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- CreatorGarry ShandlingAlan ZweibelStarsGarry ShandlingMolly CheekMichael TucciGarry Shandling pokes fun at sitcom conventions in his own unique fourth-wall breaking meta sitcom.
- CreatorDavid CraneMarta KauffmanStarsBrian BenbenDenny DillonWendie MalickMartin Tupper is a book editor in Manhattan, recently divorced from Judith, a psychologist. Martin's life is filled with fantasies and sexual thoughts, many times coming in the form of black-and-white shots from old TV shows and movies.
- CreatorCarl KleinschmittStarsCliff FrazierPrince HughesDonald GibbThe comical exploits of the "California Bulls" (a fictional professional football team) and the organization's players.
- CreatorHoward LeedsStarsRichard ChristieMarla PenningtonJerry SupiranThe zany adventures of a suburban family, their next-door neighbors, and an innovative robot designed to look like a human child.
- StarsDonna PescowMaureen FlanniganBurt ReynoldsA teenager discovers that her birth father is an alien and that she has supernatural powers.
- CreatorDavid W. DuclonStarsSoleil Moon FryeGeorge GaynesCherie JohnsonYoung Punky Brewster is abandoned with her dog, Brandon, in a supermarket. When she befriends Henry Warnimont, her new family life begins.
- CreatorFred Fox Jr.Brian LevantStarsDerek McGrathJerry O'ConnellWanda CannonThe adventures of a superpowered teen and his scientist friend.
- CreatorBernie KukoffStarsJoseph BolognaTisha CampbellBlanca De GarrA wealthy widowed businessman adopts five daughters to live with him at his mansion.
- CreatorNeal MarlensStarsAlan ThickeJoanna KernsKirk CameronThe misadventures of a family with a home business father and a journalist mother.
- CreatorSteven BochcoDavid E. KelleyStarsNeil Patrick HarrisMax CasellaBelinda MontgomeryA teenage genius deals with the usual problems of growing up, on top of being a licensed physician in a difficult residency program.
- CreatorGary David GoldbergStarsMichael J. FoxMichael GrossMeredith BaxterChronicles liberal ex-hippies Steven and Elyse Keaton, their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.
- CreatorPatrick LoubertMichael HirshStarsAndrew SabistonMarnie McPhailSunny Besen ThrasherThe Edison kids are a pair of sibling prodigies who have many adventures where their vast knowledge of science comes in very handy.
- CreatorJeff HarrisBernie KukoffStarsGary ColemanTodd BridgesConrad BainThe misadventures of a wealthy Manhattan family who adopted the children of their late African American housekeeper from Harlem.
- CreatorDan GuntzelmanSteve MarshallStarsBill KirchenbauerDeborah HarmonHeather LangenkampGym teacher Graham Lubbock and his wife Elizabeth live in Eureka, California with their eight children.
- CreatorCharlie HauckStarsJason BatemanJeremy LichtDan PonceOriginally is was the saga of a working mom raising her three sons alone while her pilot husband was away, but after star Valerie Harper left, Sandy Duncan stepped in as the boys' aunt.
- CreatorTom PatchettPaul FuscoStarsMihaly 'Michu' MeszarosPaul FuscoMax WrightWhen an ugly creature, who loves eating cats, crash-lands into the Tanner family's garage, they treat him as a guest and allow him to live with them as he comments on the stupidity of mankind.
- CreatorSy RosenStarsBurt YoungCorey HaimJane DalyA 42-year-old Marine sergeant and a 14-year-old fish-obsessed genius strike a perfect and reciprocal balance as college freshmen roommates.
- CreatorStephen J. CannellStarsWilliam KattConnie SelleccaRobert CulpA teacher is asked to be a superhero using a special alien suit with powers he can barely understand or control.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonStarsLorne GreeneRichard HatchDirk BenedictAfter the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet on a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth.
- CreatorKenneth JohnsonStarsMarc SingerFaye GrantMichael IronsideA year after Liberation Day, courtesy of the red-dust bacteria, the humanoid, lizard-like aliens develop a resistance to the micro-organism and try to regain control of the Earth--only now, some humans are knowingly working with them.
- StarsJane BadlerMichael DurrellFaye GrantA seemingly peaceful alien race, arrives at earth and asks for help to ensure their own planets survival. However, the visitors agenda turns out be much darker.
- CreatorSteven E. de SouzaAllan BalterHarve BennettStarsPeter BartonLouis Gossett Jr.Amy SteelThe adventures of high-school student Matthew Star, who is actually a superpowered alien Prince from another world.
