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Alice

★ 6.9 6K votes 1976–1985 9 seasons · 202 episodes Ended CBS
SitcomClassic comedy rhythm, multi-camera or single.This show: 10/10WorkplaceThe job and its social ecosystem as the stage.This show: 9/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 9/10Warm humorAffectionate comedy that genuinely loves its characters.This show: 8/10Family-safeNothing to worry about with anyone in the room.This show: 8/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 8/10Working classOrdinary people, ordinary money, real stakes.This show: 7/10Comfort rewatchThe kind of show people return to endlessly.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Linda LavinVic TaybackBeth HowlandPhilip McKeonPolly HollidayCelia Weston
Written by
Robert Getchell
Starring
Linda LavinVic TaybackBeth HowlandPhilip McKeonPolly HollidayCelia Weston
Written by
Robert Getchell
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"Diner banter as a decade-long comfort blanket"

Alice follows a widowed single mom who takes a job waitressing at a greasy roadside diner in Phoenix while chasing a singing career on the side. Most of the show unfolds inside that diner, where a gruff short-order cook and a rotating cast of sharp-tongued coworkers trade one-liners between orders. It's a gentle, laugh-track sitcom built on banter and warmth rather than plot, the kind of comfort-food show you half-watch while folding laundry. Nothing edgy, nothing rushed, just familiar faces bickering affectionately over coffee and pie for years on end.

Watch it for

the easy chemistry between the diner's waitstaff and their gruff, endlessly grumbling boss.

Maybe skip if

you want serialized plots rather than episodic diner banter with a laugh track.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 11976
7.22K2412h
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Season 21977
7.02K2412h
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Season 31978
7.52K2412h
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Season 41979
7.31K2412h
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Season 51980
7.21K2010h
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Season 61981
7.21K2412h
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Season 71982
6.91K2311h 30m
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Season 81983
6.71K2311h 30m
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Season 91984
6.7798168h

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Linda Lavin Alice Hyatt, Mrs. Walden
Vic Tayback Mel Sharples
Beth Howland Vera Louise Gorman
Philip McKeon Tommy Hyatt
Polly Holliday Flo Castleberry
Celia Weston Jolene Hunnicutt
Marvin Kaplan Henry Beesmeyer, Henry
Duane R. Campbell Chuck, Customer #1, Harry
Dave Madden Earl Hicks
Charles Levin Elliot Novak

Crew

Robert Getchell

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