Couch Comfort: Where to watch 112 great vintage sitcoms
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It seems as if TV's past is at your fingertips more than ever before, so here in one place is a guide for both traditional viewers and cord-cutters to where they can catch up with 112 vintage sitcoms. (The key word is vintage: we are arbitrarily ending this list at the year 2000.) Now that many of us are spending more time at home, we're hoping this guide will help you go a little less stir crazy and provide some laughs to boot. In the coming weeks, we'll be doing similar guides to vintage westerns, sci-fi shows, cop shows and more.
(Note all TV times are weekdays/nights, unless otherwise indicated and that many shows air on multiple channels.)
The Addams Family
(Amazon)
Stars: John Astin, Carolyn Jones
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
(11 a.m.-noon; Saturday, midnight- 3 a.m., ZLiving)
Ozzie, Harriet, Ricky and David Nelson
ALF
(Sunday, 6-7 a.m., MeTV)
ALF, Max Wright
Alice
(7:30-8 p.m.; Monday, 2-3 a.m., Antenna)
Linda Lavin, Polly Holliday
All in the Family
(5-6 a.m., 8-10 p.m., GetTV; Saturday, 8-9 p.m., WPIX/11)
Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers
Amen
(6-7 a.m., 9-10 a.m.,GetTV)
Sherman Hemsley, Anna Maria Horsford
The Andy Griffith Show
(8-9 p.m., Me TV; 9 a.m.-10:45 a.m., 5:48 p.m.-8:10 p.m., TV Land; 5:15-10:45 a.m., Tuesday; 3-9 a.m, Wednesday; 6-7 a.m., Thursday and Friday, 5-10 a.m., Saturday, 6-11 a.m. Sundance) (Amazon Prime)
Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Ronnie Howard
Archie Bunker's Place
(7-7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 9-10 a.m., Antenna)
Carroll O'Connor, Martin Balsam, Danielle Brisebois
Barney Miller
(6:30-7 p.m.; Monday, 4-5 a.m., Antenna)
Hal Linden, Abe Vigoda
Batman (Saturday and Sunday, 7-8 a.m., H&I)
Adam West, Burt Ward
Becker (1-1:30 a.m., Antenna)
Ted Danson, Hattie Winston
Benson
(6-6:30 p.m.; Sunday, 5-6 p.m., Antenna)
Robert Guillaume, Inga Swenson, James Noble
The Beverly Hillbillies
(7-8 a.m.; Saturdays, 6-7 a.m., MeTV) (Hulu)
Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer Jr.
Bewitched
(2-3 p.m.; Saturday, 6-7 a.m., 10-11 p.m, Antenna)
Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorhead
The Bob Newhart Show
(Hulu)
Bob Newhart, Mariette Hartley
The Brady Bunch
(Sunday, noon-2 p.m., MeTV) (Hulu, CBS All Access)
Florence Henderson, Robert Reed, Maureen McCormick, Barry Williams
Burns and Allen Show
( 8-9 a.m.; Sunday, 1-2 a.m.,Antenna)
George Burns, Gracie Allen, Harry Von Zell
Cheers
(Hulu) (Amazon) (CBS All Access)
Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson, George Wendt, Kirstie Alley
Coach
(Midnight-12:30 a.m.; Sunday, 9:30-10 p.m., Antenna)
Craig T. Nelson, Shelley Fabares
The Cosby Show
(8-9 a.m., TV One) (Amazon)
Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Lisa Bonet
Dear John
(1:30-2 a.m., Antenna)
Judd Hirsch, Jere Burns
Dennis the Menace
(10-11 a.m.; Sunday, 4-5 a.m., Antenna) (Hulu, Amazon)
Jay North, Herbert Anderson
Designing Women
(10-11 p.m.; Sunday, 11 p.m.-midnight, Antenna) (Hulu)
Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Jean Smart, Annie Potts
The Dick Van Dyke Show
(Sunday, 11 p.m.-midnight, MeTV) (Hulu, Netflix, Amazon)
Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Carl Reiner, Rose Marie
Diff'rent Strokes
( 4-5 p.m; Saturday and Sunday, noon-1 p.m., Antenna) (Hulu)
