Nowadays television series are up with all kinds of shows. The show makers always try to make up with something different and unique tv shows. The television series fans like to look upon the different genre shows whether it’s action, romance, or comedy. Sitcoms or situational comedy genre series are those which can uplift anyone’s mood. The sitcom is a genre that depicts comedy. In this kind of show, the story revolves around the fixed characters and the activities going around them.
Here is the list of some sitcoms of all time which can satisfy every viewer. The list of the best sitcoms of all time is The Big Bang Theory, Modern Family, Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Mary Kay and Johnny, Parks, and Recreation, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Cheers, The Mick, I Love Lucy, Kenan & Kel, South Park, All in the Family, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Fresh Off the Boat, Rick and Morty, 30 Rock, The Simpsons, Friends, Seinfeld, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
1. The Big Bang Theory (2007)
- Director: Mark Cendrowski
- Writer: Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady
- Cast Members: Kaley Cuoco, Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Mayim Bialik, Kunal Nayyar.
- IMDb Ratings: 8.1/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 82%
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video
This series is one of the longest-running best sitcoms of all time in TV history and it has gathered quite the cult following over the years. The story depicts about Leonard and seldom who physicists and use live together. However, both of them don’t like to interact with women. But both of them change their respective when Penny moves next to their door. After Penny’s entrance, Leonard saw life differently. It’s a single-camera comedy series.
2. Modern Family (2009)
- Creator: Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan
- Writer: Alex Herschlag, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Bill Wrubel, Carol Leifer, Christopher Allen Lloyd.
- Cast Members: Sofía Vergara, Sarah Hyland, Julie Bowen, Ariel Winter, Eric Stonestreet, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Ty Burrell, Nolan Gould.
- IMDb Ratings: 8.4/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 85%
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video
This series is one of the best comedy series. It’s a single-camera comedy series. The story of the series depicts the family-related issues of different types of families. In the series, Jay marries a younger woman Gloria and tries to settle her with his children. On the other side of the series, Mitchell and Cam have decided to adopt a baby boy.
3. Arrested Development (2003)
- Creator: Mitchell Hurwitz
- Writer: Barbie Adler, Jim Vallely, Brad Copeland, Richard, Ron Weiner, Jake Farrow, Mitchell Hurwitz.
- Cast Members: Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Portia de Rossi, Jessica Walter, Tony Hale, Jeffrey Tambor.
- IMDb Ratings: 8.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 79%
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video
The story of the series shows how Michael Bluth is forced to stay in a family after his father George Bluth Sr. gets arrested for doing some crime. However, Michael tries his level best to become a good role model for his son George Michael. Twentieth-century fox has produced this tv show.
4. Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
- Director: Jeff Garlin, Robert B. Weide, Larry Charles, Alec Berg, David Steinberg, Jeff Schaffer, David Mandel
- Writer: Larry David, Jeff Schaffer, David Mandel, Alec Berg.
- Cast Members: Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett, David Cross, Alia Shawkat, Jessica Walter, Tony Hale, Jeffrey Tambor.
- IMDb Ratings: 8.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 79%
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video
In this situational comedy series, Larry David has incorporated his works, achievements, failures in the show to bring these in front of the audience. This thing makes this series more interesting and relatable for the audience and they will easily feel connected.
5. Mary Kay and Johnny (1947)
- Creator: Mary Kay Stearns and Johnny Stearns
- Cast members: Mary Kay Stearns Johnny Stearns Howard Thomas Nydia Westman Christopher William Stearns.
- IMDb Ratings: 8.4/10
- Streaming Platform: Share TV
This sitcom of all time is based on a real-life couple and it was set in New York City. The series shows the journey of the bank employee Johnny Stearns and his wife Mary Kay. During the series the real character Mary Kay was pregnant. As for hiding pregnancy in the series is not possible so the makers show the delivery of their child Christopher in the show. This is the first time in television history that a women’s pregnancy has on aired in a sitcom show.
6. Parks and Recreation (2000)
- Creator: Greg Daniels and Michael Schur
- Writer: Amy Poehler, Michael Schur, Greg Daniels, Harris Wittels, Dan Goor.
- Cast Members: Amy Poehler, Jim O’Heir, Nick Offerman, Chris Pratt, Adam Scott, Aziz Ansari, Rashida Jones.
- IMDb Ratings: 8.3/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96%
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video
The story of the sitcom series shows the lifestyle of Leslie Knope who is the deputy director of the parks and recreation department of Pawnee. All she wants is to make a successful career and to make a beautiful town. However, she helped a local nurse Ann Perkins by constructing a pit next to her house as she wants to broke her boyfriend his leg.
