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1. Saturday Night Live (1975– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Comedy, Music
A famous guest host stars in parodies and sketches created by the cast of this witty show.
Stars: The Saturday Night Live Band, Don Pardo, Darrell Hammond, Kenan Thompson
Votes: 52,819
2. I Love Lucy (1951–1957)
TV-Y | 30 min | Comedy
The wife of a band leader constantly tries to become a star - in spite of her having no talent, and gets herself (along with her best friend) into the funniest predicaments.
Stars: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley
Votes: 28,963
3. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.
Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Don Bexley
Votes: 10,830
4. The Danny Thomas Show (1953–1965)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Danny is a New York entertainer. Between his co-stars at the nightclub where he performs and his wife and kids, he has dilemmas galore, which he somehow manages to resolve and still laugh.
Stars: Danny Thomas, Rusty Hamer, Marjorie Lord, Angela Cartwright
Votes: 1,252
5. The Addams Family (1964–1966)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
The misadventures of a blissfully macabre but extremely loving family.
Stars: John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy
Votes: 21,841
6. Petticoat Junction (1963–1970)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy
The misadventures of the family staff of The Shady Rest Hotel and their neighbors of Hooterville.
Stars: Edgar Buchanan, Linda Henning, Bea Benaderet, Frank Cady
Votes: 3,655
7. The Flintstones (1960–1966)
TV-G | 26 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.
Stars: Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl, Bea Benaderet
Votes: 41,105
8. Alice (1976–1985)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
The misadventures and trials of an aspiring singer and her co-workers at a greasy-spoon diner.
Stars: Linda Lavin, Vic Tayback, Beth Howland, Philip McKeon
Votes: 5,483
9. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952–1966)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Ozzie and Harriet Nelson raise their two sons Ricky and David. As the sons age, they experience teenage dating problems, marriage and careers.
Stars: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, Ricky Nelson, David Nelson
Votes: 1,609
10. Garfield and Friends (1988–1995)
TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Stories about Garfield the cat, Odie the dog, their owner Jon and the trouble they get into, and Orson the Pig and his adventures on a farm with fellow farm animals.
Stars: Lorenzo Music, Thom Huge, Gregg Berger, Howard Morris
Votes: 13,292
11. The Jetsons (1962–1963)
TV-Y7 | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The misadventures of a futuristic family.
Stars: George O'Hanlon, Janet Waldo, Mel Blanc, Penny Singleton
Votes: 24,031
12. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.
Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson
Votes: 4,247
13. The Smurfs (1981–1989)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Smurfs are tiny blue creatures that live in mushroom houses in a peaceful forest. They repeatedly try to outwit Gargamel, an evil sorcerer, his apprentice, Scruple, and his mangy cat, Azrael.
Stars: Don Messick, Danny Goldman, Lucille Bliss, Michael Bell
Votes: 21,100
14. The Lucy Show (1962–1968)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
The wacky misadventures of a forever-scheming woman, her reluctant best friend, and her cantankerous boss.
Stars: Lucille Ball, Gale Gordon, Vivian Vance, Jimmy Garrett
Votes: 3,153
15. The Real McCoys (1957–1963)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Family
From the hills of West Virginia, Amos McCoy moves his family to an inherited farm in California. Grandpa Amos is quick to give advice to his three grandchildren and wonders how his neighbors ever managed without him around.
Stars: Walter Brennan, Richard Crenna, Kathleen Nolan, Tony Martinez
Votes: 1,299
16. The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
The comic misadventures of the "skinflint" comedian and his friends.
Stars: Jack Benny, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Don Wilson, Dennis Day
Votes: 1,649
17. Our Miss Brooks (1952–1956)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Miss Brooks is an English teacher who has a low paying job, lousy boss, has a crush on a teacher and whose student drives her to school. She lives in a boarding house.
Stars: Eve Arden, Gale Gordon, Jane Morgan, Robert Rockwell
Votes: 721
18. The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957–1960)
60 min | Comedy, Family
Follow-up to I Love Lucy (1951), Lucy Ricardo continues her wacky schemes as she travels with her husband, Ricky and their friends Ethel and Fred to various locations and meeting celebrities.
Stars: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley
Votes: 1,270
19. The Malibu Bikini Shop (1986)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
Two brothers who have just graduated from college inherit a bikini store from their aunt.