- CreatorJim ThomasJohn ThomasStarsMartin KoveDanny MannBrad KoepenickJesse, an alien exiled to Earth, finds himself in Los Angeles. His only companion is a floating, orb-shaped robotic parole officer named Control. Doomed to stay on Earth until Jesse can show compassion, Control helps him lead as normal a life as possible, but not knowing Earthly ways Jesse often finds himself in trouble.
- CreatorCliff GouldStarsRobert ConradDan O'HerlihyJi-Tu CumbukaSloane is a freelance spy. Although he doesn't work for the government, he frequently accepts assignments from The Director, a head of a secret government agency. He's assisted by Torque, a man with a detachable hand (which can be replaced by a variety of implements drills, guns, and what-not).
- CreatorRobert A. CinaderJack WebbBurton ArmusStarsEthan WaynePeter ParrosMiguel FernandesOfficers Doyle and Grant patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in squad car 1-Adam-12, trying to keep the city safe for everyone.
- CreatorStephen J. CannellStarsNick MancusoJames HandyBarbara Williams"Ray", a man of mystery, gets people out of trouble, asking for favors in return.
- CreatorDon ReoStarsJeff ConawayWalter OlkewiczDuncan RegehrThe legendary Kingdom of Camarand is ruled by good King Baaldorf and Queen Lattinia. Their daughter, Ariel, is engaged to Prince Erik, who becomes Camarand's Champion against a neighboring kingdom ruled by evil Prince Dirk Blackpool.
- CreatorSteven BochcoMichael KozollStarsDaniel J. TravantiMichael WarrenBruce WeitzThe lives and work of the staff of an inner city police precinct.
- CreatorGlen MorganJames WongStephen J. CannellStarsDaniel Hugh KellyRoma DowneyBert RosarioA notoriously greedy and corrupt blond Wall Street businessman hiding from the FBI on a Caribbean island run by a gaudy dictator teams up with the legendary ghost pirate Black Jack Savage to save 100 lives and avoid going to hell.
- StarsNicholas CampbellStoney JacksonGail StricklandMiami Vice-styled show about Nick, an undercover reporter who works for nationally syndicated Newspoint. Only Mackey, a hustler, ex-con and Nick's main contact on the street, and Alice West, the paper's editor, know his true identity.
- StarsLes LyeAbby HagyardChristine McGladeSketch TV by young amateur actors in true classic Nick-style. But whatever you do, never admit that you don't know or ask for water.
- CreatorDusty KayStarsJosh BlakeJeff LesterRobert ForsterA comic book creator struggles with declining sales until his superhero Captain Justice crosses into the real world, renewing interest. Inspired, the creator revamps the storylines, convincing the owners to continue the comic.
- CreatorDon FlynnSonny GrossoStarsScott HylandsAllan RoyalJeff WincottThe exploits of the detectives of the Mid South Precinct, in a generic North American city not unlike New York (but a lot like Toronto), chronicled through the eyes of newspaper columnist Tom Kirkwood and his "Night Heat" column.
- CreatorChris ElliottDavid MirkinAdam ResnickStarsChris ElliottBob ElliottRobin RikerA 30-something guy still lives with his parents and works as a paperboy and tries to avoid growing up and being responsible at all costs.
- CreatorMichael JacobsBob YoungStarsStuart PankinAllan TrautmanJessica WalterThis show follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have televisions, refrigerators, et cetera. The only humans around are cavemen, who are viewed as pets and wild animals.
- CreatorGlenn Gordon CaronStarsCybill ShepherdBruce WillisAllyce BeasleyThe quirky cases of a former model and a smart aleck detective who manage a private detective agency.
- StarsHannah SpearrittJon LeeTina BarrettThe S Club 7 kids leave Miami to try to make it in L.A.
- CreatorJon S. DennyStarsRosanna ArquetteTeri GarrCandice BergenA half-hour sitcom anthology on PBS, about people who are struggling with the daily routines of life.
- CreatorMark FrostDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanSheryl LeeMichael HorsePicks up 25 years after the inhabitants of a quaint northwestern town are stunned when their homecoming queen is murdered.
- CreatorMarc NormanStarsMariska HargitayRobert EnglundMichael NouriLAPD officer Forney serves double duty supervising four widely differing parolees living in a half-way house. He tries to get them jobs; they try to help him solve crimes.
