The Great Indoors

Savvy single women run Sugarbakers, an Atlanta decorating business, in this saucy sitcom with feminist sensibilities, which also endured its share of tabloid notoriety (thanks in some measure to Delta Burke's fluctuating weight and her departure from the series in 1991). Created by Harry Thomason and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, the series garnered 11 Emmy nominations.

Ray Romano hit the sitcom stratosphere with this gem based on his stand-up routine. It's about a Long Island sportswriter and his intrusive parents, who live (in)conveniently across the street from him, his wife and their three children.

A foul-mouthed woman takes up a teaching job to land a rich husband, but faces stiff competition from a colleague who is popular in school.

Barnard Hughes plays up his affable codger routine as a devoted physician in New York City. The first year focused on Dr. Joe Bogert's family and friends in a cozy Manhattan environment, while a brief second season placed him at a clinic in one of the city's poorer neighborhoods.

The comedic crises of a single family are seen through the eyes of each of its members, including the patriarch, who's turning 70; his wife, who'll do just about anything for those she loves so long as she agrees with it; their daughter, who's the mother of three; one son who's moved back home; and their coddled youngest son and his wife.

Spin-off of "The Big Bang Theory" follows 9-year-old Sheldon Cooper as he grows up in East Texas and attends high school.