TV Comedy
Television comedy had a presence from the earliest days of broadcasting. The situation comedy, or sitcom, has been the most common, successful and culturally significant type of television comedy. As the name suggests, these programs feature recurring characters placed in humourous situations. Since the early 1950s with "I Love Lucy" in the US and "Hancock's Half Hour" in Britain, sitcoms have always had a special place in the hearts of viewers and gathered highly devoted followers, as the familar characters often become beloved. Below you may scroll though time to your fondly remembered telly programs. For Alice's motherlode of Television, stay with "Television Shows".
Pictured: Ricky Gervais as The Brentster in the BBC's brilliant 'The Office'.
Murphy Brown: Season 1, Discs 3 and 4 (1988)
7/10
Director: Barnet Kellman
Starring: Candice Bergen, Pat Corley, Faith Ford, Charles Kimbrough, Robert Pastorelli, Jo...
Although it will always be linked with Vice President Quayle and big hair, the groundbreaking series 'Murphy Brown' is also one of the most successful... Read more
My Family and Other Animals (2005)
7.5/10
Director: Sheree Folkson
Starring: Imelda Staunton, Tom Goodman-Hill, Matthew Goode, Omid Djalili, Russell Tovey, C...
Adapted by Simon Nye ('Men Behaving Badly') from Gerald Durrell's beloved book, this BBC made-for-tv production follows the eccentric Durrell family a... Read more
My Favourite Martian: Season 3 (1963)
Starring: Ray Walston, Bill Bixby
First airing in 1963, one of the first sitcoms with a 'fantasy' premise, joining ranks with 'Mister Ed', and followed later by 'Bewitched' and 'I Drea... Read more
My Hero: Series 3, Volume 1 (2002)
6.6/10
Director: John Stroud
Starring: Emily Joyce, Ardal O'Hanlon
Ardal O'Hanlon stars as an everyday superhero by the name of Thermoman in this BBC sitcom mixing everyday family situations with O'Hanlon's outlandish... Read more
My Name Is Earl: Season 1 (2005)
7.8/10
Director: Victor Nelli Jr
Starring: Giovanni Ribisi, Jason Lee, Jon Favreau, Juliette Lewis, Jaime Pressly, Ethan Su...
Earl (Jason Lee) is learning the hard way that when you do something bad, it has a way of coming back and biting you in the butt! Hoping to turn his l... Read more
My Name Is Earl: Season 2 (2006)
7.8/10
Starring: Jason Lee, Jaime Pressly, Ethan Suplee, Nadine Velasquez, Eddie Steeples
Earl is still working through his list, making up for all the bad things he's done. This season he tracks down a girl he teased at school for having... Read more
My Three Sons: Season 1 (1960)
7.1/10
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Starring: Fred MacMurray, Tim Considine, William Frawley, Don Grady, Stanley Livingston
The trials and tribulations of aeronautical engineer and widower Steve Douglas (Fred MacMurray) who lives in the mid-West with his three sons and thei... Read more
Mystery Science Theater 3000: 20th Anniversary Edition (2008)
8.5/10
Starring: Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy, Michael J Nelson, Jim Mallon, Joel Hodgson
Running for eleven seasons, this cult TV comedy took an inspired idea - taking the mick out of old films - and made it a hit. A man and his robot side... Read more
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XIV (2009)
8.5/10
Starring: Kevin Murphy, Michael J Nelson, Trace Beaulieu, Jim Mallon, Joel Hodgson
From 1988 to 1999, the cast of 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' skewered B-movies from their extraterrestrial orbit. Now the revolving crew of the Satel... Read more
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XV (2009)
7.6/10
Starring: Kevin Murphy, Michael J Nelson, Trace Beaulieu, Jim Mallon, Joel Hodgson
The crew of the Satellite of Love return in their awe-inspiring 15th collection of the most hilarious episodes from Mystery Science Theater 3000. Join... Read more