Situation comedy

A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. Sitcoms usually consist of recurring characters in a format in which there are one or more humorous story lines centred on a common environment, such as a family home or workplace.

List of sitcoms

Listed alphabetically by decade

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1940s

• The Aldrich Family (1949–1953)
• Mary Kay and Johnny (1947–1950)
• The Morey Amsterdam Show (1948–1950)
• Pinwright's Progress (1946–1947)
• That Wonderful Guy (1949–1950)

1950s

• The Adventures of Hiram Holiday (1956–1957)
• The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952–1966)
• Amos & Andy (1951–1953)
• The Ann Sothern Show (1958–1961)
• Bachelor Father (1957–1962)
• Beulah (1950–1953)
• The Bob Cummings Show (1955–1959)
• Date with the Angels (1957–1958)
• December Bride (1954–1959)
• The Donna Reed Show (1958–1960)
• The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950–1958)
• Hancock's Half Hour (1954–1960)
• The Hank McCune Show (1950–1953)
• Hennessey (1959–1962)
• The Honeymooners (1955–1956)
• I Love Lucy (1951–1957)
• I Married Joan (1952–1955)
• Jamie (1953–1954)
• The Jean Carroll Show (1953–1954)
• Leave It to Beaver (1957–1963)
• Love and Marriage (1959–1960)
• Make Room For Daddy (1953–1965)
• My Favorite Husband (1953–1955)
• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959–1963)
• My Friend Irma (1952–1954)
• My Hero (1952–1953)
• Our Miss Brooks (1952–1956)
• The People's Choice (1955–1958)
• Private Secretary (1953–1957)
• The Real McCoys (1957–1963)
• Stanley (1956–1957)
• Those Whiting Girls (1955–1957)

1960s

• Accidental Family (1967–1968)
• The Addams Family (1962–1966)
• The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
• Angel (1960–1961)
• The Baileys of Balboa (1964–1965)
• The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971)
• Bewitched (1964–1972)
• The Bill Cosby Show (1969–1971)
• The Bill Dana Show (1963–1965)
• The Bing Crosby Show (1964–1965)
• The Bob Newhart Show (1961–1962)
• The Brady Bunch (1969–1974)
• Car 54, Where Are You? (1961–1963)
• Citizen James (1960–1962)
• The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969–1972)
• Dad's Army (1968–1977)
• The Dick van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
• The Dustbirmen (1969–1970)
• Fair Exchange (1962–1963)
• The Farmer's Daughter (1963–1966)
• The Flying Nun (1967–1970)
• Get Smart (1965–1970)
• Gidget (1965–1966)
• Gilligan's Island (1964–1967)
• The Good Guys (1968–1970)
• Grindl (1963–1964)
• Hancock (1961)
• Hazel (1961–1966)
• Here Come the Brides (1968–1970)
• Here's Lucy (1968–1974)
• Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
• I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970)
• In Loving Memory (1969–1986)
• The John Forsythe Show (1965–1966)
• Julia (1968–1971)
• The Liver Birds (1969–1996)
• Love on a Rooftop (1966–1967)
• Margie (1961–1962)
• Mister Ed (1961–1966)
• The Monkees (1966–1968)
• The Mothers-In-Law (1967–1969)
• Mr. Digby Darling (1969–1971)
• Mr. Terrific (1967–1968)
• The Munsters (1964–1966)
• My Favorite Martian (1963–1966)
• My Mother the Car (1965–1966)
• My Three Sons (1960–1972)
• O.K. Crackerby! (1965–1966)
• On the Buses (1969–1973)
• The Patty Duke Show (1963–1966)
• The Rag Trade (1961–1963, 1977)
• The Second Hundred Years (1967–1968)
• Steptoe and Son (1962–1974)
• The Tab Hunter Show (1960–1961)
• Tammy (1965–1966)
• To Rome With Love (1969–1971)
• Two in Clover (1969–1970)
• The Ugliest Girl in Town (1968–1969)
• Valentine's Day (1964–1965)
• Wendy and Me (1964–1965)
• Window on Main Street (1961–1962)

