Top sitcoms, a list by lokix20

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93

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82

/57/

age 15+

Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s , 20 years later. He's a curmudgeon with a heart of...not quite gold...but something like gold. Copper?

86

8.9

/380412/

85

/14257/

82

/2232/

89

/131/

92

84

/16/

age 14+

A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.

86

8.5

/84934/

82

/4636/

77

/552/

93

/120/

95

87

/93/

age 18+

Louis C.K. stars as a fictionalized version of himself; a comedian and newly divorced father raising his two daughters in New York City.

86

IMDb 61

9.0

/681783/

86

/36352/

86

/10592/

90

/247/

82

age 14+

Follows a sociopathic genius scientist who drags his inherently timid grandson on adventures across the universe.

86

8.8

/164443/

85

/5827/

81

/876/

92

/258/

90

84

/130/

age 15+

The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.

85

7.6

/45324/

79

/2470/

80

/1072/

96

/31/

96

88

/32/

age 12+

Chris is a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1980s. Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bused to a predominantly white middle school two-hours away by his strict, hard-working parents, Chris struggles to find his place while keeping his siblings in line at home and surmounting the challenges of junior high.

85

8.8

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86

/12397/

82

/1261/

94

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90

72

/77/

age 17+

Four egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way through the adult world of work and relationships. Unfortunately, their warped views and precarious judgments often lead them to trouble, creating a myriad of uncomfortable situations that usually only get worse before they get better.

85

8.2

/215955/

82

/18165/

79

/1869/

97

/233/

90

82

/48/

age 14+

Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome (or at least the pretty good) person within.

84

8.2

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79

/2859/

74

/251/

99

/90/

89

83

/39/

age 5+

In this workplace comedy, a group of dedicated, passionate teachers — and a slightly tone-deaf principal — are brought together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life. Though these incredible public servants may be outnumbered and underfunded, they love what they do — even if they don’t love the school district’s less-than-stellar attitude toward educating children.

84

8.6

/464104/

82

/24269/

80

/10525/

85

/141/

87

/16/

age 12+

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.

84

8.2

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80

/4241/

77

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95

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95

79

/24/

age 13+

After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.

84

8.0

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77

/743/

79

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100

A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre or frightening. In fact, they themselves are often terrified by "normal" people.

84

8.5

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82

/28487/

78

/3169/

85

/108/

90

87

/30/

age 13+

The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.

84

8.4

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82

/2411/

71

/229/

99

/118/

87

82

/39/

age 14+

Broad City follows two women throughout their daily lives in New York City, making the smallest and mundane events hysterical and disturbing to watch all at the same time.

84

8.1

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80

/1823/

77

/183/

99

/116/

89

82

/51/

age 11+

In a reimagining of the TV classic, a newly single Latina mother raises her teen daughter and tween son with the "help" of her old-school mom.

84

8.4

/409160/

83

/29629/

82

/3783/

95

/180/

88

73

/53/

age 14+

A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.

84

8.6

/71272/

82

/2908/

86

/2161/

age 11+

The surreal misadventures of two best friends - a blue jay and a raccoon - as they seek to liven up their mundane jobs as groundskeepers at the local park.

84

83

8.3

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81

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73

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90

/32/

93

84

/20/

age 14+

The offbeat cast and crew of a sports news show deal with professional, personal, and ethical challenges while functioning in a pressure-cooker work environment.

83

8.5

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84

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79

/1962/

88

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88

74

/76/

age 14+

Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.

83

8.2

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81

/7331/

84

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88

/26/

age 13+

A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.

84

83

8.5

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77

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77

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100

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72

95

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age 15+

Comic Garry Shandling draws upon his own talk show experiences to create the character of Larry Sanders, a paranoid, insecure host of a late night talk show. Larry, along with his obsequious TV sidekick Hank Kingsley and his fiercely protective producer Artie, allows Garry Shandling and his talented writers to look behind the scenes and to show us a convincing slice of behind the camera life.

83

8.6

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84

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79

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91

/154/

84

79

/82/

age 15+

Sterling Archer is the world's most daunting spy. He works for ISIS, a spy agency run by his mother. In between dealing with his boss and his co-workers - one of whom is his ex-girlfriend - Archer manages to annoy or seduce everyone that crosses his path. His antics are only excusable because at the end of the day, he still somehow always manages to thwart whatever crises was threatening mankind.

83

8.6

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85

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80

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93

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89

67

/46/

age 14+

In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much.

