2000s

Five Kids, Five Dads and One Mom (2008) - Five roommates from college, now in their 30s, move back in with each other - as all five fathered a child with the same woman.

My Wife Left Me For Bucky Dent (2008) - A down on his luck accountant, Phil, deals with his ex-wife and her legendary Yankee boyfriend with a little help from the ghost of Thurman Munson.

Gut (2008) - An insurance agent in a crappy San Fernando Valley storefront office has a miserable life and a miserable family. Everybody calls him "Gut" because he's fat. Based on the UK series "Dolt".

Pigs In Slop (2007) - Happy 20-somethings in their first apartment.

Is It Just Me? (2007) - Sitcom set in the year 2210. The loveable employees of the last remaining crude oil refinery on earth crack wise about the average outside temperature of 110. Plus, their A/C is on the blink!

Sweet Success (2007) - When the "special" son of candy company owner is forced to take over the day-to-day operations, the workforce goes from grumbling to hugs! The feel-good comedy of the year.

Phuckett, America (2007) - US TV's first all Thai cast about a family living and surviving in America as immigrants from Thailand.

18-34 (2007) - An 18-year-old marries a 34-year-old. All of their friends are between the ages of 19-33.

Rat Patrol (2006) - The antics of a group of off-beat and racially diverse exterminators living, loving and working in the Bronx.

SAM R I (2006) - Series about a Samurai warrior who gives up being a Samurai and moves to suburban Maryland, gets a job and settles down. SAM R I is his vanity license plate.

Framed (2005) - They work at the mall. They sell glasses. And their work, lives and loves are hilarious! Follow the loveable but whacky workers at "Framed!" as they take on life as only they can.

Southern Dis-Comfort (2005) - A quilt making group of old southern ladies is thrown into chaos when a couple of young black rappers join their group.

Bill W's Place (2005) - The heartwarming story of a support group who meet at the local high school - in a room they call "Bill W's Place".

Dolt (2004) - UK series about an insurance agent that is a dolt.

Model Family (2003) - Fiercely competitive family of professional models - four sisters, two brothers - will do anything to get ahead.

Shroud Of Turin (2003) - An American priest living in the Vatican fights to keeep a pet parrot. When the Pope visits one day, the Priest covers the cage with the Shroud Of Turin, enlightening the bird with the sould of Christ. How will the Priest and his Christ-bird get along?

Old Jokes (2002) - Sitcom set in the Friar's club around lunchtime.

A Hole In Juan (2002) - A Golf Channel original series about the misadventures of a silly Mexican caddy.

Rules Of Engagement (2002) - Will they ever make it down the aisle?

Corporate Veal (2002) - The lives of cubicle-dwellers in a major corporation.

The 11th Commandment (2001) - Honor thy gay father and thy lesbian mother.

Mighty Bigamy (2001) - A man is forced to choose between the women who love him... and doesn't.

 

1990s

Arrogance, Ohio (1999) - A town of arrogant people is shaken up when a nice, non-arrogant family moves to twon.

The Great Plague Of 2003 (1998) - In five years, 70% of the world's population will be wiped out... So, in a world ready to end, what kind of boss gets mad if an employee is fifteen minutes late... Scott Valentine's boss.

Flat Broke (1998) - The world's worst stripper struggles to raise her kids and her customers.

Driving Range (aka Home On The Range) - Young professionals convene nightly on a driving range and talk about their awesome lives.

He-Gos (1998) - Young hotshot business analysts go to a lot of weddings and drive nice cars. These guys are great... or at least THEY think so.

Prints Of Darkness (1997) - He's the world's worst baby photographer.

Broad Swords (1997) - A mother and daughter, both divorced, take over a fencing school in Indianapolis.

That's Not Funny (1997) - Jay Mohr and Jeremy Piven star as two very unfunny comedians trying to make it in Chicago.

The Bar At Caesars (1996) - Characters from all around the world congregate with the regulars at the Bar at Caesars Palace in Vegas.

Compound (1996) - Wacky militia family takes on the Government.

Oh, Sister! (1996) - Dave's sister is really hot... and it's DRIVING HIM CRAZY!!!

Two Dishwashers (1996) - About a man who marries an orthodox Jew and must learn all of the rules.

Nothing Flat (1995) - Not quite the hippest place to live in L.A.

