Best Comedy TV shows
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Best Comedy TV shows
TOP TV Shows: The Big Bang Theory (2007), Friends (1994), How I Met Your Mother (2005), Community (2009), My Name Is Earl (2005), The Office (2005), Modern Family (2009), Schitt's Creek (2015), Young Sheldon (2017), The IT Crowd (2006), 2 Broke Girls (2011), Two and a Half Men (2003), Parks and Recreation (2009), Silicon Valley (2014), Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013), New Girl (2011), The Middle (2009), Arrested Development (2003), Black Books (2000), Resident Alien (2021).
List of Best TV Shows
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
The Big Bang Theory is centered on five characters living in Pasadena, California: roommates Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper; Penny, a waitress and aspiring actress who lives across the hall; and Leonard and Sheldon's equally geeky and ...
Style:
sitcom, feel good, humorous, witty, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
nerd, scientist, roommate, friends, science, genius, sarcasm, best friend, group of friends, geek, friendship, neighbor ...
Time:
y2k, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
pasadena california, california, hawaii, usa
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1.2M
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
The misadventures of a group of friends as they navigate the pitfalls of work, life and love in Manhattan.
Style:
sitcom, feel good, humorous, entertaining, not serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, family outing, boys' night, teen drama ...
Plot:
friendship, best friend, everyday life, looking for love, couple relations, love and romance, sex life, group of friends, roommate, female friendship, couples, friends ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that originally aired on CBS from September 19, 2005, to March 31, 2014. The series follows the main character, Ted Mosby, and his group of friends in Manhattan. As a framing device, Ted, in the year 2030, ...
Style:
sitcom, light, feel good, sexy, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
roommate, friendship, friends, looking for love, singleness, couples, dating, couple relations, womanizer, group of friends, best friend, love and romance ...
Time:
2030s, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, madagascar
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309K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.
Style:
sitcom, not serious, witty, parody, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
hardcase students, college life, geek, friendship, social relations, friends, male protagonist, satire, comedian, college, immature, lifestyle change ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, colorado, seattle
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
When petty criminal Earl Hickey wins the lottery, he sets off on a quest to repair his questionable karma.
Style:
humorous, sitcom, funny, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
karma, lottery winner, good deed, irony of fate, misfit, mishap, humour, destiny, anti hero, marijuana, stupidity, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
819K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.
Style:
sitcom, mockumentary, humorous, talky, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
workplace, job, office, satire, employer employee relationship, salesman, office romance, love and romance, popularity, workplace problem, secret relationship, workplace situations ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, pennsylvania, seattle
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534K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.
Style:
humorous, sitcom, funny, saga, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
everyday life, family relations, generation gap, gay, adolescence, gay adoption, family life, parents and children, couple relations, couples, mother daughter relationship, blended family ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, southern california, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Formerly filthy rich video store magnate Johnny Rose, his soap star wife Moira, and their two kids, über-hipster son David and socialite daughter Alexis, suddenly find themselves broke and forced to live in Schitt's Creek, a small depressing ...
Style:
humorous, sitcom, ironic, not serious, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, family outing, teens
Plot:
small town, gay, lgbtq, motel, couple relations, gay relationship, riches to rags, real life father and son playing father and son, class differences, siblings living together, businessman, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
canada, seattle
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143K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.
Style:
witty, humorous, clever, sitcom, saga ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens
Plot:
child prodigy, genius, adolescence, prodigy, childhood, boy, child protagonist, school, scientist, society, parents and children, kids and family ...
Time:
year 1990, 80s, year 1993, year 1994, year 1992 ...
Place:
texas, usa
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175K
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
UK Comedy series about two I.T. nerds and their clueless female manager, who work in the basement of a very successful company. When they are called on for help, they are never treated with any respect at all.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, witty, not serious, realistic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
nerd, geek, computer genius, workplace, workplace situations, lifestyle, computer, teamwork, popularity, career, information technology, rivalry ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, london, canada
Is relevant?
113K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Comedy about the unlikely friendship that develops between two very different young women who meet waitressing at a diner in trendy Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and form a bond over one day owning their own successful cupcake business. Only one thing ...
Style:
sitcom, not serious, feel good, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
ambitious, financial problem, money raising, everyday life, lifestyle change, female friendship, workplace situations, friends, friendship, diner, adult humor, waitress ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, realistic, not serious, funny ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
beach house, friends, odd couple, teenager, silly humor, womanizer, slacker, ex husband, parents and children, lifestyle, sibling relationship, family life ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, malibu california, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Hilarious ensemble comedy that follows Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, and her tireless efforts to make her quintessentially American town just a little bit more fun.
Style:
sitcom, mockumentary, humorous, funny, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
political satire, politics, satire, absurd humor, social commentary, small town life, strong female lead, friendship, female protagonist, workplace situations, workplace humor, workaholic ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
indiana, usa, north america, seattle
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. Partially inspired by Mike Judge’s own experiences as a Silicon Valley engineer in the late ‘80s, Silicon Valley ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, entertaining, clever, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
computer, geek, programmer, computer genius, startup, computers and web, computer system, workplace situations, businessman, friends, workplace, ambition ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, san francisco, bay area, palo alto california
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, funny, not serious, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
workplace, police station, law enforcement, cop, coworker, satire, lgbtq, workplace situations, investigation, arrest, workplace humor, boss ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, seattle
Is relevant?
