Classic Sitcoms Chronologically Reversed

After spending most of her life in big cities, widow Doris Martin decides to move back to the family ranch.

A stern schoolteacher clashes with an aristocratic 19th-century king.

The first incarnation of a TV series starring Sandy Duncan was "Funny Face" (1971) which was successful enough for CBS to invest in a second season the folllowing year. "When the series returned in the fall of 1972, it underwent a major renovation. This included renaming the program from Funny Face to The Sandy Duncan Show, as well as having new cast members, an additional producer, different writers, a slightly revised format, as well as filming it with three cameras in front of a live audience. In The Sandy Duncan Show, Sandy now worked for the advertising firm of Quinn & Cohen, where her supervisor was one of the partners, Bert Quinn (Tom Bosley); the other partner was Leonard Cohen (Alfie Wise). Two of her neighbors, Kay Fox (Marian Mercer) and Alex Lembeck (M. Emmet Walsh) were also close friends. Motorcycle police officer Alex constantly worried about Sandy's status as a single woman living alone, which he saw as being inherently dangerous; and as such, appointed himself as her chaperone/protector. Sandy had a very sweet and slightly naive nature and was prone to try to help anyone whom she felt needed help, including total strangers, so Alex's fears were not totally misplaced." This quote is from Wikipedia.

A single dad (Richard S. Castellano) has a lot to deal with, being the super of a large apartment building in New York. Raising his teenage son adds to the complications.

A New York ad exec deals with problems at home and at work.

Dentist Mike Reynolds' peaceful life with wife Liz and kids changes when his children bring home a chimp named Buttons, whose antics create constant mayhem.

Beloved film legend James Stewart made his much-anticipated, highly-publicized series TV debut in this domestic comedy about the frequently chaotic home and professional lives of a small-town college professor.

Two worlds collide when Lord Brett Sinclair, a titled British man, and Danny Wilde, a Bronx-raised, self-made American, reluctantly join forces to right wrongs and protect the innocent.

Lennie Crooke and George Robinson are inept detectives teamed up to solve crimes. Captain Andrews is their exasperated boss, Sgt. Higgenbottom is a smarmy co-worker, and Freddy confesses to most of the neighborhood crimes.

Shirley Logan (Shirley MacLaine) is a globe-trotting magazine writer-photographer, and Dennis Croft (John Gregson) her London-based editor.

A married couple poses as servants for a rich industrialist.

Bobby (singer/songwriter) and Lionel (tone-deaf lyricist) pursue music careers in LA, living with Bobby's sister Jennifer in an antique shop. Bobby works as recording engineer. Rita is their landlady, dating cop Rudy.

Sandy Stockton, a naive young woman from Illinois, navigates life as a UCLA student and part-time actress. She befriends her neighbor Alice and landlords, the Harwells, while adjusting to the big city.

Comedic battle between an honest man and his mobster cousin over a Chicago speakeasy.

Loading-dock worker Arnie's work and family life is thrown into disorder when he suddenly gets promoted to a high-level management position.

Detective Chad Smith shares his life as a policeman, and as a family man with his wife and three children.

A remarkable young English nanny takes over the household of a widowed professor and his three children.

Widower Tom Corbett raises his young son Eddie.

A witch marries an ordinary mortal man and vows to lead the life of a typical housewife.

Widower Steve Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and is later aided by the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the loving family in later seasons.

Several years after working in the state capital for the government, Andy Sawyer packs his bags and returns to Greenwood with his wife and two children to become the new mayor of the sleepy southern town.

An aging entertainer and his wife take on care of their 6-year-old grandson.

Nancy Smith was the daughter of the President of the United States. She met a young veterinarian and they fell in love. But, two agents of the secret service in charge of constant surveillance did nothing to promote the romance.

The misadventures of a pair of wacky stewardesses.

The relationship between the headmaster of an elite California private school and his students and faculty.