Any Decent Sitcoms Anymore?

[Guy Gardener]

Has Starman tapped out?

He's probably going to read the entire thread in a week or two, so yes we are talking directly to him, just not yet, since we are talking to future Starman, not present Starman.

Time travellers are us.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Funny how he stopped posting right after that guy saved all the people on the Hindenburg.

 

[Guy Gardener]

The universe folded in on itself and went dark for me that time the Titanic made it to New York in Supernatural.

2frakes just made me recall how much i enjoyed this one season wonder. Johnathan Silverman was hilarious as the bitter ex-husband furious that he used to babbysit his ex-wifes new lover.

Significant Mother

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[1001001]

Brooklyn Nine-Nine is probably my favorite current sitcom. It's really funny, IMHO.

Other solid efforts are:

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
New Girl
Superstore
Life in Pieces

If animation counts as a sitcom:

Archer
Bob's Burgers

 

[JirinPanthosa]

I've also heard Silicon Valley described as a 'Sitcom'. That is an excellent show. Seems to hit all the right timing and comic notes especially from a programmer's perspective.

 

[soornge]

right now i am really enjoying last man standing and lethal weapon however nothing is as always funny as 30 rock or seinfeld i think i have watched both
completly like 40 times each

 

[Starbreaker]

Louie
Better Things
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Veep
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
New Girl

 

[retroenzo]

I've been working through How I Met Your Mother recently and been really enjoying it. Bit annoyed though as someone spoiled the ending for me recently. However I'm still enjoying the series, especially as they haven't lost their way in keeping to their main story. Big Bang Theory is also a must see every week for me as it's pretty much guaranteed to make me laugh out loud at least once per episode. Most US comedies barely even raise a smile from me.

I did recently tried to watch Friends from the very beginning as I had seen the odd episode and thought it was very funny on its day. Didn't exactly hit the ground running though did it? When did that hit its stride?

Love my British comedies though, especially the likes of Red Dwarf, Spaced, Blackadder, Fawlty Towers. I love Graham Linehan's stuff too. Black Books, Father Ted, The IT Crowd. I will occasionally rewatch all of these comedies too. Although we do seem to be lacking on NEW British comedy though. Waiting for that must see comedy. There must be something out there on the horizon.

 

[USS Triumphant]

One I haven't seen mentioned - and I'm not surprised, because it's on Wednesday nights on TV Land, of all places - is the Michael Rosenbaum sitcom "Impastor". No one seems to know anything about it, but it has somehow made it into a second season. I guess it's cheap to make and TV Land's bar just isn't that high for ratings? Well, I like it a lot, even if I'm one of only like three people watching.

I like Brooklyn Nine Nine and Good Place.
<snip> Brooklyn Nine Nine admits it's stupid whereas something like Modern Family is just as stupid but pretends to be realistic.

These are the three others I would have mentioned. I *like* Modern Family.

 

[1001001]

Louie
Better Things
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Veep
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
New Girl

How could I forget It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia?



Probably because we get 10 episodes a year.

Love this show.

 

[Guy Gardener]

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[Greg Cox]

Does Crazy Ex-Girlfriend count? 'Cause that show is genius.

 

[urbandefault]

How could I forget It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia?



Probably because we get 10 episodes a year.

Love this show.

I've been trying to watch Always Sunny, but something about it gets on my nerves. Probably Charlie's screaming.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Why wouldn't it count?

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[TREK_GOD_1]

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).

Your reaction is not at all surprising, as The King of Queens & 2 Broke Girls are just exercises in abuse and insults with the label "sitcom" slapped on it. Some comedy writers think over the top characters and situations are what makes good humor, but they would be very wrong. In the case of TKOQ, what's funny about a whining dullard of a husband obsessed with eating and arguing against anything other than watching sports? A wife who was constantly physically and emotionally abusive to the husband, materialistic, hateful toward just about everyone other than her conniving, thieving, screaming father? That is all TKOQ was--anything but funny.

2 Broke Girls--I guess the producers thought a group of characters being as base as possible is a reflection of the world, thus they're relatable. Honestly, who on earth could listen to more than 5 seconds of Kat Dennings' character telling 5th grade "gross-out" slurs & jokes without hitting the mute selection?

 

[Kai "the spy"]

As long as we're also including non-traditional sitcoms, I don't think Blunt Talk has been mentioned.

 

[urbandefault]

Your reaction is not at all surprising, as The King of Queens & 2 Broke Girls are just exercises in abuse and insults with the label "sitcom" slapped on it. Some comedy writers think over the top characters and situations are what makes good humor, but they would be very wrong. In the case of TKOQ, what's funny about a whining dullard of a husband obsessed with eating and arguing against anything other than watching sports? A wife who was constantly physically and emotionally abusive to the husband, materialistic, hateful toward just about everyone other than her conniving, thieving, screaming father? That is all TKOQ was--anything but funny.

2 Broke Girls--I guess the producers thought a group of characters being as base as possible is a reflection of the world, thus they're relatable. Honestly, who on earth could listen to more than 5 seconds of Kat Dennings' character telling 5th grade "gross-out" slurs & jokes without hitting the mute selection?

I agree about 2BG, but I kinda like King of Queens--I guess I'm one of those dullard husbands.

 

[Guy Gardener]

The creators of 2 Broke Girls are Whitney Cummings, Michael Patrick King .

Sex and the City + Whitney.

I really liked the Girls Guide to Depravity, which is also soft core porn.

This is nice.

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[Guy Gardener]

Australian civil servant frustrated about how nothing is ever accomplished.

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[David Strickhouser]

Nothing in the current crop of sitcoms (from the last decade) has piqued my interest. I have to go back to Seinfeld (now almost twenty years from its run) to get a "bust out laughing" reaction.
Cheers, Coach, Roseanne, Barney Miller, All in the Family, ... those were the last to "bust my gut" laughing over.
The Big Bang Theory comes closest, but mostly a "snicker" level of laughter.