Any recs for a warm, funny tv show?

[bif]

Looking for something new. Some of my all-time faves are:
Detectorists
Superstore
Raising Hope
Shitts Creek
Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Any shows in that vein that I might enjoy?

[FalloutShelter]

1. I loved The Detectorists too.

Good warm comedy is in short supply.
I enjoyed The Paper, on Peacock. By the writers of The Office.
Same set-up, different kind of paper. I enjoyed it.

[bif]

13. Unfortunately I don't have Peacock.

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. Here's a few:

Ted Lasso - Apple+
Reservation Dogs - FX/Hulu/Disney+
Abbott Elementary - ABC/Disney+/Hulu
Life & Beth (Amy Schumer) - Disney+/Hulu

[bif]

17. Watched the first Ep of "Reservation Dogs"

That has potential. "Life & Beth". Couldn't finish the first episode. Can't stand Amy Schumer. There's just something about her I find clingy, and not funny at all.

[tanyev]

3. Canadian comedy, Corner Gas.

My PBS station is running it now. First season was good, but I feel like it’s gotten even better in Season 2.

[bif]

11. Love that show.

[FeelingBlue]

4. Do not miss...

Trying on Apple TV.

You may think it’s about infertility/trying to have a baby when you watch the first show. It’s not. It’s about a couple trying to build a family through adoption, and their relationships with family and friends. So very funny and sweet, too.

Do not miss it!!!

[bif]

14. Unfortunately, I don't have Apple TV right now.

But I'll put that on my list.

[imaginary girl]

5. Gilmore Girls and Parks and Rec

[bif]

12. Love both the those!

[Sedona]

6. Shrinking on Apple Plus

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7. I second this vote

Ted Lasso is probably my favorite show in this century.

Shrinking comes very close. Not coincidentally both are written by Brett Goldstein (ie Roy Kent from Ted Lasso)

Both are remarkably well written

Shrinking can be a little cringe at times and is occasionally raunchy. But it has a great cast of really diverse characters and it makes you love all of them.

[genxlib]

8. Your taste in sitcoms is very much like mine

Also consider

The Good Place

Ghosts (both the US and the UK version)

Community

Animal Control

Will and Grace

New Girl

The Santa Clarita Diet

What we do in the Shadows

Bobs Burgers

A Man on the Inside

[LessAspin]

9. Good Cop/Bad Cop

Good Cop/Bad Cop on the CW. More of a dramedy than a comedy but very funny.

Although I just read a piece from Matt Roush at TV Insider that talked about how GC/BC has yet to be cancelled or renewed at the CW because CW is no longer aligned with any networks or studios everything is fluid there.

So here's a list of Dramedies:

Psych
Elsbeth
The Mick
Limitless
Mrs Davis
Wild Cards♦️♠️
So Help Me Todd
Good Cop/Bad Cop
Only Murders in the Building

[LessAspin]

10. 🧬 Life in Pieces 🧩

Very funny 😂

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[LessAspin]

16. Whiskey Cavalier

A couple of short-lived ABC series that don't quite fit this thread but were really fun..

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15. Thanks all!

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Lots of great recs! I think my evenings just got a little bit brighter!