Comedy describes series that are primarily intended to amuse. Shows include sitcoms, single camera comedies, satire, and sketch comedy series. (For animated series fitting this descriptions, see Animation.)
Comedy Series
"Bill Cosby gave us the greatest instruction. He said, 'do not try to be funny, just tell the story.' And that’s what we did." - Phylicia Rashad
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- 2
- 227
- 3
- 3rd Rock From the Sun
- A
- Addams Family, The
- Adventures Of Ozzie and Harriet
- Alan Young Show, The
- ALF
- All in the Family
- All in the Family: "Sammy's Visit"
- All's Fair
- Amanda’s
- Amos ‘N’ Andy
- Andy Griffith Show, The
- Archie Bunker's Place
- Arrested Development
- Associates, The
- B
- Bachelor Father
- Bagdad Café
- Barney Miller
- Benson
- Beulah
- Beverly Hillbillies, The
- Bewitched
- Big Bang Theory, The
- Bill Cosby Show, The
- Bill Dana Show, The
- Bob
- Bob Cummings Show, The aka Love That Bob (1955-1957, NBC)
- Bob Newhart Show, The (1972-78, CBS)
- Bosom Buddies
- Brady Bunch, The
- C
- Captain Nice
- Car 54, Where Are You?
- Charles in Charge
- Checking In
- Cheers
- Cheers: "One for the Road"
- Chico and the Man
- Coach
- Comeback, The
- Cosby Show, The
- CPO Sharkey
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Cybill
- D
- Danny Thomas Show, The aka Make Room for Daddy
- Debbie Reynolds Show, The
- Designing Women
- Dharma & Greg
- Dick Van Dyke Show, The
- Diff'rent Strokes
- Different World, A
- Dinosaurs
- Donna Reed Show, The
- Doris Day Show, The
- Dream On
- Dukes of Hazzard, The
- E
- Ed Wynn Show, The
- Ellen
- Empty Nest
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- F
- Family Ties
- Father Knows Best
- Fay
- Fernwood 2-Night
- Flying Nun, The
- Frasier
- Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The
- Friends
- G
- George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, The
- Get a Life
- Get Smart
- Gilligan’s Island
- Glee
- Gloria
- Goldbergs, The
- Golden Girls, The
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
- Good Times
- Grace Under Fire
- Green Acres
- Growing Pains
- Guestward Ho!
- H
- Hank McCune Show, The
- Happy Days
- Here's Lucy
- Hey Landlord
- Hogan's Heroes
- Honeymooners, The
- Hot in Cleveland
- Hughleys, The
- I
- I Dream of Jeannie
- I Love Lucy
- I Love Lucy: "Lucy Does a TV Commercial"
- I Married Joan
- I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
- It's About Time
- It's Garry Shandling's Show
- J
- Jack Benny Program, The
- Jack Benny Program, The: "Christmas Shopping"
- Jack Benny Program, The: "Hal March Show"
- Jeffersons, The
- John Forsythe Show, The
- Julia
- K
- Kate & Allie
- L
- Laverne & Shirley
- Leave it to Beaver
- Life With Elizabeth
- Life With Lucy
- Love, American Style
- Love, Sidney
- Lucy Show, The aka Here's Lucy
- M
- M*A*S*H
- M*A*S*H: "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen"
- M*A*S*H: "The Interview"
- Mad About You
- Mama
- Mama’s Family
- Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
- Married… With Children
- Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
- Mary Kay and Johnny
- Mary Tyler Moore Show, The
- Mary Tyler Moore Show, The: "Chuckles Bites the Dust"
- Mary Tyler Moore Show, The: "The Lars Affair"
- Maude
- Mayberry R.F.D.
- McHale's Navy
- Mike and Molly
- Mister Ed
- Modern Family
- Monkees, The
- Moonlighting: "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice"
- Mork & Mindy
- Mothers-In-Law, The
- Mr. Ed
- Mr. Peepers
- Murphy Brown
- My Little Margie
- My Mother the Car
- My Sister Eileen
- My Three Sons
- My Two Dads
- N
- Nanny, The
- New Leave it to Beaver, The
- Newhart
- Newhart: "The Last Newhart"
- Night Court
- O
- Odd Couple, The
- One Day at a Time
- Our Miss Brooks
- P
- Partridge Family, The
- Partridge Family, The: "Soul Club"
- Patty Duke Show, The
- Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers
- Pete and Gladys
- Phil Silvers Show, The aka You’ll Never Get Rich aka Sergeant Bilko
- Phyllis
- Please Don’t Eat the Daisies
- R
- Rhoda
- Roll Out!