- CreatorEric BlakeneyStephen J. CannellStarsRichard GriecoMarcia StrassmanCarmen ArgenzianoIn this "21 Jump Street" spin-off, a rebellious young cop becomes an insurance investigator for a multinational corporation.
- CreatorDavid BeairdStarsFisher StevensDenise CrosbyLara PiperSeamus O'Neill is a Hemingway wannabe who strikes it rich and uses his newfound wealth to move to Key West in search of inspiration for his writing. He interacts with many colorful characters in this offbeat locale.
- CreatorGreg AntonacciEddie MurphyStarsDella ReeseMariann AaldaSylver GregoryAl Royal and his wife Victoria have just settled down to retire when their daughter Elizabeth, newly divorced from a man that Al always hated, moves back home with her three children: Curtis, Kim, and Hillary.
- CreatorBob ComfortRick KellardStuart SheslowStarsRedd FoxxRosanna DeSotoPamela AdlonAn American sitcom starring Redd Foxx as a newsstand owner who adopts a street smart teenage daughter, played by Pamela Adlon. The series premiered January 18, 1986 on the ABC television network and was canceled after 13 episodes.
- StarsJason RobardsJames Earl JonesRip TornThe city of Atlanta, Georgia, is terrorized by a rash of child murders occurring in its black community. When a black photographer is arrested for the crimes, controversy erupts over whether he is the actual killer or a scapegoat offered up by the city's mostly black leadership. Based on actual events.
- StarsShelley DuvallJohn AchornPatrick DeSantisA miscellany of numerous classic fairy tales' adaptations.
- CreatorDavid CraneMarta KauffmanStarsJohn ForsytheHolland TaylorEve GordonThe exploits of a clueless American senator and the eccentric, morally corrupt people who are closest to him.
- CreatorSally SussmanStarsKelly RutherfordKristoff St. JohnJoan PringleSoap opera about two families, one black and one white.
- CreatorJohn FuriaBarry OringerStarsJames BrolinConnie SelleccaNathan CookThe misadventures of the staff and guests of the St. Gregory Hotel.
- CreatorKenneth JohnsonStarsJane BadlerMichael DurrellRobert EnglundA small group of human resistance fighters fight a desperate guerilla war against the genocidal extra-terrestrials who dominate Earth.
- CreatorStan DanielsStarsCharles S. DuttonElla JoyceRocky CarrollCharles Dutton plays a married garbage man who proves by his actions and his altruistic ways that though he collects refuse for a job, his life and relationships total more than mere garbage.
- CreatorAnthony MinghellaStarsMichael GambonBrian HensonSteve VarnomA storyteller in a labyrinth tells his dog the stories of Perseus and Medusa, Icarus and Daedalus, Theseus and the Minotaur, and Orpheus and Euridyce.
- CreatorJim HensonStarsJohn HurtBrian HensonFrederick WarderAn old storyteller tells European folk tales to his sarcastic dog.
- StarsPertti SveholmTaneli MäkeläJarmo HyttinenJ. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings told from the perspective of the hobbits.
- StarsAlex WinterLee ArenbergDanny CookseyMTV sketch comedy show.
- CreatorTom McLoughlinStarsStuart FratkinDean CameronAllan RoyalTwo teenage aliens, Abe and Bo, travel the United States in a red sports car in an effort to pick up chicks and learn more about life on Earth. They are pursued by a pair of bumbling U.S. Government soldiers who would like to capture Abe and Bo for study.
- CreatorGarry MarshallStarsRon GlassDemond WilsonJohn SchuckAn African American remake of the television series inspired by the Neil Simon play about two friends living together despite their completely disparate attitudes to life.
- StarsRedd FoxxDennis BurkleyMarguerite RayThe further adventures of Fred Sanford, featuring the old cast, except for Lamont; Fred has a new partner and a new girlfriend.
- CreatorThomas BaumJonathan CravenWes CravenStarsJack ColemanLindsay FrostRobert Englund"Nightmare Cafe" - Frank Nolan and Fay Peronivic find themselves in a mysterious all-night café following a brush with death, but they soon learn that they did, in fact, die, and have been brought back to life by the café.
- CreatorNicholas CoreaStarsRod TaylorWilliam LuckingCharles NapierFive cowboys are sent forward in time from 1899 to 1986, where they start their own detective agency.