Polar Opposites (1995) - Wacky attempt of two magnetically-altered humans to get together in modern day St. Louis.

Archimedes' Principal (1995) - Young Archimedes finds himself unable to keep out of trouble while attending Syracuse High.

Bermuda Squares (1995) - Geeks on the beach. Computer analysts start a business in Bermuda.

Guinea Pigs (1994) - Slackers volunteer to live in a research facility as guinea pigs for chemical tests.

Save It For St. Peter (1994) - District court judge has trouble jugling work and family on Staten Island.

Familiar Ring (1994) - Annie Potts and Charlie Schlatter are getting married... for the SECOND time!!!

Sniffles, The Introverted Clown (1994) - Go on kids, make HIM laugh!

I Don't Want To Hear It (1993) - Nothing ever happens in this house 'cause Dad 'doesn't want to hear it!'

Hex Symbol (1993) - They think she's hot now? Wait till she's burning in Hell!

Wedgies, Farts & Grandma's Panties (1993) - Embarrassing moments caught on tape.

Mohawks On The 95th Floor (1993 - pilot only) - Period sitcom about the Mohawk Indians who worked on the steel beams of a 1920s New York high rise.

Shape Up Or Ship Out (1992) - The year is 2012. America is now known as the "Country By Jake" after Jake Steinfeld is elected President. Your poor and huddled masses are still welcome, but the tired need not apply. The nation's never been stronger... or funnier!

Method Actor (1992) - Each week Albert Woods lives a new life in preparation for his latest part. (He's such a bad actor, the show he's preparing for never airs - but they found documenting his real life was much more entertaining.)

Jimmy Jones - Boy Coroner (1992) - Doogie Howser-type show... played for laughs. hemay be a genius, but he still wakes up screaming in the middle of the night.

Pere Lachaise (You Know, Jim Morrison's Grave) (1991) - Set in the Paris cemetery where Jim Morrison is buried, the show follows the group that hangs out daily with a few tourists thrown in for fun.

Uncommons (1991) - A dorm for the differently-abled.

Urn Your Keep (1991) - In exchange for room and board, a homeles man does odd job for a mortuary.

Shirpas In New York (1991) - Ex-Shirpas from Nepal take on a new challenge... Wall Street.

Half Empty (1990) - This guy just refuses to see the bright side of things.

Oxymorons (1990) - A HAPPY TEENAGER and a MILITARY INTELLIGENCE officer try to get along in JUMBO SHRIMP, Louisiana.

Pedro's Place (1990) - He'll steal your heart... then he'll steal your car.

 

1980s

A Spacial Relationship (1989) - She may be leaving him, but she's not leaving the house.

Half A Mind (1989) - The Odd Couple meets P.T. Barnum. Siamese twins joined at the brain are separated, resulting in one unkempt creative brother and another orderly logician.

The Brides Of March (1989) - Something strange is happening in a quiet neighborhood outside of Allenberg. The lives of the neighborhood men will never be the same.

Madame Sheriff (1988 - syndicated) - What happens when the head madame at the Dodge City brotherl becomes Sheriff?

Kareem Of The Crop (1988 - syndicated) - Kareem Abdul Jabar gives it all up to start a farm.

Saving Grace (1988) - She doesn't love him, but she'll marry him... for a kidney.

Car Radio (1988) - Unbeknownst to the cab drivers, the dispatcher, Tony, is also the hot late night DJ on WNOB.

And Baby Makes 13 (1987) - 13 can sure be an unlucky number, especially if that child is possessed by none other than Satan himself. Share the wacky misadventures as a family copes with a demonic baby voiced by Charles Nelson Reilly.

Beirut Deli (1987) - Where Muslims, Christians and Jews just want to eat lunch.

Sick And Tired (1987) - He's terminally ill and she's exhausted.

Money Talks (1986 - syndicated) - A homeless man finds it impossible to part with the only friend he has in the world - a talking hundred dolllar bill.

Ow! My Cock! (1986) - First show produced for the fledgling Fox Network. (Pilot ordered by Barry Diller. Not shown by orders of the Government.)

Wo Is Me (1986) - Mr. Wo is doing the best he can to make ends meet.

The Kareem Abdul Ja Bar (1985) - Cheers-like show featuring Kareem Abdul Jabar as the bartender giving funny advice to those around him.