Gary Coleman, Conrad Bain, Todd Bridges
Everybody Loves Raymond
(8:10-9:55 p.m., 2 a.m.-3:10 p.m.,TV Land; 6:30 a.m.-8 a.m., TBS; Saturday, 8-9:30 a.m.,TBS) (Amazon)
Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, Peter Boyle, Doris Roberts
The Facts of Life
(3-4 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 1-2 p.m., Antenna)
Charlotte Rae, Nancy McKeon
Family Matters
(5 a.m.- 6 a.m., TBS; 4-8 p.m.weekdays and Saturday, 10-11 a.m., Aspire) (Hulu)
Jaleel White, Reginald VelJohnson
Family Ties
(9-9:30 p.m.; Sunday,8-8:30 p.m., Antenna) (Amazon, CBS All Access)
Michael J. Fox, Michael Gross, Meredith Baxter
Father Knows Best
(9-10 a.m., Antenna) (Hulu, Amazon)
Robert Young, Jane Wyatt
The Flintstones
(6-7 p.m.;Sunday, 10-11 a.m., 10-10:30 p.m., MeTV)
Voices of Alan Reed, Bea Benaderet
Frasier
(8-9 p.m., Cozi; 1-5 a.m., Hallmark) (Hulu, CBS All Access, Amazon)
Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
(3-4 a.m., 7 a.m.-8 a.m.,BET; 8 a.m.-9 a.m.,VH1; 9 p.m.-1 a.m., MTV2; Saturday 8-11 a.m., BET; Sunday, 3:05 p.m.,-Midnight, MTV2)
Will Smith, James Avery
Friends (9 a.m.-1 p.m., TBS; 9 p.m.-3:05 a.m., Nickelodeon, 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., WPIX/11; Saturday, 9:30-11;30 a.m., TBS; Saturday, 10 p.m.-2:09 a.m., Nickelodeon; Sunday, 8-11 a.m., TBS)
Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudlow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer
Full House
(6 a.m., Nickelodeon) (Hulu)
Bob Saget, John Stamos, Dave Coulier
Gilligan's Island
(Sunday, 2-5 p.m., MeTV)
Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr.
Gimme a Break!
(5:30-6 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 2-3 p.m., Antenna)
Nell Carter, Dolph Sweet
The Golden Girls
(midnight-3 a.m.,CMT, ; 7-10 a.m., 10 p.m.- 1 a.m.,Hallmark; Saturday, Noon-Sunday, 8 a.m., CMT; Sunday, 6 a.m.-5 p.m., TV Land; ) (Hulu)
Bea Arthur, Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan, Betty White
Good Times
(8-8:30 a.m., 11-11:30 a.m., midnight-1 a.m., GetTV; Saturday, 3-8 p.m., TV One)
Esther Rolle, Jimmie Walker, John Amos
Gomer Pyle, USMC
( 9 p.m., meTV)
Jim Nabors, Frank Sutton
Grace Under Fire
(7 a.m.-10:30 a.m., Laff; Saturday/Sunday, 1-3 a.m., Laff) (Amazon)
Brett Butler, Dave Thomas
Green Acres
(9:30-10 p.m., MeTV) (Amazon)
Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor
Growing Pains
(9:30-10 p.m.; Sunday, 7-7:30 p.m., Antenna) (Amazon)
Alan Thicke, Joanna Kerns, Kirk Cameron
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
(Hulu)
Mark Curry, Holly Robinson
Happy Days
(Hulu, CBS All Access)
Ron Howard, Henry Winkler
Hazel
(11 a.m.-noon;Saturday, 8-9 p.m., Antenna)
Shirley Booth, Don DeFore
Head of the Class
(2:30-3 a.m.; Sunday, 6:30-7 p.m, Antenna)
Howard Hesseman, Robin Givens
Here's Lucy
(4-5 a.m., Cozi) (Hulu, Amazon)
Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz Jr., Lucie Arnaz
Hogan's Heroes
(10-11 p.m., meTV; Monday 6 a.m-1:30 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. ,Sundance)
Bob Crane, Richard Dawson, Werner Klemperer
Home Improvement
(10-11 a.m., 9-10 p.m.,Laff; 2-4 p.m.,CMT; Saturday and Sunday, 9-11 p.m., Laff)
Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson
The Honeymooners
(Saturday, 9-10 p.m., WPIX/11; Sunday, 10:30-11 p.m., MeTV)
Jackie Gleason, Audrey Meadows, Art Carney, Joyce Randolph
The Hughleys
(2 p.m.- 3 p.m.,Aspire)
D.L. Hughley, Elise Neal
