For the purposes of ranking the best sitcoms of all time below, the term is applied loosely, as indeed, some of the shows below—while funny—do branch out into other genres, including drama (sitcoms ...

From The Office, to Cheers, to Seinfeld, these sitcom masterpieces all rank among the best TV shows of all time.

In celebration of the sitcom in all its progressions and permutations, Stacker compiled a list of the best sitcoms of all time using IMDb data.

But those aren’t the only three great sitcoms from the best decade. There were countless other great shows over just about ...