Thanks to WandaVision, now airing on Disney Plus, classic sitcoms of decades past are getting renewed interest from viewers whose parents weren't even born when they aired. The sitcom is a tried and true format of storytelling on television. Be they filmed in front of live audiences with a three-camera setup, shot in a more movie-like single-camera format, or somehow mixed between the two most common styles, sitcoms continue to be a staple of American TV.

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While newer shows like Friends, The Office, and Seinfeld have strong dedicated followings today, many older sitcoms are starting to regrow their fanbase thanks to the countless streaming services looking for content to make their monthly charges worth it. Still, not every old sitcom is worth digging into, and finding the pearls from the swine can be hard.

10 Honeymooners

Originally starting off as sketches on the variety series Cavalcade of Stars, The Honeymooners ran for a shockingly short 39-episodes but stands out as one of the most iconic sitcoms of all time. The series, created by and starring Jackie Gleason, focused on Ralph Kramden, a New York City bus driver who, along with his best friend and neighbor Ed Norton, was always looking for fast ways to improve his life.

Along for the ride was Ralph's constantly exasperated but supportive wife, Alice, and Ed's loving wife Trixie. In its short run, The Honeymooners created catchphrases that still live on to this day – "Bang! Zoom! To the moon!" or "And away we go!" for examples – and perfected the basics of the single location sitcom.

9 I Love Lucy

Lucy, Ricky, Ethel, and Fred laugh on the promo banner for I Love Lucy

Arguably the most loved sitcom of all time, I Love Lucy is as famous for its jokes as it is for the barriers the show broke. Starring Lucille Ball and her real-life husband Desi Arnaz, I Love Lucy was the first scripted TV series to be shot on 35mm film and the first shows to feature a mixed race marriage.

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The show followed a basic format: Lucy wanted to be famous and her husband Ricky – a well-known bandleader – wanted her to be a stay at home wife. Every week, Lucy – along with her best friend and landlord Ethel – would get into some kind of trouble that they would try to hide from their husbands. To this day, I Love Lucy is one of the most-watched TV shows in the world, but that isn't the only thing Lucy and Desi did. Without them, sci-fi may never have taken off on TV.

8 The Dick Van Dyke Show

The cast of the Dick Van Dyke Show standing around and looking at Dick Van Dyke

It's impossible to watch the first episode of WandaVision and not see the similarities to The Dick Van Dyke Show. The houses of both shows are almost exactly the same, and the relationship between Wanda & Vision is very similar to that of Rob Petrie, played by Dick Van Dyke, and his wife Laura, played by Mary Tyler Moore.

On The Dick Van Dyke Show, Rob and Laura were more equal in their partnership than sitcoms of the time usually showed married couples. They were also much more – for the time – modern, with Laura wearing pants instead of dresses. They still had separate beds though, an old – and weird – standard of classic TV.

7 Leave It To Beaver

One of the most saccharine shows to ever air on television, Leave It to Beaver followed the life of a naive young kid named Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver as he learned various life lessons week to week. What makes Leave It to Beaver so important in the history of television is that it was the first primetime sitcom written from the point of view of a child.

This lead the way for shows like Doogie Howser, M.D., The Wonder Years, and Malcolm in the Middle decades later. Sadly, the Beave and his brother, Wally, were growing up just as superheroes were making their way back into comics, but they never bothered to discuss things like who the fastest Flash was, or which Avenger was the strongest.

6 Bewitched

Dick York as Darrin in the promotionals for Bewitched

Where the first episode of WandaVision was a clear homage to The Dick Van Dyke Show, the second episode was clearly showing love for Bewitched, a series all about a straight-laced and somewhat uptight man who married a witch. Starring Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha, the witch in question, Bewitched ran for eight years and usually focused on Samantha using her powers to cover for her bumbling husband.

Something else WandaVision may have taken from Bewitched is a name. On the classic sitcom, Samantha's mother – who was also the main antagonist of the series – was played by the actress Agnes Moorehead. On WandaVision, Kathryn Hahn plays Agnes.

5 The Brady Bunch

The cast of The Brady Bunch posing for a photo

A sitcom with almost as many spin-offs as Batman, The Brady Bunch focused on a widow and a widower – both of which happen to have three kids – that fall in love and get married. The show was mostly safe for everyone comedy about a house with three teenage boys and three teenage girls trying to get through the day.

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Sometimes it went into the weird, though, like when the Brady family went to Hawaii and found a cursed idol. Along with eleven spin-off and reunion shows, The Brady Bunch also released six albums and was rebooted as a movie in 1995, which got a sequel in 1996.

4 All In The Family

All in the Family is often considered one of the greatest American television shows ever created, thanks in no small part to how the show dealt with real-life issues like racism, anti semitism, homosexuality, women's liberation, religion, and the Vietnam War – all subjects that were considered taboo when the series began.

The series focused on Archie Bunker, a World War II veteran who was – to be kind – very prejudiced, constantly butting heads with his hippie son and daughter-in-law. Over the eight seasons, Archie slowly softened, learning to accept others for who they are and not judging people based on their race, religion, or sexuality. All in the Family was so popular that a spin-off series about the Bunker's neighbors, The Jeffersons, was created.

3 The Jeffersons

George and Louise Jefferson with the entire case of The Jeffersons

Where All in the Family was all about a working-class white household dealing with a changing world, The Jeffersons was all about a wealthy Black family forcing the world to change. While The Jeffersons wasn't as active in being politically minded as All in the Family, the series did examine issues of racism, alcoholism, gun control, and being transgender on a regular basis.

The Jeffersons was also the first show to have a married couple that consisted of a white man and a black woman. The Jeffersons would serve as a blueprint for other sitcoms like The Cosby Show, Tyler Perry's House of Payne, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

2 Family Ties

The cast of Family Ties

The show that turned Michael J. Fox into a household name, Family Ties focused on the Keatons, a suburban Ohio family where the parents were aging hippies and their oldest child Alex – played by Fox – was a proud young Republican.

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One thing that Family Ties has become famous for is the super-aging of Andy. Andy was introduced as the newest addition to the Keaton family in the fourth season, but by season five, Andy went from being a newborn baby to five years old in the blink of an eye. Chances are Scarlet Witch and Vision's sons, Billy and Tommy, will go through a similar growth spurt.

1 Roseanne

Roseanne original cast

Sitcoms usually focus on families that were financially secure. That changed when Roseanne began airing in 1988. The series, co-created and starring Roseanne Barr, not only focused on a family that was barely getting by, but also touched on a number of pressing issues of the time.

Roseanne highlighted teen pregnancy, drug addiction, and homosexuality, all of which had taken a backseat in sitcoms since shows like All in the Family and The Jeffersons went off the air. Following the success of Roseanne, a new age of sitcoms was born, with shows like Blossom, Grace Under Fire, and Grounded for Life.

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