Top 42 Sitcoms of the 1990s

Laugh tracks, Thursday-night juggernauts and a few cult British imports share this list; some ruled the ratings, others only found their fans in reruns.

1. 1
   Seinfeld

   NBC's 'show about nothing' following Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer through New York's petty dramas.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Sister, Sister

   Twins separated at birth, played by Tia and Tamera Mowry, reunite and move in together.
   634pts
3. 3
   Living Single

   Queen Latifah leads a group of Black friends sharing a Brooklyn brownstone in this Fox favourite.
   623pts
4. 4
   Moesha

   Brandy stars as a Los Angeles teenager growing up in this UPN family comedy.
   562pts
5. 5
   The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

   Will Smith plays a West Philadelphia teen dropped into his wealthy relatives' Bel-Air mansion.
   562pts
6. 6
   Saved by the Bell

   Zack Morris and friends navigate Bayside High in NBC's Saturday-morning teen sitcom.
   562pts
7. 7
   Spin City

   Michael J. Fox runs the chaotic office of New York's deputy mayor in this ABC political comedy.
   561pts
8. 8
   Married... with Children

   Fox's crude anti-family sitcom starring Ed O'Neill as miserable shoe salesman Al Bundy.
   519pts
9. 9
   King of the Hill

   Mike Judge's animated comedy about propane salesman Hank Hill and his Texas neighbours.
   519pts
10. 10
    Father Ted

    Three hapless Catholic priests are exiled to remote Craggy Island in Channel 4's surreal comedy.
    519pts
11. 11
    Friends

    Six twentysomethings share apartments, coffee and romances in Manhattan in NBC's era-defining hit.
    470pts
12. 12
    Dharma & Greg

    A free-spirited yoga teacher marries a buttoned-up lawyer after one date.
    470pts
13. 13
    Spaced

    Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes' pop-culture-packed flatshare comedy.
    470pts
14. 14
    The Simpsons

    Matt Groening's animated Springfield family, whose 1990s seasons are often called the best in TV comedy.
    470pts
15. 15
    Family Matters

    The Winslow family sitcom made famous by Jaleel White's nerdy neighbour Steve Urkel.
    415pts
16. 16
    Just Shoot Me!

    An office comedy at a New York fashion magazine, starring David Spade and Laura San Giacomo.
    415pts
17. 17
    The Nanny

    Fran Drescher as a Queens-born nanny to a wealthy Broadway producer's children.
    415pts
18. 18
    Boy Meets World

    ABC's coming-of-age sitcom following Cory Matthews and Mr. Feeny from middle school to college.
    415pts
19. 19
    Frasier

    The Cheers spin-off sending pompous psychiatrist Frasier Crane home to Seattle and a record 37 Emmys.
    415pts
20. 20
    The Royle Family

    A deadpan Manchester family comedy watched almost entirely from the living-room sofa.
    415pts
21. 21
    NewsRadio

    A cult-favourite workplace comedy set at a New York AM news station, starring Phil Hartman and Dave Foley.
    415pts
22. 22
    One Foot in the Grave

    Richard Wilson as the perpetually exasperated retiree Victor Meldrew.
    351pts
23. 23
    Absolutely Fabulous

    Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley as champagne-soaked London fashion PRs in the BBC classic.
    351pts
24. 24
    Mad About You

    Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt's observational comedy about the first years of a New York marriage.
    351pts
25. 25
    Roseanne

    Roseanne Barr's working-class Conner family comedy, which peaked as a ratings giant in the early 1990s.
    351pts
26. 26
    Wings

    Two brothers run a tiny commuter airline on Nantucket in this Cheers-adjacent NBC comedy.
    351pts
27. 27
    The King of Queens

    Kevin James as a Queens delivery driver sharing his home with his wife and her eccentric father.
    277pts
28. 28
    The Vicar of Dibley

    Dawn French as a new female vicar winning over an eccentric English village parish council.
    277pts
29. 29
    Everybody Loves Raymond

    Ray Romano's family sitcom about a sportswriter whose meddling parents live across the street.
    277pts
30. 30
    Murphy Brown

    Candice Bergen as a hard-charging TV news anchor in CBS's sharp newsroom comedy.
    277pts
31. 31
    That '70s Show

    Fox's nostalgic comedy about a group of Wisconsin teens hanging out in Eric Forman's basement.
    277pts
32. 32
    Men Behaving Badly

    Two laddish London flatmates and their long-suffering girlfriends in the BBC hit.
    189pts
33. 33
    Home Improvement

    Tim Allen as accident-prone Tim 'The Tool Man' Taylor, juggling a TV hardware show and three sons.
    189pts
34. 34
    Daria

    MTV's animated deadpan teen Daria Morgendorffer surviving Lawndale High.
    189pts
35. 35
    Keeping Up Appearances

    Patricia Routledge as snobbish Hyacinth Bucket, forever insisting it's pronounced 'Bouquet'.
    189pts
36. 36
    3rd Rock from the Sun

    John Lithgow leads a team of aliens posing as a human family in small-town Ohio.
    189pts
37. 37
    Ellen

    Ellen DeGeneres' bookstore sitcom, which made history when its lead character came out in 1997.
    189pts
38. 38
    The Larry Sanders Show

    Garry Shandling's HBO satire set behind the scenes of a neurotic late-night talk-show host.
    189pts
39. 39
    Will & Grace

    A gay lawyer and his straight best friend share a Manhattan apartment in NBC's groundbreaking hit.
    189pts
40. 40
    Martin

    Martin Lawrence's Fox hit about a Detroit radio DJ, featuring him in several outrageous extra roles.
    189pts
41. 41
    Sabrina the Teenage Witch

    Melissa Joan Hart as a teenager learning magic from her witch aunts and a talking cat.
    0pts
42. 42
    Full House

    A widowed San Francisco father raises three daughters with help from his brother-in-law and best friend.
    0pts

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