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Plot Summary:
Out Of The Blue is an American fantasy sitcom that aired on ABC during the fall of 1979. It is chiefly notable as having featured a Mork & Mindy crossover, and for the controversy surrounding its status as a spin-off of Happy Days. The series stars Jimmy Brogan as Random, an angel-in-training who is assigned to live with a family and work as a high school teacher. The series aired from September 9 to December 16, 1979. Nine episodes had been aired at the time of cancellation. Some completed material was never broadcast.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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Tabitha (1976)
Plot Summary:
Tabitha is an American fantasy sitcom that aired during the 1977-1978 season on ABC. It is a spin-off of Bewitched, which had ended its run several years earlier. The series stars Lisa Hartman as Tabitha, Samantha and Darrin Stephens' daughter who was introduced on Bewitched during its second season. In the series, Tabitha is portrayed as a 20-something production assistant living and working in Los Angeles. The supporting cast includes David Ankrum as Tabitha's brother Adam with whom she works, Robert Urich as an egomaniacal talk show host who is a sometime love interest for Tabitha, and Mel Stewart as Tabitha and Adam's cranky but loveable boss. Unlike Bewitched, which was hit for ABC and aired for eight seasons, Tabitha failed to catch on with viewers and was canceled after one season.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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Get a Life (1990)
Plot Summary:
Get a Life is a television sitcom that was broadcast in the United States on the Fox Network from September 23, 1990, to March 8, 1992. The show stars Chris Elliott as a 30-year-old paperboy named Chris Peterson. Peterson lived in an apartment above his parents' garage. The opening credits depict Chris Peterson delivering newspapers on his bike to the show's theme song, "Stand" by R.E.M. The show was a creation of Elliott, Adam Resnick and writer/director David Mirkin. Mirkin was executive producer/showrunner of the series and also directed most of the episodes. Notable writers of the series included Charlie Kaufman, screenwriter of Being John Malkovich; and Bob Odenkirk, co-creator of Mr. Show with Bob and David and Tenacious D. The show was unconventional for a prime time sitcom, and many times the storylines of the episodes were surreal. For example, Elliott's character actually dies in twelve episodes. The causes of death included being crushed by a giant boulder, old age, tonsillitis, stab wounds, gunshot wounds, falling from an airplane, strangulation, getting run over by cars, choking on cereal, and simply exploding. For this reason, it was a struggle for Elliott and Mirkin to get the show on the air. Many of the executives at the Fox Network hated the show and thought it was too disturbing and that Elliott's character was too insane.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, offbeat, funny, atmospheric, feel good, humorous, realistic, surreal, witty, not serious
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The Joey Bishop Show (1961)
Plot Summary:
The Joey Bishop Show is an American sitcom starring entertainer Joey Bishop. The series premiered in September 1961 on NBC where it aired for three seasons. The series then moved to CBS for its final season. Executive produced by Danny Thomas, The Joey Bishop Show is a spin-off of Thomas' series The Danny Thomas Show.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 351
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, retro
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Chico and the Man (1974)
Plot Summary:
Chico and the Man is an American sitcom which ran on NBC for four seasons, from September 13, 1974, to July 21, 1978. It stars Jack Albertson as Ed Brown, the cantankerous owner of a run down garage in an East Los Angeles barrio, and Freddie Prinze as Chico Rodriguez, an upbeat, optimistic Chicano young man who comes in looking for a job. It was the first U.S. television series set in a Mexican-American neighborhood.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, hispanic
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Mr. Merlin (1981)
Plot Summary:
Mr. Merlin is an American sitcom that ran for one season, from 1981 to 1982, about Merlin the wizard, who is immortal, living in modern-day San Francisco, and disguised as Max Merlin, a mechanic. Mr. Merlin was produced by Larry Rosen and Larry Tucker, working as the Larry Larry Company, in association with Columbia Pictures Television.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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My Mother the Car (1965)
Plot Summary:
The story of the relationship between a man and his mother, the latter having been reincarnated as a 1928 Porter automobile.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 745
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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Webster (1983)
Plot Summary:
Webster is an American situation comedy that aired on ABC from September 16, 1983 until May 8, 1987, and in first-run syndication from September 21, 1987 until March 10, 1989. The series was created by Stu Silver. The show stars Emmanuel Lewis in the title role as a young boy who, after losing his parents, is adopted by his NFL-pro godfather, portrayed by Alex Karras, and his new socialite wife, played by Susan Clark. The focus was largely on how this impulsively married couple had to adjust to their new lives and sudden parenthood, but it was the congenial Webster himself who drove much of the plot. The series was produced by Georgian Bay Ltd., Emmanuel Lewis Entertainment Enterprises, Inc. and Paramount Television. Like NBC's earlier hit Diff'rent Strokes, Webster featured a young African-American boy adopted by a white family.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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Grady (1975)
Plot Summary:
