Most Popular TV Comedies, According to IMDb

“Cobra Kai” is a martial arts comedy-drama series based on the movie “The Karate Kid” and, like that movie, starring Ralph Macchio. The show is one of the most successful Netflix originals

Rising movie star Vince Chase (Adrian Grenier) is living the Hollywood dream and taking his closest friends along for the ride. Co-star Jeremy Piven won three Emmys for his performance as Ari Gold, whose character was reportedly inspired by real-life super-agent Ari Emmanuel.

The coming-of-age sitcom about teenagers growing up in the 1970s in Wisconsin entertained audiences for eight seasons and helped launch the careers of actors including Topher Grace, Ashton Kutcher, and Mila Kunis. The Emmy Award-winning show maintains high ratings online and continues to draw new viewers on streaming platforms.

The show centers on a brilliant writer from New York, who moves to California and suffers from writer’s block. He is also a functional alcoholic and a womanizer who wants to raise his daughter right and get back together with her mother.

17-year-old James, a self-diagnosed psychopath, and Alyssa, a rebellious girl, decide to go on a road trip across England to find her estranged father, getting mixed up in several incidents along the way.

Jason Sudeikis plays the eponymous small-time American football coach who gets hired by a professional English soccer franchise despite having no soccer experience at all.

After a difficult breakup, a young and socially awkward woman moves into an apartment with three single guys, forming a somewhat dysfunctional family.

“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” became the longest-running live-action comedy series ever following the release of its 15th season. The series follows five slightly unhinged friends who own and run an Irish dive bar in Philly.

Pizza delivery boy Philip J. Fry wakes up 1,000 years in the future to discover a world that’s as dysfunctional as it is advanced. So goes this animated sitcom from co-creator Matt Groening, who once again puts lovable characters within a satirical framework. The series ran on Fox before migrating over to Comedy Central for its final seasons.

In “The Umbrella Academy,” seven young people, born to women who had shown no signs of pregnancy, are brought together by a billionaire who prepares to save the world.

The Emmy Award-winning series is about a working-class family in suburban Chicago doing whatever it takes to survive. Emmy Rossum and William H. Macy lead the strong cast of the series, and four of the seasons hold a 100% Freshness rating among critics.

“Saturday Night Live” alum Amy Poehler stars in this sitcom done in mockumentary style about the goofy projects cooked up by an Indiana town’s parks and recreation department. The acclaimed series ran for seven seasons ending in 2015.

As they navigate the world of modern medicine at a teaching hospital, Dr. J.D. Dorian (Zach Braff) and his fellow rookies occasionally lapse into romance and daydreams. Unconventional in more ways than one, the show punctuates slapstick comedy and breakneck pacing with moments of genuine drama.

Joel McHale stars in this series about a lawyer who has to return to college after his bachelor’s degree turns out to be bogus. The six-season series won an Emmy and received critics’ kudos for its snarky tone and deconstruction of sitcom conventions as well as its engaging cast, which includes “Saturday Night Live” alum Chevy Chase.

Charlie Sheen played a fun-loving, irresponsible Charlie Harper, whose life is disrupted when his divorced brother (Jon Cryer) and his son move into Charlie’s beachfront bachelor pad. After Sheen entered rehabilitation and fought with the show’s creators in 2010, he was replaced by Ashton Kutcher.

This British comedy drama follows several students in a fictional high school and their parents as they navigate through their personal issues, which often have to do with intimacy. A socially awkward student, his friend, and his mom who is a sex therapist, set up an underground sex therapy clinic at his school.

The series is about a public relations executive (Taylor Schilling) whose past catches up with her and gets her thrown into a women’s prison. The show is buoyed by a strong cast, including television series veterans Kate Mulgrew (“Star Trek: Voyager”) and Laura Prepon (“That ’70s Show”).

Jason Bateman stars in this sitcom as a young man who takes charge of his kooky family and its real estate business after his father lands in jail over securities fraud.

“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” follows the daily lives of the NYPD’s 99th Precinct. Andy Samberg stars as the precinct’s lovable but goofy detective.

The self-styled television show about nothing became one of television’s most successful sitcoms. “Seinfeld” depicts the lives of four neurotic New Yorkers. The series was among the top-rated television shows throughout its run, winning 10 Emmys in nine seasons. Its finale was the fourth-most viewed series-ending of all time.

Those seeking “good old fashioned values” won’t find them anywhere near this raunchy sitcom from Seth MacFarlane. Chronicling the exploits of Peter Griffin and his crazy cohorts, the series leaves no subject or standard unscathed.

All bets were off when this animated sitcom debuted on Comedy Central, introducing its own brand of unfiltered adult humor. Co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone haven’t let up in the time since, even as the show veers toward more topical issues. Thanks to a deal with Viacom CBS, viewers can expect plenty more episodes and two feature films by the year 2027.

“The Simpsons” is the longest-running scripted show in TV history. The famously satirical cartoon is available to stream on numerous platforms. While many fans believe the show has decreased in quality over the years, it still has an overall rating of 8.7/10 on IMDb with more than 350,000 user votes being cast.

In “Suits,” a high-powered lawyer hires a streetsmart law school dropout pretending to be an attorney. The show ran from 2011 to 2019 on USA Network. Among its cast members was Meghan Markle, the future wife of Prince Harry.

The long-running sitcom turns family comedy on its head with the weekly adventures of three related – though very different – families.

An alcoholic super-scientist and his grandson traverse multiple galaxies and dimensions in this massively popular sitcom. Each episode delivers breakneck humor at the speed of light and often centers on a potential catastrophe. The show’s origins can be traced to a “Back to the Future” parody from co-creator Justin Roiland.

The sitcom about quirky office workers in Scranton, Pennsylvania, told in documentary style is based on the British series of the same name. Ricky Gervais, who starred in the British version, helped create the American series. The series helped make Steve Carell a major star and put John Krasinski on the path to stardom.

“How I Met Your Mother” follows lead character Ted Mosby as he tells his son and daughter stories of his younger days with friends in New York City leading up to his relationship with his wife. Overall, the series received positive ratings from critics and viewers though the eighth season was a notable weak point for the sitcom.

The long-running sitcom about a group of dweebish scientists who have their social circle invaded by an attractive neighbor was only been hugely popular with viewers but also won numerous industry awards, including 10 Primetime Emmy Awards.

The sitcom about 20-something friends living in New York made stars out of all six of its stars. “Friends” was nominated for 62 Emmy Awards during its 10-season run and won six. The show’s finale drew 52.5 million viewers in May 2004 and was one of the top-rated television series endings in history.