Sitcoms with main characters named after the shows' stars
Throughout television history it has been common for actors to play fictional versions of themselves in sitcoms. I am chiefly talking about actors who play characters with the same first name in situation comedies television series. Probably the oldest example of this is the sitcom I Love Lucy starring Lucille Ball. This is a list of some of those sitcoms in no particular order.
I do not count series where an actor is only playing himself as a guest or a secondary character on the show. It must be a main character. Thus I do not count Big Bang Theory where Wil Wheaton is a secondary yet recurring character on the show as himself.
I do not count series where an actor is only playing himself as a guest or a secondary character on the show. It must be a main character. Thus I do not count Big Bang Theory where Wil Wheaton is a secondary yet recurring character on the show as himself.
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- StarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceThe wife of a band leader constantly tries to become a star - in spite of her having no talent, and gets herself (along with her best friend) into the funniest predicaments.
- CreatorTracy NewmanJonathan StarkStarsJim BelushiCourtney Thorne-SmithLarry Joe CampbellA television show centered around a macho everyman, his loving wife, and their three precocious children.
- CreatorHoward AdlerRobert L. BoyettRobert GriffardStarsMary-Kate OlsenAshley OlsenChristopher SieberA show about a single father who has his hands full raising his twin daughters, Mary-Kate and Ashley.
- CreatorBruce HelfordStarsCharlie SheenShawnee SmithNoureen DeWulfEx-baseball-player Charlie is an anger-management therapist who has small-group sessions at home, an OCD teen daughter, an ex-wife, and a sex-buddy/therapist.
- CreatorLee AronsohnChuck LorreStarsJon CryerAshton KutcherAngus T. JonesA hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.
- CreatorMichael PoryesSusan ShermanStarsRaven-SymonéOrlando BrownAnneliese van der PolA teenage girl periodically receives brief psychic visions of the near future. Trying to make these visions come true results in trouble, and hilarious situations, for the girl and her friends.
- CreatorLarry DavidJerry SeinfeldStarsJerry SeinfeldJulia Louis-DreyfusMichael RichardsThe continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York City friends.
- CreatorLarry DavidStarsLarry DavidCheryl HinesJeff GarlinLarry David stars as an over-the-top version of himself in this comedy series that shows how seemingly trivial details of day-to-day life can precipitate a catastrophic chain of events.
- CreatorRoseanne BarrMatt WilliamsStarsRoseanne BarrJohn GoodmanLaurie MetcalfA revival of the popular 1990s sitcom "Roseanne," which centered on the everyday life of an American working-class family.
- CreatorTina FeyStarsTina FeyAlec BaldwinTracy MorganLiz Lemon, head writer of the sketch-comedy show "TGS with Tracy Jordan", must deal with an arrogant new boss and a crazy new star while trying to run a successful television show without losing her mind.
- CreatorCarol BlackNeal MarlensDavid S. RosenthalStarsEllen DeGeneresDavid Anthony HigginsJoely FisherEllen Morgan is a neurotic bookstore owner who deals with life through comedy and extensive rambling.
- CreatorLarry WilmoreStarsBernie MacKellita SmithJeremy SuarezA stand up comedian suddenly becomes a father when he takes custody of his sister's three children.
- StarsBilly ConnollyMarie MarshallClara BryantA Scottish teacher named Billy MacGregor moves to the United States to build a new life for himself.
- CreatorBill EngvallMichael LeesonStarsBill EngvallNancy TravisJennifer LawrenceA sitcom revolving around the life of therapist Bill Pearson and his family.
- CreatorBill SteinkellnerCheri SteinkellnerPhoef SuttonStarsBob NewhartCarlene WatkinsCynthia StevensonA cartoonist deals with corporate drama that ensues after the revival of a superhero he created.
- CreatorDavid DavisLorenzo MusicStarsBob NewhartSuzanne PleshetteBill DailyThe professional and personal misadventures of a psychologist and his family, patients, friends and colleagues.
- CreatorChuck LorreStarsCybill ShepherdChristine BaranskiAlicia WittA struggling, middle-aged actress attempts to make a career for herself, all while surrounded by her hard-drinking best friend Maryann, her two former husbands, and her two daughters.
- CreatorNahnatchka KhanStarsKrysten RitterDreama WalkerMichael BlaiklockChloe is a New York party girl with the morals of a pirate. She causes trouble for her best friend James Van Der Beek and her naive small-town roommate June.
- CreatorWilliam RobertsStarsDonna ReedPaul PetersenCarl BetzA loving mother and wife deals with situations and problems of a middle-class family in the late 1950s and the early 1960s.
- CreatorAli LeRoiChris RockStarsTerry CrewsTichina ArnoldTequan RichmondA young African-American teen attempts to survive with his dysfunctional family and his all-white school in the 1980s.
- CreatorPhil RosenthalStarsRay RomanoPatricia HeatonBrad GarrettThe comical everyday life of sports columnist Ray Barone and his dysfunctional family.
- CreatorCarmen FinestraDavid McFadzeanMatt WilliamsStarsTim AllenEarl HindmanTaran Noah SmithThe daily trials and tribulations of Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor, a television show host raising three mischievous boys with help from his loyal co-host, loving wife, and eccentric neighbor.
- CreatorMartin CohanBlake HunterStarsTony DanzaJudith LightAlyssa MilanoTony Micelli, a retired baseball player, becomes the housekeeper of Angela Bower, an advertising executive in New York. Together they raise their kids, Samantha Micelli and Jonathan Bower, with help from Mona Robinson, Angela's man-crazy mother.
- CreatorSam SimonStarsGeorge CarlinAlex RoccoPaige FrenchFollows New York cabdriver George O'Grady. He adds his theories on government conspiracies and alien visitations to his trips.
- CreatorRobert BordenBruce HelfordGeorge LopezStarsGeorge LopezConstance MarieLuis Armand GarciaComedian George Lopez stars as a Los Angeles manufacturing plant manager attempting to deal with his wacky family along with random mishaps.