![]() ![]() In 1950, Benny moved his radio show to TV, where it ran until 1965. Legendary comedian Jack Benny began his show business career by doing his violin act in the vaudeville circuit of the 1920s, and then he advanced to acting in movies and doing radio programs in the early 1930s, during which he created The Jack Benny Program, a huge national success. The Jack Benny Program (1950 to 1965) 260 episodes Little known fact: Three’s Company went through a protracted developmental process three pilots were shot, a rarity in American TV, and different writers did their best to Americanize a show that was based on a British sitcom.ģ0. Three’s Company ranked in, or near, the top 10 for Nielsen ratings in its first seven seasons. After the Ropers leave the show to make a spin-off sitcom, Don Knotts portrays the new building manager, adding his wide-eyed jitters to the show. The man in the apartment is Jack Tripper (John Ritter) who, in order to avoid getting evicted, often passes himself off as a gay man, which satisfies the landlords, the Ropers, a married couple. Three’s Company (1977 to 1984) 172 episodesīased on the British TV series Man about the House, this sitcom is about three young, single roommates – two women and a man – who have a platonic relationship while living in a multi-bedroom apartment in Santa Monica, California - though the landlords wonder if something scandalous is going on. ![]() Little known fact: Often called a rip-off or copy of Family Guy, American Dad! is generally considered an animated version of All in the Family, the classic sitcom in which Right battles Left, with Stan Smith acting as an Archie Bunker-like father unable to cope with liberal attitudes, values and lifestyles.ģ1. Notably, American Dad! has been nominated for many awards, including four Emmys and two Annies, and in 2013 ASCAP named it the top television series. Bush is what caused him and others to create the show. Seth MacFarlane said that frustration regarding the administration of President George W. Hayley Smith, Stan’s liberal, hippy-dippy daughter, is voiced by Rachael MacFarlane, while Patrick Stewart voices the part of Stan’s boss, Deputy Director Avery Bullock. Stan Smith is voiced by Seth MacFarlane, who also voices Roger the alien, a master of disguise who lives in a tree house in the Smith’s back yard. American Dad! (2005 to present) 309 episodesĪnother adult-oriented, animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane and others American Dad! is a show on TBS starring Stan Smith, a right-wing CIA agent, who’s the father of an upper middle class family in Virginia. In 2011, Entertainment Weekly called the show “the smartest comedy on TV.”ģ4. Little known fact: Critics gave the sitcom mixed reviews at first some said it was too much like The Office but by the second season the show quickly found the right tone, especially for the part of Amy Poehler, who proved she had the star power to lead a hit TV series. Notably, the show received nominations for 14 Primetime Emmy Awards, and in 2013 it received a Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy. These characters, and others, developed into a hilarious band of comedians, helped by excellent writing and direction. The show also stars Rashida Jones as Ann Perkins, Aubrey Plaza as April Ludgate, Rob Lowe as Chris Traeger and Chris Pratt as Andy Dwyer. Starring Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, a ditzy bureaucrat who works in the Parks Department of Pawnee, she seems airheaded at first but eventually shows her intelligence when she wins a seat on the Pawnee City Council. Parks and Recreation is a political satire that takes place in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana. ![]() Parks and Recreation (2009 to 2015) 125 episodes ![]()
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