The 40 most popular family TV shows, ranked. Click any show for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.


Come Home Love: Lo and Behold
2017
country: Hong Kong
Hung Sue Gan starting from the bottom, established his own logistics company, which is now running smoothly. His only concern now are his three daughters. His eldest daughter has immigrated overseas. His second daughter Hung Yeuk Shui has reached the marriageable age, but has no hopes for marriage anytime soon. She is constantly bickering with her younger sister Hung Sum Yue, who is an honour student, over trivial matters, causing their father to not know whether to laugh or cry. Hung Sue Yan, Hung Sue Gan's brother, moves in with the family, temporarily ending his life as a nomadic photographer. He joins Hung Yeuk Shui's company and encounters Ko Pak Fei, the director of an online shop. The two appear to be former lovers, making for lots of laughter. Since Hung Sue Yan moved in, a series of strange events have occurred in the family. Upon investigation, the source is traced to Lung Ging Fung, a promising young man who is the son of department store mogul Lung Gam Wai.


What's My Line?
1950
country: United States
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.


Doraemon
2005
country: Japan
Robotic cat Doraemon is sent back in time from the 22nd century to protect 10-year-old Noby, a lazy and uncoordinated boy who is destined to have a tragic future. Doraemon can create secret gadgets from a pocket on his stomach, but they usually cause more bad than good because of Noby's propensity to misuse them.


Jeopardy!
1984
country: United States
America's favorite quiz show where contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in question form.


Among Friends
1998
country: Hungary
Miklós introduces viewers into the world of Money and Charm.


Uusi Päivä
2010
country: Finland
Set in the small town of Virtaus, the series follows the lives of the town’s residents—both young and old—through their joys and sorrows.


Touched by an Angel
1994
country: United States
Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.


Frasier
1993
country: United States
After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.


Ulice
2005
country: Czech Republic
Ulice is a Czech soap opera produced and broadcast by Nova. In the Czech language Ulice means street. The show describes the lives of the Farský, Jordán, Boháč, Nikl, and Liška families and many other people that live in Prague. Their daily battle against real problems of living in a modern world like divorce, love, betrayal and illness or disease. Ulice often shows crime.


Pushpa Impossible
2022
country: India
Pushpa Impossible is the story about a feisty middle-aged woman having studied until grade 9 in a Gujarati medium school and going back to school at the age of 44! She is boisterous, uncouth, impulsive, hardworking and an endearingly loveable mother of three children. She is Pushpa Patel hailing from a small town Patan in Gujarat and now residing at Bapodra Chawl in Mumbai. The show is a peek into her day-to-day struggles, her small victories, her Juggad, her shortcomings, and her constant pursuit of living a good life while struggling as a full-time mother and part-time businesswoman. The show is an autobiography of a mother, who decides to go back to school and change her life by impacting many lives!


Teen Titans Go!
2013
country: United States
Robin, Starfire, Raven, Beast Boy and Cyborg return in all-new, comedic adventures. They may be super heroes who save the world every day ... but somebody still has to do the laundry!


TV Animal Farm
2001
country: South Korea
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Sister-in-Law Is at Home!
2015
country: India
"Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain!" is a popular Hindi sitcom that premiered in 2015 on And TV and is available on ZEE5. Produced by Binaifer Kohli, the show follows two neighboring couples—the Mishras and the Tiwaris. The husbands, Vibhuti Narayan Mishra and Manmohan Tiwari are dissatisfied in their marriages and secretly admire each other's wives. Manmohan, a successful undergarment businessman, is married to Angoori, a simple and naive housewife. Vibhuti, an unemployed former insurance agent, is married to Anita, a confident and modern woman who runs grooming classes. Their constant scheming to impress each other's wives leads to comedic conflicts and chaotic situations, mostly taking place in their homes. The show, inspired by the 1990s sitcom Shrimaan Shrimati, has been well received by both critics and audiences for its humor and engaging storyline.


King of the Hill
1997
country: United States
Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives with his overly confident substitute Spanish teacher wife Peggy, wannabe comedian son Bobby, and naive niece Luanne. Hank has conservative views about God, family, and country, but his values and ethics are often challenged by the situations he, his family, and his beer-drinking neighbors/buddies find themselves in.


Young Sheldon
2017
country: United States
The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.


Come Home Love
2012
country: Hong Kong
MA FU, a retired employee of the HK Correctional Services Department, moved back to live with his son after retirement. MA FU treats and disciplines everyone in his family as if they were the offenders he works with in his job. His youngest son MA CHONG feels like he's in jail when he gets home, and his father is even often involved with his job as a paralegal. The father and son get into disputes daily and his elder brother MA KEUNG and his wife LO LAI SEUNG are often stuck in between and have to settle the disputes. The couple also holds the heavy responsibility of raising their kids. Three generations in the MA family all live together and encounter different situations, experiences and system of values.


Fuse
1962
country: SU
Fitil is a popular Soviet/Russian television satirical/comedy short film series which ran for about 500 episodes. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called Фитилёк, Fitilyok, Little Fuse. Each issue contained from the few short segments: documentary, fictional and animated ones. Directed by various artists, including Leonid Gaidai who presented his famous trio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov into the cast. It was called in USSR as "the anecdotes from the Soviet government".


Sale of the Century
1980
country: Australia
$ale of the Century was an Australian game show that aired on the Nine Network from 14 July 1980 – 29 November 2001. Tony Barber hosted a game show with essentially the same format under the title Temptation from 1970 to 1976, and was also the initial host of Sale for over a decade before being replaced by Glenn Ridge in 1991. Hostesses over the years have included Victoria Nicholls, Delvene Delaney, Alyce Platt, Jo Bailey, Nicky Buckley and Karina Brown. Pete Smith was Sale's announcer for the majority of its run. Ron Neate was announcer for only the first ten episodes in 1980 before Smith took over. From 30 May 2005 – 23 January 2009, the series was revived under its original Australian title, Temptation. The Sale of the Century format has been used internationally.


