Poll: Greatest Cast of Characters in a Comedy TV Show

A poll by Ed_Jones_XLIX

Results of 759 votes:

  1. 133

    Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer in Friends (1994)

  2. 58

    Creed Bratton, Steve Carell, Jenna Fischer, Kate Flannery, Paul Lieberstein, Phyllis Smith, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, B.J. Novak, Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey, Leslie David Baker, and Brian Baumgartner in The Office (2005)

  3. 54

    Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, and Michael Richards in Seinfeld (1989)

  4. 53

    Mayim Bialik, Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Jim Parsons, Melissa Rauch, and Kunal Nayyar in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

  5. 47

    Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Peri Gilpin, Jane Leeves, and Moose in Frasier (1993)

  6. 39

    Neil Patrick Harris, Alyson Hannigan, Jason Segel, Josh Radnor, and Cobie Smulders in How I Met Your Mother (2005)

  7. 30

    John C. McGinley, Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, Donald Faison, Neil Flynn, Ken Jenkins, and Judy Reyes in Scrubs (2001)

  8. 26

    Rob Lowe, Adam Scott, Rashida Jones, Jim O'Heir, Nick Offerman, Amy Poehler, Chris Pratt, Retta, Aziz Ansari, and Aubrey Plaza in Parks and Recreation (2009)

  9. 25

    Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sarah Hyland, Ed O'Neill, Eric Stonestreet, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, and Jeremy Maguire in Modern Family (2009)

  10. 24

    "The Golden Girls" Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan, Betty White, Bea Arthur

  11. 22

    Edward Asner, Valerie Harper, Cloris Leachman, Mary Tyler Moore, Ted Knight, and Gavin MacLeod in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)

  12. 20

    "M.A.S.H." A. Alda, W. Rogers, G. Burghoff, L. Swit, L. Linville, M. Stevenson 1975 CBS

  13. 20

    Amanda Bearse, Christina Applegate, David Faustino, Katey Sagal, and Ed O'Neill in Married... with Children (1987)

  14. 20

    Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Andy Samberg, Chelsea Peretti, and Stephanie Beatriz in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)

  15. 18

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  16. 17

    William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum, Steve Howey, Tiffany Ann Johnson, Cameron Monaghan, Shanola Hampton, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, Emma Kenney, and Christian Isaiah in Shameless (2011)

  17. 16

    "WKRP In Cincinnati" Bottom Row,Jan Smithers,Loni Anderson,Howard Hesseman, Second Row,Frank Bonner,Gary Sandy,Tim Reid, Top Row,Richard Sanders,Gordon Jump Gary Sandy,

  18. 16

    Tanya Roberts, Kurtwood Smith, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson, Wilmer Valderrama, Topher Grace, Lisa Robin Kelly, Laura Prepon, Debra Jo Rupp, and Don Stark in That '70s Show (1998)

  19. 15

    "M.A.S.H." Mike Farrell, Jamie Farr, Alan Alda, Loretta Swit, Harry Morgan, David Ogden Stiers, William Christopher

  20. 14

    Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Will Arnett, Portia de Rossi, Michael Cera, David Cross, Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat, and Jessica Walter in Arrested Development (2003)

  21. 11

    Linda Cardellini, Busy Philipps, John Francis Daley, James Franco, Samm Levine, Seth Rogen, Martin Starr, and Jason Segel in Freaks and Geeks (1999)

  22. 11

    Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, William Frawley, and Vivian Vance in I Love Lucy (1951)

  23. 10

    Will Smith, Tatyana Ali, Alfonso Ribeiro, James Avery, Janet Hubert, Joseph Marcell, and Karyn Parsons in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)

  24. 10

    Zooey Deschanel, Max Greenfield, Hannah Simone, Lamorne Morris, and Jake Johnson in New Girl (2011)

  25. 9

    Mary Tyler Moore, Dick Van Dyke, Morey Amsterdam, Richard Deacon, and Rose Marie in The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)

  26. 8

    Wayne Knight, John Lithgow, Jane Curtin, Kristen Johnston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Simbi Kali, Larisa Oleynik, French Stewart, and Elmarie Wendel in 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)

  27. 6

    "Cosby Show, The" Keshia Knight Pulliam, Bill Cosby, Lisa Bonet, Tempestt Bledsoe, Phylicia Rashad, Malcolm-Jamal Warner

  28. 6

    Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner, Jeff Conaway, Tony Danza, Andy Kaufman, and Judd Hirsch in Taxi (1978)

  29. 6

    "All in the Family" S. Struthers, J. Stapleton, R. Reiner C. O'Connor March 1971 CBS

  30. 5

    Calista Flockhart, Peter MacNicol, Gil Bellows, Lisa Nicole Carson, Jane Krakowski, Lucy Liu, Vonda Shepard, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Portia de Rossi, and Greg Germann in Ally McBeal (1997)

  31. 5

    Alec Baldwin, Jane Krakowski, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, and Jack McBrayer in 30 Rock (2006)

  32. 3

    Roseanne Cast (1991)

  33. 2

    Kevin Dillon, Adrian Grenier, Jeremy Piven, Kevin Connolly, and Jerry Ferrara in Entourage (2004)

  34. 0

    Harry Anderson, Karen Austin, Selma Diamond, Paula Kelly, John Larroquette, and Richard Moll in Night Court (1984)

  35. 0

    Shelley Fabares, Craig T. Nelson, Bill Fagerbakke, and Jerry Van Dyke in Coach (1989)

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