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- CreatorDavid LevyStarsJohn AstinCarolyn JonesJackie CooganThe misadventures of a blissfully macabre but extremely loving family.
- CreatorBernard FeinAlbert S. RuddyStarsBob CraneWerner KlempererJohn BannerThe inmates of a German World War II prisoner of war camp conduct an espionage and sabotage campaign right under the noses of their warders.
- CreatorJames L. BrooksAllan BurnsStarsMary Tyler MooreEdward AsnerGavin MacLeodThe lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.
- CreatorJames L. BrooksAllan BurnsDavid DavisStarsValerie HarperJulie KavnerLorenzo MusicIn this spin-off of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," Rhoda Morgenstern leaves best pal Mary Richards and her other friends in Minneapolis, Minn., to try her luck in Manhattan.
- CreatorStan DanielsEd. WeinbergerStarsCloris LeachmanHenry JonesJane RoseMary Richards' landlady, Phyllis Lindstrom, moves back to her hometown of San Francisco with her teenage daughter Bess following the sudden death of her husband, Lars.
- CreatorNorman LearStarsCarroll O'ConnorJean StapletonRob ReinerA working class man constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.
- CreatorNorman LearStarsBea ArthurBill MacyConrad Bain"All In The Family" spin-off centered around Edith's cousin, Maude Findlay, a liberal, independent woman living in Tuckahoe, New York.
- CreatorMike EvansNorman LearEric MonteStarsJa'net DuBoisRalph CarterBernNadette StanisA poor family make the best of things in the Chicago housing projects.
- CreatorNorman LearDon NichollMichael RossStarsIsabel SanfordSherman HemsleyRoxie RokerA nouveau riche, African-American family who move into a luxury apartment building develop close, if occasionally fractious, relationships with other tenants.
- CreatorPatt SheaHarriett WeissJoe GannonStarsCarroll O'ConnorDanielle BriseboisAllan MelvinThe further misadventures of Archie Bunker, now the owner of a local pub, and his regulars.
- CreatorJoe GannonPatt SheaHarriett WeissStarsSally StruthersBurgess MeredithJo de WinterThis spin-off of "All in the Family" features the further adventures of Gloria Stivic and her son Joey. She and Mike are separated and she's gotten a job in a veterinarian's office.
- CreatorNorman LearStarsJohn AmosLynnie GodfreyT.E. RussellA Black family, the Cumberbatches, moves into the former Queens home of Archie Bunker years after Bunker had sold the house located at 704 Hauser Street.
- CreatorBill CosbyStarsBill CosbyGerald EdwardsLou ScheimerThe educational adventures of a group of Afro-American inner city kids.
- CreatorDavid DavisLorenzo MusicStarsBob NewhartSuzanne PleshetteBill DailyThe professional and personal misadventures of a psychologist and his family, patients, friends and colleagues.
- CreatorBarry KempSheldon BullStarsBob NewhartMary FrannTom PostonThe misadventures of an author-turned-innkeeper and his friends in rural Vermont.
- CreatorNorman LearStarsRedd FoxxDemond WilsonLaWanda PageThe misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.
- CreatorRedd FoxxBernie OrensteinSaul TurteltaubStarsWhitman MayoCarol ColeJoe MortonThe solo adventures of Fred Sanford's pal Grady, who has moved on up to Los Angeles.
- CreatorNorman LearStarsTeddy WilsonTina AndrewsJohn EarlA widower with two children buys the Sanford Arms rooming house.
- StarsRedd FoxxDennis BurkleyMarguerite RayThe further adventures of Fred Sanford, featuring the old cast, except for Lamont; Fred has a new partner and a new girlfriend.
- CreatorJames KomackStarsJack AlbertsonScatman CrothersFreddie PrinzeThe relationship between a cranky old mechanic and a twentysomething Chicano.
