Any Decent Sitcoms Anymore?

[StarMan]

Just as an example me and my partner have tried watching several episodes of King of Queens and Two Broke Girls (they're on Comedy Central in repeats - only get a few minutes in before rolling eyes). Yet, watching a Cheers episode tonight I've laughed more in one minute than the entirety of anything witnessed on the previously mentioned shows.

So yeah, go from the title. (Christ, give me a bit of cheesy Married with Children!).

 

[sojourner]

Try The Good Place. It's a new sitcom this season. Ted Danson and Kirsten Bell starring.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Give me any sitcom with no laugh track and I'm happy.

(long pause)

 

[The Laughing Vulcan]

Red Dwarf Series XI

 

[Smoked Salmon]

Red Dwarf Series XI

Meh. I still don't think it's as good as the show was before Rob Grant left.

 

[The Laughing Vulcan]

Meh. I still don't think it's as good as the show was before Rob Grant left.

There's a difference between 'decent sitcom' and 'best thing ever made for television'.

 

[Aldo]

I recently started watching repeats of 'New Girl" on TBS and found it to be pretty funny. I'm not sure how it is now though, as I've not seen any new episodes of it.

 

[urbandefault]

"Speechless" is a pretty good new one. "Kevin Can Wait" is like a cross between "King of Queens" and "According to Jim." It's ok, mostly just filler for an otherwise empty night.

We still like "The Middle" and "The Goldbergs."

 

[Owain Taggart]

If you don't mind something a few years older, give Canada's Corner Gas a try. Truly an underrated series in my mind.

Here's one of my favourite episodes:

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[Relayer1]

Meh. I still don't think it's as good as the show was before Rob Grant left.

I have never found it funny. I just like it.

I don't like The Goldbergs, but I do find it kind of funny...

 

[Snaploud]

Black-ish, Speechless, and The Good Life are all enjoyable so far. Black-ish is airing season 3, while the other two are in their first seasons.

 

[Professor Zoom]

Black-ish amazing. Smart, well crafted. And sometimes takes on BIG topics.

 

[Timewalker]

If you don't mind something a few years older, give Canada's Corner Gas a try. Truly an underrated series in my mind.

Here's one of my favourite episodes:

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I am really going to have to make the effort to catch up with the episodes I've missed.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

On broadcast TV:

The Good Place
New Girl
Superstore
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Modern Family (though it's not nearly as good as it used to be)
The Carmichael Show

On cable or Netflix (some are not sitcoms in the conventional sense):

You're the Worst
Veep
Silicon Valley
Better Things (a spiritual successor to Louis CK's Louie, co-produced by him, and co-produced and starring Pamela Adlon in the lead)
Archer
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I am really going to have to make the effort to catch up with the episodes I've missed.

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[Greg Cox]

"You're the Worst" is worth checking out, although I've fallen behind since they moved from FX to FXX. (I swear to God, I didn't even know there was an FXX.)

And I'm still enjoying BIG BANG THEORY, of course.

 

[bigdaddy]

Best sitcom... Black-ish
Best comedy.... The Good Place

 

[RJDiogenes]

I find it hard to watch sitcoms these days because they're so staccato and compressed that I feel like I'm watching highlights from last week's episode, but I've seen episodes of Big Bang Theory, Fresh Off The Boat, New Girl, and The Mindy Project and they were all good.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

I like Brooklyn Nine Nine and Good Place.

In general I'm not a fan of sitcoms because I don't like or believe the characters. They tend to have this uncomfortable combination of selling themselves as real people the audience is meant to identify with but reacting to things like conservative archetypes rather than how any real person ever would.

The sitcoms I tend to enjoy aren't any more believable but also admit they aren't. Brooklyn Nine Nine admits it's stupid whereas something like Modern Family is just as stupid but pretends to be realistic.

 

[Relayer1]

An old one you might not be familiar with is Father Ted. It's brilliant, but not exactly standard sitcom stuff though...