- StarsBud SpencerLou BedfordVivian RuizJack Costello (Bud Spencer) is a retired cop and now private detective who lives in Miami, who handles a myriad of cases for unusual clients. At his side are old police buddy Sam Bosley (Lou Bedford) and cartoonist-turned-amateur sleuth Jean Philippe Dumas (Philip Michael Thomas), who is using Costello as an influence and has nicknamed the burly detective "Extralarge." In the second series, Costello faces other dangerous cases, again with Bosley and Archibald (Michael Winslow), the son of an old friend, who Costello amusingly nicknames "Dumas."
- StarsFred WillardThe Krofft PuppetsTodd MattoxSet in a Washington, D.C. bar, Fred Willard was the bartender, and the patrons were all Krofft puppets, including former U.S. Presidents Reagan, Carter, Ford, and Nixon, and news reporters Dan Rather and Ted Koppel.
- DirectorRick LockeStarsLeslie NielsenThe Krofft PuppetsBo DerekA comical news program featuring celebrity puppets and an egocentric anchorman.
- CreatorPeter FluckRoger LawStarsSteve NallonKate RobbinsChris BarrieA satire show using puppets that are caricatures of major public figures.
- DirectorGraham C. WilliamsStarsChris BarrieLouise DuArtJon GloverAs First Lady Nancy Reagan holds an celebrity-filled anniversary party at the White House, President Ronald Reagan's aides desperately attempt to prevent an unprovoked nuclear attack he accidentally ordered.
- DirectorSean HardieStarsDavid FrostChris BarrieLouise DuArtA secret cabal of celebrities plots to dominate the US government by running Sylvester Stallone as President.
- DirectorGraham C. WilliamsStarsDavid FrostJoe AlaskeyCorey BurtonWoody Allen writes more movies about life, Hoffman, De Niro and Pacino have an identity crisis, Spielberg struggles under the weight of all his money, and refusal to take him as a serious actor pushes Leonard Nimoy over the edge.
- CreatorMartin CohanDavid W. DuclonRon LeavittStarsRicky SchroderErin GrayJoel HigginsRicky Stratton is a spoiled rich kid who lives the life that many kids dream of, but he still suffers from the problems that many teens do.
- CreatorBarbara WeisbergMichael JacobsBarbara WeisbergStarsScott BaioWillie AamesNicole EggertCharles, a college student, is a live-in housekeeper in the Powell household. Charles, along with his friend Buddy, attempts to juggle his studies, friendships, and duties to the family.
- CreatorFrank DunganJeff SteinStarsChristopher HewettBob UeckerIlene GraffThe humourous adventures of an English housekeeper working for an American family.
- CreatorStu SilverStarsEmmanuel LewisAlex KarrasSusan ClarkThe post-retirement season is suddenly disrupted for football player George Papadapolis and his wife Katherine when Webster, the orphaned son of a former teammate, moves in. Laughter, and life lessons, in every episode.
- CreatorSusan HarrisStarsRichard MulliganDinah ManoffDavid Leisure"Empty Nest" tells of the day to day misadventures of a widowed pediatrician named Harry Weston and his two adult daughters, Barbara and Carol, who have come back to live with him after failed marriages.
- CreatorDick ClairHoward LeedsJerry MayerStarsLisa WhelchelKim FieldsMindy CohnMrs. Edna Garrett, housemother and dietitian at the Eastland School, teaches a group of girls in her charge how to solve those problems that every teenager has to face.
- CreatorRon LeavittMichael G. MoyeStarsJason BatemanCaren KayeTricia CastMatt Burton may have met his match when his widowed mother begins dating their new neighbor Norman who's wise to Matt's schemes and attempts to foil every one of them hoping to set his would be stepson on the straight and narrow.
- StarsFaith PrinceJim FyfeDavid Henry SterryAkin to an encyclopedia set, each episode is devoted to a different letter of the alphabet and features sketches and songs related to things that begin with that letter.
- StarsCarlene WatkinsBilly JayneRachel JacobsJack and Sharon are a divorced couple. Sharon has remarried, to Neil. Jack and Sharon have decided to live across the street from each other for the sake of their children, Carol and Johnny. Jack and Neil don't like each other. Jack's mom Ruth lives with him.
- CreatorDon ReoStarsJohn LarroquetteLiz TorresDaryl MitchellA recovering alcoholic who becomes the manager of a big city bus station.
- CreatorSusan HarrisStarsArnetia WalkerMary Jo KeenenAda MarisComedy and drama in the Miami hospital. Sandy, Annie, Gina, Julie, Hank, Paco and Jack keep things running day and night under the slogan "Here I Am".
- CreatorReinhold WeegeStarsHarry AndersonJohn LarroquetteRichard MollAn eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.