Grady is an spin-off of the sitcom, Sanford and Son. In this series, Fred Sanford's widower friend Grady moves out of Watts and moves in with his daughter and her family in Westwood. Executive producer Norman Lear served as a consultant to the show. Redd Foxx made a special guest appearance as Fred Sanford in the second episode. The series never found a solid audience, and was canceled after just ten episodes. Whitman Mayo returned to Sanford and Son and would go on to star in the revival series The Sanford Arms.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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The Coopers vs The Rest (2016)
Plot Summary:
The Cooper family share a small house, and absolutely no DNA. Mum Tess wanted to save as many kids as she could from the sort of childhood she had. So, along with her husband Toby, she now divides just about enough money and nowhere near enough time between their three adopted children Frankie, Alisha and Charlie.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
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The Faculty (1996)
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IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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Double Trouble (1984)
Plot Summary:
Double Trouble is an American sitcom that aired from 1984 to 1985 on NBC. The series stars identical twins Jean and Liz Sagal as Kate and Allison Foster, two teenagers living under the watchful eye of their widowed father. The show was considered an updating of the "twins in mischief" concept seen in films like The Parent Trap or the Patty Duke Show of the 1960s.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 409
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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Angel from Hell (2016)
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When over-the-top Amy enters Allison’s organized but imperfect life and claims to be her guardian angel, they form an unlikely friendship and Allison can’t be sure if Amy is actually an angel or just nuts.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, light, funny, captivating, humorous, hilarious, situational comedy
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The Gregory Hines Show (1997)
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The Gregory Hines Show is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS. The series premiered on Monday, September 15, 1997 before airing on September 19, 1997 as a part of the network's Block Party Friday night lineup. It ended its run on February 27, 1998 with 15 episodes aired, out of the 22 that were produced. It was the only show on the Block Party lineup that was not produced by Miller-Boyett Productions.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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Uncle Buck (1990)
Plot Summary:
Uncle Buck is a TV series based on the 1989 film of the same name starring John Candy. The TV series debuted in 1990 on CBS.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Sykes (1972)
Plot Summary:
Sykes is a British sitcom that aired on BBC 1 from 1972 to 1979. Starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques, it was written by Sykes, who had previously starred with Jacques in Sykes and A... and Sykes and a Big, Big Show. Forty-three of the 1970s colour episodes were remakes of scripts for the 1960s black and white series, such as "Bus" based on 'Sykes and a Following' from 1964 and the episode "Stranger" with guest star Peter Sellers based on 'Sykes and a Stranger' from 1961. Sykes had the same premise as Sykes and A... with Sykes, Jacques, Richard Wattis and Deryck Guyler reprising their former identical roles. The series was brought to an end by the death of Hattie Jacques of a heart attack on 6 October 1980.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Nanny and the Professor (1970)
Plot Summary:
Nanny and the Professor is an American fantasy situation comedy created by AJ Carothers and Thomas L. Miller for 20th Century Fox Television. During pre-production, the proposed title was Nanny Will Do.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 984
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, retro, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Kirk (1995)
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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
Plot tags: sitcom, feel good, humorous, realistic
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Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990)
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Parker Lewis Can't Lose is an American teen sitcom that originally aired on FOX from September 1990 to June 1993. During the last season, the series sported the simpler title Parker Lewis. The series was produced by Columbia Pictures Television and was strongly influenced by the feature film Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The film's TV spinoff Ferris Bueller debuted on NBC during the same month as Parker Lewis, but it only lasted 13 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, offbeat, humorous, surreal, witty, cynical, not serious, vintage, teen comedy, campy
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The Flying Nun (1967)
Plot Summary:
The Flying Nun is an American sitcom produced by Screen Gems for ABC based on the 1965 book The Fifteenth Pelican, by Tere Rios. It starred Sally Field as Sister Bertrille. The series originally ran on ABC from September 7, 1967, to April 3, 1970, producing 82 episodes, including a one-hour pilot episode.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, semi serious
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Teen Angel (1997)
Plot Summary:
Teen Angel is an American fantasy sitcom that aired during ABC's TGIF Friday night lineup from 1997 to 1998. The series was created by Simpsons writers/producers Al Jean and Mike Reiss.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 846
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sweet, sitcom, juvenile, nostalgic
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Archie Bunker's Place (1979)
Plot Summary:
