Best Comedy Series of All Time

Best Comedy Series
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#100

Fleabag
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#100
Synopsis: A dry-witted woman, known only as Fleabag, has no filter as she navigates life and love in London while trying [More]
Starring: Phoebe Waller-Bridge , Ben Aldridge , Sian Clifford , Bill Paterson

#99

Mork & Mindy
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#99
Synopsis: Mork, an alien from the planet Ork on a mission to Earth to study human behavior, travels to 1970s Boulder, [More]
Starring: Robin Williams , Pam Dawber , Jonathan Winters , Robert Donner

#98

Murphy Brown
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#98
Synopsis: Murphy Brown is the star reporter of "FYI," a newsmagazine series. Murphy is sarcastic, ambitious, often self-involved and bossy -- [More]
Starring: Candice Bergen , Faith Ford , Joe Regalbuto , Grant Shaud

#97

The Odd Couple
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#97
Synopsis: One is neat, one is a slob. Both are divorced and need a place to stay. That's how fussy photographer [More]
Starring: Tony Randall , Jack Klugman

#96

Frontline
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#96
Synopsis: A satirical look at the ratings-obsessed world of TV news starring Rob Sitch and Jane Kennedy. [More]
Starring: Rob Sitch , Jane Kennedy , Tiriel Mora , Alison Whyte

#95

Outnumbered
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#95
Synopsis: South London parents Pete and Sue Brockman struggle to get through the day raising three rambunctious children in this British [More]
Starring: Claire Skinner , Hugh Dennis , Daniel Roche , Tyger Drew-Honey

#94

Soap
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#94
Synopsis: This classic comedy series is a satire on all the daytime soaps out there. The stories revolve around a rich [More]
Starring: Robert Mandan , Katherine Helmond , Diana Canova , Jennifer Salt

#93

The Bernie Mac Show
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#93
Synopsis: Bernie and his wife, Wanda, reluctantly step into the role of parents when his sister drops off her three kids [More]
Starring: Bernie Mac , Kellita Smith , Camille Winbush , Jeremy Suarez

#92

Barney Miller
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#92
Synopsis: The series focuses on life in Greenwich Village's 12th Precinct station house. Initially, it looks at Capt. Barney Miller and [More]
Starring: Hal Linden , Max Gail , Ron Glass , Abe Vigoda

#91

Mom
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#91
Synopsis: Bonnie, a recovering alcoholic, focuses on her marriage to her husband, Adam, and on what she wants to be now [More]
Starring: Allison Janney , Mimi Kennedy , Jaime Pressly , Beth Hall

#90

Rick and Morty
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#90
Synopsis: After having been missing for nearly 20 years, Rick Sanchez suddenly arrives at daughter Beth's doorstep to move in with [More]
Starring: Ian Cardoni , Harry Belden , Sarah Chalke , Spencer Grammer

#89

Please Like Me
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#89
Synopsis: Twentysomething Josh is going through a number of big changes as he navigates his first decade of adulthood. After being [More]
Starring: Josh Thomas , Thomas Ward , Debra Lawrance , David Roberts

#88

Malcolm in the Middle
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#88
Synopsis: The Cleavers they ain't. Mom is a screaming control freak, Dad is a goofy human hairball, oldest son Francis escaped [More]
Starring: Jane Kaczmarek , Bryan Cranston , Frankie Muniz , Christopher Masterson

#87

Rake
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#87
Synopsis: A brilliant barrister battles his self-destructive tendencies. [More]
Starring: Richard Roxburgh , Matt Day , Adrienne Pickering , Russell Dykstra

#86

Night Court
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#86
Synopsis: Honorable Judge Harry T. Stone is a young, hip, jeans-wearing liberal eccentric presiding over the night shift of a Manhattan [More]
Starring: Harry Anderson , John Larroquette , Richard Moll , Markie Post

#85

BoJack Horseman
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#85
Synopsis: A humanoid horse, BoJack Horseman -- lost in a sea of self-loathing and booze -- decides it's time for a [More]
Starring: Will Arnett , Amy Sedaris , Alison Brie , Aaron Paul

