1979-80 #2 THREE’S COMPANY #4 ALICE #7 FLO (1980-1). Polly Holliday’s popularity as a waitress in Alice for four seasons was acknowledged in 1980 when she was given her own show portraying the same character; relocated to a bar in Cowtown, Texas. The series climbed to #7 on […]
1975-6 #1 ALL IN THE FAMILY #3 LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY (1976-83). Laverne De Fazio and Shirley Feeney are single working girls in 1950s Milwaukee and later in 1960s Los Angeles. Cindy Williams (Shirley) actually walked off the show in 1976, complaining that Penny Marshall (Laverne) was getting all the […]
1977-8 #1 LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY #2 HAPPY DAYS #3 THREE’S COMPANY #5 ALL IN THE FAMILY #8 ALICE #10 ONE DAY AT A TIME #12 EIGHT IS ENOUGH #13 SOAP (1977-81). This was possibly the first American series to feature an openly gay character (in this instance played by Billy […]
1972-3 #1 ALL IN THE FAMILY #2 SANFORD & SON #4 MAUDE (1972-80). A spin-off from the iconic All in the Family series, Maude was classed as a sitcom but it also dealt with a number of controversial issues of the day, none more so than abortion. A […]
1967-8 #1 THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW #2 THE LUCY SHOW #3 GOMER PYLE U.S.M.C. #5 FAMILY AFFAIR #11 BEWITCHED #12 THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES #16 GREEN ACRES #19 GENTLE BEN (1967-9). A series about the adventures of a family living in the Everglades. Dad, played by Dennis Weaver of Gunsmoke […]
1964-5 #2 BEWITCHED Alice Pearce Dick York Dick Sargent (1964-72). This delightful series owed most of its enormous popularity to Elizabeth Montgomery who played Samantha, the cute witch who […]
1960-1 #5 THE REAL MCCOYS #11 DENNIS THE MENACE #13 MY THREE SONS (1960-72). Fred MacMurray is widower Steve Douglas who raises his three sons with the help of his housekeeper ‘Uncle Charlie’. The irascible William Frawley (above right) developed health issues and was replaced in 1965 […]
Between 1950 and 1980 nearly a hundred different shows in this genre made the Top 30 in at least one season, so it has been necessary to divide them into several separate postings. Here is section one. 1950-1 #10 MAMA (1949-57). This much-loved series was set around an […]
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