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20 Best Sitcoms Of All Time – Most funniest shows ever

11. The IT Crowd

IMDb: 8.5

Seasons: 6

Actors: Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson, Chris O’Dowd

Platform: Netflix

The IT crowd is a UK sitcom that premiered on Channel 4 on February 3, 2006, and ran for four series of six episodes each. The story is about three people- Roy, Moss and Jen working in Reynholm Industries’ IT department in London. Roy and Moss are both technicians, while Jen doesn’t know anything about computers and claims to be a relationship manager. The series also has Reynholm Industries’ owners: Denholm Reynholm and later his son Douglas.

IT crowd is full of wit, funny and also has a catchy phrase whenever someone calls IT to complain. Moss is by far the most important and the best character in the show. In 2006, the series was voted Best New British Sitcom and again in 2007, the series was elected Comedy of The Year at the Comedy.co.uk Awards.

12. Schitt’s Creek

IMDb: 8.5

Seasons: 6

Actors: Daniel Levy, Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Annie Murphy

Platform: Netflix


Schitt’s Creek is a Canadian stand-up comedy created by father and son Daniel Levy and Eugene Levy, who also play father-son in the series. The series was broadcast on CBC TV from January 13, 2015, to April 7, 2020, and consists of 80 episodes. The story is about a wealthy Rose family losing their entire fortune and being forced to live at a motel in a small town called Schitt’s Creek. The town was purchased by Rose on the occasion of his son’s birthday as a joke. The family now has to live with each other, adapt, work and socialize with the residents of the town.

The show’s humour, writing, and acting is wonderful; it also shows the character development of the characters at the end of the series. It has also won numerous awards, including two ACTRA awards, 18 Canadian Screen Awards and seven major comedy awards at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Award.

13. The Coupling

IMDb: 8.5

Seasons: 4

Actors: Sarah Alexander, Jack Davenport, Ben Miles

Coupling is a series of British dramas broadcasted on BBC2 between 12 May 2000 and 14 June 2004. The series is usually compared to Friends and Seinfeld, which were very popular during the 2000s. The show is about six friends in their thirties and their romantic life, adventures, and misadventures.

The show was inspired by the relationship between Steven Moffat and producer Sue Vertue, who gave their names to two of the characters. The audience feedback was very positive, and the program was named “Best TV Comedy” at the 2003 British Comedy Awards.

14. The Office UK

IMDb: 8.5

Seasons: 2

Actors: Ricky Gervais, Martin Freeman, Mackenzie Crook

Platform: Voot


The Office is a British mockumentary series, which broadcast in the UK on 9 July 2001. The sitcom follows the lives of the employees working in the Slough branch of the fictional Wernham Hogg paper company. The office is managed by David Brent, a racist and sexist boss, followed by his staff Gareth Keenan, Tim Canterbury and others.

The series was also remade in America under the same name, which also proved to be quite popular. In 2001, The Office won the Best New TV Comedy award, the series won the Best TV Comedy award and Gervais the Best TV Comedy Actor award in 2002.  It was the first British comedy in 25 years to be nominated for a Golden Globe, and the first-ever to win one.

15. Modern Family

IMDb: 8.4

Seasons: 11

Actors: Sofia Vergara, Sarah Hyland, Julie Bowen

Platform: Disney Hotstar

The Modern family is a Mockumentary American sitcom that lasted eleven seasons, from September 23, 2009, to April 8, 2020. The show revolves around three different kinds of families, living in L.A. The families are tied together by Jay Pritchett and his children from the first wife, daughter Claire, and son Mitchell. Jay is remarried to a young woman from Colombia, Gloria, who already has a son, Manny. Claire is married to Phil and has three children: Haley, Alex, and Luke. Mitchell lives with his partner Cameron and his daughter Lily.

The three families are not always gentle towards each other and also have differences. It is said Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan designed the show while sharing stories from their own “modern families”. It won a total of 22 Emmy awards from 75 nominations. It also won the Golden Globe award for best television series in 2011. It is also one of ABC’s longest-running series.