- CreatorDan T. BradleyAllan L. RiceStanley Ralph RossStarsClifton DavisTheresa MerrittTed LangeClifton enjoys being a barber in Washington, DC.
- CreatorDanny ArnoldTheodore J. FlickerStarsHal LindenAbe VigodaMax GailThe Captain of the NYPD 12th Precinct and his staff handle the various local troubles and characters that come into the squad room.
- CreatorDanny ArnoldChris HaywardTony SheehanStarsAbe VigodaFlorence StanleyBarry GordonA grumpy New York cop and his wife adopt five rowdy foster children.
- CreatorGabe KaplanAlan SacksPeter MeyersonStarsGabe KaplanRon PalilloJohn TravoltaA compassionate teacher returns to his inner city high school of his youth to teach a new generation of trouble making kids.
- CreatorPerry RosemondStarsAl WaxmanHelene WinstonFiona ReidAl Waxman starred as Larry King, a convenience store owner in Toronto's Kensington Market who was known for helping friends and neighbors solve problems.
- CreatorWhitney BlakeNorman LearAllan ManingsStarsBonnie FranklinPat Harrington Jr.Valerie BertinelliThe misadventures of a divorced mother, her family and their building superintendent in Indianapolis.
- StarsJohn CleesePrunella ScalesAndrew SachsHotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.
- CreatorRobert GetchellStarsLinda LavinVic TaybackBeth HowlandThe misadventures and trials of an aspiring singer and her co-workers at a greasy-spoon diner.
- StarsErnest ThomasHaywood NelsonDanielle SpencerA trio of black youths learn about life, love, friendship, credit cards, gambling, and a variety of other things while growing up in an inner city.
- StarsErnest ThomasHaywood NelsonShirley Hemphill"What's Happening Now!" is a sequel to "What's Happening!," a TV series about the adult main characters (Raj, Dwayne, Rerun, Shirley, and Dee) as teenagers/children.
- CreatorDon NichollMichael RossBernard WestStarsJohn RitterJoyce DeWittSuzanne SomersThe misadventures of two women and one man living in one apartment and their neighbors.
- CreatorDon NichollMichael RossBernard WestStarsNorman FellAudra LindleyJeffrey TamborStanley and Helen Roper sold their apartment complex and moved into a new one. Their characteristic quirks are intact as they deal with new neighbors and frequent visits from Helen's sister.
- CreatorGeorge BurdittMartin RipsMichael RossStarsJohn RitterMary CadoretteAlan CampbellJack Tripper's co-habitation with Vicky Bradford is complicated by her hostile father's interference as Jack's landlord.
- CreatorSusan HarrisStarsKatherine HelmondRod RoddyRichard MulliganThe soap-operish antics of two families: the Campbells and the Tates.
- CreatorSusan HarrisStarsRobert GuillaumeJames NobleInga SwensonJessica Tate's sharp-tongued former butler, Benson DuBois, moves up in the world, becoming first the governor's "director of household affairs," then the state's budget director, then lieutenant governor and candidate for the executive mansion.
- CreatorJames L. BrooksStan DanielsDavid DavisStarsJudd HirschJeff ConawayDanny DeVitoThe staff of a New York City taxicab company go about their job while they dream of greater things.
- CreatorJeff HarrisBernie KukoffStarsGary ColemanTodd BridgesConrad BainThe misadventures of a wealthy Manhattan family who adopted the children of their late African American housekeeper from Harlem.
- CreatorDick ClairHoward LeedsJerry MayerStarsLisa WhelchelKim FieldsMindy CohnMrs. Edna Garrett, housemother and dietitian at the Eastland School, teaches a group of girls in her charge how to solve those problems that every teenager has to face.
- CreatorHugh WilsonStarsGary SandyGordon JumpLoni AndersonThe misadventures of the staff of a struggling Top 40 rock radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- CreatorHugh WilsonStarsGordon JumpFrank BonnerRichard SandersThe further misadventures of the struggling radio station.