Looking For Donna Reed (1985) - Two modern guys time travel in search of less liberated females.

Well Red (1985) - What if America was under Communist rule? The answer? Laughs aplenty! Re-education beats no education!

My Uncle's In The Guitar (1985) - Josh, 15, gets life-advice from a dead uncle who has taken on the sould of a Fender Strat.

Mail Order Brides (1984) - Several mail order brides on the same buburban block learn about life in America after Vietnam.

Dirty Laundry (1984) - Cosby-like show with FOURTEEN KIDS. To top that, the wife and three older daughters are expecting. (After the Cosby Show proved successful, Manka Bros. created their own black famliy with twic as many kids and more on the way.)

People In The Walls (1984) - Two families share the same condo - one family just moved in and the other lives inside the walls. (First show Manka Bros. Television produced after securing new line credit.)

CHiPs (1983 - pilot only) - Drama about the Colorado Highway Patrol. (Due to miscommunication, produced the same time as SCHiPs - both passed on by the networks because of the already successful CHiPs.)

SCHiPs (1983 - pilot only) - Drama about the South Carolino Highway Patrol.

Big Whoop (1983 - pilot only) - Whoopi Goldberg (before she hit it big in The Color Purple and broke her contract) plays herself... radioactively englarged 20 times.

M.B. Heeyyy!! (1982) - Produced with Paramount. Follow up to "Happy Days" in which Fonzy (Henry Winkler) pursues his Master's Degree. Co-starred Donny Most.

Maid In Taiwan (1982) - When a bumbling American maid is accidentally sent to East Asia, confusion and Confucianism collide!

He's Not My God (1982) - Wacky comedy in which God's friend, Lester, always has to get him out of a fix.

Little By Little (1981) - When Rich Little takes a job at a day care center, there's nothing like a good Carson impression to calm these kids down.

Boston Pops (1981) - Old men comment about life and the Red Sox at a convalescent home in South Boston.

The Cannucks Downstairs (1980) - A Canadian family moves into an apartment building in South Beach, Florida.

Who's Got Fun? (1980) - Ted Danson and Imogene Coca - That's Who!

 

1970s

Che Gueverra Lives Next Door (1979) - World-renowned freedom fighter moves to suburban Chicago and has trouble adjusting to the backyard BBQ lifestyle.

Ray's Cane (1978) - Starring Ray Charles as a junior high school principal. There's gonna be hell to pay if Ray catches you misbehaving.

High and Mighty (1978) - What happens when Zeus shares an apartment with Cheech and Chong? Tune in and find out!

In The Dog House (1977) - Sheldon Applebaum was sent to death for the gruesome murders of twenty seven people. Now his spirit returns as Cookie, the family dog to the Andersons, a family of devout Christians.

The Cossacks Upstairs (1977) - Russian immigrants spice up a white-bread Wisconsin apartment building.

800-Pound Guerilla (1976) - Before he fight for freedom, he's going to have to lose some weight.

No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem (1975) - All sorts of colorful characters convene nightly at this convenience store that's only open from midnight to 8:00 a.m.

Desdemona And Lady Macbeth (1975) - From Norman Lear. Two single lesbians raise Hell and a 12-year old boy in Jackson, Mississippi.

 

1960s

Vumpire's Way (1965) - A nice vampire and his family of monsters move to a Cleveland neighborhood after he is hired as a Major League umpire.

Narcissus Now! (1965) - Hilarity ensures when ultimate egomaniac, caption of industry Ned Blier takes a job in a steno pool!

Baron Of Humour (1964) - BBC-comedy about a Baron from Yorkshire with an uncanny ability to imitate the Queen.

My Dog The Robot (1961) - James Mason takes a bite out of television comedy.

 

1950s

Howl (1956) - Loosely based on the poem by Allen Ginsberg. A group of silly beatniks live together in one swingin' pad. (Each week, the show starts with a voice over: "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical, naked...")

Speak Of The Devil (1953) - The Devil lives alone in blue-collar Queens but always shows up at the neighbor's hosue uninvited. (Controversial episode during the first season - the first use of the world "pregnant" on TV.)

Cockles (1952) - Family comedy about surrounding that lovable mutt.

Cuddle And Coo (1951) - He loves that bird!

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