Laurel And Hardy
Laurel And Hardy
You can't have a section dedicated to US comedy that was popular here in the UK without perhaps one of the greatest comedy double acts of all time: Laurel And Hardy.
I often feel lucky that...
Life Is Never Easy When Your….
Married With Children, 1987
Married with Children was a hit American sitcom from the 1980's that became a huge hit with audiences in the UK.
Eleven series, totalling two hundred and fifty nine episodes were...
It’s Sergeant Bilko
The Phil Silvers Show, 1955
The Americans were doing sitcom long before us and many of their sitcoms have been massively popular here in the UK.
The Phil Silvers Show, often referred to as Sergeant Bilko is...
The Beverly Hillbillies, 1962
This American classic has been shown on many stations around the world but I remember it best from the 1990's on Channel 4.
The Beverly Hillbillies was a US sitcom that ran for nine series between 1962 and 1...
From Boston To Seattle
Frasier, 1993
Hugely successful spin off from Cheers, Frasier was an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for eleven seasons, premiering on September 16, 1993, and concluding on May 13, 2004. The show wa...
The Monkees, 1966
One of those shows from the USA that became very popular over here. The shows combined music and laughter in the style of a traditional sitcom.
The Monkees was the name of the american TV series that ran fr...
ALF, 1986
Hugely poular here in the UK. ALF was the US sitcom that ran for 99 episodes over 4 series, between 1986 and 1990. Episodes typically ran for 20 minutes (30 with ad breaks). However 3 episodes ran for 60 minu...
The Banana Splits, 1968
This Hanna-Barbera kids classic made it's debut in The US in 1968 and was a regular feature in the UK during the 1970's during summer holidays (although we were unable to track down the UK dates).
The serie...
Taxi, 1978
A hugely popular American sitcom that won 18 Emmy Awards, including three for Outstanding Comedy Series.
The series ran in the USA for four series between 1978 and 1982 with ABC network and NBC for a fifth.
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The Dukes Of Hazzard, 1979
There was a time when we just couldn't get enougth of American TV. Their Cop shows ie, Kojak, Starsky and Hutch had become must see TV here in Britain. Sadly as much as I enjoyed the drama output I never quit...