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* ''Series/OneDayAtATime''

* ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond''

* ''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 appartment usually had two chairs and for a season a [[RuleOfFunny kayak]].

* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' played it straight with an actual couch, but Martin Crane's nearby banged-up old recliner was arguably more well-know, well-liked and certainly more frequently used in the series, to the point of becoming the center of a border-line RunningGag.

* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' the couch is the central feature of both apartments. Sheldon Cooper's "spot" on his sofa is a running gag, and it is central to the consumption of food by the extended gang. Penny's sofa in her flat is central to girl-talk with Amy and Bernadette, as well as intimate scenes with Leonard.

* ''BeavisAndButthead'': The title characters were well known for sitting on a couch and critiquing music videos.

* Similar to Are You Being Served? above, WesternAnimation/{{Sidekick}} during lunch has the four main characters all sitting on the same side of the table.

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

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* ''AccordingToJim'': There is a couch in the living room the other cast members use, but Jim normally sits in his chair to the left of it.
* ''AllInTheFamily'' (no, not the two chairs in the center. Over to the right some, by the door, under the window -- yeah, there).

* ''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."
* ''TheCosbyShow''
* ''{{Coupling}}'' has the couch and chairs at their oft-frequented bar. Occasionally, they'll sit in another spot, but if you need to gather all six of the cast around, it'll be on the couch.
* ''TheDickVanDykeShow'': Don't trip on the ottoman!

* In ''TheGeorgeLopezShow'', George's kitchen table is like this.
* ''TheGoldenGirls'' had two of these: The ''actual'' couch, and the kitchen table. It's about a fifty-fifty toss-up which one was featured more prominently.
* ''GrowingPains''
* ''HappyDays''

* ''TheJeffersons''
* ''MarriedWithChildren''. One episode even revolved one of Kelly's dates inadvertently burning down the couch with his cigar while he and Kelly make out, making Kelly and Bud travel to find a replacement.

* ''MenBehavingBadly'': The sofa became practically another character in the show, and the last non-special episode, "Sofa," was even ''about'' its replacement.

* ''TheRoyleFamily'': Although neither the sofa or Jim's chair are the standard "facing the fourth wall" set piece. Instead, the camera freely shifts around the room and we do even get to see the fourth wall a lot.

* ''TilDeath'': Played straight with a couch, though the easy chair to the left of it was used just as often. The other is a literal one in front of the kitchen, of the TV variety. Rarely are people seen in the kitchen when this second couch was used.

* In one episode of ''YesDear'', Greg moves the couch so that it faces away from the FourthWall, arguing that the previous arrangement made no sense. His wife complains that [[LampshadeHanging it doesn't feel right somehow]].

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

* ''EverybodyLovesRaymond''
* ''FamilyTies''
* ''{{Frasier}}'' played it straight with an actual couch, but Martin Crane's nearby banged-up old recliner was arguably more well-know, well-liked and certainly more frequently used in the series, to the point of becoming the center of a border-line RunningGag.
* ''FreshPrinceOfBelAir''
* ''{{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 appartment usually had two chairs and for a season a [[RuleOfFunny kayak]].

* ''Series/That70sShow'': Eric's basement/house.

* ''{{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 appartment usually had two chairs and for a season a [[RuleOfFunny Kajak]].

* ''WesternAnimation/Futurama'' has both a literal couch (in the Planet Express break room) and the meeting table.

And ''everybody'' sits on TheCouch at some point during each show. Even the dog. They probably [[ThisIsMyChair sit in the same place every time]], too.

* ''{{Roseanne}}'' -- And, damn, that couch (and the ever-present blanket flopped over the top of it) was ''uglyyyy!''

* ''{{Seinfeld}}''
* ''StillStanding'' had the couch. In fact, most scenes took place in the living room in the vicinity on and around said couch.
* ''That70sShow'': Eric's basement/house.
* ''ThreesCompany''
* ''ThirdRockFromTheSun'' - the Solomons' loft apartment as well as any other character's home (Mary, Don, Nina, etc.).
** Subverted in that the Solomon's 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."

* ''TwoAndAHalfMen'' has 2. The first is the kitchen table, where normally only 3 of the 4 seats are ever used.

* ''{{Friends}}'' had several -- in the various apartments and in [[LocalHangout Central Perk]]. Some sets don't use the facing the audience portion of the trope. Though Chandler and Joey's appartment usually had two chairs and for a season a [[RuleOfFunny Kajak]].

* On ''Series/{{Mash}}'', the cots in the Swamp frequently served much the same purpose.

* ''OneDayAtATime''

* On ''{{MASH}}'', the cots in the Swamp frequently served much the same purpose.

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''

** Barney's couch faces the FourthWall, which in his apartment ''is'' a TV.
*** Then cut to his bedroom... Where it's revealed he has a second TV like this.