83

8.5

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85

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84

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89

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86

72

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age 14+

The adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the retro-futuristic 31st century.

82

7.9

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77

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79

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97

/43/

89

73

/26/

age 14+

Samantha and Jay throw caution to the wind when they convert their recently inherited country estate into a bed-and-breakfast. Call it mislaid plans. Not only is the place falling apart, but it’s also inhabited by spirits of previous residents -- whom only Samantha can see and hear.

82

8.0

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78

/2335/

76

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87

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95

81

/17/

age 13+

The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.

82

8.1

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79

/2439/

73

/239/

95

/125/

89

77

/58/

age 17+

Narcissistic, brash, and self-destructive Jimmy Shive-Overly thinks all relationships are doomed. Cynical, people-pleasing, and stubborn Gretchen Cutler knows that relationships aren't for her. So when they meet at a wedding, it's only natural that the two of them go home together.

82

8.1

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78

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74

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96

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90

76

/24/

age 14+

James "Jimmy" Chance is a clueless 24-year-old who impregnates a serial killer during a one-night-stand. Earning custody of his daughter after the mother is sentenced to death, Jimmy relies on his oddball but well-intentioned family for support in raising the child.

82

IMDb 53

9.0

/813606/

86

/35082/

85

/4879/

81

/205/

89

66

/51/

age 14+

The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.

82

IMDb 94

8.9

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84

/47763/

84

/8780/

78

/92/

93

65

/24/

age 14+

Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.

82

8.5

/30640/

83

/670/

79

/239/

age 6+

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.

82

7.9

/409778/

77

/20518/

82

/12484/

Letterboxd

3.8

/795441/

92

/198/

88

77

/43/

age 14+

Wanda Maximoff and Vision—two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives—begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.

82

8.5

/49928/

83

/1789/

79

/315/

Six friends in their thirties navigate dating, sexual adventures, and mishaps on their quest to find love.

82

8.2

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79

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74

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93

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91

78

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age 15+

A group of struggling actors and dysfunctional dreamers wait for their big break while they are stuck serving hors d'oeurves for a Hollywood catering company 'Party Down.'

81

8.6

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83

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79

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75

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85

78

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age 15+

The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.

81

8.2

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78

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70

/46/

95

/32/

89

75

/13/

age 14+

Best friends and fledgling ad men Sam and Tim may not have the money, connections or talent that the big guys do, but they have ambition out the wazoo. Together, they’re out to build a local advertising empire and restore their home city of Detroit to its former glory in this new show from executive producers Lorne Michaels and Jason Sudeikis.

81

7.8

/18411/

74

/531/

79

/452/

83

/12/

93

age 8+

A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.

81

8.4

/281271/

83

/14977/

80

/2038/

83

/68/

86

74

/38/

age 14+

In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.

80

8.3

/137087/

81

/8187/

74

/758/

78

/230/

91

73

/68/

age 14+

Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.

80

7.9

/17876/

74

/621/

73

/123/

93

/30/

80

85

/24/

age 14+

College freshman Steve Karp, his girlfriend and their fellow dorm-mates embark on one the greatest experiences of their lives...unfortunately for Steve, his lonely and recently divorced father is tagging along for the ride.

80

8.3

/43259/

81

/1827/

75

/165/

88

/106/

94

64

/39/

age 14+

The trials and tribulations of the very large, colorful and imperfect Braverman family.

80

8.3

/774186/

80

/45530/

81

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84

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85

69

/46/

age 14+

A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.

80

8.7

/439249/

84

/22336/

83

/4796/

80

/151/

83

64

/19/

age 15+

Follow the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.

80

7.5

/23588/

74

/1094/

77

/1061/

91

/28/

83

age 10+

Dinosaurs follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have TV's, fridges, microwaves, and every modern convenience.

79

IMDb 96

7.6

/43165/

78

/2632/

75

/176/

94

/77/

79

74

/35/

age 14+

A retired professor with a knack for snooping gets a new lease on life when a private investigator recruits him to go undercover and crack a case.

79

7.8

/260702/

77

/17331/

73

/1586/

95

/103/

84

67

/29/

age 14+

Jessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys. Goofy, positive, vulnerable and honest to a fault, Jess has faith in people, even when she shouldn't. Although she's dorky and awkward, she's comfortable in her own skin. More prone to friendships with women, she's not used to hanging with the boys—especially at home.

79

8.2

/51997/

80

/1797/

75

/368/

82

/6/

age 13+

Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.

79

8.5

/68474/

83

/2765/

79

/708/