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The Top 100 American Situation Comedies: An Objective Ranking

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A number of books and articles have been written ranking the best situation comedies of all time.

These have all had something in common—subjective criteria based on the authors' opinions. This book attempts an objective ranking of the best 100 American sitcoms, based on a mathematical formula taking into account four factors: ratings, longevity, peer acceptance and spawning of other programs (spin-offs).

The authors considered a field of 377 series which met at least one of four criteria: aired for at least three seasons; rated among top 30 series in at least one season; received at least one major Emmy nomination; or spawned at least one other series. A critical essay is provided for each series, along with air dates and cast listings.

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ISBN-13:	9781476664040
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	10/30/2015
Pages:	292
Sales rank:	994,034
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Mitchell E. Shapiro, a professor in the School of Communication at the University of Miami (Florida), is currently the director of honors (and former academic associate dean). The author of six books, he has published numerous scholarly articles in various journals. Tom Jicha has been writing about TV and radio for 35 years. He was formerly the TV/Radio editor of The Miami News and the TV/Radio writer for the Fort Lauderdale News and Sun Sentinel. He is a former president of the Television Critics Association. He lives in Miami, Florida.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. All in the Family
2. Cheers
3. Frasier
4. M*A*S*H
5. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
6. Friends
7. Everybody Loves Raymond
8. I Love Lucy
9. The Cosby Show
10. Seinfeld
11. Modern Family
12. Murphy Brown
13. The Golden Girls
14. The Danny Thomas Show
15. The Dick Van Dyke Show
16. 30 Rock
17. Will & Grace
18. The Andy Griffith Show
19. Taxi
20. Roseanne
21. Barney Miller
22. Mad About You
23. The Big Bang Theory
24. The Phil Silvers Show
25. Family Ties
26. Bewitched
27. Two and a Half Men
28. Happy Days
29. Home Improvement
30. Sex and the City
31. Get Smart
32. The Beverly Hillbillies
33. Father Knows Best
34. The Larry Sanders Show
35. The Lucy Show
36. Night Court
37. The Office
38. Three’s Company
39. The Wonder Years
40. The Jeffersons
41. Sanford and Son
42. Maude
43. Laverne & Shirley
44. Curb Your Enthusiasm
45. Newhart
46. Kate & Allie
47. Malcolm in the Middle
48. Coach
49. Entourage
50. Alice
51. Hogan’s Heroes
52. 3rd Rock from the Sun
53. One Day at a Time
54. Rhoda
55. The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show
56. Soap
57. Family Affair
58. Designing Women
59. The Bob Cummings Show (Love That Bob)
60. The Odd Couple
61. Room 222
62. December Bride
63. Hazel
64. Who’s the Boss?
65. My Three Sons
66. The Real McCoys
67. A Different World
68. The Life of Riley
69. Our Miss Brooks
70. Mama
71. Evening Shade
72. Here’s Lucy
73. Empty Nest
74. Petticoat Junction
75. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
76. Veep
77. Nurse Jackie
78. Dream On
79. Benson
80. Full House
81. Weeds
82. Growing Pains
83. Arrested Development
84. Ellen (These Friends of Mine)
85. The Donna Reed Show
86. The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
87. How I Met Your Mother
88. The Bob Newhart Show
89. Diff’rent Strokes
90. Scrubs
91. Green Acres
92. The Facts of Life
93. The Wizards of Waverly Place
94. iCarly
95. Wings
96. Married … with Children
97. Perfect Strangers
98. The King of Queens
99. McHale’s Navy
100. Family Matters
Appendices
A. Ranked List of All Qualifying Situation Comedies
B. Top 25 Situation Comedies by Decade
C. Top Situation Comedies by Network
D. Top 25 Situation Comedies That Aired for One Season or Less
Index

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