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[Choomp]

It may be the age of streaming services like Netflix settling in or I may just not be giving a lot of shows a good enough shot, but I just can't get hooked to anything that's on primetime TV nowadays when it comes to comedies. To me, nothing from this decade so far comes close to the perfect balance of humor and other smart plotlines than The Office, Scrubs, How I Met Your Mother and some other shows that ran around that time.

Are there any shows I should try? Brooklyn Nine-Nine is good, The Middle is okay, but I'm still waiting for the one that fires at all cylinders and hooks me like the ones I mentioned above.

 

[Choppasmith]

The Goldbergs is a nice slice of life comedy in similar vein to the Wonder Years.
Not sure if that's "sitcomy" enough for you though.

 

[giga]

Check out True Detective, S2.

 

[oreomunsta]

Are you telling me that you don't like 2 Broke Girls, OP?

Spoiler

/s, of course

 

[Magwik]

Did you miss 30 Rock and Always Sunny?

 

[BennyBlanco]

Haven't really enjoyed one since Curb Your Enthusiasm.

 

[Copenap]

Modern Family is A+. I also enjoy New Girl very much.

 

[Servbot24]

Did you miss 30 Rock and Always Sunny?

Always Sunny is probably not considered primetime TV

 

[Valhelm]

Most great sitcoms have been produced in the last few years. 30 Rock, It's Always Sunny, and especially Arrested Development stand toe-to-toe with the Dick Van Dyke show and Lucy.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

How I Met Your Mother

 

[Scrooged]

Silicon Valley

 

[Oregano]

We had Happy Endings and we blew it!

 

[Choomp]

Did you miss 30 Rock and Always Sunny?

I'm not a fan of 30 Rock and yeah, I was mainly referring to ABC/CBS/NBC.

Spoiler

I love Always Sunny

 

[Dereck]

Workaholics

 

[KKRT00]

Watch Veep, its the best comedy in years. 30 Rock is also amazing.

 

[Strangelove77]

"How I Met Your Mother" and "Scrubs," huh?
We can't help you.

 

[dh4niel]

How you can put The Office and HIMYM in the same sentence is beyond me. That show has zero comedy in it.

 

[Grover]

if all you're looking for is a great sitcom to watch then check out Black Adder Season 2-4

 

[WedgeX]

Watch Blackish.

 

[nullref]

Recent TV comedies that I've liked:

• Veep
• Silicon Valley
• Master of None
• Louie
• Broad City
• The Last Man on Earth
• Review
• Portlandia
• Rick & Morty
• Archer
• New Girl

There's lots out there. Maybe my tastes are different than yours, though.

 

[PrawnyNZ]

I'm enjoying Superstore at the moment. Obviously not at How I Met Your Mother level yet, but it's only season one.

 

[BodiesWithoutOrgans]

I'm loving superstore on NBC laughter out loud good

 

[ShabbadooJr]

1. The Goldbergs
2. Fresh off the Boat
3. The Grinder
4. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
5. Undateable Live

All are fantastic sitcoms.

 

[Magwik]

Silicon Valley

Also this

 

[SomedayTheFire]

We had Happy Endings and we blew it!

 

[blamite]

Superstore has been pretty decent from what I've seen so far.

 

[Zen_Arcade]

The Goldbergs is a nice slice of life comedy in similar vein to the Wonder Years.
Not sure if that's "sitcomy" enough for you though.

I agree, Goldbergs and Modern Family are the only sitcoms from prime time lineups that I watch.

 

[Dereck]

We had Happy Endings and we blew it!

Preach

 

[UraMallas]

The fact that you have HIMYM listed as great makes me think we have very different tastes but I still think you'd enjoy Modern Family. It is probably the best mainstream comedy going right now. Check it out.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

I think the last good black sitcom was Everybody Hates Chris. I tried an episode of Blackish after watching clips, but that episode with Amber Rose did not sway me.

 

[Certinty]

Fresh Off the Boat is amazing, best active sitcom for me.

Modern Family and Brooklyn Nine-Nine are also both great.

