Television Top 10 sitcoms of all time?

Father Ted
Community
Red Dwarf
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Scrubs
Garth Marenghis Dark Place
Cheers
Futurama
Spaced
The Office UK
 
Fingeredmouse said:
Not as good as the Thick if It, from which it sprang.
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It looks like many US shows are copied or inspired from British shows. I'm definitely interested in watching the UK Office after I saw Afterlife. Ricky Gervais is brilliant. Shameless is another show that I have just seen the US version but absolutely loved it.
 
No order

Frasier (1-8)
Arrested development (1-3)
Archer (1-4)
The thick of it
The office
Curb
30 Rock
Fawlty towers
Seinfeld
Futurama

The last 3 could also be Veep or Yes Minister, no special love for them (anymore, in the case of Seinfeld and Futurama).


Peep show and sunny are a little too awkward for me. I uhhh haven't seen the Simpsons.
 
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The Office
The Simpsons
Peep Show
Scrubs
Community

Never got the appeal of Seinfeld or It's Always Sunny (especially the latter).

I haven't seen many of the old classics (especially British ones) though. It's a bit hard to — Blackadder was at the same time brilliant but incredibly difficult to watch, I can't even pinpoint what exactly was "wrong" with it from my perception. So many changed in TV over the years.

And some honourable mentions that didn't make the cut for some reason (too short/too inconsistent/too shallow/just not mindblowingly great) :
Louie
Bojack Horseman
Bored to death
Freaks & geeks
Baskets
Futurama
Veep
Silicon valley
Family guy
South park
Rick & Morty
Parks & rec
Detectorists


Edit: This thread inspired me to try and watch some of the old classics. Started with Frasier and turned it off after 3 minutes, that audience laughter is unbearable. Again, speaking of perception — at some point I've watched 10 season of Friends and enjoyed it and now I'll probably turn it off after a few minutes because that laughter is so annoying and outdated.
 
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Not sure all these fit the sitcom criteria but:

The Office UK
Family Guy
Only Fools & Horses
Fawlty Towers
Fresh Prince Of Bel Air
Friends
Simpsons
My Wife & Kids
Red Dwarf
Bob's Burgers
 
Since people have said some of the most clear ones -

Im going to write

Mr Bean
Keeping up appearences
Imbetweeners

I liked America office more than UK.
 
Only Fools and Horses
Simpsons
Mrs Brown Boys
Family Guy
Bottom
Faulty Towers
Father Ted
Futurama
I.T Crowd
Malcom in the middle
 
Nothing beat Friends for me. I freaking love that show.
 
Hm, in no particular order:

The Simpsons
The Thick of It
Community
Fawlty Towers
Rick and Morty
Spaced
Louie
Monty Python’s Flying Circus
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Seinfeld
 
Most of these eg Friends aged pretty badly in terms of humour.
 
Seinfeld
Curb
Blackadder
The office US
The office UK
Peep Show
Arrested Dev
Frasier
Simpsons
Only Fools
 
Archer
30 Rock
Cheers
The Office
Veep
Parks and Rec
Married with Children
Simpsons
Fawlty Towers
Community
 
harms said:
Definitely an all-time great, but is it a sitcom? It's a sketch show, isn't it?
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Yeah, but once people started blurring the lines with Simpsons and South Park I thought what the hell.

If I were a total maniac with utter disregard for everything I would have jammed Brass Eye in there as well.
 
Only Fools and Horses
Father Ted
Fawlty Towers
Parks and Recreation
The Office
I'm Alan Partridge
Green Wing
Flight of the Conchords
The Thick of It
Peep Show
 
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Fresh Prince is number one by a country mile for me.

My wife and kids
Futurama
Simpsons
UK office
Rick and Morty
Two and a half men (Charlie Sheen)

After that it's just those I can watch when nothing is on

Friends
Big bang theory
 
Friends
Two and Half Men
Mrs Brown's Boys
Big Bang Theory
How I Met Your Mother
Gavin and Stacy
My Wife and Kids
New Girl
Mike and Molly
King Of Queens
 
Fingeredmouse said:
Fawlty Towers
Father Ted
IT Crowd
Spaced
I'm Alan Partridge
Curb your Enthusiasm
Black Books
Fleabag
15 Storeys High
Flight of the Conchords

Edit:Oh, and Two and a Half Men and Mrs. Brown's Boys of course.
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That's a list... what the feck happened in the OP?
 
In no particular order

Seinfeld
The Simpsons
Frasier
South Park
30 Rock
Peep Show
Futurama
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
The Office
Broad City (wild card slot)
 
In-betweeners
Big Bang Theory
Blackadder
Catherine Tate? (or is that considered a variety show?)
Cheers
Two Ronnies
Bojack (though its hilariously depressing)
Married with children
Yes, Minister
The Simpsons
 
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Mystry said:
Friends
Two and Half Men
Mrs Brown's Boys
Big Bang Theory
How I Met Your Mother
Gavin and Stacy
My Wife and Kids
New Girl
Mike and Molly
King Of Queens
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Can’t believe you’re the only one who listed King of Queens. Definitely in my top 10.
 
Curb your enthusiasm
Inbetweeners (made me laugh out loud more than anything else on the telly)
Father Ted
30Rock
The thick of it
Frasier (so much better than Cheers)
The Simpsons
Peep Show
Parks and recreation
Malcolm in the Middle

But ten is not enough I can't leave out - Fawlty Towers, Absolutely Fabulous, Modern Family, The IT crowd
 
In order:
The Thick of It
Father Ted
Peep Show
Porridge
Blackadder
Curb Your Enthusiasm
I'm Alan Partridge


Bottom
Yes Minister


Rev
 
My top ten:

Dads Army.
Father Ted.
The I.T crowd.
Brooklyn 99.
I’m Alan Partridge.
The Office (UK)
Parks and Rec.
Red Dwarf.
Family Guy.
The Thick of it.

I like most sit coms/comedy shows, but these are ones that i have gone out of my way to watch/buy the dvds etc.

Red Dwarf when it first aired was an absolute must watch, nothing got in my way of seeing that.
 
Based on what has been named in this thread being acceptable as a sitcom.

The Simpsons
Futurama
Always Sunny
I’m Alan Partridge
Office (UK)
Peep Show
The Thick of It
Arrested Development
Community

They are my favourite nine by far. I can’t think of a tenth up to the quality of those shows.

Seeing people list Two and a Half Men and Family Guy in this list makes it much easier to understand the football forum being in the state it is in.
 
Not sure I have watched 10, even when including Simpsons, Futurama, South Park (which I normally wouldn't, because they hit different spots for me than other stuff more commonly classed as sitcom).
Stuff I liked in no ranking order:
Arrested Development (until season 3)
The IT Crowd
New Girl
Modern Family
Life in Pieces
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (starts kind of lame, but became better for me after several episodes. Might be on the decline again already, but we haven't finished watching)

German ones:
Stromberg (The Office, german edition)
Pastewka
 
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