Top List Update: Essential TV Comedies
Comedy has been a constant force in television from its radio-birthed infancy to today, but its popularity has waxed and waned over the years. Though there may be fewer TV comedies on the air today than in decades past, it’s hard to deny the genre’s endurance. Even though reality series may rack up the ratings, comedy reigns on GetGlue, and the essential comedy TV shows is one of our most popular lists.
To keep up with your love of laughs, we revamped our list to reflect the shows that are the best — and the best-loved — in the comedy genre. There are the oldies-but-goodies, the new favorites we can’t wait for new episodes to arrive on Hulu, and the cult shows that we missed the first time around (but caught via DVD). We’ve also merged our old “Sitcoms” list into this one to ensure all your favorites are in one spot.
Some less popular — but no less loved — series are must-sees on the list as well. The postmodern perfection of Arrested Development’s lasted for just three years, but that seems like decades compared to the eighteen-episode run of the perfectly nostalgic (or maybe it’s just plain perfect) Freaks and Geeks. Sports Night and Flight of the Conchords got in two seasons each, but it’s about quality, not quantity, here.
We’ve got traditional, multi-camera sitcoms such as The Golden Girls, How I Met Your Mother, and Frasier, but single-camera comedy fans should be sated by the presence of Malcolm in the Middle, Scrubs, and Entourage. Families can sit down to episodes of The Cosby Show and The Wonder Years, but you might want to keep kids away from Weeds, It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, and Curb Your Enthusiasm — though that might create a sitcom-like situation of its own.
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