[highlight color=”yellow”]This is a repost in a series of Lost Articles, due to a website crash, early 2010. Thanks to the WayBackMachine at Archive.org for saving it! The original article was published on October 30th, 2009.[/highlight]
I just finished watching another round of three episodes of Two And A Half Men and I found it about time to start a list again.
Feel free to disagree and drop your opinion in a comment below.
(My) Top 10 of the Best Comedy Series (sitcoms) on TV from the 90’s to present (2009)
Whoop-tee-doo! Here we go:
Contents
- 1 Two And A Half Men
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- 2 Seinfeld
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- 3 Spin City
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- 4 The Office US
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- 5 Frasier
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- 6. 30 Rock
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- 7 Will & Grace
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- 8 Californication
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- 9 Friends
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- 10 My Name Is Earl
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1 Two And A Half Men
Still running
No, I’m not listing this first because it’s 10 minutes ago I watched another hilarious episode: I really do think this is one of the best Comedy series to date!
Plot:
The Harper brothers Charlie and Alan are almost opposites but form a great team. After years they had little in common except their dislike for their mundane, maternally cold but domineering mother Evelyn, Allan, a compulsively neat chiropractor and control-freak, is thrown out by his manipulative wife Judith who nevertheless gets him to pay for everything and do most jobs in the house. [read more on IMDB.com]
Starring:
- Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper
- Jon Cryer as Alan Harper
- Angus T. Jones as Jake Harper
Seasons:
- Season 1 start: 2003
- Series finale: season 8, 2010
Two And A Half Men Official Website
2 Seinfeld
Discontinued since 1998
Awesome series. I can still watch every single episode and laugh my ass off after having seen it over and over again.
Plot:
Jerry Seinfeld stars in this television comedy series as himself, a comedian. The premise of this sitcom is Jerry and his friends going through everyday life, discussing various quirky situations that we can all relate to (especially if we live in New York). The eccentric personalities of the offbeat characters who make up Jerry’s social circle contribute to the fun. [read more on IMDB.com]
Starring:
- Jerry Seinfeld as Jerry Seinfeld
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine Benes
- Michael Richards as Kramer
- Jason Alexander as George Costanza
Seasons:
- Series premiere: Season 1 in 1989
- Series finale: Season 9 in 1998
3 Spin City
Cancelled in 2002
I never get bored watching this. Not with the Michael J. Fox part of the series, neither with Charlie Sheen. Timeless city hall humour.
Plot:
In this sitcom, Deputy Mayor Charlie Crawford and his City Hall staff must stop the dim-witted Mayor of New York City from embarrassing himself infront of the media and the voters. [read more on IMDB.com]
Starring:
- Michael J. Fox as Mike Flaherty (Season 1 – 4, stopped due to Parkinson disease)
- Charlie Sheen as Charlie Crawford (Season 5 – Series Finale)
- Barry Bostwick as Mayor Randall M. Winston, Jr.
- Richard Kind as Paul Lassiter
- Alan Ruck as Stuart Bondeck
- and more
Seasons:
- Series premiere: Season 1 in 1996
- Series finale: Season 6 in 2002 (cancelled due to low ratings in 2001/2002)
4 The Office US
Still running
Plot:
The Office (2005) takes a look at the lives of its co-workers: bored but talented salesman Jim, his mildly sociopathic, butt kissing enemy Dwight, mildly righteous receptionist Pam, and indifferent temp Ryan. [read more on IMDB.com]
Starring:
- Steve Carell as Michael Scott
- Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute
- John Krasinski as Jim Halpert
- Jenna Fischer as Pam Beesley
- and more
Seasons:
- Series premiere: Season 1 in 2005
- Current Season: Season 6 (ends in 2010)
The Office US Official Website
5 Frasier
Discontinued in 2004
Plot:
Eminent Boston Psychiatrist, Frasier Crane, last seen gracing the bars of Cheers has left his life there to start afresh in Seattle. He now has a spot as a popular radio Psychiatrist, giving him the chance to spread words of wit and wisdom to the masses. He shares his apartment with his retired cop father, Martin, and his father’s physical care assistant, Daphne Moon. Add in brother Niles, Eddie the dog, some bizarre situations and plenty of humour and you’ve got all the ingredients for an excellent show and worthy successor to Cheers
Starring:
- Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Frasier Crane
- David Hyde Pierce as Dr. Niles Crane
- Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon
Seasons:
- Series premiere: Season 1 in 1993
- Series finale: Season 11 in 2004
6. 30 Rock
Still running
Plot:
Liz Lemon, head writer of the sketch comedy show “TGS with Tracy Jordan”, must deal with an arrogant new boss and a crazy new star, all while trying to run a successful TV show without losing her mind.
Starring:
- Tina Fey as Liz Lemon
- Tracy Morgan as Tracy Jordan
- Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy
- and more
Seasons:
- Series premiere: Season 1 in 2006
- Current Season: Season 4 (ends in 2010)
7 Will & Grace
Discontinued in 2006
Plot:
Will & Grace are best friends. Will is a gay lawyer and Grace is a straight interior designer. They both live in New York. Grace is engaged to a real jerk, but when that relationship falls apart, she moves in with Will. This is only supposed to be until Grace finds a place of her own, but she and Will end up with each other as permanent roommates. Also in the cast are Jack, Will’s flamboyant gay friend and Karen, Graces’ secretary/assistant who doesn’t really need to work because she married money several times
Starring:
- Eric McCormack as Will Truman
- Debra Messing as Grace Adler
- Sean Hayes as Jack McFarland
- Megan Mullally as Karen Walker
- Shelley Morrison as Rosario Salazar
Seasons:
- Series premiere: Season 1 in 1998
- Series finale: Season 8 in 2008
8 Californication
Still running
Plot:
A writer tries to juggle his career, his relationship with his daughter and his ex-girlfriend, as well as his appetite for beautiful women.
Starring:
- David Duchovny as Hank Moody
- Natascha McElhone as Karen
- Evan Handler as Charlie Runkle
- and more
Seasons:
- Series premiere: Season 1 in 2008
- Current Season: Season 3 (ends in 2010)
Californication Official Website
9 Friends
Discontinued since 2004
Plot:
Six young people, 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.
Starring:
- Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani
- Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing
- David Schwimmer as Dr. Ross Geller
- Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green
- Courtney Cox as Monica Geller
- Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay
Seasons:
- Series Premiere: Season 1 in 1994
- Series Finale: Season 10 in 2004
10 My Name Is Earl
Cancelled in 2008
Plot:
Earl is a low-life who buys a winning lottery ticket, only to get hit by a car, losing the ticket in the process. He then realizes in the hospital that his bad luck is the result of karma in which fate punishes him for all the rotten things he’s ever done in his life; therefore, he then decides to dedicate his life to making amends to all the people he has hurt in his life. [read more on IMDB.com]
Starring:
- Jason Lee as Earl Hickey
- Ethan Suplee as Randy Hickey
Seasons:
- Series premiere: Season 1 in 2005
- Series finale: Season 4 in 2008 (cancelled)
My Name Is Earl Fansite (no official link to be found?!)