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Plot Summary:
Checking In is an American sitcom that aired on CBS in April 1981. The series is a spin-off of The Jeffersons, which itself had spun off from All in the Family.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Comedy
Country: Sweden
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 304
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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Oh Madeline was an American sitcom that was broadcast on ABC from September 27, 1983 to March 13, 1984. Starring Madeline Kahn, the show revolved around Madeline Wayne, a housewife bored after 10 years of marriage to Charlie, a sweet but square man who made his living writing steamy romance novels under the name Crystal Love. Madeline's best friend was Doris, a timid divorcee previously married to Charlie's best friend, a middle-aged swinger named Bob. Annie was Charlie's amorous editor. Madeline, bored with her predictable, sedate existence in a middle-class suburb, and wanting to put some zest back in into her life, decides to try every trendy diversion that she can find - such as seaweed-based health foods, exercise clubs, and "ladies only" clubs featuring male strippers. The show contained a lot of slapstick comedy, as well as marital misunderstandings in the tradition of I Love Lucy.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, retro
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
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The Brady Brides is a spin-off sitcom of The Brady Bunch that aired on NBC from February 6, 1981 to April 17, 1981.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 325
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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Julia is an American sitcom notable for being one of the first weekly series to depict an African American woman in a non-stereotypical role. Previous television series featured African American lead characters, but the characters were usually servants. The show stars actress and singer Diahann Carroll, and ran for 86 episodes on NBC from September 17, 1968 to March 23, 1971. The series was produced by Savannah Productions, Inc., Hanncar Productions, Inc., and 20th Century-Fox Television. During pre-production, the proposed series title was Mama's Man. The series was also unique in that it was among the few situation comedies in the late 1960s that did not use a laugh track; however, 20th Century-Fox Television added them when the series was reissued for syndication and cable rebroadcasts in the late 1980s.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 656
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, telenovela
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 538
Genere: Comedy
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Duration: 30 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 957
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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Newhart (1982)
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Dick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in Vermont. Dick is a how-to book writer, who eventually becomes a local TV celebrity as host of "Vermont Today." George Utley is the handyman at the inn and Leslie Vanderkellen is the maid, with ambitions of being an Olympic Ski champion; she is later replaced by her cousin Stephanie, an heiress who hates her job. Her boyfriend is Dick's yuppie TV producer, Michael Harris. There are many other quirky characters in this fictional little town, including Dick's neighbors Larry, Darryl, and Darryl...three brothers who buy the Minuteman Cafe from Kirk Devane. Besides sharing a name, Darryl and Darryl never speak.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 239
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Kirk is an American family sitcom which aired for two seasons on The WB from August 23, 1995 to January 12, 1997.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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The Jeffersons (1975)
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The Jeffersons is an American sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, through July 2, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of 253 episodes. The show was produced by the T.A.T. Communications Company from 1975–1982 and by Embassy Television from 1982–1985. The Jeffersons is one of the longest-running sitcoms in the history of American television. The show focuses on George and Louise Jefferson, an affluent Black couple living in New York City. The show was launched as the second spin-off of All in the Family, on which the Jeffersons had been the neighbors of Archie and Edith Bunker. The show was the creation of prolific television producer Norman Lear. However, it was less sharply political in tone than some of his shows. The Jeffersons evolved into more of a traditional sitcom, relying more on the characters' interactions with one another than on explicitly political dialogue or storylines. It did, however, tackle a few controversial topics, including racism, suicide, gun control and adult illiteracy. Also, the words "nigger" and "honky" were used occasionally, especially during the earlier seasons. The Jeffersons had one spin-off, titled Checking In. The short-lived series was centered around the Jeffersons' housekeeper, Florence. Checking In only lasted four episodes, after which Florence returned to The Jeffersons.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, black cinema
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 325
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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Gimme a Break! is an American sitcom which aired on NBC for six seasons, October 29, 1981, until May 12, 1987. The series stars Nell Carter as the housekeeper for a widowed police chief and his three daughters.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, melancholic, suspenseful
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Jamie Foxx Show is an American television sitcom that aired on the WB Network from August 28, 1996 to January 14, 2001. The series stars Jamie Foxx, Garcelle Beauvais, Christopher B. Duncan, Ellia English, and Garrett Morris.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, not serious, black cinema
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227 (1985)
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227 is an American situation comedy that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, until May 6, 1990. The series stars Marla Gibbs as a sharp-tongued, inner-city resident gossip and housewife, Mary Jenkins. It was produced by Embassy Television from 1985 to 1986 and by Embassy Communications from 1986 until 1988; then ELP Communications through Columbia Pictures Television produced the series in its final two seasons.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, black cinema