Sitcoms That Don't Exist
Sitcoms made for a general audience that technically exist and either have real names attached or ran for a while, but you don't *feel* like it exists
Rules:
Most people can't have heard of it
Has to star/be created by someone famous OR have run for about or more than 100 episodes
Not a hard rule, but a generic title certainly helps
Note:
To clarify, this list is NOT made to be mean. I swear. I just am genuinely fascinated by these kinds of shows. Like, how??
Super subjective, opinions my own
Rules:
Most people can't have heard of it
Has to star/be created by someone famous OR have run for about or more than 100 episodes
Not a hard rule, but a generic title certainly helps
Note:
To clarify, this list is NOT made to be mean. I swear. I just am genuinely fascinated by these kinds of shows. Like, how??
Super subjective, opinions my own
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- CreatorFred BarronStarsHarry AndersonDeLane MatthewsShadoe StevensNewspaper columnist Dave Barry deals with everyday life in the suburbs.Starring Harry Anderson (post-Court)
Ran for 98 episodes - CreatorsBill SteinkellnerCheri SteinkellnerPhoef SuttonStarsBob NewhartCarlene WatkinsCynthia StevensonA cartoonist deals with corporate drama that ensues after the revival of a superhero he created.Starring Bob (Newhart)
It's literally just called Bob - CreatorsBill BoulwareJack ElinsonMichael G. MoyeStarsHelen MartinMarla GibbsHal WilliamsThis series took place in an apartment building numbered 227. The cast would frequently be sitting outside on a large set of stone stairs, involved in some discussion that would unfold into the weekly plotline.
- CreatorAllison M. GibsonStarsReba McEntireJoAnna Garcia SwisherSteve HoweyReba McEntire stars as the titular character in this smash sitcom about a single mom of three, navigating life in a Houston suburb.Starring Reba
- CreatorsTracy NewmanJonathan StarkStarsJim BelushiCourtney Thorne-SmithLarry Joe CampbellA television show centered around a macho everyman, his loving wife, and their three precocious children.Starring Jim
- CreatorsAlan KirschenbaumGregory Thomas GarciaStarsAnthony ClarkLiza SnyderJean Louisa KellyYes, Dear is a comedy about two young couples and their outrageously contrasting views on parenting.
- CreatorsJosh GoldsmithCathy YuspaStarsBrad GarrettJoely FisherKat FosterNewlyweds move in next door to a veteran married couple of 25 years.Starring Brad Garrett (post-Raymond)
Ran for 81 episodes - CreatorTom HertzStarsPatrick WarburtonMegyn PriceOliver HudsonTwo couples and their single friend, all at different stages in their relationships, deal with the complications of dating, commitment, and marriage.Starring Patrick Warburton & David Spade
Ran for 101 episodes - CreatorsBill MartinMike SchiffStarsDonal LogueMegyn PriceKevin CorriganThirty-something Irish Catholic couple Sean and Claudia deal with their three children as well as Sean's judgmental father and carefree brother.Starring Donal Logue & Kevin Corrigan
Ran for 91 episodes - CreatorsDiane BurroughsJoey GutierrezStarsMark AddyJami GertzJennifer IrwinBill and Judy are not your average parents; the kids are the responsible ones.
