Best comedy TV shows of the '60s
Yes, the 1950s birthed some of the most iconic comedies in TV history—"I Love Lucy," "The Honeymooners," "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet," and "Leave It to Beaver." But those sitcoms—a portmanteau for situational comedy—walked so that the 1960s could run with the new genre. It was the '60s gave us the first prime-time animated sitcom ("The Flintstones"), the first sitcom to have interracial leads playing equals ("I Spy"), the first sitcom starring a single woman ("That Girl"), the first sitcom to center on a blended family ("The Brady Bunch"), and so many more.
To see how these groundbreaking comedies of the decade stack up, Stacker compiled a list of the best '60s comedy TV shows based on IMDb user rating. To qualify, the show had to have comedy as one of its genres on IMDb and have at least 5,000 IMDb user votes. Data was collected in December 2022. Show posters are from OMDb.
Read on to see which iconic series made the list, which didn't, and the surprising '60s sitcom that viewers crowned #1.
#30. Top Cat
- IMDb user rating: 7.1
- Years on air: 1961 to 1962
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#29. Popeye the Sailor
- IMDb user rating: 7.1
- Years on air: 1960 to 1962
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#28. The Beverly Hillbillies
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Years on air: 1962 to 1971
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#27. Lost in Space
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Years on air: 1965 to 1968
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#26. Green Acres
- IMDb user rating: 7.3
- Years on air: 1965 to 1971
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#25. Gilligan's Island
- IMDb user rating: 7.4
- Years on air: 1964 to 1967
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#24. I Dream of Jeannie
- IMDb user rating: 7.4
- Years on air: 1965 to 1970
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#23. The Flintstones
- IMDb user rating: 7.5
- Years on air: 1960 to 1966
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#22. Batman
- IMDb user rating: 7.5
- Years on air: 1966 to 1968
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#21. Wacky Races
- IMDb user rating: 7.5
- Years on air: 1968 to 1970
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#20. Leave It to Beaver
- IMDb user rating: 7.6
- Years on air: 1957 to 1963
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#19. Bewitched
- IMDb user rating: 7.6
- Years on air: 1964 to 1972
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#18. The Benny Hill Show
- IMDb user rating: 7.6
- Years on air: 1969 to 1989
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#17. The Pink Panther Show
- IMDb user rating: 7.6
- Years on air: 1969 to 1978
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#16. The Munsters
- IMDb user rating: 7.8
- Years on air: 1964 to 1966
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#15. Hogan's Heroes
- IMDb user rating: 7.8
- Years on air: 1965 to 1971
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#14. Scooby Doo, Where Are You!
- IMDb user rating: 7.9
- Years on air: 1969 to 1970
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#13. The Addams Family
- IMDb user rating: 8.0
- Years on air: 1964 to 1966
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#12. Dad's Army
- IMDb user rating: 8.1
- Years on air: 1968 to 1977
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#11. Sesame Street
- IMDb user rating: 8.1
- Years on air: 1969 to present
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#10. Get Smart
- IMDb user rating: 8.2
- Years on air: 1965 to 1970
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#9. The Avengers
- IMDb user rating: 8.3
- Years on air: 1961 to 1969
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#8. The Andy Griffith Show
- IMDb user rating: 8.4
- Years on air: 1960 to 1968
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#7. The Dick Van Dyke Show
- IMDb user rating: 8.4
- Years on air: 1961 to 1966
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#6. Alfred Hitchcock Presents
- IMDb user rating: 8.5
- Years on air: 1955 to 1962
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#5. The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
- IMDb user rating: 8.5
- Years on air: 1968 to 1978
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#4. The Bugs Bunny Show
- IMDb user rating: 8.6
- Years on air: 1960 to 1975
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#3. Well, Just You Wait!
- IMDb user rating: 8.6
- Years on air: 1969 to 2017
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#2. The Carol Burnett Show
- IMDb user rating: 8.7
- Years on air: 1967 to 1978
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#1. Monty Python's Flying Circus
- IMDb user rating: 8.8
- Years on air: 1969 to 1974
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