Rolling Stone Magazine's Top 100 sitcoms of all-time

Last May 4, Rolling Stone went out of its comfort zone to rank the top sitcoms of all-time. I might disagree with some of the placements, but -- shockingly -- all the shows I would include on such a list are here (plus many baffling choices). Have a look back at this post for a different "top sitcoms" list. Enjoy:

1--The Simpsons (Fox, 1989-Present)

2--Cheers (NBC, 1982-1993)

3--Seinfeld (NBC, 1989-1998)

4--I Love Lucy (CBS, 1951-1957)

5--All in the Family (CBS, 1971-1979)

6--M*A*S*H* (CBS, 1972-1983)

7--The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS, 1970-1977)

8--The Honeymooners (CBS, 1955-1956)

9--Parks and Recreation (NBC, 2009-2015)

10--The Larry Sanders Show (HBO, 1992-1998)

11--The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS, 1961-1966)

12--Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO, 2000-Present)

13--Frasier (NBC, 1993-2004)

14--The Andy Griffith Show (CBS, 1960-1968)

15--Arrested Development (Fox, 2003-2006; Netflix, 2013-2019)

16--The Cosby Show (NBC, 1984-1992)

17--Taxi (ABC, 1978-1982; NBC, 1982-1983)

18--30 Rock (NBC, 2006-2013)

19--Roseanne (ABC, 1988-1997)

20--BoJack Horseman (Netflix, 2014-2020)

21--Fleabag (BBC Three, 2016-2019)

22--South Park (Comedy Central, 1997-Present)

23--The Office (U.S.) (NBC, 2005-2013)

24--Community (NBC, 2009-2014; Yahoo! Screen, 2015)

25--Atlanta (FX, 2016-Present)

26--The Bob Newhart Show (CBS, 1972-1978)

27--Louie (FX, 2010-2015)

28--Malcolm in the Middle (Fox, 2000-2006)

29--It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX, 2005-2012; FXX, 2013-Present)

30--The Office (U.K.) (BBC Two 2001-2003)

31--Fawlty Towers (BBC, 1975-1979)

32--The Golden Girls (NBC, 1985-1992)

33--Better Things (FX, 2016-Present)

34--SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon, 1999-Present)

35--Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS, 1996-2005)

36--Sex and the City (HBO, 1998-2004)

37--Bob's Burgers (Fox, 2011-Present)

38--Friends (NBC, 1994-2004)

39--Black-ish (ABC, 2014-Present)

40--Review (Comedy Central, 2014-2017)

41--King of the Hill (Fox, 1997-2010)

42--Brockmire (IFC, 2017-2020)

43--Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox, 2013-2018; NBC, 2019-Present)

44--Veep (HBO, 2012-2019)

45--Broad City (Comedy Central, 2014-2019)

46--The Good Place (NBC, 2016-2020)

47--The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (NBC, 1990-1996)

48--The Jeffersons (CBS, 1975-1988)

49--Barney Miller (ABC, 1975-1982)

50--NewsRadio (NBC, 1995-1999)

51--Police Squad! (ABC, 1982)

52--I'm Alan Partridge (BBC Two, 1997-2002)

53--Scrubs (NBC, 2001-2008; ABC, 2009-2010)

54--The Bernie Mac Show (Fox, 2001-2006)

55--The Odd Couple (ABC, 1970-1975)

56--Murphy Brown (CBS, 1988-1998, 2018)

57--You're the Worst (FX, 2014; FXX, 2015-2019)

58--It's Garry Shandling's Show (Showtime, 1986-1990)

59--Spaced (Channel 4, 1999-2001)

60--Good Times (CBS, 1974-1979)

61--Catastrophe (Channel 4, 2015-2019)

62--The Thick of It (BBC Four, 2005-2007; BBC Two, 2009-2012)

63--Designing Women (CBS, 1986-1993)

64--What We Do in the Shadows (FX, 2019-Present)

65--Phineas and Ferb (Disney, 2007-2015)

66--Get Smart (NBC, 1965-1969; CBS, 1969-1970)

67--The Jack Benny Program (CBS, 1950-1964; NBC, 1964-1965)

68--Maude (CBS, 1972-1978)

69--Flight of the Conchords (HBO, 2007-2009)

70--The Phil Silvers Show (CBS, 1955-1959)

71--Rick and Morty (Adult Swim, 2013-Present)

72--The Comeback (HBO, 2005, 2014)

73--Absolutely Fabulous (BBC, 1992-1996)

74--Futurama (Fox, 1999-2003; Comedy Central, 2008-2013)

75--Blackadder (BBC One, 1983-1989)

76--New Girl (Fox, 2011-2018)

77--One Day at a Time (Netflix, 2017-2019; Pop, 2020)

78--Peep Show (Channel 4, 2003-2015)

79--WKRP in Cincinnati (CBS, 1978-1982)

80--Sanford and Son (NBC, 1972-1977)

