Does anyone else feel like sitcoms today are not nearly as funny as in the past?

[Anonymous]

New Girl. It's my fav and totally excellent.

Parks & Rec is also great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What I miss are the sitcoms that a family can watch together. I remember being allowed to stay up and watch The Cosby Show on Thursday nights at 8pm with my parents and then hgoing to bed. Other nights it was Growing Pains, Family Ties, Different Strokes etc. We don't have that anymore. All of the sitcoms are clearly for adults while the shows on Disney Channel are clearly not. Sitcoms in the 80's were for the whole family.

I agree with this! There isn't much on that a family can watch together.

I agree that I never liked Everybody Loves Raymond. And, I never really got into Seinfeld either.

I do like Modern Family and The Middle though.
King of Queens is great.
Big Bang Theory

I loved Kate and Allie (yeah, flame away).

[Anonymous]

DH, our kids (9&10) and I watch:
The Big Bang Theory
The Neighbors (actually quite funny though the premise is stupid)
The Middle
New Girl
The Mindy Project
Brooklyn 99
Modern Family

I did watch, and like, a few of the new ones out there.

The Michael J. Fox show
Dads
The Cray ones

I will check out

The Millers and Sean Saves the World.

I'm actually really liking the programing so far this season. If only I could figure out a way to make TV watching a full time job.

[Anonymous]

Agree with PP that Portlandia is just hilarious! Wilfred is funny and poignant. The League is extremely funny! It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is hit or miss but when it is funny I often have to pause the tv while I laugh. I still love The Simpsons too. I really only watch cable. I have only seen the Big Bang Theory once and it reminded me too much of school so I didn't find it too funny.

[Anonymous]

I only watch premium series these days---HBO, Netflix, etc.

Regular TV is crap,,crappy sitcoms and filled with stupid reality and dancing singing competitions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sitcoms today are toned down for a dumber audience. Ever catch an old episode of The Golden Girls? They were constantly talking about sex, homosexuality, orgasms, and other "adult" themes that wouldn't fly today, because of some puritanical person screaming "but think of the children!" The show is hilarious when I can watch it, often dark and suggestive even sometimes vulgar. These days people freak out if they hear an an academic discussion with real, biological terms - it's like we've gone back in time.

It is not the puritanical people. They are already tuned into Veggie Tales.

It is the PC crowd that gets offended by everything. None of the shows want to offend any group and risk getting boycotted. We have gotten so PC we are afraid to laugh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What I miss are the sitcoms that a family can watch together. I remember being allowed to stay up and watch The Cosby Show on Thursday nights at 8pm with my parents and then hgoing to bed. Other nights it was Growing Pains, Family Ties, Different Strokes etc. We don't have that anymore. All of the sitcoms are clearly for adults while the shows on Disney Channel are clearly not. Sitcoms in the 80's were for the whole family.

I agree with this! There isn't much on that a family can watch together.

I agree that I never liked Everybody Loves Raymond. And, I never really got into Seinfeld either.

I do like Modern Family and The Middle though.
King of Queens is great.
Big Bang Theory

I loved Kate and Allie (yeah, flame away).

You must have a nice MIL.

If you had one like the rest of us, you would find Everyone Loves Raymond hilarious too

[Anonymous]

I wish I got HBO so I could watch Veep. That looks pretty funny.

Has anyone caught Lisa Kudrow's Showtime show Web Therapy? I don't watch it religiously, but the episodes I have seen are hysterical.

Suburgatory is also funny, although they haven't given a start date for that one yet.

[Anonymous]

I have to admit to liking a few of the Disney Channel shows. I liked Wizards of Waverly Place and Good Luck Charlie. They are better than many of the network comedies, honestly.

Another Disney Channel show that is pretty funny is Phineas and Ferb. It has the kind of humor that works on multiple levels, kind of like Toy Story. Even my 65 year old dad admits to laughing at this show when he watches with my kiddo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:?

New Girl
Big Bang Theory
Community
How I Met Your Mother
Arrested Development

These shows are streets ahead of "Everybody Loves Raymond." (I shudder to think anyone actually laughs out loud at that inanity.)

Streets ahead! I love you.

[Anonymous]

All time favorites:
Three’s Company
Married with Children
Cosby Show
Golden Girls
Roseanne
Will & Grace
Curb Your Enthusiasm
My Wife and Kids
Martin
The Office (with Michael!)
30 Rock

Never liked:
Friends
Seinfeld
Everybody Loves Raymond

Currently love:
The Mindy Project
New Girl

Been Meaning to Get into:
Arrested Development ( I know it’s over, but the few episodes I caught were hilarious)
Modern Family
Brooklyn 99

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH, our kids (9&10) and I watch:
The Big Bang Theory
The Neighbors (actually quite funny though the premise is stupid)
The Middle
New Girl
The Mindy Project
Brooklyn 99
Modern Family

I agree with this! I don't think this show gets enough credit. I think people assume it's stupid, but it's actually pretty funny and well-done.

Though, I can't get on board with The Mindy Project. That show is just terrible, IMO.

[Anonymous]

I feel like many of the new sitcoms are trying to find humor in bad parenting...so white trash

[Anonymous]

Everybody Loves Raymond was terrible. Same for Big Bang Theory.

Parks and Rec is too self-aware for its own good.

Love Always Sunny, Wilfred, Louie (come back Louie)! and Bob's Burgers.

New Girl is ok. ZD is annoying. Cannot watch the Mindy Project bc I find Mindy equally annoying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

This is why we have so much reality shit on TV - the masses don't want to THINK about their programs...at all. They just want to be vegetables.

Right? We all know that's what DCUM is for.