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TV Show Recommendations

I like watching good comedies, any suggestions down in the comments would be wonderful.

I have loved watching IT Crowd, Big Bang Theory, Seinfeld, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The King of Queens, Cunk of Earth, Cunk of Britain, pretty much all of Ricky Gervais, and more shows that I'm not recalling at the moment.

Edit: I've also watched Psych, The Good Place, B99, Black Books, Third Rock From The Sun, Parks and Rec, Superstore, and Silicon Valley

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Add to that Schmiggadoon!, Shrinking and Trying... appleTV+ has some excellent comedies, many now in second and third seasons so plenty to binge!

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lemmy.ml

Trial & Error (freaking amazing)

Joe Pera Talks With You

Man Seeking Woman

Bored to Death

Detroiters

Corporate

Review (Andy Daly)

Kevin Can Fuck Himself

Wrecked

Mythic Quest

Dirk gently holistic detective agency

Don't trust the removed in apartment 23

Made for Love

Abbott Elementary

Check it out! With Steve Brule

Xaviar Renegade Angel

The Shivering Truth

Home Economics

Reaper

Shrinking

Bordertown (cartoon one)

Crashing (Pete Holmes)

It's Bruno!

Claws

Dispatches From Elsewhere

Burning Love

Delocated

Somebody Somewhere

Prodigal Son

Dave

Jury Duty

Veep

Superstore

Hope you haven't seen some of these!

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I big time vouch for Joe Pera Talks With You. Not enough people talk about it. It's so comfy, so funny, and goes by quicker than you want it to. Perfect show!

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lemmy.ml

Well hopefully some of the other shows can fulfill what you're looking for! I highly recommend trial & error to everyone I run into.

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I tried Trial & Error. Didn't really like it. However, I have been liking Veep so far. It reminds me of a more friendly The Thick Of It.

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Well hopefully some of the other shows can fulfill what you're looking for! I highly recommend trial & error to everyone I run into.

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Trial & Error (freaking amazing)

only season 1, season 2 was terrible and I'm glad it got the show cancelled

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lemmy.film

I feel like you'd like Ted Lasso, also second the users who've said Ghosts (both US and UK).

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lemm.ee

Ted Lasso is amazing. The recent episodes are a bit different, I'm interested in the development of the show with the direction their heading on.

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lemmy.film

I think the tone is really reminiscent of stuff like Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill or Love Actually. Even though it got a bit more sad this season, it's very wholesome and easy to watch.

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I wouldn't call it "sad" at all - each character has developed so they're much more self-aware, and some have developed goals which may not be what people expect. It's refreshing to see a comedy where characters aren't stuck in stereotypes but actually grow.

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My warm, comfy, tried-and-true go-to is Scrubs. Funny, heartfelt, an in the upper echelon of quick biting wit.

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Thanks for being so amazing guys. Last time I made a recommendation post on Reddit, nobody gave me any comments.

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lemmy.world

The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Maybe give James Acaster's Repertoire a go if you like British standup!

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The Good Place - fantastic all the way through (except i hate the last episode)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine - hilarious for the first few seasons, but when the show switched networks it became just good not great

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lemm.ee

I've watched Good Place and B99 already. Wonderful shows. I will check out James Acaster

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senseitoreply
lemmy.world

Well I'm glad you have seen them but we need to find you more!

What We Do In The Shadows? The Mighty Boosh, Spaced, Peep Show, the many works of Alan Partridge?

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Two British reccs fore you: Peep Show and Alan Partridge. Both are genius, as in constantly hilarious throughout with no gaps.

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demmy.co.uk
  • Ghosts (the US version)
  • Righteous Gemstones
  • Miracle Workers
  • Based on a true story
  • Blockbuster
  • The Great
  • The Goldbergs
  • Fresh Off the Boat
  • Killing It
  • Upload

Those are the ones that fall in and around the comedy genre that i recall enjoying in the last year...

If you're looking for some older UK centric ones

  • This Country
  • Inbetweeners
  • Two pints of lager
  • Fresh Meat
  • The Fast Show
  • Harry Enfield and Pals
  • My Family

If you liked IT Crowd and have a general interest in IT then check out Silicon Valley and it you like Chris O'Dowd in particular then check out "The Big Door Prize"

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freamonreply
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Ghosts (the US version)

How can you say this, when that version doesn't have Charlotte Richie in it. Not even once!

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Charlotte Richie i know.. i know.. but we do get Rose Mciver and i'm a big fan :)

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But it's got Rose McIver in it and she's great (sidenote iZombie also let her show she's got a LOT of range)

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Another vote for Silicon Valley. Based on the list above, my guess is that this would be right up your alley!

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Took up your suggestion for The Goldbergs and it seems like a pretty good show. Thanks for the recommendation.

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I disagree, if you're going that route then the first show absolutely must be That Mitchell And Webb Look.

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I've recently watched and highly recommend:

Queen of Oz

Count Abdullah

What we do in the shadows

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lemmy.ml

If you like IT Crowd, then Black Books is for you. One of the best comedies of that era. Start with the Grapes of Wrath Episode.

Peep Show is also great.

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kbin.social

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
New Girl
Party Down
Scrubs

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kbin.social

I loved all of these. I'd recommend:

  • The Mindy Project
  • Toast of London
  • Crashing
  • Taskmaster
  • Man Down
  • Nighty Night (this one might be too dark for you, but give it a try)
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lemm.ee

I love Taskmaster but can't find any good sites with all the episodes. I'll try your other picks as well.

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I don't know if this will still work but I found most of them on YouTube and Dailymotion using a VPN (but they get removed quickly). Maybe if you use a VPN that can change your location (the one I use does not offer that) and see the episodes on the Channel 4 app for free (I believe that's where they moved most of the UK series).

I haven't checked but I've heard others say they were able to watch all of the Australian and New Zealand version series of Taskmaster without any issue. I've heard they're just as funny (if a slightly different feel due to different hosts).

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One of my favorite people is Andy Daly. Check out his show called "Review" that was on Comedy Central a few years ago. There's 3 seasons of some really funny shit.

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I'm halfway through the first season of The Bear. The first couple episodes were a bit more serious setting the stage but it's got me cracking up now

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The office Silo Succession Severance Beef The Expanse For all mankind Better call Saul Lucky Hank

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Well since you mentioned B99 which is the current show I'm watching it's worth to mention the other three I have watched so far (that I remember):

Malcolm in the Middle, Friends and The Office US.

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Parks and Rec is amazing. I like Ron, Amy, the whole crew. Community, I stopped after a few seasons because it felt a bit off. I may get into it idk.

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