Yes, our eponymous lead went a little bonkers in recent years, and she was killed off her own spin-off, but there’s no denying that when it comes to the A+ fun, Roseanne did it best.

There was Dan as one-third of the Three Stooges and Becky’s dead-girl prom queen in season 3’s “Trick or Treat,” and we can’t forget Roseanne as zombie Dan’s creeptastic marionette in season 4’s “Trick Me Up, Trick Me Down.” But the best of the best goes to Roseanne’s first Halloween episode, season 2’s “BOO!” That tunnel of terror and Aunt Jackie’s head on a platter … woo boy.

How to watch: Stream on Amazon Prime

Claire Dunphy has happily taken up Roseanne Connor’s role as TV’s favorite Halloween-loving mom. Her delight in all things gross and scary is a much-needed counterpoint to her otherwise uptight ways.

If you’re unfamiliar with Modern Family’s Halloween eps, pull up its first tribute to fright, season 2’s “Halloween.” The Dunphys’ family room-cum-haunted house is serious TV fun, and even the side plots shine—Mitchell at work dressed as Spider-Man, when no one else is dressed up, is such the relatable oopsie.

But the best of the series goes to season 5’s “Open House of Horrors.” Claire spooks Phil while he’s in the midst of an evening house showing, and it’s actually a little creepy. That’s not so easy to achieve in 22 minutes.

How to watch: Stream the final season on Hulu

Nearly any time Community takes a themed route, viewers are in for a treat (Dungeons and Dragons games, Christmastime, turning all the characters into cartoons or puppets), but its Halloween episodes are extra special. Like when the gang has to free Pierce after he accidentally locks himself in his panic room (season 4’s “Paranormal Parentage”), or when basically the entire cast eats expired military rations and devolve into zombies for the night (season 2’s “Epidemiology”).

How to watch: Stream on Netflix

Season 3 is arguable the best season of Buffy, and its Halloween episode, “Band Candy,” is a highlight amidst the highlights. Thanks to some spiked candy, Sunnydale’s adults experience a little mental Benjamin Button syndrome, aging in reverse to their teenage selves. Hey, Buffy, you wanted more responsibility? Here: Now you’re the grown up.

Also: Raise your hand if you’re bummed Giles and Joyce never had themselves another car-top fling (admittedly, maybe somewhere more private).

How to watch: Stream on Hulu

As primetime’s longest-running scripted show—one that’s prioritized All Hallow’s Eve from the beginning—The Simpsons has plenty of Treehouse of Horror options to choose from: This year’s, set to air Oct. 18, will be number 32 according to Wikipedia’s huge, detailed graph of episodes.

How on earth do you pick a favorite? The first, from season 2, is the only Treehouse episode to actually feature a treehouse, and it’s as good a place to start as any. Or look at the aforementioned wiki and handpick your favorite parodies. Consider: The Shining (“The Shinning,” in season 6), A Nightmare on Elm Street (“Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace,” season 7) and Harry Potter (“Wiz Kids,” season 13). Or what about Seven (“Heck House,” season 19), Jumanji (“War and Pieces,” season 22) or Jurassic Park (“Geriatric Park,” season 30)?

How to watch: Stream on Disney+, watch season 32 on Fox now.

This 2000s legal dramedy is often overlooked on lists of best-of Halloween TV lists, but any time the Boston Legal cast gets to dress up is a treat. In fact, Season 2’s “Witches of Mass Destruction” is responsible for one of the series’ best sight gags: Denny and Alan in pink flamingo get-ups. Their chubby faces poking out of hot pink flamingo necks alone is worth the price of your streaming subscription.

Sure, the Wiccans who want their kids’ school to cancel the Halloween pageant (it stereotypes witches) is an attempt to lighten the episode’s other plot line (a paralegal gets Alan to help her sue the government on behalf of her soldier brother, who was killed in Iraq). But, like so many of Boston Legal’s over-the-top episodes, it’ll leave you thinking and giggling.

How to watch: Stream on Hulu

·Saturday Night Live has been running since 1975, so the list of classic Halloween sketches seems endless. Fan favorite David S. Pumpkins never disappoints (though why he never disappoints is a mystery—no matter how often I watch that skit, I start out confused and wind up laughing). Stefon makes everything he touches better, so you can’t go wrong with his tips for Halloween fun in NYC. (Never mind Bill Hader breaking character for a solid 25 seconds while trying to tell us about “Jewish Dracula.”)

Or go old school SNL, and don’t miss Richard Pryor as Father Cloris, trying his best to exorcise the demon out of a little girl in “The Exorcist 2.”

How to watch: Stream on Peacock, season 46 is now in progress on NBC

There are a bunch of ways to make a killer Halloween episode of television: Haunted houses are great. Putting our favorite characters in ridiculous situations is fun. But there’s something about turning our favorite characters into our other favorite characters that sticks in our memories.

And man, does Black-ish excel at costuming. There’s the time the Johnsons became Wakandan heroes. Then that time they were the Tethered family from Us. And, oh yes, we can’t forget when they turned into the sitcom version of The Purge.

How to watch: Stream on Hulu, season 7 begins Oct. 21 on ABC

Long-time fans of Brooklyn Nine-Nine know exactly what to expect when a new Halloween episode comes around: It’s time for a heist.

The heists get more involved as the seasons go on, but there’s something to be said for your first. In season 1’s “Halloween,” it’s a simple task: Jake bets the rest of the precinct that he can snatch Holt’s Medal of Valor. By comparison, and thanks to swapping networks, season 7’s “Valloweaster” spans much more than a single episode. The heist starts on Halloween, then gets paused, and resumed, and paused, and resumed, over the course of a full six months.

How to watch: Stream on Hulu, season 8 release TBD

Even though plenty of fans turn their noses up at the post-Michael Scott years, season 8’s “Spooked” is one of The Office’s best episodes, all thanks to the mischievousness of Robert California (a guest-starring James Spader).

Throughout the workday, Robert finds moments to figure out what, precisely, his employees fear: Meredith’s terror of Jim, Kelly’s worry of being alone, Creed’s “healthy fear” of snakes. And it all culminates in a bedtime story tailored to give everyone the heebie-jeebies.

Mix that in with Erin’s well-meaning but god-awful attempts at being scary, and you’ve got a pitch perfect episode of Halloween goodness.

How to watch: Stream on Netflix

Holidays and the seasons are so entwined with The Gilmore Girls that the 2016 follow-up “A Year in the Life” was divided by the literal seasons.

Yet there’s one actual Halloween-themed episode of the mother-daughter dramedy, and it’s a good one: Season 6’s “Twenty-One is the Loneliest Number.” It comes smack in the middle of one of the most hard-to-watch GG storylines, Lorelai and Rory’s estrangement—but there’s more than enough fall love to make up for that small detail. Elsewhile, the autumn festival in Season 1’s “Kiss and Tell” is the first of the hundred or so Gilmore Girls festivals, and the episode is covered with hay bales and pumpkins (and features Rory and Dean’s first kiss). All the cozy Yale tailgating fun makes Season 4’s “Ted Koppel’s Big Night Out” more than fit into the fall theme. And, of course, you can’t forget the fourth and final “A Year in the Life,” called, simply, “Fall.”

How to watch: Stream on Netflix