History Main / TheCouch

* Naturally Wanda and Vision have this in ''Series/{{Wandavision}}, with the style of couch updating with each "decade" Westview goes through.

* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': Sheldon's [[ThisIsMyChair extreme territoriality regarding his "spot"]] can be seen as a parody of strict sitcom seating arrangements. In one episode his spot is splattered with paint and, being the high-strung, type-A nerd that he is, he has to deal with either finding a new place to sit or simply turning the cushion over, which he refuses to do, because [[SuperOCD it doesn't have his butt imprint on it.]] Before the couch was there, it was simply a lawn chair Sheldon used as his "spot."

See also LocalHangout.

* ''TheSimpsons'' (which even became famous for the CouchGag)

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* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': Possibly referenced in an episode where Sheldon's "spot" on the couch is dirtied by a paintball and being the high-strung, type-A nerd that he is, he has to deal with either finding a new place to sit or simply turning the cushion over, which he refuses to do, because [[SuperOCD it doesn't have his butt imprint on it.]] Before the couch was there, it was simply a lawn chair Sheldon used as his "spot."

* ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'' always had a living room couch, but in the first season, which was shot single-camera, it's not terribly prominent. When the show went to three-camera the set was redesigned and the couch, placed squarely facing the fourth wall, finally came into its own.

* ''Arlo and Janis'' has one that, unusually for this trope, faces ''away'' from the fourth wall. Characters sitting on the couch have their heads visible (and are usually shown in profile, as is common for these characters anyway).

* ''Series/TooManyCooks'': Being a spoof of DomCom shows ([[MindScrew among other things]]), of course The Couch is featured prominently in many scenes.

* ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' - the Solomons' loft apartment as well as any other character's home (Mary, Don, Nina, etc.).
** Subverted in that the Solomons don't ''own'' an actual couch. They make do with two or three ratty chairs and an ottoman. In the episode when Harry gets amnesia, the first thing he says when he sees the living room is, "No sofa, that's weird."

* All of ''Theatre/MaryMary'' takes place on one domestic set, which includes a sofa.

If you can remember the shows, you can almost certainly picture the living rooms (or coffee bar) and the requisite couch.

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Subverted in that the classic audience-facing couch setup is actually in the coffee house, while the couch in Monica's apartment is perpendicular to the audience facing the TV on the right wall, and the guys' apartment sports two recliners, faced perpendicularly to the TV on the left. The reason for this may have been that unlike virtually all other sitcoms, ''Friends'' usually has us see the characters' television screens while they're watching them, particularly because this often involved Joey. Though Chandler and Joey's apartment usually had two chairs and for a season a [[RuleOfFunny kayak]].

* Present in {{Manwhores}}