- CreatorJoe GlaubergGarry MarshallDale McRavenStarsRobin WilliamsPam DawberRalph JamesA wacky alien comes to Earth to study its residents and the life of the human woman he boards with is never the same.
- CreatorBob BrunnerHarry ColombyDavid W. DuclonStarsJim BelushiMichael KeatonVal BisoglioShort lived (three weeks) slapstick comedy about Ernie and Mike who are janitors, but attempting to work their way up in a Chicago office building owned by their uncle.
- CreatorMort LachmanSy RosenStarsNell CarterLara Jill MillerKari MichaelsenNell agrees to look after the Kanisky's home, as a special favor to her dying friend, and takes on the role of housekeeper to widowed police chief Carl and a parental figure to his three teenage daughters, and eventually a foster son.
- CreatorGary David GoldbergStarsMichael J. FoxMichael GrossMeredith BaxterChronicles liberal ex-hippies Steven and Elyse Keaton, their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.
- CreatorGarry MarshallStarsRon GlassDemond WilsonJohn SchuckAn African American remake of the television series inspired by the Neil Simon play about two friends living together despite their completely disparate attitudes to life.
- CreatorMartin CohanDavid W. DuclonRon LeavittStarsRicky SchroderErin GrayJoel HigginsRicky Stratton is a spoiled rich kid who lives the life that many kids dream of, but he still suffers from the problems that many teens do.
- CreatorJames BurrowsGlen CharlesLes CharlesStarsTed DansonRhea PerlmanJohn RatzenbergerThe regulars of the Boston bar "Cheers" share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or working at the bar where everybody knows your name.
- CreatorDavid AngellPeter CaseyDavid LeeStarsKelsey GrammerJane LeevesDavid Hyde PierceDr. Frasier Crane moves back to his hometown of Seattle, where he lives with his father and works as a radio psychiatrist.
- CreatorDavid W. DuclonStarsSoleil Moon FryeGeorge GaynesCherie JohnsonYoung Punky Brewster is abandoned with her dog, Brandon, in a supermarket. When she befriends Henry Warnimont, her new family life begins.
- CreatorSherry CobenStarsSusan Saint JamesJane CurtinFrederick KoehlerTwo divorced mothers and their children share an apartment.
- CreatorReinhold WeegeStarsHarry AndersonJohn LarroquetteRichard MollAn eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.
- CreatorMichael LeesonStarsBill CosbyPhylicia RashadMalcolm-Jamal WarnerThe goings-on in the life of a successful African-American family.
- CreatorSusan HarrisStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanFour previously married women live together in Miami, sharing their various experiences together and enjoying themselves despite hard times.
- CreatorSusan HarrisStarsRichard MulliganDinah ManoffDavid Leisure"Empty Nest" tells of the day to day misadventures of a widowed pediatrician named Harry Weston and his two adult daughters, Barbara and Carol, who have come back to live with him after failed marriages.
- CreatorSusan HarrisStarsArnetia WalkerMary Jo KeenenAda MarisComedy and drama in the Miami hospital. Sandy, Annie, Gina, Julie, Hank, Paco and Jack keep things running day and night under the slogan "Here I Am".
- CreatorMichael EliasRich EustisStarsWilliam G. SchillingJeannetta ArnetteDan FrischmanA laidback teacher provides needed guidance about life for a special class of exceptional students.
- CreatorSusan HarrisStarsBetty WhiteRue McClanahanEstelle GettyAfter Dorothy remarries and moves away, Blanche, Rose, and Sophia open a hotel called The Golden Palace.
- CreatorBill BoulwareJack ElinsonMichael G. MoyeStarsHelen MartinMarla GibbsHal WilliamsThis series took place in an apartment building numbered 227. The cast would frequently be sitting outside on a large set of stone stairs, involved in some discussion that would unfold into the weekly plotline.
