Live-action sitcoms only, ranked by US audience per episode. Animated shows are not in the list.
#1
? ? ?NBC · 1994–2004
#2
? ? ?CBS · 1996–2005
#3
? ? ?NBC · 1998–2006
#4
? ? ?CBS · 2003–2015
#5
? ? ?NBC · 1993–2004
#6
? ? ?Fox · 2000–2006
#7
? ? ?CBS · 2007–2019
#8
? ? ?CBS · 1998–2007
#9
? ? ?ABC · 2001–2009
#10
? ? ?NBC · 2001–2010
Rules & what counts
Most Watched Sitcoms 2000–2010 Quiz — Rules & What Counts
Name the 10 most watched sitcoms of 2000 to 2010. The board ranks them from 1 to 10.
Each card shows the rank, the network and the years the show was on air. You type the title.
The ranking uses US audience numbers. For each show, the quiz takes the best season average inside the window.
The quiz shows no posters and no stills. TV artwork is not free to publish, so the rank and the network are the hints.
How to play
Just start typing. The quiz checks your answer at every keystroke. There is no submit button.
A correct title flips its card. You can answer in any order.
Short forms count where people use them. "Raymond" solves Everybody Loves Raymond, and "Big Bang Theory" solves The Big Bang Theory.
Numbers count as words or digits. "2 and a Half Men" solves Two and a Half Men.
Spelling is forgiving. Capitals and punctuation are ignored, and frequent misspellings such as "Fraiser" are accepted.
A famous sitcom that is not in the top 10 clears the input, so you know the quiz read the guess.
The timer starts at your first keystroke and counts up. Give Up ends the run and shows every show you missed. Progress saves automatically.
What counts in this quiz
Live-action sitcoms that aired in the United States between 2000 and 2010.
A show counts if it had at least one season inside the window. Friends ended in 2004, and The Big Bang Theory started in 2007. Both are here.
The rank comes from the show's best season average inside the window, measured in viewers per episode.
Each card shows the show's full run, not only the years inside the window.
What's not included — and why
Animated sitcoms are not here. The Simpsons and Family Guy had large audiences in the 2000s, but the board is live-action only.
Shows outside the top 10 are not here. Seinfeld ended in 1998, and The Office, 30 Rock and How I Met Your Mother had smaller audiences than the shows on the board.
Shows ranked close to each other can swap places in a different count. The list is a curated top 10, not a court ruling.
Good to know
Friends was the most watched show on US TV in the 2001–02 season. Its final episode in 2004 drew more than 52 million viewers.
Two and a Half Men is the only show on this board that also makes the 2010–2020 board.
The Big Bang Theory grew every season. In its third season it already had more viewers than most shows on this list.
Malcolm in the Middle had no laugh track. It was one of the first big single-camera sitcoms of the decade.
Frasier won the Emmy for best comedy series five years in a row, from 1994 to 1998.