Director: David Wechter | Stars: Michael David Wright, Bruce Greenwood, Amanda Horan Kennedy, Debra Blee
Votes: 1,205
20. Snorks (1984–1988)
TV-Y | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Snorks are playful, multicolored underwater creatures that use their built-in snorkels to dart about and make music.
Stars: Michael Bell, B.J. Ward, Frank Welker, Nancy Cartwright
Votes: 3,372
21. It Should Happen to You (1954)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When a young woman with dreams of fame rents a billboard to advertise herself, her life changes overnight.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Peter Lawford, Michael O'Shea
Votes: 4,536 | Gross: $1.40M
22. Fourteen Hours (1951)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
An unhappy man threatens suicide by standing on the ledge of a high-rise building for 14 hours.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Paul Douglas, Richard Basehart, Barbara Bel Geddes, Debra Paget
Votes: 2,971
23. You Never Can Tell (1951)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
An ex-army dog inherits a fortune from his eccentric millionaire owner, and which is poisoned, asks the leader in the heaven for animals to send him back to Earth, as a human private investigator, to solve his own murder.
Director: Lou Breslow | Stars: Dick Powell, Peggy Dow, Joyce Holden, Charles Drake
Votes: 789
24. Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
A college professor attempts to salvage his personal and professional reputation by using a laboratory chimpanzee to prove that environment trumps heredity in behavioral development.
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, Walter Slezak, Lucille Barkley
Votes: 1,109
25. Black Legion (1937)
Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he's seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.
Directors: Archie Mayo, Michael Curtiz | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Dick Foran, Erin O'Brien-Moore
Votes: 3,929
26. I Married Joan (1952–1955)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
The adventures of the scatterbrained wife of a respected city judge.
Stars: Joan Davis, Jim Backus, Geraldine Carr, Beverly Wills
Votes: 402
27. It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
Passed | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Three soldiers meet ten years after their last meeting in New York, and find out that they have little in common now.
Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly | Stars: Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Dolores Gray
Votes: 3,987
28. The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1955)
60 min | Comedy, Romance
This was a Colgate-sponsored comedy hour that featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars.
Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Al Goodman, Eddie Cantor
Votes: 591
29. The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981)
G | 79 min | Animation, Comedy, Crime
Bugs Bunny hosts an award show featuring several classic Looney Toon shorts.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Stan Freberg, June Foray, Frank Nelson
Votes: 2,609
30. Puff the Magic Dragon (1978 TV Movie)
30 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A friendly dragon comes to help a non-communicative boy overcome his debilitating fears.
Directors: Charles Swenson, Fred Wolf | Stars: Burgess Meredith, Philip Tanzini, Robert Ridgely, Maitzi Morgan
Votes: 772
31. Blondie (1957– )
30 min | Comedy, Family
Arthur Lake had played Dagwood in a long series of "Blondie" movies. This show, retelling stories and situations familiar to readers of the comic strip, lasted one year.
Stars: Arthur Lake, Pamela Britton, Ann Barnes, Florenz Ames
Votes: 122
32. Pete and Gladys (1960–1962)
30 min | Comedy
Pete Porter is an insurance salesman and the somewhat-dour straight man to his perky and beautiful but scatterbrained wife Gladys.
Stars: Harry Morgan, Cara Williams, Verna Felton, Shirley Mitchell
Votes: 163
33. Kiss Them for Me (1957)
Approved | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
In 1944, three Navy pilots stationed in Hawaii and a P.R. officer go on a 4-day leave to San Francisco where they party with a good crowd in the executive suite of a busy hotel.
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Cary Grant, Jayne Mansfield, Leif Erickson, Suzy Parker
Votes: 2,182
34. Private Secretary (1953–1957)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy
Susie is secretary to handsome talent agent Peter Sands and keeps getting messed up in (and messing up) his private life. She's assisted (usually) by receptionist Vi and semi-rival Sylvia. ... See full summary »
Stars: Ann Sothern, Don Porter, Ann Tyrrell, Joan Banks
Votes: 205
35. Mister Magoo (1960–1961)
5 min | Animation, Comedy
The adventures of a visually impaired old man.
Stars: Benny Rubin, Daws Butler, Jim Backus, Mel Blanc
Votes: 562
36. The All-New Popeye Hour (1978–1984)
TV-G | 60 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
The new adventures of Popeye the Sailor Man and his friends.