261K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Jessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys. Goofy, positive, vulnerable and honest to a fault, Jess has faith in people, even when she shouldn't. Although she's ...
Style:
feel good, sitcom, light, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
roommate, couples, friends, group of friends, couple relations, lifestyle, optimism, ex couple relations, love and romance, singleness, naivete, teenager ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, california, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
The daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the city of Orson, Indiana.
Style:
not serious, feel good, sitcom, offbeat, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
family values, everyday life, siblings relations, parents and children, small town, parenthood, adolescence, family relations, couple relations, family life, youth, childhood ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
indiana, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.
Style:
witty, sitcom, humorous, dark comedy, mockumentary ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
disorder, stupidity, dysfunctional family, arrest, father son relationship, silly humor, rivals, bankruptcy, immature, irresponsible, adolescence, workplace problem ...
Time:
2010s, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, seattle
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Black Books centres around the foul tempered and wildly eccentric bookshop owner Bernard Black. Bernard’s devotion to the twin pleasures of drunkenness and wilful antagonism deepens and enriches both his life and that of Manny, his assistant. ...
Style:
humorous, sitcom, witty, not serious, talky ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
bookstore, workplace, friends, workplace situations, uptight character, workplace problem, store, best friend, drunkenness, farce, coworker, weirdo ...
Time:
near future, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Crash-landed alien Harry takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor. Arriving with a secret mission, he starts off living a simple life…but things get a bit rocky when he’s roped into solving a local murder and realizes he needs to ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, feel good, light, dark comedy ...
Plot:
alien race, extraterrestrial, alien disguised as human, human alien, alien, alien on earth, alien space craft, alien contact, ufo, fish out of water, body horror, moral dilemma ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Place:
colorado, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
A hilarious workplace comedy about a unique family of employees at a super-sized mega store. From the bright-eyed newbies and the seen-it-all veterans to the clueless summer hires and the in-it-for-life managers, together they hilariously tackle the ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, absurd, feel good, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
workplace humor, store, employee, supervisor, workplace, workplace situations, rivalry, workplace romance, salesman, employer employee relationship, teamwork, love interest ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
usa, missouri, st. louis missouri
Is relevant?
282K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D" Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.
Style:
sitcom, witty, humorous, medical drama, surreal ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hospital, medical, doctors and patients, bromance, couples, doctor, workplace situations, workplace romance, friendship, friends, love and romance, workplace ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Married... with Children is an American sitcom that aired for 11 seasons. It featured a dysfunctional family living in a fictional Chicago, Illinois, suburb. The show, notable for being the first prime-time television series to air on Fox, ran from ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, parody, hilarious, psychedelic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, promiscuous daughter, family life, working class, struggle, adult humor, family problems, parents and children, misfit, social satire, stupidity, suburbs ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
chicago, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to disturb the tedium by unearthing the fortune of a lifetime.
Style:
funny, sitcom, humorous, not serious, satirical ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, english countryside, friendship, archaeologist, partner, obsessive quest, buddies, treasure, escapades, odd couple, fortune, hidden treasure ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Three fabulous, eccentric, LA best friends of a certain age have their lives changed forever when their plane unexpectedly lands in Cleveland and they soon rediscover themselves in this new "promised land."
Style:
sitcom, not serious, witty, realistic, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
girlfriend girlfriend relationship, middle aged, middle aged woman, female protagonist, best friend, actor's life, career, lifestyle change, desperation, marijuana, fish out of water, shopping ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
ohio, cleveland ohio, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 984 min.
TV show
Story:
Three women living in three different decades: a housewife in the '60s, a socialite in the '80s and a lawyer in 2018, deal with infidelity in their marriages.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, witty, erotic, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
marriage, women, crumbling marriage, family in crisis, open marriage, housewife, female protagonist, male female relationship, up and down relationship, adultery, society, strong female lead ...
Time:
1940s, 60s, 2010s, 80s, year 1949 ...
Place:
usa, pasadena california, california, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
It’s 1958 Manhattan and Miriam “Midge” Maisel has everything she’s ever wanted - the perfect husband, kids, and Upper West Side apartment. But when her life suddenly takes a turn and Midge must start over, she discovers a previously unknown ...
Style:
humorous, witty, atmospheric, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick
Plot:
jewish family, female protagonist, comedian, stand up comedian, female comedian, career, strong female lead, divorce, husband wife relationship, judaism, feminist, lifestyle change ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, future, 2010s, 60s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
After a naive Midwestern girl's big city dreams are dashed her first week in New York, she finds herself living with her worst nightmare in this hilarious, contemporary comedy about a female odd couple who are surrounded by an outrageous cast ...
Style:
humorous, sitcom, not serious, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
odd couple, friends, lifestyle change, roommate, lifestyle, sexual humor, city life, friendship, urban, troublemaker, everyday life, big city ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
When a woman is rescued from a doomsday cult and lands in New York City, she must navigate a world she didn’t think even existed anymore.
Style:
sitcom, sincere, humorous, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
fish out of water, strong female lead, gay lead character, hopes, gay relationship, coping, misfit, atheism, abduction, nanny, female protagonist, new in town ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A documentary-style look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of three vampires in Staten Island who have “lived” together for hundreds and hundreds of years.
Style:
mockumentary, humorous, sitcom, funny, gothic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, blood, nudity, orgy, supernatural being, friends, halloween, supernatural power, fantasy world, city life, social satire ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city
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