Hell yeah
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I came here to nominate Fawlty and Ted, so good job beating me to it
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Game of Thrones
and uh, I recommend we employ the “best version” rule again
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Dont we have to take the series as a whole though?
Those last two seasons did happen.
I rewatch most series I enjoy and I have not returned to GOT purely because of how bad I know it turns out
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I will be judging the Simpsons on Seasons 2-7.
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This is a valid point
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Counterpoint: The Simpsons is not a cohesive, continuous narrative.
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Yeah, not one arc so it’s easier to judge on different seasons.
Here are some of mine:
The Burns and Allen Show
Leave It to Beaver
Perry Mason
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Abbott Elementary
Fargo
Get Shorty
The Thick of It
Archer
Barney Miller
Benson
The Bob Newhart Show
The Carmichael Show
The Good Guys
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Rugrats
Frasier
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Golden Girls
Mr. Inbetween
Living Single
Married…with Children (early seasons)
Martin (early seasons)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Mick
Murphy Brown (original run)
The Odd Couple
The Parkers
Taxi
The Wonder Years
Feud (Joan and Bette)
Luther
Happy Valley
Tulsa King
Slow Horses
Person of Interest
Burn Notice
Monk
Psych
Thriller
The Carol Burnett Show
Quincy, M.E.
Better Call Saul
Matlock
Roc
I’m sure I’m forgetting a lot. Tried not to overlap with ones selected already.
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Want to shout out parks and rec as their season 3 was the best season of a sitcom I ever saw. It was shortened due to the strike but they had time to fine tune it and none of the episodes missed.
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Has anyone nominated The Addams Family or The Munsters? If not, please don’t.
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So you have TNG above DS9?
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Absolutely Fabulous
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Good post. Picked up a bunch that should be added. And some dregs, but that’s ok.
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Need to throw All in the Family in as well. Early seasons are top-tier.
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I had to think about this a bit and I would agree that you can’t just pretend bad seasons didn’t happen especially if its part of a continuous story. Still, I think the discounting should be small. You shouldn’t let a show be too much a victim of its own success when it sets the bar so incredibly high.
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FWIW - I think that “Is it still hilarious now?” is kind of an unfair standard for a sitcom. Nothing stays funny forever. I think it’s reasonable to judge its impact in its time.
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Was dropping in here to say this too
Also, first 5 seasons or so of game of thrones… Didn’t see it mentioned.
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You really should watch The Golden Girls, Cheers, and Frasier again to see how your statement is untrue. Timeless comedy is timeless even when dated. Burns and Allen is hilarious, even though it’s wildly dated. Gracie Allen was one of the all-time great comedy talents and her humor is timeless. You’re not going to watch Chico and the Man and go, ‘wow, that comedy really holds up’, but the best will.
Most sitcoms weren’t intended to be timeless, and most were intended very much to be of their time and as a comment on their time. Three’s Company probably most falls into that category. Some of the ‘comedy’ is cringe because it had some bad social commentary due to its time, but most of it is elite.
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Deadwood
Twin Peaks
The Expanse
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