The CBS television sitcom Becker, 1998 – 2004, was more ambiguous.

During its first two seasons, it was the number one program in the U. S. During its second season, it earned some of the highest ratings ever recorded for a half-hour sitcom.

Also in the 2004 TV poll to find " Britain's Best Sitcom ", Blackadder was voted the second-best British sitcom of all time, topped by Only Fools and Horses.

Kane was a regular on the 1986 NBC series All Is Forgiven, a regular on the 1990 – 1991 NBC series American Dreamer, guest-starred on a 1994 episode of Seinfeld and had a supporting role in the short-lived 1996 – 1997 sitcom Pearl, which starred Rhea Perlman.

Dana Michelle Plato ( November 7, 1964 – May 8, 1999 ) was an American actress notable for playing the role of Kimberly Drummond in the U. S. television sitcom Diff ' rent Strokes.

The movie's title was changed after shooting to tie it to Plato's famous past, but was not connected in any way to the sitcom other than through her involvement.

Father Ted is an Irish sitcom that was produced by Hat Trick Productions for British broadcaster Channel 4.

* The name and opening sequence to the popular American animated sitcom Futurama was derived from the exhibition.

Frasier is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for eleven seasons from September 16, 1993, to May 13, 2004.

Gary Wayne Coleman ( February 8, 1968 – May 28, 2010 ) was an American actor, known for his childhood role as Arnold Jackson in the American sitcom Diff ' rent Strokes ( 1978 – 1986 ) and for his small stature as an adult.

Coleman was cast in the role of Arnold Jackson in the television sitcom Diff ' rent Strokes, portraying one of two young black brothers adopted by a wealthy white widower in Manhattan.

Midway throughout the show's run, it was competing against another highly rated sitcom, Frasier, which slightly dropped the ratings.

In the 1970-1971 the NBC sitcom Nancy, Fink was cast as an Iowa veterinarian, Dr. Adam Hudson, who marries the daughter of the President of the United States.

2001 marked his first post-Seinfeld return to prime-time television: the heavily promoted but short-lived ABC sitcom Bob Patterson ( which was canceled after just 5 episodes ).

* The song " Christmas Rappin was featured during a Christmas episode of the TV sitcom Martin.

Grammer thought Fox's decision to cancel his TV sitcom Back to You contributed to his health problems, stating that " It was a very stressful time for me, and a surprise that it was cancelled.

The Mary Tyler Moore Show was a half-hour newsroom sitcom featuring Ed Asner as her gruff boss Lou Grant, a character that would later be spun off into an hour-long dramatic series.

The term was popularized in the 1970s by its heavy use in the sitcom Happy Days.

In Episode 4 (" Animals ") of the British sitcom Men Behaving Badly, Series 1, Dermot ( played by Harry Enfield ) says to Gary ( played by Martin Clunes ), " There she was, just standing there, making Michelle Pfeiffer look like Neil Kinnock.

One Foot in the Grave was a BBC television sitcom series written by David Renwick.

The production of the show was in a conventional sitcom format, with episodes taped live in front of a studio audience, interposed with pre-filmed location material.

Most of the first five series of One Foot in the Grave were produced and directed by Susan Belbin, the exceptions being " Love and Death ," which was partly directed by veteran sitcom director Sydney Lotterby, and " Starbound ," for which Gareth Gwenlan ( who in fact had originally commissioned the series in 1989 ) stepped in to direct some sequences after Belbin was taken ill. Belbin retired due to ill health afterwards, and the final series was produced by Jonathan P. Llewellyn and directed by Christine Gernon.

Adam's Rib was adapted as a television sitcom in 1973, with Ken Howard and Blythe Danner.

He is the author of 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, a best selling self-improvement book adapted to the short-lived ABC sitcom which aired from 2002 to 2005.

Since 2002, he moved behind the camera ; his production company, Encore Télévision, produces the French-Canadian edition of a sitcom called Caméra café, which was adapted from French television.

Gosselaar's character was adapted from the short-lived Disney sitcom Good Morning, Miss Bliss ; although that show was cancelled after one season, NBC executives believed that a similar show, with Zack Morris as the series lead, had potential for success.

An example is The Office, a BBC sitcom which got adapted as the The Office US, Le Bureau in France, Stromberg in Germany, La Job in Quebec and La Ofis in Chile.

In 1957, the film was adapted into a sitcom of the same name.

Thames Television adapted the first two books into episodes of a television sitcom, entitled The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm, broadcast from 10th July 1969.

Both the sitcom and the 1958 movie were based on the 1955 Broadway play, which starred Andy Griffith ( TV's U. S. Steel Hour also adapted the stage play for TV in 1956 ).

In 1975, producer Norman Lear adapted the play for a half-hour ABC sitcom.

In 1969, Kruschen co-starred with Stefanie Powers in an unsold ABC sitcom pilot, Holly Golighty, adapted from Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's.

The programme was adapted from the American sitcom Who's the Boss ?.

In 1956, the sitcom was adapted for big screen in the film of the same name.

" The Reverent Wooing of Archibald " has been adapted on TV by BBC One for the sitcom anthology Comedy Playhouse, as a 30 minutes episode, aired 9 July 1974 .< ref >

With television in its infancy, Asher introduced the sitcom Our Miss Brooks, which was adapted from a radio show.

