Emmys' Most-Winningest Best Comedy Serieses

Cheers, I guess. I like MTM but haven't really seen enough of it.
Murphy Brown is the one I watched when it originally aired but don't think I've seen since. I am thinking now it would seem pretty dated and obvious?
I've tried to watch Modern Family a few times but didn't find it engaging.

i have a feeling the 'best' is prob MTM, but i haven't really watched it in two decades so i'll go with 30 rock.

AITF seems very very different from anything else here, and not just because the themes are different. the vibe is really unsettling. most beloved sitcoms tend to have a kind of placid, comfortable atmosphere to them, but here it feels like all of the characters are constantly either screaming at each other, storming off in disgust, or dissolving into hysterics. must have been all the more shocking coming at the end of a decade of sitcoms about wisecracking witches and talking horses (tho tbh if i have to watch a sitcom i'd rather watch one from that era than most of these).

what amazes me about ELR is how something can be so bleak and mean-spirited and still be so completely unfunny

it feels like all of the characters are constantly either screaming at each other, storming off in disgust, or dissolving into hysterics

It's set in Queens.

ZING!

I feel weird sticking up here for Everybody Loves Raymond, surely one of the most popular sitcoms ever, but within its bitterness there's something surprisingly real in it, and it was often funny. It IS a broad farce, but I'd be lying if I didn't see a lot of recognizable humanity. It does deserve to be above the pack of standard family sitcoms.

ELR's primary takeaway for me was in feeling really, really sorry for straight people.

For a couple years there my sister had syndicated ELR reruns on every time I visited, and it was fucking hell imho. Couldn't make it through 10 mins.

Peter Boyle and Doris Roberts were the glue of the show, and could've anchored it with any other surrounding cast.

Primo "Meathead as dolt" episode.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clFl59-zArk

I haven't watched All in the Family for a long time--it probably hasn't been in network syndication here for at least 25 years. (I'd happily buy a box of the complete series if I found one cheap enough.) So even though that might be the right answer for me, I'll go with MTM, which I've watched recently.

Larry Sanders (3 Emmys) over all of them.

Despite AITF feeling like the only show here with "import" (for better and def worse), I'm pretty sure I'll end up voting Taxi.

Larry Sanders (3 Emmys) over all of them.

Without a doubt.

Larry Sanders (3 Emmys) over all of them.

Without a doubt.

― Coarse Apple Slaw (Old Lunch), Monday, September 8, 2014 10:44 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Thirded.

Hell, Dave Coulier's Out of Control over at least half of them.

Despite AITF feeling like the only show here with "import" (for better and def worse),

yes, we know you like totally meaningless art.

I don't like you, you meaningless fart.

damn, you've been stealing snappy patter from Hawks films!

also: stifle.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Hahahahaha.

No.