7. The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)
- Creator: James L. Brooks, Allan Burns
- Writer: James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Treva Silverman, Ed. Weinberger, David Lloyd, Stan Daniels, Earl Pomerantz, Bob Ellison.
- Cast Members: Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Valerie Harper, Ted Knight, Gavin MacLeod, Betty White, Cloris Leachman, Lisa Gerritsen.
- IMDb Ratings: 8.1/10
- Streaming Platform: Hulu, Amazon Prime Video
The story of the sitcom series is about Mary Richards who tries to heal herself from her broken engagement. However, she finds the associate producer in a small television news show. Over there she interacts with lots of people and hopes for romance in her life.
8. Cheers (1982)
- Creator: Glen and Les Charles, James Edward Burrows
- Writer: James Burrows, Heide Perlman, Ken Levine, David Lloyd, David Angell, Glen Charles, Les Charles, David Lee.
- Cast Members: Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman, Shelley Long, George Wendt, John Ratzenberger, Kirstie Alley, Woody Harrelson, Kelsey Grammer.
- IMDb Ratings: 7.8/10
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, NBC
The Cheers series is a sitcom of all time. In the series, it shows the story of Sam Malone who is the owner of the bar named Cheers in Boston. The drinking problem of Sam Malone has lower down his career. However, Sam is attracted to Diane and both of them were together a few times but end up with a breakup. After Sam Diane gets a new boyfriend who is a psychiatrist.
9. The Mick (2017)
- Creator: Dave Chernin and John Chernin
- Writer: Scott MacArthur
- Cast Members: Kaitlin Olson, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Thomas Barbusca, Carla Jimenez, Jack Stanton, Scott MacArthur, Tricia O’Kelley.
- IMDb Ratings: 7.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 58%
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video
This sitcom series only consists of two seasons. The story of the show is about Mackenzie Murphy who is a free-living and cigarettes smoking woman. However, after her sister disappears from the country due to criminal charges she has to take care of her naughty children.
10. I Love Lucy (1951)
- Director: Marc Daniels, William Asher, Desi Arnaz
- Writer: Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr., Bob Schiller
- Cast Members: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley, Keith Thibodeaux, Doris Singleton, Frank Nelson.
- IMDb Ratings: 7.8/10
- Streaming Platform: Hulu, Amazon Prime Video
The story of the sitcom series is about Lucy who is the wife of a bandleader Ricky Ricardo. Lucy wanted to become a star despite having no talent. However, Lucy ends up with some funniest outcomes because of her obstinacy. Moreover shows like this have gained a lot of popularity from the first season.
11. Kenan & Kel (1996)
- Creator: Kim Bass
- Writer: Dan Schneider, Nick Cannon, Kim Bass.
- Cast Members: Kel Mitchell, Kenan Thompson, Vanessa Baden, Teal Marchande, Kim Fields.
- IMDb Ratings: 7.8/10
- Streaming Platform: Nickelodeon network, Amazon Prime Video
The story of the sitcom series is set in Chicago and shows the activities of two High school best friends Kenan and Kel. In the show, Kenan is the one who works at a grocery store, has some crazy plans to become rich. On the other hand, Kel is the one who loves orange-soda and has a habit of messing up everything. Kel Mitchell and Kenan Thompson are the main sitcom characters of one of the best sitcoms of all time.
12. South Park (1997)
- Creator: Trey Parker and Matt Stone
- Writer: Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Jonathan Kimmel, Kyle McCullough, Pam Brady.
- Cast Members: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, April Stewart, Isaac Hayes, Mona Marshall, Mary Kay Bergman.
- IMDb Ratings: 8.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 81%
- Streaming Platform: Hulu, Netflix
The story of these sitcom show is about four schoolgoing boys, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick. The show depicts how these four boys face some misadventures in the town of South Park.
13. All in the Family (1971)
- Creator: Norman Lear
- Writer: Rob Reiner, Norman Lear, Bernie West, Bob Schiller, Stanley Ralph Ross.
- Cast Members: Carroll O’Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner,
- IMDb Ratings: 8.3/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 60%
- Streaming Platform: Netflix
The sitcom tv series is about Archie Bunker, who is an uneducated person with lots of stereotype thoughts. He and his wife use to live with their daughter, Gloria, and her husband, Mike. However, there is a viewpoint clash whenever Mike and Archie come in front of each other.
14. The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006)
- Director: Andy Ackerman
- Writer: Kari Lizer, Bryan Behar, Katie Palmer, Ellen Kreamer, Jeff Astrof, Jeff Filgo.
- Cast Members: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Clark Gregg, Hamish Linklater, Trevor Gagnon, Alex Kapp.
