Does anyone else feel like sitcoms today are not nearly as funny as in the past?
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Anonymous
| OP, you mentioned sitcoms ranging from the 1980s through the 2000s. That's a lot of years and you only found a handful that you liked. I don't think it's any different today. There's a ton of sitcoms, and a few, over the past 10 years, have been truly funny. The Office, 30 Rock, Modern Family, to name a few. |
Anonymous
I used to rent the Hayley Mills version over and over again at the video store when I was a kid. It's been on some of the premium movie channels recently - I stop every single time it is on. The LiLo version is pretty cute, but I do get a little sad knowing the actress who plays the mom is no longer with us. But Dennis Quaid as the dad doesn't suck 
Our past 2 Fridays, these are the movies my child requested for movie night. We had to drag out a VCR to watch my VHS copies of them, but we like both versions. |
Anonymous
I think it could be argued that Everybody Loves Raymond is one of the funniest sitcoms in the past 20 years. The humor is keener than New Girl (which I liked at first, but now think is so annoying). The humor on shows like Community and Arrested Development is different than Raymond, but to like one is not necessarily to dislike the other. And honestly, the humor and situations on Big Bang Theory are very similar to Everybody Loves Raymond. |
Anonymous
If by "fresh" you mean contrived, then ok, I agree. 
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Anonymous
Golden girls is my fave show i watch an ep almost everyday on youtube |
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Mary Tyler Moore
Bob Newhart Show All in the Family My husband liked Maude but I never did. |
Anonymous
| 30 Rock, Parks and Rec, Mindy Project and Modern Family are the only decent ones recently. New Girl is marginally good. |
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How could I forget Designing Women!!!!!!!! Fave show of all time, I think!
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Anonymous
I loved Newhart --I laughed my ass off at the last episode when he woke up with Suzanne Pleshette. |
Anonymous
+1 Larry, Daryl and Daryl were CLASSIC! |
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Frasier -- Brilliant comedy
Friends -- Clever; knew their audience Seinfeld -- Excellent observational humor Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory (for example) -- I've tried watching them and I almost felt like I "had" to laugh to be polite. To whom? Not sure. The "jokes" were so obvious, I could have written them. Today's sitcoms suck. |
Anonymous
| Cheers was great. |
Anonymous
| Seinfeld, Big Bang Theory, Arrested Development, Modern Family, and Portlandia are the only sitcoms I can tolerate. Most episodes get two or three laugh out loud moments from me and DH. I would say BBT is my favorite. |
Anonymous
+1. I am watching it on Netflix these days. Also to PP above, Golden Girls is one of the best shows of all time. PP nailed it--that show was ballsy and intelligent. Love 30 Rock, earlier seasons of How I met your mother, New Girl, and 30 Rock. Modern Family is good, but not as good as everyone gives it credit for. |
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Carol Burnett
Odd Couple Dick Van Dyke Show MTM M*A*S*H Newhart Fraiser 3rd Rock Arrested Development News Radio Sports Night (gone too soon) Don't Trust the B (premature death) Coupling (Bristish version) Spy (British) Raising Hope & Community have jumped the shark...Parks & Rec is on it's way--Rashida Jones and Rob Lowe are leaving... Modern Family still okay...but wobbling Big Bang Theory still strong Michael J. Fox show & Trophy Wife promising... |