81--Will & Grace (NBC, 1998-2006, 2017-2020)

82--How I Met Your Mother (CBS, 2005-2014)

83--Letterkenny (Crave, 2016-Present)

84--Modern Family (ABC, 2009-2020)

85--The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (CBS, 1950-1958)

86--Living Single (Fox, 1993-1998)

87--Soap (ABC, 1977-1981)

88--Party Down (Starz, 2009-2010)

89--A Different World (NBC, 1987-1993)

90--The Big Bang Theory (CBS, 2007-2019)

91--Buffalo Bill (NBC, 1983-1984)

92--Daria (MTV, 1997-2002)

93--Big Mouth (Netflix, 2017-Present)

94--Insecure (HBO, 2016-Present)

95--Baskets (FX, 2016-2019)

96--Bluey (ABC Kids, 2018-Present)

97--Night Court (NBC, 1984-1992)

98--Derry Girls (Netflix, 2018-Present)

99--Frank’s Place (CBS, 1987-1988)

100--Schitt's Creek (Pop TV, 2015-2020)

This got me thinking about the 2013 list from the Writers Guild's of America listing the 101 Best Written TV Series of all-time.  This includes dramas, talk shows, sketch shows, children's programs, etc., so it's not just sitcoms. But all the sitcoms on the WGA list (below) are also on Rolling Stone's list (above)... with two exceptions: Family Ties and The Wonder Years. Odd.

1--THE SOPRANOS

2--SEINFELD

3--THE TWILIGHT ZONE

4--ALL IN THE FAMILY

5--M*A*S*H

6--THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW

7--MAD MEN

8--CHEERS

9--THE WIRE

10--THE WEST WING

11--THE SIMPSONS

12--I LOVE LUCY

13--BREAKING BAD

14--THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW

15--HILL STREET BLUES

16--ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

17--THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART

18--SIX FEET UNDER

19--TAXI

20--THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW

21--30 ROCK

22--FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

23--FRASIER

24--FRIENDS

25--SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE

26--THE X-FILES

27--LOST

28--ER

29--THE COSBY SHOW

30--CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM

31--THE HONEYMOONERS

32--DEADWOOD

33--STAR TREK

34--MODERN FAMILY

35--TWIN PEAKS

36--NYPD BLUE

37--THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW

38--BATTLESTAR GALACTICA -2005

39--SEX AND THE CITY

40--GAME OF THRONES

41--THE BOB NEWHART SHOW - TIE

41--YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS - TIE

43--DOWNTON ABBEY - TIE

43--LAW & ORDER - TIE

43--THIRTYSOMETHING - TIE

46--HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET - TIE

46--ST. ELSEWHERE - TIE

48--HOMELAND

49--BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER

50--THE COLBERT REPORT - TIE

50--THE GOOD WIFE - TIE

50--THE OFFICE (UK) - TIE

53--NORTHERN EXPOSURE

54--THE WONDER YEARS

55--L.A. LAW

56--SESAME STREET

57--COLUMBO

58--FAWLTY TOWERS - TIE

58--THE ROCKFORD FILES - TIE

60--FREAKS AND GEEKS - TIE

60--MOONLIGHTING - TIE

62--ROOTS

63--EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND - TIE

63--SOUTH PARK - TIE

65--PLAYHOUSE 90

66--DEXTER - TIE

66--THE OFFICE (U.S.) - TIE

68--MY SO-CALLED LIFE

69--THE GOLDEN GIRLS

70--THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW

71--24 - TIE

71--ROSEANNE - TIE

71--THE SHIELD - TIE

74--HOUSE - TIE

74--MURPHY BROWN - TIE

76--BARNEY MILLER - TIE

76--I, CLAUDIUS - TIE

78--THE ODD COUPLE

79--ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS - TIE

79--MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS - TIE

79--STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - TIE

79--UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS - TIE

83--GET SMART

84--GUNSMOKE - TIE

84--THE DEFENDERS - TIE

86--JUSTIFIED - TIE

86--SGT. BILKO (THE PHIL SILVERS SHOW) - TIE

88--BAND OF BROTHERS

89--ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN

90--THE PRISONER

91--ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS (U.K.) - TIE

91--THE MUPPET SHOW - TIE

93--BOARDWALK EMPIRE

94--WILL & GRACE

95--FAMILY TIES

96--LONESOME DOVE - TIE

96--SOAP - TIE

98--LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN - TIE

98--LOUIE - TIE

98--THE FUGITIVE - TIE

101--OZ

Other surprising omissions from the Rolling Stone list:

Married With Children

The Young Ones

King of Queens

My World and Welcome to It

Family Guy

He & She

Happy Days

Mork & Mindy

Get a Life

Alice

Bewitched

Car 54, Where Are You?

Kate and Allie

Leave It to Beaver

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

Home Improvement

That Girl

The Danny Thomas Show

The Monkees

Fernwood