Abbott Elementary

A beloved long-running sitcom about a harried suburban housewife, her pediatrician husband and their children. The show was chaste and wholesome to a fault, but---like other squeaky clean contemporaries such as 'Leave It to Beaver' and 'The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'---it was undeniably appealing. It also made teen idols (and brief singing stars) of Paul Petersen and Shelley Fabares.

First telecast over cable's ABC Family Channel on July 9, 2007, the weekly comedy-drama Greek starred Jacob Zachar as Rusty Cartwright, a nerdy college freshman. Like every other newcomer on campus, Rusty was "rushed" by all the fraternities, and after much consideration he decided to pledge at Kappa Tau Gamma. This was bad news for Rusty's older sister Casey (Spencer Grammer), who was running for the presidency of the girls' sorority Zeta Beta Zeta and didn't want her geeky kid brother messing up her chances. Scott M. Foster played Casey's ex-boyfriend Cappie, the president of Kappa Tau Gamma; Jake McDorman was Casey's current beau Evan, head of Kappa Tau's arch-rival Omega Chi Delta; Paul James was Rusty's best pal Calvin, whose family ties had forced him to bypass Kappa Tau in favor of Omega Chi, and who was afraid to tell anyone (except Rusty) that he was gay; (Clark Duke) was Rusty's roomie Dale, who unlike our hero was a religiously motivated "abstainer", determined NOT to lose his virginity at the first opportunity; and, respectively assuming the roles of Casey's best pal and staunchest rival Ashleigh and Rebecca, were Amber Stevens and Dilshad Vadsaria. Stereotypical to a fault, but a lot of fun all the same, Greek graduated to over-the-air TV when it was picked up by Family Channel's sister network ABC on July 13, 2007.

Favorite about the host of a small do-it-yourself cable show, his independent wife and their trio of growing boys. It was a solid Top 10 fixture on the ABC schedule for eight years, gently poking fun at manly men through patriarch Tim 'The Tool Man' Taylor, whose grunts for 'more power' were typically followed with calls to the local Detroit fire department. The series is based on comedy routines of star Tim Allen.

Jeff Foxworthy's Southern-fried stand-up routine resulted in yet another comic-as-sitcom-star show inspired by the success of 'Seinfeld.' After a weak first season on ABC, the series moved to NBC (and the setting shifted from Indiana to Georgia), with many cast changes. No one leaves much of an impression, except for the youngster who plays his son Matt: Haley Joel Osment.

New York's finest make for one of sitcom's finest in this Emmy-winning ensemble show. The series was set in the 12th Precinct in Greenwich Village, where a vibe of sometimes edgy, sometimes joyous but always entertaining claustrophobia ruled. Hal Linden's title character, like Andy Griffith's Andy Taylor and Judd Hirsch's Alex Rieger, played the classic straight man amid a host of eccentrics.

A drama focusing on a teenager coping with an unexpected pregnancy, followed by new motherhood.