- IMDb Ratings: 7.1/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 89%
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video
The story of the sitcom tv series is about Christine Campbell who is a single mother of one as well as a gym owner. After her divorce, Christine tries her level best to put everything in her life in the correct position despite so many ups and downs. However, life becomes more complicated when her irresponsible ex-husband and his new girlfriend, Christine interfere in old Christine’s life.
15. Fresh Off the Boat (2015)
- Creator: Nahnatchka Khan
- Writer: Nahnatchka Khan, Eddie Huang, Ali Wong, Jeff Chiang, Kourtney Kang, Rachna Fruchbom.
- Cast Members: Constance Wu, Hudson Yang, Randall Park, Ian Chen, Chelsey Crisp.
- IMDb Ratings: 7.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94%
- Streaming Platform: Disney plus Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video
The story of the sitcom tv series is about an immigrant family who has come from Taiwan and tries to adapt and accept the culture and economic system of the US. So, in this series, you will see all the ups and downs of their lives. And what all difficulties they will face in adapting to a new culture.
16. Rick and Morty (2013)
- Creator: Justin Roiland, Dan Harmon
- Writer: Justin Roiland, Dan Harmon, Ryan Ridley, Dan Guterman, Jessica Gao, Jeff Loveness.
- Cast Members: Justin Roiland, Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer, Sarah Chalke, Kari Wahlgren, Tom Kenny.
- IMDb Ratings: 9.2/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94%
- Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video, Netflix
The story of the sitcom series starts with the arrival of Rick Sanchez after 20 years at daughter Beth’s house. However, Beth’s husband was not happy about this. Jerry was worried about the sociopathic behavior of Rick as he is a scientist. During the experiment, he made some gadgets that are considered dangerous. However, he also goes on world adventures with his grandchildren.
17. 30 Rock (2006)
- Creator: Tina Fey
- Writer: Tina Fey, Donald Glover, Hannibal Buress, Tracey Wigfield, Robert Carlock, Jack Burditt.
- Cast Members: Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Judah Friedlander, Scott Adsit.
- IMDb Ratings: 8.2/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 78%
- Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video, NBC
The sitcom show centers the story about Liz Lemon who is the head writer of a sketch comedy show. However, her arrogant boss and eccentric stars are the main problems of her life. Still, her main concentration is to run the TV show successfully without a fail.
18. The Simpsons (1989)
- Creator: Matt Groening
- Writer: James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Dan Castellaneta, Conan O’Brien, Al Jeans.
- Cast Members: Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Tress MacNeille.
- IMDb Ratings: 8.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 85%
- Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video
The sitcom series is one of the longest-running shows. From the first season, the viewers have accepted the fictionalized version of the show. The shows like The Simpsons depict the story of a working-class father Homer Simpson and his family who always struggle with some circumstances which are full of comedies. However, everyone considers this show as one of the greatest sitcoms. Twentieth-century fox has produced the series.
19. Friends (1994)
- Creator: David Crane and Marta Kauffman
- Writer: David Crane, Marta Kauffman, Scott Silveri, Jeff Greenstein, Bill Lawrence, Robert Carlock.
- Cast Members: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer.
- IMDb Ratings: 8.9/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 78%
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, NBC
The show Friends is one of the most popular series. The theme song of the show Friends has taken away the hearts of the viewers. Not the first two seasons or three seasons Friends have entertained the viewers with all of ten seasons. The story of the show centers on the livelihood of six adults living in New York City and the incidents happening in their life. This show is one of the best sitcoms of all time.
20. Seinfeld (1989)
- Director: Art Wolff, Tom Cherones, Andy Ackerman, David Steinberg, David Owen Trainor, Jason Alexander.
- Writer: Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David, Elaine Pope, Elaine Pope, Alec Berg, Larry Charles.
- Cast Members: Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander, Michael Richards, Larry David, Jerry Stiller.
- IMDb Ratings: 8.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88%
- Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video, NBC
The story of one of the popular tv shows of all time Seinfeld is about a stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld. The show depicts the adventures of his life along with his best friends George, Elaine, and Kramer. This is the best movie to watch with your friends.
21. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
- Director: Rob McElhenney
- Writer: Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Megan Ganz
- Cast Members: Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson, Danny DeVito.
- IMDb Ratings: 8.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94%
- Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video
The story of the series speaks about five friends who have a lot of ego issues. Along with this they also run a pub in Philadelphia. However, the ego issues and so much difference in judgments lead to some worst problems between them.
Apart from this, some other sitcoms series including The Office, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and The Golden Girls are worth mentioning as runner-ups. Apart from comedy sitcom shows also come up with the correct picture of livelihood. Hopefully, this list of shows will help the devotees to find their suitable one.