- CreatorCharlie HauckStarsJason BatemanJeremy LichtDan PonceOriginally is was the saga of a working mom raising her three sons alone while her pilot husband was away, but after star Valerie Harper left, Sandy Duncan stepped in as the boys' aunt.
- CreatorAlan SpencerStarsDavid RascheAnne-Marie MartinHarrison PageThe adventures of a deranged and dumb police detective who always looks for the most violent solution to any problem.
- CreatorBob ComfortRick KellardStuart SheslowStarsRedd FoxxRosanna DeSotoPamela AdlonAn American sitcom starring Redd Foxx as a newsstand owner who adopts a street smart teenage daughter, played by Pamela Adlon. The series premiered January 18, 1986 on the ABC television network and was canceled after 13 episodes.
- CreatorTom PatchettPaul FuscoStarsMihaly 'Michu' MeszarosPaul FuscoMax WrightWhen an ugly creature, who loves eating cats, crash-lands into the Tanner family's garage, they treat him as a guest and allow him to live with them as he comments on the stupidity of mankind.
- CreatorPrudence FraserRobert SterninStarsChristopher RichJudy ParfittCork HubbertThis sequel to the classic fairy tale finds Snow White and her family transported to, and trying to adjust to, life in 1980s America.
- CreatorRon LeavittMichael G. MoyeStarsEd O'NeillChristina ApplegateKatey SagalAl is the quintessential working class dad. Peggy, his wife, always wants more from him. With their children, they go through the highs and lows of ordinary life.
- CreatorBob EllisonPeter NoahJohn SullivanStarsJudd HirschJere BurnsJane CarrA divorced man tries to get his life back in order after losing everything to his ex-wife.
- CreatorRoseanne BarrMatt WilliamsStarsRoseanne BarrJohn GoodmanLaurie MetcalfA revival of the popular 1990s sitcom "Roseanne," which centered on the everyday life of an American working-class family.
- CreatorDiane EnglishStarsCandice BergenGrant ShaudRobert PastorelliThe personal and professional misadventures of an opinionated but beloved woman working as a television journalist.
- CreatorAndy BorowitzSusan BorowitzStarsWill SmithJames AveryAlfonso RibeiroA streetwise, poor young man from Philadelphia is sent by his mother to live with his aunt, uncle and cousins in their Bel-Air mansion.
- CreatorLarry DavidJerry SeinfeldStarsJerry SeinfeldJulia Louis-DreyfusMichael RichardsThe continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York City friends.
- CreatorGreg AntonacciEddie MurphyStarsDella ReeseMariann AaldaSylver GregoryAl Royal and his wife Victoria have just settled down to retire when their daughter Elizabeth, newly divorced from a man that Al always hated, moves back home with her three children: Curtis, Kim, and Hillary.
- CreatorLinda Bloodworth-ThomasonStarsJohn RitterMarkie PostBilly Bob ThorntonJohn Ritter and Markie Post star in this comedy about two politicos that fall in love.
- CreatorDon ReoStarsJohn LarroquetteLiz TorresDaryl MitchellA recovering alcoholic who becomes the manager of a big city bus station.
- CreatorPaul SimmsStarsDavid FoleyStephen RootAndy DickThe workplace sitcom "NewsRadio" explores the office politics and interpersonal relationships among the staff of WNYX NewsRadio, New York's #2 news radio station.
- CreatorDennis KleinStarsBill CosbyPhylicia RashadDoug E. DougHilton Lucas was forced by his employer to retire. His wife has trouble with him always being at home and so does he.
- CreatorGreg DanielsMike JudgeStarsMike JudgeKathy NajimyPamela AdlonA straight-laced propane salesman in Arlen, Texas tries to deal with the wacky antics of his family and friends, while also trying to keep his son in line.
- CreatorMark BrazillBonnie TurnerTerry TurnerStarsTopher GraceLaura PreponMila KunisA comedy revolving around a group of teenage friends, their mishaps, and their coming of age, set in 1970s Wisconsin.