- Roseanne
- S
- Sanford and Son
- Seinfeld
- Sex and the City
- Smothers Brothers Show, The
- Soap
- Spin City
- Square Pegs
- Step By Step
- T
- Taxi
- That Girl
- That Was the Week that Was
- Three’s Company
- Too Close for Comfort
- Two and A Half Men
- W
- Web Therapy
- Welcome Back Kotter
- WKRP in Cincinnati
- Wonder Years, The
Who Talked About This Genre
- Andy Ackerman
- Lee Adams
- Alan Alda
- Debbie Allen
- Lucie Arnaz
- Beatrice Arthur
- Janet Ashikaga
- Edward Asner
- Larry Auerbach
- Thomas Azzari
- Reza Badiyi
- Alan Ball
- Richard Bare
- Milton Berle
- Ken Berry
- Barbara Billingsley
- Bruce Bilson
- Paul Bogart
- Ernest Borgnine
- Bernie Brillstein
- James L. Brooks
- Allan Burns
- James Burrows
- Sid Caesar
- Dann Cahn
- Diahann Carroll
- Glen Charles
- Les Charles
- Tom Cherones
- Roy Christopher
- Tim Conway
- Richard Coogan
- Hal Cooper
- David Crane and Marta Kauffman
- Bill Daily
- Ann B. Davis
- Richard Dawson
- Sam Denoff
- George Spiro Dibie
- Walter Dishell
- Elinor Donahue
- Richard Donner
- Diane English
- Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
- Jay Livingston and Ray Evans “Livingston & Evans”
- Jamie Farr
- Barbara Feldon
- Patricia Field
- Michael J. Fox
- Richard Frank
- Stanley Frazen
- William Froug
- Michael Fuchs
- Lowell Ganz
- Brad Garrett
- Larry Gelbart
- Everett Greenbaum
- Robert Guillaume
- Larry Hagman
- Earl Hamner, Jr.
- Valerie Harper
- Patricia Heaton
- Florence Henderson
- Paul Henning
- Buck Henry
- Monica Horan
- Ron Howard
- Hal Kanter
- Asaad Kelada
- Barry Kemp
- H. Wesley Kenney
- Michael Patrick King
- Jack Klugman
- Don Knotts
- Lisa Kudrow
- Glen A. Larson
- Vicki Lawrence
- Norman Lear
- David Lee
- Sheldon Leonard
- Steve Levitan
- Warren Littlefield
- Christopher Lloyd (writer)
- Chuck Lorre
- Ann Marcus
- Garry Marshall
- Dick Martin
- Jerry Mathers
- Jayne Meadows
- Anne Meara
- Burt Metcalfe
- Leslie Moonves
- Mary Tyler Moore
- Harry Morgan
- Garrett Morris
- Michael Moye
- Carroll O'Connor
- Ed O'Neill
- Don Ohlmeyer
- Bill Persky
- Suzanne Pleshette
- Madelyn Pugh Davis
- Joyce Randolph
- Phylicia Rashad
- Carl Reiner
- John Rich
- Lee Rich
- Doris Roberts
- Phil Rosenthal
- Aaron Ruben
- Jay Sandrich
- William Schallert
- Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf
- Thomas Schlamme
- George Schlatter
- Sherwood Schwartz
- Lorenzo Semple, Jr.
- Garry Shandling
- George Shapiro
- Jack Shea
- David Shore
- Treva Silverman
- Garry Simpson
- Herbert F. Solow
- Suzanne Somers
- Jean Stapleton
- Johnny Stearns
- Mary Kay Stearns
- Leonard Stern
- Jerry Stiller
- Brandon Stoddard
- Gale Storm
- Howard Storm
- Charles Strouse
- George Sunga
- Tony Thomas
- Marlo Thomas
- Grant Tinker
- Ret Turner
- Dick Van Dyke
- Dick Van Patten
- Timothy Van Patten
- Robert Vaughn
- W.G. Snuffy Walden
- Dawn Wells
- Tucker Wiard
- Fred Willard
- Jonathan Winters
- Jane Wyatt
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Highlights
Norman Lear describes how William Tankersley, then head of S&P at CBS, fought him over a
Clip begins at: 02:27, Duration: 02m 56s
We Laughed
Clip begins at: 17:47, Duration: 01m 34s
Henry Winkler on the genesis of Fonzie's "whoa"and the "thumbs up"
Clip begins at: 18:55, Duration: 04m 23s
Mary Tyler Moore on the sensibilities of The Dick Van Dyke Show
Clip begins at: 22:40, Duration: 02m 30s
Norman Lear "My parents were Archie and Edith" on Al
Clip begins at: 13:11, Duration: 00m 50s
Andy Ackerman on the Seinfeld episodes "The Pothole" and "The Rye" and his directorial choices on the series
Clip begins at: 14:28, Duration: 05m 02s
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