- CreatorAndrew GuerdatSteve KreinbergStarsWilliam RagsdaleHank AzariaJane SibbettThe four aspects of a man's personality help him get through different situations in life.
- DirectorAlan SpencerStarsArye GrossClaudia ChristianAdrienne ShellyA clerk at the same hotel since 18, 30 y.o. Matthew breaks the monotony when his favorite model, Hexina, secretly stays at the hotel. He impersonates a caller and goes on a date with her. Things get deadly.
- CreatorChris BeardeStarsDon FelderFreddie JacksonBill BentleyA rock music oriented sketch comedy show parodying music videos.
- CreatorAnthony LawrenceNancy LawrenceStarsJudson ScottRichard LynchE.G. MarshallAn ancient and powerful human-like alien is pursued on modern Earth while he searches for his long lost partner.
- CreatorNeil CuthbertStarsBarry CorbinChristina ApplegateBeverly ArcherIdealistic Bob Forehead is a new congressman who moves to DC with wife Ginger and his two children. Initially he relies heavily on his staff and tries to avoid falling under the shady influence of Senator Bunky Muntner.
- CreatorRon LeavittArthur SilverStarsGeoff PiersonKevin ConnollyNikki CoxA not-so-happy family is divided further when the father gets a schizophrenic disorder.
- CreatorBrett DeweyRonald B. SolomonStarsKelly PackardMichael CadeJay Anthony FrankeSiblings form a rock group with two friends.
- CreatorWilliam BickleyRobert L. BoyettThomas L. MillerStarsPatrick DuffySuzanne SomersBrandon CallDivorced contractor Frank Lambert and widowed beautician Carol Foster meet, fall in love and quickly get married. Both have three children and when the families all move in together the kids and parents have a lot of learning to do.
- CreatorWinifred HerveyStarsSteve HarveyCedric The EntertainerMerlin SantanaA former funk star named Steve Hightower enlists as a high school music teacher away from his original career in Chicago.
- CreatorGabe KaplanAlan SacksPeter MeyersonStarsGabe KaplanRon PalilloJohn TravoltaA compassionate teacher returns to his inner city high school of his youth to teach a new generation of trouble making kids.
- CreatorSteve KerperDavid KolinStarsDeborah MagdalenaDave KonigTracy Vilar8-episode narrative adult comedy series for HBO. Spring '94
- CreatorLawrence GordonStarsLee HorsleyPamela HensleyLincoln KilpatrickMatt Houston is a wealthy Texan who moves to California to oversee his family's offshore drilling enterprises but spends most of his time dabbling in his private investigator hobby.
- StarsMaylo McCaslinBarry GordonDawn JefforyThe adventures of a high school for superheroes while the Marvel Family fights evil with the power given to them by the wizard, Shazam.
- CreatorRobert KlaneDick ClementIan LaFreniasStarsDick ShawnCarol LawrencePaula PrentissThough it never made it to an actual weekly series, two pilots were shot between 1980 and 1981 for this sitcom in which Dracula moves his family from Transylvania to the USA.
- CreatorMark RothmanDan GuntzelmanSteve MarshallStarsGeorge WynerPat CarrollLou RichardsHildy Granger lives in a town near Lake Tahoe. Her husband's the Sheriff and after his death, she's made his successor. And she tries to balance her work with raising her two children. One of her deputies, Max is irate that he wasn't named Sheriff and is constantly trying to upstage her.
- CreatorHal SitowitzStarsLisa EilbacherHenry DarrowJames Earl JonesKate and her mother run a private investigation service with the help of her late father's former partner Lou.
- CreatorLloyd J. SchwartzSherwood SchwartzStarsBarbara EdenFannie FlaggJenn ThompsonSitcom based on the 1978 film of the same name.
- CreatorRobert PalmStarsJohn AshtonRichard TysonJohn PappasCharlie Battles is a veteran cop who was about to be assigned a desk job. When he is teamed with a hotshot, Kaz Kaczierowski. Together, they team up, constantly being at odds over how to handle criminals.
- CreatorGeraldine LaybourneRoger Damon PriceStarsCraig WarnockJonathan Edward GoodmanTimothy J ReidA series comprised entirely of short (several per episode) comedy sketches. Recurring bits included "Kentucky Boys," a pair of stereotypical hicks discussing life; "Ivan Tellalie," Soviet newscaster (and Hero of Soviet Union, 23rd Class); and animated sequences involving the turkey that created TV. The show also included clips from Monty Python and other classic comedies.