#84

The Vicar of Dibley
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#84
Synopsis: When their elderly vicar passes away, congregation members in Dibley are surprised to find that a woman has been assigned [More]
Starring: Dawn French , Gary Waldhorn , James Fleet , Emma Chambers

#83

Spaced
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#83
Synopsis: Outsiders Tim and Daisy meet by chance and pose as a professional couple to obtain an apartment. [More]
Starring: Jessica Hynes , Simon Pegg , Julia Deakin , Nick Frost

#82

Family Guy
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#82
Synopsis: This animated series features the adventures of the Griffin family. Endearingly ignorant Peter and his stay-at-home wife, Lois, reside in [More]
Starring: Seth MacFarlane , Alex Borstein , Seth Green , Mila Kunis

#81

The Thick of It
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#81
Synopsis: "The Thick of It" satirizes the inner workings of modern British government, with the focus on the fictitious Department of [More]
Starring: Chris Addison , James Smith , Joanna Scanlan , Peter Capaldi

#80

Everybody Hates Chris
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#80
Synopsis: This sitcom chronicles the misadventures of teenager Chris as he grows up in 1980s Brooklyn. Chris is surrounded by eccentric [More]
Starring: Tyler James Williams , Terry Crews , Tichina Arnold , Tequan Richmond

#79

Police Squad!
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#79
Synopsis: Bumbling detectives solve puzzling cases filled with sight gags. [More]
Starring: Leslie Nielsen , Alan North , William Duell , Ed Williams

#78

The Jeffersons
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#78
Synopsis: "We're moving on up, to the East Side, to a deee-luxe apartment in the sky ... ." This spinoff from [More]
Starring: Sherman Hemsley , Isabel Sanford , Mike Evans , Damon Evans

#77

Everybody Loves Raymond
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#77
Synopsis: Ray Barone is a successful sports writer and family man who deals with a brother and parents -- who happen [More]
Starring: Ray Romano , Patricia Heaton , Doris Roberts , Peter Boyle

#76

Futurama
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#76
Synopsis: Accidentally frozen, pizza-deliverer Fry wakes up 1,000 years in the future. He is taken in by his sole descendant, an [More]
Starring: Billy West , Katey Sagal , John DiMaggio , Tress MacNeille

#75

Search Party
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#75
Synopsis: The disappearance of former college acquaintance Chantal leads several 20-somethings to get entangled in the mystery of how she went [More]
Starring: Alia Shawkat , John Reynolds , John Early , Meredith Hagner

#74

Master of None
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#74
Synopsis: Comic Aziz Ansari and writer Alan Yang are the creators of this Netflix-original comedy, which is loosely based on Ansari's [More]
Starring: Aziz Ansari , Lena Waithe , Eric Wareheim , Naomi Ackie

#73

Mr. Bean
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#73
Synopsis: The misadventures of a bumbling loner. [More]
Starring: Rowan Atkinson

#72

Insecure
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#72
Synopsis: Modern-day black women might be described as strong and confident; in other words, just the opposite of Issa and Molly. [More]
Starring: Issa Rae , Yvonne Orji , Natasha Rothwell , Amanda Seales

#71

GLOW
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#71
Synopsis: Alison Brie stars as Ruth Wilder, an out-of-work actress living in Los Angeles in the '80s. Wilder finds an unexpected [More]
Starring: Alison Brie , Betty Gilpin , Marc Maron , Sydelle Noel

#70

Barry
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#70
Synopsis: Disillusioned at the thought of taking down another "mark," depressed, low-level hit man Barry Berkman seeks a way out. When [More]
Starring: Bill Hader , Stephen Root , Henry Winkler , Sarah Goldberg

#69

Freaks and Geeks
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#69
Synopsis: Growing up circa 1980, a misfit high-school student and his pals are probably destined to become new media millionaires, but [More]
Starring: John Francis Daley , Linda Cardellini , Samm Levine , Martin Starr

#68

Girls
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#68
Synopsis: An aspiring writer and her three friends in New York try to make sense of what life has in store [More]
Starring: Lena Dunham , Allison Williams , Jemima Kirke , Zosia Mamet

#67

Martin
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#67
Synopsis: Stand-up comedian Martin Lawrence drives this irreverent sitcom as a sexist, cocky and wisecracking radio station talk show host. His [More]
Starring: Martin Lawrence , Tisha Campbell-Martin , Tichina Arnold , Tommy Ford

