The original post: /r/television by /u/Old-Meringue3590 on 2025-04-15 20:55:49.
My take: The Golden Girls. Powerhouse performances from each of them—Bea, Betty, Rue, and Estelle. They complemented each other so well, and it’s exceptionally hard to pick a favorite. Even when the writing dipped for a while, the characters never stopped delivering some of the most hilarious performances in TV history.
Another close one has to be The Larry Sanders Show, but it never reached a vast audience, and the performances themselves became more niche.
The Mary Tyler Moore Show and MASH were also outstanding and pioneers in setting ensemble standards. But the cast changes (although that never quite impacted anything) could make a difference in that discussion.
Edit: Seinfeld is also really really good but Jerry Seinfeld was so bad, maybe that was on purpose.