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 sit-com tastes. 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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Alice Pearce, Dick Sargent, Dick York More - 52Up 248Down 233
Don Knotts, Joyce DeWitt, Suzanne Somers More - 53Up 198Down 163
Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson - 54Up 286Down 239
Donna Douglas, Kathleen Freeman, Irene Ryan More - 55Up 182Down 115
Kevin James, Patton Oswalt, Jenny O'Hara More - 56Up 184Down 175
Damon Evans, Marla Gibbs, Berlinda Tolbert More - 57Up 203Down 151 Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle More
- 58Up 229Down 277 Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Richard Lewis More
- 59Up 186Down 160 Peter Scolari, William Sanderson, Tom Poston More
- 60Up 226Down 254 Mackenzie Crook, Patrick Baladi, Jane Lucas More
- 61Up 197Down 141 Bill Daily, Hayden Rorke, Larry Hagman More
- 62Up 174Down 174 John Travolta, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Marcia Strassman More
- 63Up 133Down 85 John Banner, Ivan Dixon, Larry Hovis More
- 64Up 59Down 19 Bea Benaderet, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl Moreadded by: JordanAnderson
- 65Up 175Down 161 Kenneth Mars, Betty Garrett, David Lander More
- 66Up 191Down 203 Susan Olsen, Ann B. Davis, Christopher Knight More
- 67Up 189Down 194 Phil Hartman, D. B. Cooper, Stephen Root More
- 68Up 194Down 171 Anne Schedeen, Andrea Elson, Benji Gregory More
- 69Up 168Down 175 Arthur Peterson, Jr., Robert Mandan, Billy Crystal More
- 70Up 220Down 226 Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth, Ballard Berkeley More
- 71Up 19Down 18 Jennifer Morrison, Jesse Spencer, Olivia Wilde More
- 72Up 159Down 159 Shelley Fabares, Conrad Janis, Tom Poston More
- 73Up 150Down 213 Leslie Jordan, Sean Hayes, Megan Mullally More
- 74Up 59Down 55 Katherine Helmond, Danny Pintauro, Tony Danza More
- 75Up 131Down 151 Steve Landesberg, Jack Soo, Max Gail More
- 76Up 75Down 73 Ted Levine, Tony Shalhoub, Jason Gray-Stanford Moreadded by: HenryMorgan
- 77Up 94Down 95 Jerry Mathers, Tony Dow, Hugh Beaumont More
- 78Up 141Down 153 Pat Buttram, Barbara Pepper, Eddie Albert More
- 79Up 108Down 100 Connie Britton, Michael J. Fox, Jennifer Esposito More
- 80Up 117Down 110 Mario López, Ernie Sabella, Mark-Paul Gosselaar More
- 81Up 0Down 2
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- 82Up 113Down 123 Ryan Stiles, Drew Carey, John Carroll Lynch More
- 83Up 53Down 24 Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Rob Riggle, Anthony Michael Hall Moreadded by: JordanAnderson
- 84Up 1Down 2
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Zach Cregger, Darren Trumeter, Timmy Williams More - 85Up 158Down 260 Blake and Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit, Bob Saget, Scott Weinger More
- 86Up 111Down 187 Rashida Jones, Adam Scott, Paul Rudd More
- 87Up 55Down 63 Toby Huss, David Spade, Tracy Grandstaff More
- 88Up 132Down 158 Kris Kamm, Shelley Fabares, Craig T. Nelson More
- 89Up 53Down 57 Jill Whelan, Fred Grandy, Gavin MacLeod More
- 90Up 82Down 120 Jake Johnson, Zooey Deschanel, Hannah Simone More
- 91Up 31Down 35 Brooke Lyons, Kat Dennings, Jennifer Coolidge Moreadded by: AliJaaphar“ Kat Dennings , Beth Behrs
„ - 92Up 81Down 103 Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day, Danny DeVito Moreadded by: gschwayze
- 93Up 12Down 21 Tony Robinson, Robert East, Patrick Allen More
- 94Up 82Down 107 Maitland Ward, Rider Strong, Will Friedle More
- 95Up 116Down 169 Charlotte Rae, Dixie Carter, Todd Bridges More
- 96Up 61Down 43 Rowan Atkinsonadded by: mrblond
- 97Up 54Down 93 June Whitfield, Jane Horrocks, Julia Sawalha Moreadded by: DavidBarclift
- 98Up 76Down 76 Helen Horton, Bella Emberg, Bob Todd More
- 99Up 37Down 31 Kaley Cuoco, Martin Spanjers, James Garner Moreadded by: JordanAnderson
- 100Up 11Down 35 Grant Stevens, Patrick McManus, Robert Liddement Moreadded by: persongee
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