, Kaley Cuoco, Melissa Rauch More - 6Up 745Down 530
Mike Farrell, Loretta Swit, Jamie Farr More - 7Up 638Down 456 Keith Thibodeaux, Vivian Vance, Lucille Ball More
- 8Up 561Down 448 Danielle Brisebois, Sally Struthers, Carroll O'Connor More
- 9Up 811Down 593 Christina Moore, Debra Jo Rupp, Ashton Kutcher More
- 10Up 811Down 586 Alia Shawkat, Jeffrey Tambor, Tony Hale More
- 11Up 785Down 511 Fergie, Matt LeBlanc, Gary Coleman More
- 12Up 637Down 476 Dan Butler, Peri Gilpin, Kelsey Grammer More
- 13Up 855Down 675 Seth MacFarlane, Mike Henry, Alec Sulkin More
- 14Up 897Down 554 Bob Saget, Alyson Hannigan, Cobie Smulders More
- 15Up 900Down 628 Mona Marshall, April Stewart, Trey Parker More
- 16Up 608Down 454 Joseph C. Phillips, Lisa Bonet, Erika Alexander More
- 17Up 715Down 574 John Krasinski, David Denman, Oscar Nunez More
- 18Up 657Down 446 Alfonso Ribeiro, Joseph Marcell, Tatyana Ali More
- 19Up 488Down 359 Marion Ross, Anson Williams, Scott Baio More
- 20Up 604Down 511 Patricia Heaton, Doris Roberts, Sullivan Sweeten More
- 21Up 659Down 459 Aloma Wright, Travis Schuldt, Christa Miller More
- 22Up 624Down 489 Ariel Winter, Ed O'Neill, Jesse Tyler Ferguson More
- 23Up 451Down 393 Judd Hirsch, Andy Kaufman, Randall Carver More
- 24Up 492Down 409 Taran Noah Smith, Earl Hindman, Jonathan Taylor Thomas More
- 25Up 422Down 296 Andy Griffith, Maggie Peterson, Howard Morris More
- 26Up 525Down 411 Justin Berfield, Jennette McCurdy, Frankie Muniz More
- 27Up 637Down 443 Dick Clark, Billy West, Frank Welker More
- 28Up 416Down 335 Tim Reid, Gordon Jump, Richard Sanders More
- 29Up 292Down 172 Tina Louise, Dawn Wells, Jim Backus More
- 30Up 492Down 478 John Lutz, Kevin Brown, Tracy Morgan More
- 31Up 395Down 305 John Larroquette, Markie Post, Paula Kelly More
- 32Up 402Down 318 French Stewart, Elmarie Wendel, Kristen Johnston More
- 33Up 406Down 321 Dan Lauria, Danica McKellar, Fred Savage More
- 34Up 519Down 470 Kelly Stables, Angus T. Jones, Jon Cryer More
- 35Up 383Down 329 Estelle Getty, Betty White, Beatrice Arthur More
- 36Up 340Down 310 Michael J. Fox, Justine Bateman, Brian Bonsall More
- 37Up 336Down 317 Suzanne Pleshette, Jack Riley, Bill Daily More
- 38Up 223Down 127 Steve Whitmire, John Lovelady, Richard Hunt More
- 39Up 355Down 300 Rose Marie, Dick Van Dyke, Larry Mathews More
- 40Up 312Down 229 Jackie Gleason, Joyce Randolph, Sheila MacRae More
- 41Up 354Down 244 Jim Cummings, Ken Weatherwax, Anjelica Huston More
- 42Up 355Down 321 Betty White, Gavin MacLeod, Ted Knight More
- 43Up 311Down 266 Bill Quinn, Brett Somers, Pamelyn Ferdin More
- 44Up 473Down 399 Gillian Jacobs, Yvette Nicole Brown, Ken Jeong More
- 45Up 351Down 374 John Goodman, Michael Fishman, Sara Gilbert More
- 46Up 308Down 218 Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis, Patricia Ann Priest More
- 47Up 278Down 232 Don Adams, Jane Dulo, Edward Platt More
- 48Up 103Down 52
The Addams Family
Ted Cassidy, Carolyn Jones, Lisa Loring More - 49Up 279Down 231 Donna Douglas, Kathleen Freeman, Irene Ryan More
- 50Up 306Down 261 Jason Lee, Nadine Velazquez, Ethan Suplee More
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