1970s

• Agony (1979–1981)
• Alice (1976–1985)
• All in the Family (1971–1979)
• All's Fair (1976–1977)
• Angie (1979–1980)
• Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983)
• Are You Being Served? (1972–1985)
• Arnie (1970–1972)
• The Associates (1979–1980)
• Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976–1978)
• The Bad News Bears (1979–1980)
• Barefoot in the Park (1970–1971)
• Barney Miller (1975–1982)
• The Baxters (1979–1981)
• Benson (1979–1986)
• The Betty White Show (1977–1978)
• Bless This House (1971–1976)
• The Bob Newhart Show (1972–1978)
• The Brian Keith Show (1972–1974)
• Bridget Loves Bernie (1972–1973)
• Butterflies (1978–1983)
• C.P.O. Sharkey (1976–1978)
• Chico and the Man (1974–1978)
• Terry and June (1979–1987)
• The Last Resort (1979)
• Working Stiffs (1979)
• Out of the Blue (1979)
• The Facts of Life (1979–1988)
• End of Part One (1979)
• The Ropers (1979–1980)
• Flatbush (1979)
• Turnabout (1979)
• Hello, Larry (1979)
• Delta House (1979)
• Tankki täyteen (1978)
• Please Stand By (1978)
• Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986)
• Apple Pie (1978)
• Who's Watching the Kids (1978)
• WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–1982)
• Mork & Mindy (1978–1982)
• Taxi (1978–1983)
• The Waverly Wonders (1978)
• ABC Saturday Comedy Special (1978)
• America 2-Night (1978)
• The Ted Knight Show (1978)
• Father, Dear Father in Australia (1978)
• A.E.S. Hudson Street (1978)
• On Our Own (1977)
• We've Got Each Other (1977)
• The Love Boat (1977–1986)
• Sugar Time! (1977)
• A Year at the Top (1977)
• The ABC Monday Night Comedy Special (1977)
• All That Glitters (1977)
• Eight Is Enough (1977–1981)
• Three's Company (1977–1984)
• Blansky's Beauties (1977)
• Robin's Nest (1977–1981)
• The Fosters (1976)
• Ball Four (1976)
• All's Fair (1976)
• Big John, Little John (1976)
• George and Mildred (1976–1979)
• What's Happening!! (1976–1979)
• Viva Valdez (1976)
• Good Heavens (1976)
• Laverne & Shirley (1976–1983)
• On the Rocks (1975)
• King of Kensington (1975–1980)
• One Day at a Time (1975–1984)
• Grady (1975)
• The Cop and the Kid (1975)
• Fawlty Towers (1975–1979)
• When Things Were Rotten (1975)
• Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979)
• Phyllis (1975–1977)
• Big Eddie (1975)
• The Melting Pot (1975)
• The Last of the Australians (1975)
• The Good Life (1975–1977)
• We'll Get By (1975)
• The Bob Crane Show (1975)
• Barney Miller (1975–1982)
• The Jeffersons (1975–1985)
• Paper Moon (1974–1975)
• Rhoda (1974–1978)
• Rising Damp (1974)
• My Name Is Harry Worth (1974)
• Good Times (1974–1979)
• Happy Days (1974–1984)
• Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973)
• Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973)
• Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1973)
• Needles and Pins (1973)
• Adam's Rib (1973)
• The Girl with Something Extra (1973)
• Lotsa Luck (1973)
• Thicker Than Water (1973)
• Here We Go Again (1973)
• Ein Herz und eine Seele (1973)
• Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973)
• Last of the Summer Wine (1973–present)
• Steptoe and Son (1972)
• Fleksnes fataliteter (1972)
• Maude (1972)
• Temperatures Rising (1972)
• The New Bill Cosby Show (1972)
• The David Steinberg Show (1972)
• The Corner Bar (1972)
• Sanford and Son (1972)
• The Trouble with Tracy (1971)
• The Chicago Teddy Bears (1971)
• It's Awfully Bad for Your Eyes, Darling (1971)
• The New Andy Griffith Show (1971)
• The Goodies (1970)
• The Odd Couple (1970)
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977)
• The Flip Wilson Show (1970)

