Best Comedy Series of All Time

Best Comedy Series
200-151 | 150-101 | 100-51 | 50-1

Fleabag (2016)
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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
Directed By: Harry Bradbeer

Mork & Mindy (1978)
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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
Directed By: Anthony W. Marshall, Garry Marshall

Murphy Brown (1988)
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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
Directed By: Diane English, Candice Bergen

The Odd Couple (1970)
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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
Directed By: Garry Marshall, Sheldon Keller

Frontline (1994)
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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
Directed By: Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy, Rob Sitch

Outnumbered (2007)
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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
Directed By: Andy Hamilton, Guy Jenkin

Soap (1977)
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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
Directed By: Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas, Susan Harris

The Bernie Mac Show (2001)
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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
Directed By: Larry Wilmore

Barney Miller (1975)
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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
Directed By: Danny Arnold, Noam Pitlik

Mom (2013)
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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
Directed By: Chuck Lorre, Eddie Gorodetsky, Nick Bakay

Rick and Morty (2013)
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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
Directed By: Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland

Please Like Me (2013)
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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
Directed By: Josh Thomas, Todd Abbott, Kevin Whyte

Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
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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
Directed By: Linwood Boomer, David Richardson, Alan J. Higgins, Todd Holland

Rake (2010)
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#87
Synopsis: A brilliant barrister battles his self-destructive tendencies.... [More]
Starring: Richard Roxburgh, Matt Day, Adrienne Pickering, Russell Dykstra
Directed By: Miranda Dear, Jeffrey Walker, Jessica Hobbs

Night Court (1984)
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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
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BoJack Horseman (2014)
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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
Directed By: Steven A. Cohen, Noel Bright, Will Arnett, Aaron Paul

The Vicar of Dibley (2002)
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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
Directed By: Dewi Humphreys, Gareth Carrivick

Spaced (1999)
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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
Directed By: Tony Orston, Edgar Wright, Humphrey Barclay, Lisa Clark

Family Guy (1999)
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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
Directed By: Seth MacFarlane, Rich Appel, Alec Sulkin, Steve Callaghan

The Thick of It (2005)
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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
Directed By: Armando Iannucci, Mark Freeland, Armando Iannucci

Everybody Hates Chris (2005)
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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
Directed By: Ali LeRoi, Howard Gewirtz, Michael Rotenberg, Dave Becky

Police Squad! (1982)
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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
Directed By: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker

The Jeffersons (1975)
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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
Directed By: Norman Lear

Everybody Loves Raymond (1996)
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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
Directed By: Phil Rosenthal, Stu Smiley, Rory Rosegarten

Futurama (1999)
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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
Directed By: Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Ken Keeler, Claudia Katz

Search Party (2016)
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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
Directed By: Sarah-Violet Bliss, Tony Hernandez, Charles Rogers, Michael Showalter

Master of None (2015)
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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
Directed By: Aziz Ansari, Alan Yang, Mike Schur, David Miner

Mr. Bean (1990)
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#73
Synopsis: The misadventures of a bumbling loner.... [More]
Starring: Rowan Atkinson
Directed By: John Birkin

Insecure (2016)
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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
Directed By: Issa Rae, Prentice Penny, Melina Matsoukas, Michael Rotenberg

GLOW (2017)
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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
Directed By: Jenji Kohan, Tara Herrmann, Liz Flahive, Carly Mensch

Barry (2018)
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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
Directed By: Bill Hader, Alec Berg, Bill Hader

Freaks and Geeks (1999)
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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
Directed By: Judd Apatow, Jake Kasdan

Girls (2012)
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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
Directed By: Judd Apatow, Jennifer Konner

Martin (1992)
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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
Directed By: Samm-Art Williams, Martin Lawrence

Catastrophe (2015)
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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
Directed By: Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney, Richard Allen-Turner, Jon Thoday

The Wonder Years (1988)
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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
Directed By: Bob Brush

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
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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
Directed By: Daniel J. Goor, Mike Schur, David Miner, Luke Del Tredici

Sex and the City (1998)
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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
Directed By: Darren Star, Michael Patrick King

Married ... With Children (1987)
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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
Directed By: Michael G. Moye, Ron Leavitt, Barbara Cramer, Katherine Green

The Golden Girls (1985)
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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
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Only Fools and Horses (1981)
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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
Directed By: Tony Dow, Ray Butt, John Sullivan

Keeping Up Appearances (1990)
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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
Directed By: Harold Snoad

Flight of the Conchords (2007)
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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
Directed By: Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, James Bobin, Troy Miller

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
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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
Directed By: Quincy Jones, David Salzman, Shelley Jensen

The Inbetweeners (2009)
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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
Directed By: Ben Palmer, Damon Beesley, Iain Morris

Broad City (2014)
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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
Directed By: Amy Poehler, Dave Becky, Abbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer

Gavin & Stacey (2007)
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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
Directed By: Christine Gernon, Henry Normal, Lindsay Hughes

NewsRadio (1995)
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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
Directed By: Brad Grey, Bernie Brillstein, Paul Simms, Judi Elterman

Blackadder the Third (1983)
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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
Directed By: Mandie Fletcher

Will & Grace (1998)
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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
Directed By: David Kohan, Max Mutchnick, James Burrows, Alex Herschlag

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200-151 | 150-101 | 100-51 | 50-1

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