In 1965, the character was adapted for television in the sitcom series Gidget, starring Sally Field.

In 1969, Karen Valentine starred as Gidget in the telemovie Gidget Grows Up, freely adapted from the 1968 novel Gidget Goes New York, but also functioning as a sequel to the 1965 sitcom series.

Charles played the emotionally disturbed and violent prisoner, Eugene Buffy, in the high successful Lynda La Plante drama series The Governor ( 1995 ); the title role in the Channel 4 pirate sitcom Captain Butler ( 1997 ); the warden of a women's prison in the Canadian sci-fi fantasy Lexx ( 2001 ); Detective Chief Inspector Mercer in 7 episodes of the BBC soap opera Doctors ( 2003 ); and soccer agent, Joel Brooks, in the Sky TV football soap Dream Team ( 2004-5 ).

Peckham was the setting of the television sitcom Only Fools and Horses, although the series was filmed elsewhere in its run as a regular series from 1981 to 1991 as well as Christmas specials until 2003.

Happy Family is an NBC sitcom that debuted in fall of 2003.

His most notable television roles are as Herman Stiles on the sitcom Evening Shade from 1990 until 1994 and for playing Mr. Noodle's brother, Mr. Noodle on Sesame Street from 2000 until 2003.

In 2003, Common appeared on the American UPN sitcom Girlfriends.

Andy Richter Controls the Universe is a sitcom which aired from 2002 – 2003 on the Fox network.

Since The Arsenio Hall Show ended, Hall has made many appearances on television ( including a short-lived 1997 sitcom called Arsenio ), starring in Martial Law with Sammo Hung from 1999 – 2000, and hosting the revival of Star Search in 2003 – 2004.

In 2003, Sheen was cast as Charlie Harper in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men, which followed the popular Monday night time slot of Everybody Loves Raymond.

The Pitts is a short-lived FOX sitcom that aired 7 half-hour episodes between March and April 2003.

Larry Hovis ( February 20, 1936 – September 9, 2003 ) was an American singer and actor best known for playing a Sergeant Carter on the 1960s television sitcom Hogan's Heroes.

Alexander Gordon Jump ( April 1, 1932 – September 22, 2003 ) was an American actor best known as the clueless radio station manager Arthur " Big Guy " Carlson in the TV series WKRP in Cincinnati and the incompetent " Chief of Police Tinkler " in the sitcom Soap.

Outside Sheffield, he is perhaps better known as one of the policemen in the long-running British sitcom, Last of the Summer Wine, where he played the role until his death in October 2003, with his final appearance on the show broadcast in April 2004.

Cilauro also played IT technician Griffin on the Shaun Micallef sitcom Welcher & Welcher ( 2003 ) and K2 on the 1996 Working Dog radio sketch Johnny Swank.

Winkler was reunited as a guest star on Ritter's sitcom 8 Simple Rules ( for Dating my Teenage Daughter ) in 2003 by Ritter's request.

Earl John Hindman ( October 20, 1942 – December 29, 2003 ) was an American actor, best known for his role as the kindly neighbor ( whose lower face was always hidden from television viewers ) Wilson W. Wilson Jr. on the television sitcom Home Improvement ( 1991 – 1999 ).

He also appeared as a porn-shop owner in one episode of the 2003 ABC-TV sitcom Welcher & Welcher which starred Shaun Micallef and Robyn Butler and appeared as himself in the DVD-extras of the ABC-TV sitcom Very Small Business ( 2008 ) which starred Wayne Hope and Kym Gyngell.

Other acting appearances include the comedy-drama In the Red ( BBC Two, 1998 ), the macabre sitcom Nighty Night ( BBC Three, 2003 ), Agatha Christie's Marple as Ronald Hawes in The Murder at the Vicarage, a guest appearance in the Vic & Bob series Catterick in 2004 and the live 2005 remake of the classic science fiction serial The Quatermass Experiment.

In 2003, she starred in her own short-lived Fox network sitcom, Wanda at Large.

Elizabeth Alice " Beth " Broderick ( born February 24, 1959 ) is an American actress famous for her portrayal of the character Zelda Spellman in the television sitcom Sabrina, the Teenage Witch from 1996 – 2003 on ABC and then the Warner Bros. network .< ref name = autogenerated1 >

is an American television sitcom that aired for seven seasons on NBC from March 4, 1997, to August 16, 2003, with 148 episodes produced.

Wanda at Large is an American sitcom that ran for two seasons on the Fox network in 2003.

Mohr also appeared in an episode of the hit sitcom Scrubs-" My Own Private Practice Guy " in 2003 and in an episode of The West Wing in 2004.

( 1997 – 2003 ) and Ronee Lawrence on the NBC sitcom Frasier ( 2003-2004 ).

Valerie Anne Bertinelli ( born April 23, 1960 ) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Barbara Cooper Royer on the television series One Day at a Time ( 1975 – 1984 ), Gloria on the television series Touched by an Angel ( 2001 – 2003 ) and Melanie Moretti on the sitcom Hot in Cleveland ( 2010 – present ).