 

[addik]

There has been some pretty good sitcoms in the last few years alone:

Veep, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Master of None, and we even got some great ones cancelled like Selfie and Don't Trust that Bitch in Apartment 23.

 

[TVexperto]

I miss comedies like Scrubs, I rewatched the first four seasons and the jokes remind me of movies like the naked gun.

 

[tearsintherain]

Some seem to have moved to cable and netflix. Kimmy Schmidt and Masters of None I thought were pretty good. Goldbergs is one of my favorites, I also like Fresh off the Boat and Black-ish but am a season behind on both.

It does feel like a big one like Seinfeld or Friends is missing, one that everyone watches. It doesn't help that networks keep moving all these shows around every goddamn season. It used to be thursday night = comedy night, but thats long gone.

The shows everyone watches now seem to be dramas - True Detective in season 1, Game of Thrones kinda, Fargo, Empire, Better Call Saul, etc. Expanse deserves a spot on the must-watch list.

 

[daemissary]

You're the Worst is pretty great

 

[GuitarAtomik]

To me, nothing from this decade so far comes close to the perfect balance of humor and other smart plotlines than...Scrubs, How I Met Your Mother...

I'm not a fan of 30 Rock

I can't. I can't.

 

[UraMallas]

I don't think we'll ever see big event sitcoms (or shows, really) going forward. The way people consume television has changed drastically so being chained to your TV on Thursday nights to make sure you don't miss the TV makes it easier to miss shows for most Americans.

There are a few holdovers from the cusp like Walking Dead and Game of Thrones but a new drama or sitcom that will reach those levels to me seems far fetched. I don't know much about TV numbers, though, so this is all gut feeling talking.

 

[sarcastor]

Angie Tribeca. It's like Naked Gun. But with more episodes.

 

[catpurrcat]

Recent TV comedies that I've liked:

• Veep
• Silicon Valley
• Master of None
• Louie
• Broad City
• The Last Man on Earth
• Review
• Portlandia
• Rick & Morty
• Archer
• New Girl

There's lots out there. Maybe my tastes are different than yours, though.

Probably different tastes. I respect all of the shows you have listed, but aside from Master of None which I loved, none held my attention. So I understand where OP is coming from.

Maybe Brooklyn 9-9 for the OP?

 

[bryehn]

Superstore has been pretty decent from what I've seen so far.

I've seen it a couple times and was pleasantly surprised.

 

[Symphonia]

How did you forget the comedy masterpiece that is Big Bang Theory?

Spoiler

/s

Spoiler

Or is it?

 

[The Dutch Slayer]

So lots of shows hat people have posted here are not what I would consider sitcoms.
I thought a sitcome has to be single camera friends style show?

Or is just any comedy/humor show a sitcom?
If that is the case you have to see:

Man seeking woman

 

[outunderthestars]

Last Man On Earth
Archer
Bob's Burgers

 

[MilkLizard]

The first few seasons are fantastic.

 

[Choppasmith]

Angie Tribeca. It's like Naked Gun. But with more episodes.

Just fyi, Police Squad was the TV show that the Naked Gun movies were spun off of. But yeah, funny it already has a higher episode count.

 

[wanderingprostheyltite]

Go watch some Baskets, op. Zach Galifiankis is a clown, Louie Anderson plays his mom, hilarity ensues.

Spoiler

Based on your tastes you probably won't like it

 

[Dereck]

Parks & Recreation is one of the strongest sitcoms I've seen.

 

[Dr. Malik]

The Mindy Project if you have Hulu

 

[vicissitudes]

I don't know what more you want, OP. We're in a golden era of network sitcoms, if anything.

 

[Ramsiege]

Fresh Off the Boat is amazing, best active sitcom for me.

Modern Family and Brooklyn Nine-Nine are also both great.

These are good! Also going say Superstore is pretty good. Grinder too.

Galavant if you like musicals that are hilarious.

We had Happy Endings and we blew it!

This one still hurts Watched it again on Hulu and it still absolutely hilarious...