1980s

• My Wife Next Door (1980)
• Rising Damp (1980)
• Breaking Away (1980)
• Bosom Buddies (1980–1982)
• Too Close for Comfort (1980–1986)
• Mr. and Mrs. Dracula (1980)
• Semi-Tough (1980)
• Flo (1980–1981)
• When the Whistle Blows (1980)
• Family Matters (1989–1998)
• Yes, Minister (1980–1988)
• Kingswood Country (1980–1984)
• Keep It In the Family (1980)
• Hangin' In (1981–1987)
• Open All Night (1981)
• A Fine Romance (1981–1984)
• Gimme a Break! (1981–1987)
• Lewis & Clark (1981)
• Urusei yatsura (1981)
• Laverne and Shirley in the Army (1981)
• Mr. Merlin (1981)
• Best of the West (1981)
• Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)
• Till Death... (1981)
• Aloha Paradise (1981)
• The Brady Brides (1981)
• Harper Valley P.T.A. (1981)
• Zeg 'ns Aaa (1981)
• Newhart (1982–1990)
• Star of the Family (1982)
• Cheers (1982–1993)
• Square Pegs (1982–1983)
• Silver Spoons (1982–1987)
• Family Ties (1982–1989)
• Third Time Lucky (1982)
• A.J. Wentworth, BA (1982)
• Teachers Only (1982)
• Report to Murphy (1982)
• Making the Grade (1982)
• Joanie Loves Chachi (1982–1983)
• Herbie, the Love Bug (1982)
• One of the Boys (1982)
• The New Odd Couple (1982)
• Reinikainen (1982)
• 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
• The Young Ones (1982)
• Foot in the Door (1983)
• Oh Madeline (1983)
• After MASH (1983–1985)
• Just Good Friends (1983–1986)
• Just Our Luck (1983)
• Webster (1983–1987)
• We Got It Made (1983)
• Herndon (1983)
• Zorro and Son (1983)
• Goodnight, Beantown (1983–1984)
• Baby Makes Five (1983)
• Krovim Krovim (1983)
• Ace Crawford, Private Eye (1983)
• Amanda's (1983)
• Mama's Family (1983–1985)
• Down to Earth (1983–1987)
• Shaping Up (1984)
• The Front Line (1984)
• It's Your Move (1984–1985)
• Three's a Crowd (1984–1985)
• Tripper's Day (1984)
• Who's the Boss? (1984–1992)
• The Cosby Show (1984–1992)
• E/R (1984–1985)
• The Duck Factory (1984)
• Double Trouble (1984–1985)
• Fresh Fields (1984)
• a.k.a. Pablo (1984)
• Night Beat News (1984)
• Duty Free (1984)
• Mother and Son (1984–1994)
• Night Court (1984–1992)
• What's Happening Now! (1985–1988)
• Check It Out (1985)
• Orazio (1985)
• In Sickness and in Health (1985–1992)
• Girls on Top (1985–1986)
• Growing Pains (1985–1992)
• The Golden Girls (1985–1992)
• Maguy (1985)
• Small Wonder (1985–1989)
• Mr. Belvedere (1985–1990)
• Better Days (1986)
• Designing Women (1986–1993)
• Amen (1986–1991)
• ALF " (1986–1990)
• It's Garry Shandling's Show (1986–1990)
• Throb (1986–1988)
• Perfect Strangers (1986–1993)
• All Is Forgiven (1986)
• You Again? (1986)
• Air Waves (1986–1987)
• He's the Mayor (1986)
• Yes, Prime Minister (1986)
• Hey Dad...! (1986–1994)
• Okay ka, fairy ko! (1987)
• New Monkees (1987)
• Familie Ouderijn (1987)
• Beverly Hills Buntz (1987)
• The Lenny Henry Show (1987)
• A Different World (1987–1993)
• I Married Dora (1987)
• Full House (1987–1995)
• My Two Dads (1987–1990)
• The New Statesman (1987–1992)
• Marblehead Manor (1987)
• Marc et Sophie (1987)
• Married... with Children (1987–1997)
• The Popcorn Kid (1987)
• Vivement lundi (1988)
• Baby Boom (1988)
• Tel père, tel fils (1988)
• L'Homme à tout faire (1988)
• Les Amies de Miami (1988)
• Loft story (1988)
• Just the Ten of Us (1988–1990)
• L'Appart (1988)
• The Wonder Years (1988–1993)
• Eisenhower & Lutz (1988)
• Red Dwarf (1988–1999)
• After Henry (1988–1992)
• Lá em Casa Tudo Bem (1988)
• Ken Ma?! (1988)
• Murphy Brown (1988–1998)
• The Van Dyke Show (1988)
• Annie McGuire (1988)
• Roseanne (1988–1997)
• The Munsters Today (1988–1991)
• Empty Nest (1988–1995)
• Dear John (1988–1992)
• La Baby-sitter (1988)
• Acropolis Now (1989–1992)
• We zijn weer thuis (1989)
• French Fields (1989)
• The Simpsons (1989–present)
• Salut les musclés (1989)
• Tattingers (1989)
• Family Matters (1989–1998)
• Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989–1993)
• Major Dad (1989–1993)
• Saved by the Bell (1989–1993)
• Seinfeld (1989–1998)
• Les Pique-assiette (1989)
• No Strings (1989)
• May to December (1989)
• Anything But Love (1989–1990)
• Douce France (1989)
• High Street Blues (1989–1994)
• Desmond's (1989)

