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Rizen

(881 posts)
Sat May 17, 2025, 09:29 PM May 17

Know Any Good Sitcoms?

I'm looking for my next show to watch, preferably on Netflix because I'm already paying for it but I could always look up a show on Amazon too. I like shows that are smart and funny. Cheers, Fraiser, How I met Your Mother, The IT Crowd, Bojack Horseman, That 70s Show, to name a few. Unfortunately 80% of Netflix is crap and I've already exhausted their good shows.

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Know Any Good Sitcoms? (Original Post) Rizen May 17 OP
The Man On the Inside on Netflix mucifer May 17 #1
Derry Girls on Netflix SharonClark May 17 #2
Everybody Loves Raymond BOSSHOG May 17 #3
"Hot in Cleveland" with Betty White - naughty and hysterical nature-lover May 17 #4
I tried that out Rizen May 18 #25
It gets even better with famous guest stars throughout the series. Glad you liked it! nature-lover May 18 #26
Rizen, I'm 74, but am enjoying the hell out of "Never Have I Ever", about a teenage girl and her Leghorn21 May 17 #5
Loved that series. SharonClark May 17 #6
Fisk Elvis the dog May 17 #7
Tell the folks at home that the first two seasons of Fisk are showing on NetFlix, Elvis! marble falls May 18 #18
That's a good show Rizen May 18 #19
Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote May 18 #21
Fisk on Netflix sorcrow May 17 #8
oh I LOVE that show Skittles May 17 #10
catching up on The Rockford Files Skittles May 17 #9
Becker (1998-2004) Ted Danson as Dr. Becker 2MuchNoise May 17 #11
Eureka LogDog75 May 17 #12
I looked that up... Rizen May 18 #20
It is really good. Morbius May 18 #24
It's better than good, it's great! lark May 19 #33
Netflix? SheltieLover May 18 #27
Superstore bif May 17 #13
Parks and Recreation k_buddy762 May 17 #14
Resident Alien 1WorldHope May 18 #15
Check out Pluto TV... ultralite001 May 18 #16
The Beverly Hillbillies via tubitv.com CountAllVotes May 18 #17
Kim's Convenience LNM May 18 #22
I will need to return here a few times rurallib May 18 #23
Big bang theory is still one of my favorites but probably not on netflix yet. yourout May 18 #28
The Upshaws. flvegan May 18 #29
I've simply given up on sitcoms. Archae May 18 #30
I ignored them for years bif May 19 #32
"Disjointed" on Netflix nuxvomica May 19 #31
Like John Goodman? I got a great show for you - ever heard of Normal, Ohio? rurallib May 19 #34

BOSSHOG

(42,619 posts)
3. Everybody Loves Raymond
Sat May 17, 2025, 09:46 PM
May 17

Great chemistry and comedy with Raymond usually playing 2nd, 3rd and 4th fiddle losing laugh lines from Mom and Dad and Brother. You’ll get a laugh.

Leghorn21

(13,890 posts)
5. Rizen, I'm 74, but am enjoying the hell out of "Never Have I Ever", about a teenage girl and her
Sat May 17, 2025, 09:51 PM
May 17

family and friends — silly but very smart fun!!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10062292/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_7_nm_0_in_0_q_never%2520habi

(Mindy Kaling, creator, along with Lang Fisher)

Elvis the dog

(1 post)
7. Fisk
Sat May 17, 2025, 09:58 PM
May 17

Try Fisk. An Australian comedy with likable and quirky characters. Watch with subtitles. Makes it easier to pick up some of the dialogue and idioms.

sorcrow

(589 posts)
8. Fisk on Netflix
Sat May 17, 2025, 10:03 PM
May 17

Australian, I enjoyed it.

Lawyer of reduced circumstances goes to work for a family law firm. Comedy gold, right?

Best regards,
Sorghum Crow

Skittles

(164,646 posts)
10. oh I LOVE that show
Sat May 17, 2025, 10:22 PM
May 17

laugh out loud funny although I have to keep subtitles on to catch everything

loved it when she was denying her drab style of dress made her look like "furniture" and a guy came into the office and literally tried to sit on her

Skittles

(164,646 posts)
9. catching up on The Rockford Files
Sat May 17, 2025, 10:10 PM
May 17

lots of ups and downs, mob activity, hilarious car chases

LogDog75

(478 posts)
12. Eureka
Sat May 17, 2025, 11:11 PM
May 17

This is a scfi program that's both comedy and drama. Jack Carter is a U.S. Marshall transporting his runaway daughter back to his ex-wife in LA. Their car gets into an accident and they walk into the town of Eureka where everyone there is a genius. While waiting for his car to be repaired he inserts himself into a case of a missing boy and after figuring out where the boy is he's offered a job as the town's sheriff. Although Jack is of average intelligence he's called upon to solve a number of incidents, many of them humorous, the town's geniuses can't solve.

Morbius

(511 posts)
24. It is really good.
Sun May 18, 2025, 07:45 PM
May 18

Funny and you can't help caring about the folks on the show. My daughter (now 30) loved it too.

lark

(25,100 posts)
33. It's better than good, it's great!
Mon May 19, 2025, 10:40 AM
May 19

Love that show! It's on the list of things to rewatch via streaming.

bif

(25,610 posts)
13. Superstore
Sat May 17, 2025, 11:41 PM
May 17

Brooklyn Nine-nine, Swedish Dicks, Abbott Elementary, Raising Hope, Detectorists, Sex Education, Corner Gas, Lost in Space.

1WorldHope

(1,282 posts)
15. Resident Alien
Sun May 18, 2025, 12:02 AM
May 18

I love it. But it's not for everyone. Gary Farmer is a main character and there are several native actors. Some were on Reservation Dogs that I absolutely loved!

LNM

(1,188 posts)
22. Kim's Convenience
Sun May 18, 2025, 03:06 PM
May 18

About a Korean/Canadian man who runs a convenience store with his wife. A very good cast.

rurallib

(63,790 posts)
23. I will need to return here a few times
Sun May 18, 2025, 06:52 PM
May 18

and check out many of the suggestions.

Glad you asked the question.

Archae

(47,168 posts)
30. I've simply given up on sitcoms.
Sun May 18, 2025, 11:36 PM
May 18

They no longer interest me.

Far too often, the same stale re-run "jokes," and same old, same old plotlines.

bif

(25,610 posts)
32. I ignored them for years
Mon May 19, 2025, 09:27 AM
May 19

I'm a total cynic and I especially hate laugh tracks. But I've actually found some witty, funny shows over the last couple years. See my post above.

nuxvomica

(13,347 posts)
31. "Disjointed" on Netflix
Mon May 19, 2025, 05:30 AM
May 19

Kathy Bates stars as a liberal lawyer who runs a California pot dispensary employing a trippy bud tender, a security guard with PTSD, and a med school dropout. Frequent patrons are hilarious Youtube pot influencers Dank (Chris Redd) and Dabby (Betsy Sodaro). Produced by Chuck Lorre (The Big Bang Theory).

rurallib

(63,790 posts)
34. Like John Goodman? I got a great show for you - ever heard of Normal, Ohio?
Mon May 19, 2025, 06:57 PM
May 19

I found it on YouTube when I was looking for Christmas sitcoms.

Goodman plays a formerly married guy who decides he's gay and moves to LA from Normal Ohio.
The show starts when he returned to Normal.

Can't remember how many episodes there were. Maybe 10? Was was on the networks in early 2000s but was up against Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. It was freaking Hilarious.

Hope you can find it and enjoy

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