Greatest Forgotten TV Sitcoms
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- StarsJames HayterClarence WrightDaphne MaddoxMisadventures of a multiple store proprietor.considered the very first modern sitcom
complete series is lost - CreatorJohn StearnsMary Kay StearnsStarsMary Kay StearnsJohn StearnsNydia WestmanThe adventures and misadventures of the strait-laced bank employee Johnny Stearns and his zany wife Mary Kay.most of the series is believed to be lost
- CreatorClifford GoldsmithStarsHouse JamesonJackie KelkMary MaloneBased on a popular radio show, this middle-class-American-family comedy is built around the life of the Aldrich family of Elm Street, Centerville and particularly focuses on the adventures of high-schooler Henry Aldrich.never released on DVD yet
- StarsWilliam BendixMarjorie ReynoldsWesley MorganRiley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems.updated version of the series that premiered on TV in '49 (and radio in '41)
never released on DVD yet - CreatorIrving PincusStarsWalter BrennanRichard CrennaKathleen NolanFrom the hills of West Virginia, Amos McCoy moves his family to an inherited farm in California. Grandpa Amos is quick to give advice to his three grandchildren and wonders how his neighbors ever managed without him around.seasons 1 & 2 are out on DVD
- StarsJohn ForsytheNoreen CorcoranSammee TongThe misadventures of a single adoptive father raising a teenage niece with the help of his manservant.never released on DVD yet
- StarsStuart ErwinJune CollyerAnn E. ToddStu Erwin played a mild-mannered high-school principal, with June Collyer as his wife.(also know as "The Trouble with Father")
several compilation DVDs have been released - StarsAnn BakerMary BrianJohn EldredgePert blond teenager Corliss Archer must balance her life at school, her lovable but goofy boyfriend Dexter and her well-meaning but clueless parents.updated version of the series that premiered on TV in '51 (and radio in '43)
several compilation DVDs have been released - CreatorNorman LearStarsBea ArthurBill MacyConrad Bain"All In The Family" spin-off centered around Edith's cousin, Maude Findlay, a liberal, independent woman living in Tuckahoe, New York.complete series is out on DVD
- CreatorSusan HarrisStarsRichard CrennaPatty DukeBillie BirdSam and Molly Quinn are two hardworking career people just too busy with their careers (he's a doctor, she's a lawyer) to pay attention to each other or their teenagers.never released on DVD yet
- CreatorBob Carroll Jr.Madelyn DavisStarsLucille BallGale GordonAnn DusenberryLucy Barker is a grandmother who constantly gets into comedic predicaments while living with her daughter's family.never released on DVD yet
- CreatorHal KanterStarsDiahann CarrollLloyd NolanMarc CopageJulia Baker is a young African-American woman working as a nurse. She is also a widow (her husband died in Vietnam) trying to raise a young son alone.never released on DVD yet
- CreatorBrian CookeJohnnie MortimerStarsRichard O'SullivanPaula WilcoxSally ThomsettSitcom exploring the trials and tribulations created by one man and two women flat-sharing in the 70s.seasons 1 & 2 are out on DVD (and the complete series is out on DVD on Region-2)
- CreatorDick ClairJenna McMahonStu SilverStarsGail EdwardsBarrie YoungfellowPaul KreppelThis series featured a group of waitresses (and a pianist, Sonny) who work at a fancy restaurant at the top of a skyscraper.never released on DVD yet
- CreatorRobert GetchellStarsLinda LavinVic TaybackBeth HowlandThe misadventures and trials of an aspiring singer and her co-workers at a greasy-spoon diner.Seasons 1 to 4 are out on DVD as well as 1 compilation best-of DVD
- 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.never released on DVD yet
- CreatorEd. WeinbergerStarsSherman HemsleyClifton DavisAnna Maria HorsfordRev. Rueben Gregory, finds dealing with the headstrong, opinionated, and unethical Deacon Ernest Frye--who works as a lawyer when not tending to church business--won't make his job easy.never released on DVD yet