- 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.A less Golden spin-off
Ran for 170 episodes - CreatorsBob EllisonPeter NoahJohn SullivanStarsJudd HirschJere BurnsJane CarrA divorced man tries to get his life back in order after losing everything to his ex-wife.Starring Judd Hirsch
Ran for 90 episodes
Ended in 1992 - CreatorRob LottersteinStarsMichael RapaportAnita BaroneKaylee DeFerParents struggle to raise their teens.Starring Michael Rappaport (and Rami Malek in half of them)
Ran for 44 episodes
Ended in 2007 - CreatorsWil CalhounDan SchneiderStarsAmanda BynesJennie GarthWesley JonathanWhen Holly's father is transferred to Japan, she is sent to live with her big sister Valerie in New York City, turning Valerie's life upside down.Co-created by Dan Schneider & starring Amanda Bynes (post-eponymous show)
Ran for 86 episodes
Ended in 2006 - CreatorsDavid KendallBob YoungStarsMelissa Joan HartJoey LawrenceTaylor SpreitlerAfter a family scandal leaves Mel, a local politician, in charge of her niece and nephew, she hires a man named Joe to become the family's male nanny, or "manny."Starring, well, y'know
Ran for 104 episodes
Ended in 2015 - CreatorDavid HoldenStarsEmily OsmentJonathan SadowskiAimee CarreroA well-off young tech entrepreneur hires a feisty young food blogger to be his personal chef.Starry Emily Osment (post-Montana)
Ran for 71 episodes
Ended in 2018 - CreatorsJackie FilgoJeff FilgoStarsMatt LeBlancLiza SnyderMatt CookA dad finds out that parenting is harder than he thought after his wife goes back to work and he's left at home to take care of the kids.Starring Matt LeBlanc of Joey (2004-2006) fame
Ran for 69 episodes (nice)
Ended in 2020 - CreatorJim ReynoldsStarsCedric The EntertainerMax GreenfieldSheaun McKinneyA white-bread couple from the Midwest moves to the hood and turn to milquetoast when they try to befriend their rough, street-tough and intimidating neighbors.The jury's still out on this one...
- CreatorJoanna JohnsonStarsFaith FordKelly RipaMacey CruthirdThey're sisters, but blood may be the only thing they have in common. When Faith, a soap opera diva, is killed off her show, "The Sacred and the Sinful," she flees the tabloids by moving to the suburbs with her sister, Hope's, family.Starring Faith (Ford) and the hopeless Kelly Ripa
Ran for 74 episodes
Ended in 2006 - CreatorsJon BeckermanRob BurnettStarsTom CavanaghJulie BowenJosh RandallA separated, fired NYC lawyer returns to his hometown in Ohio, meets old high school friends and cute crush, buys a bowling alley and opens a law office in it.Starring NO ONE NAMED ED (Tom Cavanagh, Julie Bowen, Michael Ian Black, Justin Long)
Ran for 83 episodes
Ended in 2004 - CreatorTerri MinskyStarsSara RueZachary LeviAndrea ParkerHuge egos. Backbiting assistants. Screaming deadlines. Claudia "Claude" Casey has moved up in the secretarial world of television news, from permanent floater to the anchor's desk. Can she melt the hearts of the competitive up-and-comers?Starring Zachary Levi and Andy Dick
Ran for 81 episodes
Ended in 2006 - CreatorMark ReismanStarsAndy RichterRebecca CreskoffRyan PinkstonParents Bob (Andy Richter) and Carol (Rebecca Creskoff) work hard to raise their very different teenage quintuplets.Starring Andy Richter, Andy Richter, Andy Richter, Andy Richter, and Andy Richter
Ran for only 22 episodes, but if you count that for each of the quintuplets, that brings you to a grand total of 110 episodes
Ended in 2005, one for each year of the new millennium - CreatorCarl KleinschmittStarsCliff FrazierPrince HughesDonald GibbThe comical exploits of the "California Bulls" (a fictional professional football team) and the organization's players.A show that dares to be spelled numerically, alphabetically, and ampersandilly
Featuring that guy from the OJ trial
Ran for 80 episodes
Ended in 1991 - CreatorsDennis KoenigWendy KoutPeter NoahStarsJamie Lee CurtisRichard LewisRichard FrankCoworkers at a Chicago magazine, with a mutual romantic attraction, struggle to keep their relationship strictly professional.Starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Richard Lewis
Ran for 56 episodes
Ended in 1992 - CreatorLinda Bloodworth-ThomasonStarsBurt ReynoldsElizabeth AshleyMarilu HennerA former pro football player moves back to his Arkansas childhood hometown to coach the high school football team.Staring Burt Reynolds and Marilu Henner
Ran for 99 episodes
Ended in 1994