Stars: Marilyn Schreffler, Jack Mercer, Hal Smith, Jo Anne Worley
Votes: 3,562
37. Monchhichis (1983)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Family
The show is about Monchhichis who monkey-like creatures. They live in the forest land of Monchia. Their home is at the very top of tall trees, which are above the clouds.
Stars: Frank Welker, Peter Cullen, Robert Morse, Frank Nelson
Votes: 197
38. The Mouse and His Child (1977)
G | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Adaptation of Russell Hoban's novel about two mechanical toy mice, and their quest to become "self-winding".
Directors: Charles Swenson, Fred Wolf | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Cloris Leachman, Sally Kellerman, Andy Devine
Votes: 533
39. The Milkman (1950)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy
Roger Bradley, son of a milk magnate, isn't allowed to work for his dad's company because of a lingering war trauma: in moments of stress he quacks like a duck. Desperate to escape from ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Jimmy Durante, Piper Laurie, Joyce Holden
Votes: 254
40. Money from Home (1953)
Approved | 100 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
When Herman promises the mob to fix a racing horse in order to pay off his debts, he selects his veterinarian cousin as a patsy to help him but things go awry.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Marjie Millar, Pat Crowley
Votes: 918
41. Foofur (1986–1988)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Foofur and his friends rival with a woman named Mrs. Amelia Escrow and her pet Chihuahua named Pepe. Foofur with his gang occupies a mansion, in 32 Maple Street, which is also his ... See full summary »
Stars: Michael Bell, Susan Blu, William Callaway, Hamilton Camp
Votes: 206
42. Angel (1960–1961)
30 min | Comedy
Angel has just moved to America from France after getting married to her sweetheart, John. Although she tries her best to be a loving and responsible housewife for her new husband, she ... See full summary »
Stars: Annie Fargue, Marshall Thompson, Doris Singleton, Don Keefer
Votes: 55
43. Garfield in Paradise (1986 TV Short)
Not Rated | 24 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The Garfield gang is in Hawaii with a 1957 Chevy.
Director: Phil Roman | Stars: Lorenzo Music, Thom Huge, Wolfman Jack, Frank Nelson
Votes: 602
44. Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs (1985 TV Movie)
30 min | Documentary, Animation, Comedy
Hosts Gary and Eric go on a worldwide adventure to help Gary, who's slowly turning into a dino. The duo also presents many fascinating facts about dinosaurs in a fun way. The Chiodo Brothers provide for impressive stop motion animation.
Stars: Gary Owens, Eric Boardman, Frank Nelson, Dave Willock
Votes: 66
45. The Clown (1953)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
Once a famous Ziegfeld star, Dodo Delwyn is reduced to playing clowns in burlesque and amusement parks as a result of his drinking. His son Little Dink idolizes him and faithfully believes ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Red Skelton, Jane Greer, Tim Considine, Loring Smith
Votes: 527
46. Pluto's Judgement Day (1935)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Pluto chases a kitten through a window and right into Mickey's lap. Mickey scolds him, and goes off to wash the kitten. Pluto falls asleep in front of the fire, and dreams of a hell ruled ... See full summary »
Director: David Hand | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Don Brodie, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney
Votes: 1,160
47. Bonzo Goes to College (1952)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy
The educated chimp moves in with a college football coach's family.
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Maureen O'Sullivan, Edmund Gwenn, Charles Drake, Gigi Perreau
Votes: 163
48. CBS Storybreak (1984– )
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Short, Family
30-minute animated series, each episode telling a different beloved childrens story.
Stars: Frank Welker, Mona Marshall, Hamilton Camp, Michael Bell
Votes: 138
49. The New Phil Silvers Show (1963–1964)
30 min | Comedy
Harry Grafton is a supervisor at Osborne Industries which produces ever changing items. Harry schemes to do as little as possible while still receiving maximum benefits. His efforts usually end in disaster.
Stars: Phil Silvers, Herbie Faye, Jim Shane, Stafford Repp
Votes: 49
50. Remains to Be Seen (1953)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Music
Jody Revere (June Allyson) is a band singer working in New York City. Waldo Williams (Van Johnson) is the manager of a fancy apartment house where a murder is committed. The victim is ... See full summary »
Director: Don Weis | Stars: June Allyson, Van Johnson, Louis Calhern, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 249