Newhart

At this point, Newhart may be an underrated sitcom, but it should be included in the pantheon of classic comedy shows. And it’s one of the two or three best sitcoms of the 1980s. The show did have some growing pains early on (Growing Pains is decidedly not on this list), but by the start of the third season the cast was locked in, and the show started to really click.

Bob Newhart got to do his thing, but he excels when dynamic actors capable of playing eccentric characters surround him. That became what Newhart was all about. The two best performances came from Julia Duffy as Stephanie and Peter Scolari as Michael, two actors who should have won multiple Emmys for this show.

And, of course, who could forget Larry, or his brother Darryl, or his other brother Darryl?