Your restriction that they need to be set in the future eliminated even more sci-fi sitcoms than the restriction that they need to be successful. 

If you cut out " achieve some measure of success," you'd get to open up the discussion to include Quark, Homeboys in Outer Space, Tripping the Rift, and Titan Maximum.

If you cut out " achieve some measure of success," you'd get to open up the discussion to include Quark, Homeboys in Outer Space, Tripping the Rift, and Titan Maximum.

I can recall a certain program to deliver atomic energy to urban areas that started under FDR.

I can recall a certain program to deliver atomic energy to urban areas that started under FDR.

It sounds more like a Partridge Family song than a Monkees song.

It sounds more like a Partridge Family song than a Monkees song.

Are you comparing our presiden't performance in his last debate to a photo of a guy too sleepy to get those Zingers to his mouth?

Are you comparing our presiden't performance in his last debate to a photo of a guy too sleepy to get those Zingers to his mouth?

I wonder if Carly Simon is so vain that she thinks this one-sided romantic couple was named after her.

I wonder if Carly Simon is so vain that she thinks this one-sided romantic couple was named after her.

That scene made me bummed that MTV cancelled "I Just Want My Pants"

That scene made me bummed that MTV cancelled "I Just Want My Pants"

Big Fish killed Spalding Gray.

Big Fish killed Spalding Gray.

The "everything is connected" kid at the end felt like a Touch reference.

The "everything is connected" kid at the end felt like a Touch reference.

She had a second job for a while as a historical recreator operating a butter churn at a museum. (or something like that)

She had a second job for a while as a historical recreator operating a butter churn at a museum. (or something like that)

Cheryl.  "Circus Knife Thrower Target" should have made the list.