Top 10 Best Comedy Sitcoms of All Times

I've already replied on a previous comment about Arrested Development. Although I personally loved the show, and the quality was higher than some on this list, its impact was pretty much nothing on the genre itself.
As for Curb Your Enthusiasm, I could never really get into the show. Also, like Arrested Development, I don't think it really had as much of an impact. But I give it props for longevity.

For #10, it was a toss up between Fresh Prince and Cosby Show, and though Cosby Show had a longer run and a heftier fan base, I fell Fresh Prince was more quality humor while Cosby was somewhat dry at points.

I love Big Bang Theory personally, but it just has not been around long enough to prove anything. The one thing that Modern Family did was save a dying ABC network. CBS is known for its comedies, so Big Bang Theory is just another footnote, as funny as it is.

I'm not going to lie to you: I wasn't really much of a fan of either one. Cheers would probably just break a top 20 in my opinion. However, Cheers never really had a steady cast. Frasier's cast stayed almost the same throughout, whereas Cheers could not keep the same main characters. Only two characters from the beginning were still there at the end.

Let me first say that I loved Arrested Development when it was on. And it should have lasted longer than it did, but the biggest problem is that fans never really got into the show like they did for most on this list.
I will give you that Arrested Development did have a higher quality than Two and a Half Men, but I felt that Two and a Half Men helped keep the sitcom genre running while it was on, after some of the greats such as Friends, Frasier, and Seinfeld all went off the air. It gave viewers hope that the sitcom genre was still good and strong, hence why it has been around so long.
Arrested Development just never gained the fan base it was supposed to, which to me, is unbelievable. If this were a top 20 list, Arrested Development would surely make it by a landslide.

Just because it had good ratings does not mean it was good. I pair King of Queens up with Everybody Loves Raymond: highly rated, long lasting, and not very funny. And as for your last comment, grow up man.

However, there are people who consider some dramas as sitcoms as well, so I wanted to make it perfectly clear I was only listing comedies. M*A*S*H for example is considered a sitcom to some, however it is not a comedy sitcom, nor is it really a sitcom in my opinion. But to some, it is different.

I will admit that I do have a lack of knowledge for sitcoms before the 1970s. I was not a fan of Dick Van Dyke, although I do know it was a pioneer of the sitcom genre. I Love Lucy is great, but as I said, I have not watched enough of it to judge it either way, and I don't want to rate it up or down because I don't know enough about it. All In The Family is not that good in my opinion. Green Acres was OK, but I feel all of the ones I listed out rank Green Acres. I don't consider M*A*S*H a sitcom. I consider M*A*S*H more of a drama series.
You may say that this list is only the best of the last 20-25 years, but think about it. The sitcom era was revolutionized by these newer sitcoms, even where Dick Van Dyke and I Love Lucy lacked. Sure, the pioneers of the genre were quite amazing in their own right, but at the same time, character development was much more firm and consistent in all the ones I have listed.

Seinfeld was a great sitcom, but Everybody Loves Raymond? I cannot stand that show, and it was not even that good; it rarely ever made me laugh whatsoever, so I stopped watching it.

Like Friends really never appealed to you, Frasier never really appealed to me. Frasier lasted 11, and Friends lasted 10, both for good reason. Modern Family is hilarious, and certainly the best sitcom on TV currently, but it can't compete, in my opinion, with Friends, Seinfeld, That 70s Show, or Larry Sanders. Thanks for the comment.

I will agree that I Love Lucy is a good one, but at the same time, I have not watched enough of it to judge it thumbs up or thumbs down. All in the Family had its moments, but I don't think it can compete with the likes of Seinfeld, Friends, or Larry Sanders. And The Jeffersons never really caught on with me; I really don't know why. It is a well made show. And also the reason I picked Friends at #1 was because of the way it shaped the sitcom genre from its beginning to its end. Many future sitcoms took its form and it showed that there does not have to be one star to outshine the rest. Seinfeld was also genius and very funny. It was honestly a very tough decision to pick a #1 from those 2. But the reason most of my sitcoms are from the 1990s is because the 1990s were the Golden Age of sitcoms. It was when almost every sitcom was well made and very well known. I will admit I gave a bias to a few, but I think all of the ones I listed deserve a place at the top. Thanks for the comment; it was very insightful.

my current favorite is The Big Bang Theory. I liked it because it was different, and the characters stand out. The lovable perv Howard, and Sheldon the OCD genius.. they just amuse me. While it hasn't been around long enough to stand up in a "top 10" of all time list (at least not yet) because its only been on TV for 5 seasons, I hope that it eventually earns its spot in the Top 5 of the 2000s at least :))