Archie Bunker's Place is an American sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived in 1979 as a spin-off and continuation of All in the Family. While not as popular as its predecessor, the show maintained a large enough audience to last for four seasons, until its cancellation in 1983. In its first season, the show performed so well that it knocked Mork & Mindy out of its new Sunday night time slot.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious
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The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968)
Plot Summary:
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir is an American situation comedy based on the 1947 film of the same name, which was based on the 1945 novel by R. A. Dick. It premiered in September 1968 on NBC. After NBC canceled the series, it aired on ABC for one season before being canceled a final time.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, retro, vintage
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Go Fish (2001)
Plot Summary:
Life in high school as seen through the eyes of freshman Andy "Fish" Troutner. His goal? To become the most popular kid in school.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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Chalk (1997)
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Chalk is a British television sitcom set in a comprehensive school named Galfast High. Two series, both written by Steven Moffat, were broadcast on BBC1 in 1997. Like Moffat's earlier sitcom Joking Apart, Chalk was produced by Andre Ptaszynski for Pola Jones. The series focuses upon deputy headteacher Eric Slatt, permanently stressed over the chaos he creates both by himself and some of his eccentric staff. His wife Janet and new English teacher Suzy Travis attempt to help him solve the problems. Because of the very good reaction of the studio audience, a second series was commissioned before the first had been broadcast. However, journalists were critical of the show, highlighting stylistic similarities to Fawlty Towers. Some members of the teaching profession and its unions objected to the negative representation of teachers and the comprehensive system. The second series did not receive a stable broadcast slot, with many episodes aired after 10pm. The first series was released on DVD in December 2008.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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Center of the Universe (2004)
Plot Summary:
Center of the Universe is a television series on CBS, which ran from October 27, 2004, until January 19, 2005. The sitcom was canceled after just 10 episodes aired. It was set in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. John Goodman starred as John Barnett, a good-natured and successful operator of a security company. The series involved the dependency of his entire family on John for everything -- money, jobs, housing, and personal guidance in every decision. Tagline: "The world doesn't revolve around John...but his family does." A total of 15 episodes were produced.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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You Wish (1997)
Plot Summary:
You Wish is an American fantasy sitcom that ran from September 26, 1997 to June 23, 1998. It started as part of ABC's TGIF programming on Friday nights for the fall of 1997, along with Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Boy Meets World, and Teen Angel.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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What's Happening!! (1976)
Plot Summary:
What's Happening!! is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from August 5, 1976 to April 28, 1979. The show premiered as a summer series. With good ratings and reviews, and after the failure of several other shows on the network, What's Happening!! returned in November 1976 as a weekly series. It remained a regular show until 1979; ratings were modest. What's Happening!! was loosely based on the motion picture Cooley High, also written by Eric Monte.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: sitcom, feel good, humorous, realistic, not serious, black comedy, teen comedy
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Good Omens (2019)
Plot Summary:
In 2019 the world is on the brink of an apocalypse as humanity prepares for a final judgment. But follies ensue — Aziraphale, a somewhat fussy angel, and Crowley, a demon aren’t enthusiastic about the end of the world, and can’t seem to find the Antichrist.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: exciting, witty, atmospheric, captivating, apocalyptic, emotional, supernatural thriller, offbeat, satanic, sitcom
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Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996)
Plot Summary:
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is an American sitcom based on the Archie comic book series of the same name. The show premiered on September 27, 1996 on ABC to over 17 million viewers in its "T.G.I.F." line-up. The show stars Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Spellman, an American teenage half-witch who, on her sixteenth birthday, discovers she has magical powers. She lives with her 600-year-old aunts, European witches Hilda and Zelda, and their magical talking cat Salem in the fictional town of Westbridge, Massachusetts through most of the series. The series' first four seasons aired on ABC from September 27, 1996 to May 5, 2000; the final three seasons ran on The WB from September 22, 2000 to April 24, 2003.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: feel good, not serious, sitcom, humorous, supernatural thriller, entertaining, funny, light, sweet, touching
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Maybe It's Me (2001)
Plot Summary:
Maybe It's Me is an American television comedy series that aired on The WB Network. It first aired on October 5, 2001 and ended on May 3, 2002. The series was created and executive produced by Suzanne Martin, a former writer of Frasier and Ellen.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sitcom, offbeat