- CreatorEddie MurphySteve TompkinsLarry WilmoreStarsLoretta DevineJa'net DuBoisMichele MorganThe lives of occupants of an inner-city housing project.
- CreatorDavid X. CohenMatt GroeningStarsBilly WestJohn DiMaggioKatey SagalPhilip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy, is accidentally frozen in 1999 and thawed out on New Year's Eve 2999.
- CreatorMichael OuweleenErik RichterStarsGary ColeStephen ColbertThomas Michael AllenThird-rate superhero Harvey Birdman gets a new lease on life when he becomes a lawyer.
- CreatorMatt MaiellaroDave WillisStarsDave WillisCarey MeansDana SnyderThe misadventures of a milkshake, an order of fries, a meatball, and their retired next door neighbor in the suburbs of New Jersey.
- CreatorLarry DavidStarsLarry DavidCheryl HinesJeff GarlinLarry David stars as an over-the-top version of himself in this comedy series that shows how seemingly trivial details of day-to-day life can precipitate a catastrophic chain of events.
- CreatorBen EdlundStarsPatrick WarburtonDavid BurkeLiz VasseyThe story of superhero The Tick, based on the popular comic book.
- CreatorJace RichdaleAngus OblongStarsWill FerrellPamela AdlonJean SmartThe misadventures of a goofy family deformed by toxic waste.
- CreatorMitchell HurwitzStarsJason BatemanMichael CeraPortia de RossiLevel-headed son Michael Bluth takes over family affairs after his father is imprisoned. But the rest of his spoiled, dysfunctional family are making his job unbearable.
- CreatorGreg DanielsRicky GervaisStephen MerchantStarsSteve CarellJenna FischerJohn KrasinskiA mockumentary on a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behavior, tedium and romance.
- CreatorRob McElhenneyGlenn HowertonStarsCharlie DayGlenn HowertonRob McElhenneyFive friends with big egos and small brains are the proprietors of an Irish pub in Philadelphia.
- CreatorLoren BouchardJim DauteriveStarsH. Jon BenjaminDan MintzEugene MirmanBob Belcher runs a struggling burger shop with his wife and three children.
- CreatorDan GoorMichael SchurStarsAndy SambergStephanie BeatrizTerry CrewsComedy series following the exploits of Det. Jake Peralta and his diverse, lovable colleagues as they police the NYPD's 99th Precinct.
- CreatorMike ClattenburgAaron McGruderStarsGerald 'Slink' JohnsonJohn WitherspoonCorey HolcombThe hijinks of a street-smart savior living in modern-day Compton, on a mission to spread love and kindness throughout the crime-ridden L.A. neighborhood with his small group of followers.
- CreatorBob DailyGarrett DonovanNeil GoldmanStarsJermaine FowlerDavid KoechnerMaz JobraniSympathetic old-school doughnut-shop owner Arthur, his spunky young employee and aspiring artist Franco, and their friends and patrons keep the shop going in a changing culturally-mixed inner-city Chicago neighborhood.
- CreatorSimon RichStarsJay BaruchelEric AndréBritt LowerA naive romantic goes on a desperate quest for love when his longtime girlfriend dumps him.
- CreatorWill ForteStarsWill ForteJanuary JonesCleopatra ColemanAlmost two years after a virus wiped out most of the human race, Phil Miller only wishes for some company, but soon gets more than he bargained for when that company shows up in the form of other survivors.
- CreatorDave CherninJohn CherninStarsKaitlin OlsonSofia Black-D'EliaThomas BarbuscaA hard-living aunt is forced to take care of her wealthy sister's spoiled kids after the mom flees the country to avoid criminal charges.
- CreatorMichael Patrick O'BrienStarsGlenn HowertonLyric LewisMary SohnA former philosophy professor who takes a job teaching advanced placement biology uses his students to get back at the people in his life who have wronged him.