3rd Rock From the Sun 

This sitcom became an opportunity for the versatile actor John Lithgow to tickle our funny bone – and he was good at it. The show featured four aliens that came…

Frasier: The Finer Things in Life

Photo: NBC I have a special love for this show. There are certain traits in the character of Frasier Crane that reminds me of myself. The close but competitive relationship…

‘Allo, ‘Allo: Getting Along in Nouvion

Carmen Silvera and Gorden Kaye. Photo: BBC Throughout the 1970s, David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd were reaping the rewards of having created one of the most successful British sitcoms of…

Cheers: Always Glad You Came

Photo: NBC When I became old enough not to be thrown out of bars, I had this silly idea that I might find my own “Cheers”. You know, a place…

Falcon Crest: Wine, Women and Power

Photo: CBS At first they all seem to have had realism in mind, the primetime soaps of the 1980s. The first episodes of Falcon Crest showed a middle-class family moving…

Friends: Could It Be More Beloved?

Photo: NBC 3rd Rock From the Sun was funnier. Mad About You sweeter. Will & Grace was smarter. Seinfeld was funnier, smarter and… well, not so much sweeter. But Friends…

Hart to Hart 

Not unexpectedly, it was novelist Sidney Sheldon who created this entertaining rip-off of the Thin Man movies. Jonathan and Jennifer (Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers) were wealthy, gorgeous and always giving…

Home Improvement 

In this likable family sitcom, stand-up comedian Tim Allen was the clumsy host of “Tool Time”, a do-it-yourself TV show. All too often “the Toolman” was injured in his work…