Items54The creator’s order
  1. 1Friends (1994)Friends (1994) 8.8/10 on IMDbFirst aired Sep 22, 1994The New York friends turn small disagreements into reasons to reconvene, and the coffeehouse gives them a place to do it. Try it when you want the pleasures of knowing where a group will be after a long day. The romances matter, but the real draw is how easy it is to drop into the company.0
  2. 2Living Single (1993)Living Single (1993) 7.8/10 on IMDbFirst aired Aug 29, 1993Start here for a Brooklyn friend group with a life outside the apartment. Khadijah runs a magazine, and her friends and neighbors bring their own work and dating disasters home. The appeal is the teasing shorthand of people who know one another well enough to call out a bad idea before it gets…0
  3. 3Seinfeld (1989)Seinfeld (1989) 8.8/10 on IMDbFirst aired Jul 5, 1989A 1989 debut with most of its run in the 1990s. Pick it when you want a social rule nobody agreed to explained with the seriousness of a court case. The four friends take petty problems so far that the separate stories can snap together just when you think they have nothing to do with one another.0
  4. 4The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990) 7.9/10 on IMDbFirst aired Sep 10, 1990Will moves from Philadelphia into his aunt and uncle's Bel-Air home. The pleasure is watching him and the Banks family size one another up, especially when Carlton's certainty collides with Will's improvisation. Try it when you want family comedy that can take a serious turn without losing the…0
  5. 5Frasier (1993)Frasier (1993) 8.2/10 on IMDbFirst aired Sep 16, 1993Frasier Crane gives advice on Seattle radio and has to share his home with his father. Try it when you want elaborate farce set in motion by people who believe they can explain their way out of anything. The scenes with Niles work especially well when the brothers agree on a plan the rest of the…0
  6. 6Cheers (1982)Cheers (1982) 8.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired Sep 30, 1982The Boston bar is the place to go for a hangout where even an interruption feels like part of the welcome. The show began in the 1980s. Its early-1990s seasons are the later stretch with Rebecca, Woody and the regulars who can keep a joke going from one end of the bar to the other.0
  7. 7Everybody Loves Raymond (1996)Everybody Loves Raymond (1996) 7.3/10 on IMDbFirst aired Sep 13, 1996Ray and Debra live across the street from his parents. The short distance means a small disagreement can turn into a family discussion before anybody asks for one. Pick it for domestic comedy where a look from Debra can be funnier than another speech from Ray.0
  8. 8NewsRadio (1995)NewsRadio (1995) 8.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired Mar 21, 1995A manager walks into a New York news radio station staffed by people with little interest in being managed. If you want workplace comedy with hardly a pause for breath, this is the choice. The station's deadlines are just enough of an excuse to watch private feuds become everyone's problem.0
  9. 93rd Rock from the Sun (1996)3rd Rock from the Sun (1996) 7.8/10 on IMDbFirst aired Jan 9, 1996Four aliens pass themselves off as a family while studying people on Earth. The joke is how seriously they commit to customs everybody else barely thinks about. Choose it for the actors' big physical reactions and a living room where even knowing when to stop talking seems like advanced science.0
  10. 10Night Court (1984)Night Court (1984) 7.7/10 on IMDbFirst aired Jan 4, 1984On the night shift at a Manhattan court, Judge Harry Stone and his staff have to make sense of a new set of cases every evening. Try the original run for a workplace comedy where the defendants keep changing and the regulars are every bit as unpredictable.0