Top 10 TV Shows: Comedy
The highest-graded comedy TV shows we have reviewed, best first.
The Office (US)The mockumentary sitcom that turned cringe into affection without ever going soft on Michael Scott.Read the review
Curb Your EnthusiasmTwelve seasons of social contract violation, plotted like farce and performed like documentary.
CommunityA sitcom whose default setting is formal experiment, and it still lands the feeling underneath.
Rick and MortyThe highest premise-per-minute rate on television, wrapped around a genuinely bleak argument.
Silicon ValleyThe sharpest tech satire ever filmed, with a dialogue engine that never sounds like writers guessing.
Arrested DevelopmentThe densest joke architecture ever built for a sitcom, and then a streaming service reopened it.
Parks and RecreationSweet, sturdy and endlessly quotable, but it trades its bite for warmth once Pawnee stops being the joke.
Brooklyn Nine-NineA joke-dense workplace comedy carried by Andre Braugher's deadpan and an unusually generous ensemble.
Eastbound & DownDanny McBride built a monster with a mullet and then refused to let him learn a single thing, which is exactly why it works.
Modern FamilyFive straight Emmys for a show that stopped growing halfway through, and a cast good enough to carry the rest.