I Dream of Jeannie
(1-2 p.m., Saturday, 5-6 a.m and, 9-10 p.m. Antenna)
Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman
I Love Lucy
(6:30-7 a.m., Me TV; 6-7 a.m., Hallmark) (Hulu,CBS All Access Amazon)
Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley
It's a Living
(8-9 p.m., Antenna; Monday, 4-9 a.m.,Logo; Sunday, 10-11 p.m., Antenna)
Ann Jillian, Marian Mercer
The Jack Benny Program
(Sunday, 2-3 a.m., Antenna)
Jack Benny, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson
The Jamie Foxx Show
(Saturday, 7 p.m.-4 a.m., MTV2)
Jamie Foxx, Garcelle Beauvais
The Jeffersons
(Sunday, 6 a.m.-1:30 p.m., TVOne)(Hulu)
Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, Mike Evans
The Joey Bishop Show
(7-8 a.m., Sunday, 3-4 a.m., Antenna)
Joey Bishop, Abby Dalton
Julia
(8-9 a.m. and Saturday, 8 -11 a.m., Aspire)
Diahann Carroll, Lloyd Nolan
King of Queens
(11 p.m.-2 a.m., TV Land; 6-7 p.m., WLNY/10/55)
Kevin James, Leah Remini
Laverne & Shirley
(Sunday, 10:45 p.m.-Monday 4 a.m., Tuesday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.,Logo (Hulu)
Cindy Williams, Penny Marshall
Leave it to Beaver
(8-9 a.m.,MeTV) (Amazon)
Jerry Mathers, Tony Dow, Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Beaumont
Living Single
(1 a.m.-4 a.m., MTV2; 9 a.m.-Noon, TV One) (Hulu)
Queen Latifah, Kim Coles
Lotsa Luck
(Sunday, 12:30-1 a.m., Antenna)
Dom DeLuise, Kathleen Freeman
The Love Boat
(Sunday, 6-7 p.m., MeTV)
Gavin MacLeod, Fred Grandy
The Lucy Show
(midnight- 3 a.m., ZLiving) (Hulu)
Lucille Ball, Vivian Vance
Make Room for Daddy
(6-7 a.m., Cozi) (Amazon)
Danny Thomas, Marjorie Lord
Mama's Family
(Monday, 4 p.m.-midnight,, Friday, 8-11 p.m., Saturday, 3:50-7:35 p.m., Logo) (Hulu)
Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry
Married with Children
(1-4 a.m., Sunday, midnight,2 a.m.,GetTV; Saturday, 7:35 p.m.-Sunday, 7:35 p.m and Tuesday, 4-9:30 p.m.,Logo ) (Hulu)
Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal
Martin
(Midnight-3 a.m., BET; 4 a.m.-8 a..m., VH1; 8 a..m-BET; Saturday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., BET; Sunday, 6-8 a.m. VH1)
Martin Lawence, Tichina Arnold
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
(Hulu, Amazon)
Mary Tyler Moore, Valerie Harper, Ed Asner
M*A*S*H
(7-8 p.m., MeTV; 4-6 p.m., TV Land; Sunday, 7-8 p.m.,MeTV) (Hulu)
Alan Alda, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit
Maude
(Sunday, 8-9 a.m., Antenna)
Beatrice Arthur, Bill Macy, Esther Rolle
McHale's Navy
(Saturday, 7-8 p.m., Antenna)
Ernest Borgnine, Joe Flynn
The Monkees
(Sunday, 5-6 p.m.,MeTV)
Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Mork & MIndy
(5:30-6 a.m. and Saturday, 7-8 a.m., Antenna)
Robin Williams, Pam Dawber
The Munsters
(7-8 p.m.; Sunday, 7-8 p.m., Cozi),
Fred Gwynn, Yvonne DeCarlo, Al Lewis
Murphy Brown
(10:30-11 p.m., Monday, midnight-12:30 a.m., Antenna) (CBS All Access)
Candice Bergen, Grant Shaud, Faith Ford
My Favorite Martian
(Sunday, 6-8 a.m., Cozi )(Hulu)
Ray Walston, Bill Bixby
My Three Sons
(7:30-8 a.m.,MeTV)
Fred MacMurray, William Demarest, Barry Livingston
My Two Dads
(3:30-4 a.m.; Sunday, 8:30-9 p.m, Antenna)
Paul Reiser, Greg Evigan
The Nanny
(11 p.m.-1 a.m., 3-4 a.m.,Cozi; Friday, Noon-8 p.m., Logo; Saturday, 6-8 a.m., Logo)
Fran Drescher, Charles Shaugnessy
NewsRadio
(12:30-1 a.m., Antenna)
Phil Hartman, Dave Foley, Maura Tierney
Night Court
(1-2 p.m., Laff; Saturday, 8-10 a.m., Laff; Sunday, 8-10 a.m., noon-1 pm.,Laff)