#66

Catastrophe
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#66
Synopsis: During a business trip in London, an American named Rob meets Sharon, an Irish teacher with whom he shares incredible [More]
Starring: Sharon Horgan , Rob Delaney , Ashley Jensen , Mark Bonnar

#65

The Wonder Years
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#65
Synopsis: "The Wonder Years" tracks life in the turbulent late 1960s and early '70s through the eyes of the increasingly less [More]
Starring: Fred Savage , Jason Hervey , Olivia d'Abo , Dan Lauria

#64

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
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#64
Synopsis: The detectives of Brooklyn's 99th Precinct -- hotshot Jake Peralta, overachiever Amy Santiago, tough-as-nails Rosa Diaz, sweetheart Charles Boyle, devoted [More]
Starring: Andy Samberg , Andre Braugher , Terry Crews , Melissa Fumero

#63

Sex and the City
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#63
Synopsis: A sex columnist, Carrie Bradshaw, and her three friends -- Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda -- explore Manhattan's dating scene, chronicling [More]
Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker , Kim Cattrall , Kristin Davis , Cynthia Nixon

#62

Married ... With Children
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#62
Synopsis: The antithesis of the loving "Cosby Show" family, "Married ... With Children" focused on the Bundys, a suburban Chicago family [More]
Starring: Ed O'Neill , Katey Sagal , Christina Applegate , David Faustino

#61

The Golden Girls
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#61
Synopsis: Four mature women live together in Miami and experience the joys and angst of their golden years; strong-willed Dorothy, spacey [More]
Starring: Bea Arthur , Rue McClanahan , Betty White , Estelle Getty

#60

Only Fools and Horses
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#60
Synopsis: Derek "Del Boy" Trotter is a fast-talking market trader living in South London with his younger brother, Rodney. In order [More]
Starring: David Jason , Nicholas Lyndhurst , Buster Merryfield , Lennard Pearce

#59

Keeping Up Appearances
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#59
Synopsis: Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Bouquet, if you please) lives to impress. And she has no patience for people who pretend to [More]
Starring: Clive Swift , Josephine Tewson , Judy Cornwell , Geoffrey Hughes

#58

Flight of the Conchords
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#58
Synopsis: Cutting edge musical comics Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement travel from their native New Zealand to New York in search [More]
Starring: Jemaine Clement , Bret McKenzie , Rhys Darby , Kristen Schaal

#57

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
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#57
Synopsis: Will Smith more or less plays himself in this good-natured NBC sitcom. As the show's popular theme song explains, fictional [More]
Starring: Will Smith , James Avery , Daphne Maxwell-Reid , Alfonso Ribeiro

#56

The Inbetweeners
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#56
Synopsis: Those who remember the awkward years of adolescence can relive those painful days in this British comedy series, where the [More]
Starring: Simon Bird , James Buckley , Blake Harrison , Joe Thomas

#55

Broad City
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#55
Synopsis: The critically acclaimed Web series "Broad City" moves to Comedy Central as a half-hour scripted series. It's created by and [More]
Starring: Abbi Jacobson , Ilana Glazer

#54

Gavin & Stacey
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#54
Synopsis: After they fall in love over long-distance business phone conversations, young Englishman Gavin Shipman and winsome Welsh lass Stacey West [More]
Starring: Mathew Horne , Joanna Page , James Corden , Ruth Jones

#53

NewsRadio
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#53
Synopsis: "NewsRadio" showcases the hilarious antics of staffers at WNYX, the fictional No.2 news radio station serving New York. The characters [More]
Starring: Dave Foley , Vicki Lewis , Stephen Root , Andy Dick

#52

Blackadder the Third
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#52
Synopsis: Edmund Blackadder serves as butler to the Prince of Wales in Regency England. [More]
Starring: Rowan Atkinson , Tony Robinson , Hugh Laurie , Helen Atkinson-Wood

#51

Will & Grace
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#51
Synopsis: In the original eight-season run of this groundbreaking sitcom, best friends Will, a meticulous corporate lawyer, and Grace, a neurotic [More]
Starring: Eric McCormack , Debra Messing , Sean Hayes , Megan Mullally

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