Kang's Family
2000
country: China
Kang's Family; Migrant Wives, Local Husbands (Chinese: 外来媳妇本地郎 is a Cantonese sitcom produced by Guangdong Radio and Television. Filming began on April 18, 2000, and has been broadcast on GRT Pearl River Channel since November 4, 2000, with two episodes on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:00. It is the longest-running and most frequently aired sitcom in Chinese television history. As of May 15, 2021, the show has aired more than 4,000 episodes.


Génial!
2010
country: Canada
Two teams composed of a known personality and a contestant chosen from the public battle to guess the outcomes of astonishing scientific experiments.


CBeebies Bedtime Stories
2009
country: United Kingdom
Join a host of different celebrities for a different story read each night just before bedtime.


Rugrats
1991
country: United States
Focuses on a group of toddlers, most prominently Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, and Angelica, and their day-to-day lives, usually involving common life experiences that become adventures in the babies' imaginations. Adults in the series are almost always unaware of what the children are up to; however, this only provides more room for the babies to explore and discover their surroundings.


The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
2010
country: United States
The most powerful villains on the planet escape from prison. However, none of the superheroes can stop them without help, not even S.H.I.E.L.D. The Avengers then join forces to fight evil, and discover that as a group they are stronger.


Inkigayo
1998
country: South Korea
The program is a weekly music show that features and introduces viewers to the most popular artists in Korea. Every week, they ask viewers to vote and select the most popular song of the week.


Dancing with the Stars
2005
country: United States
The competition sees celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts and voted on by viewers. Enjoy sizzling salsas, sambas and spray-tans as they vie for the coveted Mirrorball Trophy.


Cuisines des terroirs
2001
country: Germany
A sensual approach to culinary art "on the ground", meeting farmers, winegrowers, restaurateurs and cooks, where gastronomy and the art of living have their roots.


Jason and the Argonauts
2000
country: United States
At a young age, Jason witnesses the brutal deposement and murder of his father at the hands of his uncle Pelias. Twenty years later, Jason returns home to claim his rightful place as king, but Pelias orders him to be executed, and in order to save himself Jason is forced to go on a dangerous quest to find the legendary Golden Fleece. So Jason gathers a motley crew of men and sets sail on the Argos.


Diagnosis: Murder
1993
country: United States
Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.


Ninja Boy Rantaro
1993
country: Japan
Rantarō, Shinbei and Kirimaru are ninja apprentices in the Ninja Gakuen, where first grade ones are called "Nintamas". They must learn everything a ninja must know, but as for our heroes, money, food or playing are more interesting. The series show the everyday adventures of our heroes.


Phineas and Ferb
2007
country: United States
Each day, two kindhearted suburban stepbrothers on summer vacation embark on some grand new project, which annoys their controlling sister, Candace, who tries to bust them. Meanwhile, their pet platypus plots against evil Dr. Doofenshmirtz.


Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin
2020
country: India
Sai Joshi, a fearless girl who aspires to become a doctor, marries an IPS officer, Virat Chavan, pretending to be a deal. The story revolves around the life of Sai in orthodox joint family of Virat and how Sai and Virat fall in love.


Doraemon
1979
country: Japan
Doraemon is an anime TV series created by Fujiko F. Fujio and based on the manga series of the same name. This anime is the much more successful successor of the 1973 anime.


The Goldbergs
2013
country: United States
Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up, and peanut allergies, there was a simpler time called the '80s. For geeky 11-year old Adam these were his wonder years and he faced them armed with a video camera to capture all the crazy. The Goldbergs are a loving family like any other, just with a lot more yelling.


The Chosen
2019
country: United States
The life of Christ through the eyes of those who encountered him.


Club Friday
2012
country: Thailand
Based on a Thai radio show that gives love advice to callers, this series dramatizes stories of infidelity, love triangles, sexual identity and more.


3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
country: United States
The high commander of an alien expedition lands on Earth -- what he considers to be the least-important planet -- in human form as Dick Solomon. Along for the ride are his alien compatriots Harry, Sally and Tommy -- who is the eldest of the group but is now angrily trapped in a teen's body.


Ramdam
2001
country: Canada
The ups and downs of the L'Espérance-Laporte-Carpentier, a large blended family made up primarily of young teenagers.


Scènes de ménages
2009
country: France
Scènes de ménages depicts the daily lives of several couples from different generations, illustrating with humor their arguments, tender moments and little idiosyncrasies. Each episode is made up of short sketches, in which the characters exchange scathing retorts and funny situations.


Bharaghar
2012
country: India
The Tele-serial BHARAGHAR revolves around a family and their various tenants. Based on the relationships between the house owner’s family and the families of the various tenants, the plot of BHARAGHAR is mainly comic and also encompasses the lives of a few neighbours. The different plots are actually a broader reflection of the urban Assamese society. Crisp dialogues and stand-out performances by the cast of the tele-serial has made it one of the most-watched TV serial in the history of Assamese television. Every episode is conceived with a view to providing viewers wholesome entertainment.


Little House on the Prairie
1974
country: United States
When the big woods of Wisconsin becomes a difficult spot for hunting, Charles Ingalls reluctantly decides to move his family, pioneering west. Their life on the farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s is full of adventure, tragedy, and triumph. Based on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Family television is built for co-viewing, balancing what works for a child with what keeps an adult in the room. The durable shows manage genuine warmth without condescending to either.