1990s

• Marina, Marina (1990)
• Blossom (1990)
• All Together Now (1990)
• You Take the Kids (1990)
• Keeping Up Appearances (1990)
• La Famille Ramdam (1990)
• Good Grief (1990)
• What a Dummy (1990)
• A Family for Joe (1990)
• Get a Life (1990)
• Going Places (1990)
• Evening Shade (1990)
• Married People (1990)
• Maniac Mansion (1990)
• American Dreamer (1990)
• Babes (1990)
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996)
• True Colors (1990)
• Big Brother Jake (1990)
• Working It Out (1990)
• Dream On (1990)
• Sixième gauche (1990)
• Waiting for God (1990)
• Singer & Sons (1990)
• Wings (1990-1997)
• The Marshall Chronicles (1990)
• Bagdad Cafe (1990)
• One Foot in the Grave (1990)
• Hi! Honey, I'm Home (1991-1992)
• Step by Step (1991-1998)
• The Ben Stiller Show (1992-1993)
• Boy Meets World (1993-2000)
• The Secret World Of Alex Mack (1994-1997)
• Friends (1994-2004)
• The Jeff Foxworthy Show (1995-1997)
• Life's Work (1996-1997)
• Spin City (1996-2002)
• Kenan & Kel (1996-2000)
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996-2003)
• Clueless (1996-1999)
• Dharma & Greg (1997-2002)
• Will & Grace (1998-2006)
• Family Guy (1999-2001/2005-)

2000s

• Malcolm In The Middle (2000-)
• Yes, Dear (2000-)
• Grounded for Life (2001-2005)
• One on One (2001-)
• Scrubs (2001-)
• Reba (2001-)
• According to Jim (2001-)
• Life With Bonnie (2002-2004)
• 8 Simple Rules (2002-2005)
• As If (2002)
• What I Like About You (2002-)
• Two and a Half Men (2003-)
• Wanda at Large (2003)
• Hope & Faith (2003-)
• Oliver Beene (2003-2004)
• Quintuplets (2004-2005)
• Rodney (2004-)
• Listen Up (2004-2005)
• American Dad! (2005-)
• Living with Fran (2005-)
• Twins (2005-)
• How I Met Your Mother (2005-)
• Kitchen Confidential (2005-)
• Crumbs (2006-)