10 Best Comedy TV Shows

1. Arrested Development 

This critically acclaimed series follows the Bluths, a wealthy family that stands to lose everything when their patriarch, George Bluth Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor), is arrested for defrauding his real estate company. But the out-of-touch Bluths don’t know how not to be rich… or selfish or manipulative.

2. Crazy Ex-GirlFriend 

Lawyer Rebecca Bunch (Rachel Bloom) was working hard at a New York job, making dough but it made her blue. One day she was crying a lot, and so she decided to move to West Covina, California — the home of Josh Chan (Vincent Rodriguez III), her short-lived summer camp fling from over a decade ago. Rebecca initially maintains the relocation wasn’t for Josh, but soon she and her new work wife, Paula (Donna Lynne Champlin), are scheming to get him back.

3. Dead to Me 

Dark comedy lovers, stand up! Or, sit down, rather, and enjoy this biting-but-funny gem. After her husband is killed in a hit-and-run car accident, an angry and resentful Jen (Christina Applegate) begins attending a grief support group. There, she meets Judy (Linda Cardellini), an eccentric free spirit who soon becomes a close friend, despite their polar opposite personalities.

4. Derry Girls 

In this endearing teen sitcom, five friends — Erin (Saoirse-Monica Jackson), Orla (Louisa Harland), Clare (Nicola Coughlan), Michelle (Jamie-Lee O’Donnell), and James (Dylan Llewellyn) — navigate their teenage years during a period of political and cultural unrest in ’90s Northern Ireland known as the Troubles. 

5. Insecure 

Based on creator Issa Rae’s revered web series Awkward Black Girl, this satirical dramedy unpacks the joys, nuances, and uncomfortable experiences of modern-day Black women. In it, we meet college besties Issa (Rae) and Molly (Yvonne Orji), both now twentysomethings in Los Angeles looking for success in their careers and love lives. While Issa works at a nonprofit, Molly is a corporate lawyer. 

6. I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson 

If you enjoy basking in (or grimacing at) the most absurd situations, the Emmy-nominated ITYSL is the show for you. Each episode of the sketch series sees mastermind Tim Robinson and an impressive roster of guest stars (Tim Meadows, Fred Armisen, Jason Schwartzman, Sam Richardson, Patti Harrison, Will Forte) in various social and professional settings.

7. Jane The Virgin 

After an accidental artificial insemination, Jane Villanueva (Gina Rodriguez) must tell her serious boyfriend, Michael Cordero Jr. (Brett Dier), that she’s pregnant with another man’s child. That man is Rafael Solano (Justin Baldoni), the handsome and very wealthy owner of the Marbella Hotel where Jane happens to work as a waitress.

8. Lovesick 

Another hit from the Brits. This one’s about Dylan (Johnny Flynn), a hapless romantic who, on his quest for love, found chlamydia.  He decides to personally contact each one of his previous sexual partners and tell them — in alphabetical order. As he moves down the list, we revisit that time of his life in the past, and catch up with his paramour in the present for Dylan to break the news.

9. Never  Have I Ever 

From co-creators Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher, this coming-of-age comedy is honest, smart, and loosely based on Kaling’s own experiences as an Indian-American high school student. At the start of the series, 15-year-old Devi Vishwakumar (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) faces her sophomore year after her father dies of a heart attack and she loses the use of her legs for three months as a result of the trauma.

10. Seinfeld

The famous “show about nothing” ranks at the very top of most “best of” lists in the comedy category. In this brainchild from real-life comedians Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, Seinfeld plays a fictionalized version of himself living and doing stand-up in New York. The show typically cuts between bits from Jerry’s set and his chaotic city life. In both cases, some of the best material comes courtesy of his three close friends, the anxious George Costanza (Jason Alexander), hot-tempered Elaine Benes .