16. M*A*S*H

IMDb: 8.4

Seasons: 11

Actors: Alan Alda, Gary Burgoff, Loretta Swit

M*A*S*H short for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is an American comedy series aired on CBS between 1972 and 1983. The series mainly focuses on the U.S. Army surgical unit near the front lines during the Korean War. The series is considered a comedy series, but several of the episodes are serious.

M*A*S*H has captivating characters, pranks and a timeless wit that makes it one of the best series of all time. The series was based on Robert Altman’s film but was far more spirited and literate. M*A*S*H was nominated for over 100 Emmy Awards during its 11-year run, winning 14.

17. Brooklyn Nine-Nine

IMDb: 8.4

Seasons: 7

Actors: Andy Samberg, Mellisa Fumero, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews

Platform: Netflix

Brooklyn nine-nine is an American sitcom and revolves around the lives of the cops working at the 99th precinct Brooklyn. Produced in the form of a single-camera comedy, Brooklyn Nine-Nine first premiered on September 17, 2013. Fox cancelled the show after five seasons but was later taken over by NBC. The show has an immature detective Jack Peralta, his best friend Charles Boyle, the disciplined Amy, the frightening Rosa, sarcastic Gina and their captain Raymond Holt.

It has won two Creative Arts Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe award for best television series- musical or comedy. The show is quite smart and entertaining and has grown in popularity today.

18. How I Met Your Mother

IMDb: 8.3

Seasons: 9

Actors: Josh Radnor, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris

Platform: Disney Hotstar

How I met your mother is a popular American sitcom that ran between 2005 and 2014. The show is about Ted Mosby, who tells how he met the mother of his kids. The story goes back to when he was 27 years old and lived in New York and includes his closest friends Marshall, Lily, Barney and Robin. The series takes place primarily at MacLaren’s Bar and Ted’s apartment. It is said that the show is based on the friendship of Craig Thomas and Carter Bays when they both lived in New York.

HIMYM is smart, comical and sometimes dramatic. The show is also said to be quite similar to Friends but has a storyline, which has been quite dragged in the last few seasons. Barney, played by Neil Patrick Harris, kept the show alive through the nine seasons and is one of the most amazing actors I’ve ever seen. It was nominated for 30 Emmy Awards and won ten, also Alyson Hannigan won the People’s Choice Award for the popular television comedy actress in 2010. In 2012, it won the People’s Choice Award for Favourite Network TV Comedy, and Neil Patrick Harris won the award for Favourite TV Comedy Actor twice.

19. All In The family

IMDb: 8.3

Seasons: 9

Actors: Carroll O’Connor, Sally Struthers, Rob Reiner

All in the family is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS TV network for nine seasons, from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979. It was then pursued with the spin-off series, Archie Bunker’s place, which resumed were All in the family had come to an end. The series is about a white family living in Queens, New York, and consists of a narrow-minded man, Archie Bunker, his wife Edith, and his only daughter Gloria who is married to Michael Stivic. Most of the scenes unfold in the Bunkers House at 704 Hauser Street.

All in the family is regarded as one of America’s greatest sitcom in history and has also broken ground in its depiction of issues previously considered unsuitable for a U.S. network television comedy like racism, homosexuality etc.

20. The Big Bang Theory

IMDb: 8.1

Seasons: 12

Actors: Kaley Cuoco, Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki

Platform: Netflix

The Big Bang Theory is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 24, 2007, and concluded on May 16, 2019, having broadcast a total of 279 episodes over twelve seasons. The show follows the lives of two physicists: Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter in an apartment building in Pasadena, California. They have two other friends, astrophysicist Raj Koothrapali, who is very awkward, and Aerospace engineer Howard Wolowitz, who is in some ways a pervert. There’s also Penny, a beautiful, dumb waitress who lives in the apartment next door.

The sitcom is highly intelligent and geeky and has Star Wars and Star Trek references. The show was also filmed before a live audience, so has a laugh track. It was nominated for the Emmy for outstanding comedy series from 2011 to 2014 and won the Emmy for outstanding lead actor four times for Jim Parsons who plays Sheldon. In total, it won seven Emmy Awards from 46 nominations. 

The sitcom also has a popular prequel show that came out in 2017 called the young Sheldon, which is based on Sheldon’s childhood in Texas.

So, they are the some best sitcoms of all the time.

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