- CreatorJames FritzellStarsDoris DayPhilip BrownTodd StarkeAfter spending most of her life in big cities, widow Doris Martin decides to move back to the family ranch.complete series is out on DVD
- StarsRachel Parton GeorgeValerie CurtinSally StruthersThe sitcom takes us into the further adventures of the characters from the movie of the same name.never released on DVD yet
- 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.never released on DVD yet
- 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.never released on DVD yet
- CreatorSusan HarrisStarsBetty WhiteRue McClanahanEstelle GettyAfter Dorothy remarries and moves away, Blanche, Rose, and Sophia open a hotel called The Golden Palace.never released on DVD yet
- CreatorLynn MontgomeryStarsConnie RayOlivia BurnetteLee NorrisA working-class single mother provides for her quirky family of five kids in rural Oklahoma.and "Almost Home" (the second season)
never released on DVD yet - CreatorGeorge BurdittMartin RipsMichael RossStarsJohn RitterMary CadoretteAlan CampbellJack Tripper's co-habitation with Vicky Bradford is complicated by her hostile father's interference as Jack's landlord.never released on DVD yet
- CreatorSam HarrisBruce H. NewbergStarsCarol MansellDavid KaufmanKyle RichardsAfter being struck down by a trolley (golly) in 1925, Ethel MacDoogan, a flapper, waits in heaven for a chance to help a family and earn her wings. That chance arrives in the form of the Preston family.never released on DVD yet
- CreatorElliot ShoenmanStarsBea ArthurFred McCarrenSimone GriffethDry-witted Amanda Cartwright tries to manage a hotel despite mishaps involving her inexperienced son Marty, self-centered daughter-in-law Arlene, devoted cook Earl, and bumbling foreign bellhop Aldo.never released on DVD yet
- CreatorLinda Bloodworth-ThomasonStarsDelta BurkeDixie CarterCharles FrankAn eccentric family is forced to live under one roof to receive a share of the vast fortune that was left behind by their patriarch.never released on DVD yet
- CreatorMarc CherryJamie WootenStarsJudith IveyBeth BroderickHarriet Sansom HarrisFour sisters-in-law struggle to deal with small-town life and their overbearing mother-in-law.never released on DVD yet
- CreatorPaul HenningStarsEdgar BuchananLinda HenningBea BenaderetThe misadventures of the family staff of The Shady Rest Hotel and their neighbors of Hooterville.seasons 1 to 3 are out on DVD as well as a best-of collection (of season 1 eps)
- CreatorMike MilliganJay MoriartyStarsMarla GibbsLarry LinvilleLiz TorresThe misadventures of Florence Johnson, a hotel maid who was previously seen serving the Jeffersons.1 ep was released as a special bonus on the complete series of "The Jeffersons"
- CreatorNorman LearStarsRue McClanahanDabney ColemanJack GilfordThis comedy set in Depression-era Kansas City was based around a single hairdresser's unique approach to curing her loneliness: putting an ad in the newspaper and recruiting the folks who met her criteria to be her new family. Filling the new positions were con-artist husband Eddie, tap-dancing daughter Anna-Marie, a son known only as Junior, and an elderly grandfather.never released on DVD yet
- CreatorNat HikenStarsJoe E. RossFred GwynnePaul ReedSitcom featuring the zany hijinks of New York's finest.complete series is out on DVD
- StarsHarriet NelsonBrenda SykesSusan SennettAfter their two sons leave home, Ozzie and Harriet rent their rooms to two beautiful college girls.never released on DVD yet
- StarsDanny ThomasMarjorie LordAngela CartwrightAn aging entertainer and his wife take on care of their 6-year-old grandson.1 ep was released as a bonus on the S3 DVD set of "Here's Lucy"
- CreatorMarc RichardsStarsForrest TuckerLarry StorchBob BurnsTwo guys and their pet gorilla hunt spooks.complete series is out on DVD