Harry Anderson, Richard Moll
The Odd Couple (Hulu, CBS All Access)
Jack Klugman, Tony Randall
The Parkers
(4 a.m.-6 a.m., 11 a.m.-1 p.m., BET; Noon-3 p.m., 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m., Fuse; Saturday, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., 3:30-6 p.m., Fuse)
Mo'Nique, Countess Vaughn
The Partridge Family
(6:30-7 a.m.; Saturday, 6-7 p.m., Antenna) (Amazon)
Shirley Jones, David Cassidy, Susan Dey
The Paul Lynde Show
(Sunday, Midnight-12:30 a.m., Antenna)
Paul Lynde, Elizabeth Allen
Perfect Strangers
(Hulu)
Bronson Pinchot, Mark-Linn Baker
Rhoda
(Hulu)
Valerie Harper, David Groh, Nancy Walker
The Ropers
(Sunday, 5-6 a.m., Antenna)
Norman Fell, Audra Lindley
Roseanne
(9-11 p.m., Cozi; 9 a.m.- 2 p.m.,CMT; Saturday, 4:10 a.m.-5 p.m. TV Land; Sunday, 9-11 p.m., Cozi) (Hulu)
Roseanne Barr, John Goodman
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
(Saturday, 8-9 a.m., Antenna)
Melissa Joan Hart, Beth Broderick
Sanford and Son
(8:30-9 a.m., 11:30 a.m.-Noon, 10 p.m.-midnight, GetTV; Saturday, 8 p.m.-3 a.m., TV One)
Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson
Saved by the Bell
(Sunday, 7-10 a.m., MeTV) (Hulu)
Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tiffani Thiessen, Mario Lopez
Seinfeld
(8 a.m.-9 a.m., TBS; 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m, TBS; 11 p.m-midnight, WPIX/11) (Hulu)
Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards
Sex and the City
(2 a.m.-5 a.m., Saturday, 12:30 a.m.-11 a.m, Sunday midnight-Monday, 8 a.m., E!) (Amazon, HBO Now)
Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis
Silver Spoons
(4-4:30 a.m.; Sunday, 6-6:30 p.m., Antenna)
Ricky Schroder, Joel Higgins
Step by Step
(Hulu)
Patrick Duffy, Suzanne Somers
The Steve Harvey Show
(7-8 a.m.,10-11 a.m., GetTV; Saturday, 6-7 a.m., Sunday, 10:25 p.m.-6 a.m., Monday, BET Her)
Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer
Taxi
(Hulu, CBS All Access)
Judd Hirsch, Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner, Christopher Lloyd
That Girl
(noon-1 p.m.; Saturday, 11 p.m.-midnight, Antenna) (Amazon)
Marlo Thomas, Ted Bessell
That '70s Show
(2 p.m.-6 p.m.,1 a.m.-6 a.m., IFC; 4-6 p.m., Laff; Saturday, 7-9 p.m.,Laff; Sunday, 1-9 p.m.,Laff) (Netflix)
Ashton Kutcher,Mila Kunis, Topher Grace
Three's Company
(8:30-9 p.m.. 4:30-5 a.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.-noon, Monday, 3-4 a.m.,Antenna; Sunday,7:35-10:45 p.m., Logo,)
John Ritter, Suzanne Somers
3rd Rock from the Sun
(Sunday, 10 a.m., Laff)
John Lithgow, Kristen Johnston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
227
(5 p.m.,Saturday and Sunday, 4-5 p.m., Antenna)
Jackee Harry, Marla Gibbs, Regina King
Webster
(Saturday and Sunday, 3-4 p.m.,Antenna)
Emmanuel Lewis, Alex Karras, Susan Clark
Welcome Back Kotter
(6-7 a.m., Sunday, 10-11 a.m., Antenna)
Gabe Kaplan, John Travolta
What's Happening Now
(6-8 a.m.,TV One; Saturday, 5-6 p.m., Antenna)
Ernest Thomas, Shirley Hemphill
Wings
(2-2:30 a.m.; Sunday, 9-9:30 p.m., Antenna) (Hulu, CBS All Access)
Steven Weber, Tim Daly, Crystal Bernard
The Wonder Years
(Hulu)
Fred Savage,Danica McKellar
WHERE TO WATCH
Optimum
Antenna Ch. 114
Aspire 176
BET Her 185
Cozi 109
GetTV 143
Hallmark 191
H&I 140
Laff 108
MeTV 33
TV One 178
ZLiving 164
FiOS
Antenna 465
Aspire 272
BET Her 220
Cozi 460
Hallmark 240
Laff 468
MeTV 3
TV One 271
ZLIving 662