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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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COMMUNITY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- I may get back into it again since everybody keeps suggesting it to me
- It’s streets ahead!
Didn't spot 30 Rock, so I'll put that suggestion in

Also 100% agree with everyone who suggested Community
I’m absolutely loving “What We Do In The Shadows”

Older shows I still rewatch include Community and Psych. Both are absolutely extraordinary.
- Psych is my all time favorite show. I don't think Community stands a chance but that's just my opinion.
  
  I think they’re still in the middle of making the fourth Psych movie.
Ted Lasso
- Add to that Schmiggadoon!, Shrinking and Trying... appleTV+ has some excellent comedies, many now in second and third seasons so plenty to binge!
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!
- 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!
- Kevin Can Fuck himself sounds like an interesting show.
  
  It's freaking amazing. Hooked me right away
- And also bajillion dollar properties
- Trial & Error (freaking amazing)
  
  only season 1, season 2 was terrible and I'm glad it got the show cancelled
Poker Face starring Natasha Lyonne on Peacock.
My warm, comfy, tried-and-true go-to is Scrubs. Funny, heartfelt, an in the upper echelon of quick biting wit.
Workaholics

The Righteous Gemstones

Platonic

Arrested Development

30 Rock

Fired on Mars

Shrinking
- Oh how did I forget about Arrested Development? Amazing show, at least for the first 3 seasons.
  
  Season 4 was kind of a dud for me, and I didn't finish season 5.
  
  100% agreed and don't forget there's always money in the banana stand!
Thanks for being so amazing guys. Last time I made a recommendation post on Reddit, nobody gave me any comments.
I'm going to suggest some older shows, they may be hard to find on streaming, but they are on physical media:

NewsRadio:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsRadio

Titus:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus_(TV_series)

Better Off Ted:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Off_Ted
Two British reccs fore you: Peep Show and Alan Partridge. Both are genius, as in constantly hilarious throughout with no gaps.
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.
- Black Books is fucking amazing. I will check out Peep Show as well.
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"
- Ghosts (the US version)
  
  How can you say this, when that version doesn't have Charlotte Richie in it. Not even once!
  
  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)
  
  Charlotte Richie i know.. i know.. but we do get Rose Mciver and i'm a big fan :)
- Another vote for Silicon Valley. Based on the list above, my guess is that this would be right up your alley!
- Took up your suggestion for The Goldbergs and it seems like a pretty good show. Thanks for the recommendation.
- I've already watched Silicon Valley, wonderful show. I will check out all your other suggestions
The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Maybe give James Acaster's Repertoire a go if you like British standup!
- 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
- I've watched Good Place and B99 already. Wonderful shows. I will check out James Acaster
  
  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?
Deadloch, Class of 07, Psych, Ash vs Evil Dead, A Touch of Cloth
X-Files
W1A
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
New Girl
Party Down
Scrubs
- 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)
  
  I love Taskmaster but can't find any good sites with all the episodes. I'll try your other picks as well.
- Luxury Comedy
If you like British stuff my vote is for Peep Show and Red Dwarf
- I disagree, if you're going that route then the first show absolutely must be That Mitchell And Webb Look.
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.
I've recently watched and highly recommend:

Queen of Oz

Count Abdullah

What we do in the shadows
The office Silo Succession Severance Beef The Expanse For all mankind Better call Saul Lucky Hank
The increasing poor decisions of Todd Margaret
- Also the original run of the following two series:
  
  Arrested Development
  
  Mr. Show
The Venture Bros.
- Spanakopita! I can never eat Greek food without hearing dr. venture yelling that out
The Other Two
Feel Good is great
"Nirvana the band the show" is probably my favorite comedy show of all time, and barely anyone knows about it.

Before they made the tv show they had a web series that made this gem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_qnI1WrlnU
- Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=B_qnI1WrlnU
  
  Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
  
  I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.
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.
'Dead Lile Me' is a good comedy series. A bit niche, maybe, but really good nontheless.
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
Miranda on the BBC is pretty good. Such fun! Such fun!
Parks and Recreation, Community.
- 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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