Need a great comedy series to binge and get comfortably lost in while the Writer’s and Actor’s Strike wages on?
Well, as we’ve long maintained, wherever we direct our thoughts ultimately impacts our imagination and, as a result, impacts our performance as voice actors.
The same applies to writers and directors as it applies to actors, regardless of the genre or medium. And just as writers must read a great deal to improve their literary prowess and find their voice, actors need to study a variety of recorded media (film, TV and voiceover) that shape our culture and the work we’ll most likely perform. Besides, audition specs are often full of pop culture references from popular TV shows, film and social media. That doesn’t mean you have to watch everything out there to FEED YOUR READ, but…
Here are 101 of some of the best comedy series you’ve either yet to see, or that are well worth revisiting! There’s bound to be a few to suit every funny bone.
1. Awkwafina is Nora from Queens
2. The Other Two
3. Parks and Recreation
4. Arrested Development
5. GLOW
6. What We Do in the Shadows
7. ROAR
8. Shrinking
9. Party Down
10. Getting On!
11. The Bear (okay, technically, it’s a dram-edy; I’d include this one under dramas, too)
12. Poker Face
13. Mrs. Davis
14. White Lotus (BOTH seasons!)
15. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
16. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
17. Fleabag
18. Silicon Valley
19. The Righteous Gemstones
20. Reservation Dogs
21. Insecure
22. Schitt’s Creek
23. Veep
24. Dead to Me
25. The Great
26. Beef
27. Black Adder
28. Faulty Towers
29. Atlanta
30. Raising Hope
31. Don’t Trust the B*tch in Apartment 23
32. Bad Sisters
33. Flight of the Conchords
34. Broad City
35. Los Espookys
36. Detroiters
37. Hacks
38. Frank of Ireland
39. Togetherness
40. The Munsters
41. The Addams Family
42. The Comeback
43. Monk
44. Get Smart
45. The Beverly Hillbillies
46. Bob’s Burgers
47. My Name is Earl
48. Reno 911!
49. 3rd Rock from the Sun
50. King of the Hill
51. Extras
52. Entourage
53. The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
54. You’re the Worst
55. Transparent
56. Archer
57. Fresh Off the Boat
58. The Odd Couple
59. Soap
60. The Bernie Mac Show
61. Mom
62. Rick and Morty
63. Malcolm in the Middle
64. BoJack Horseman
65. The Vicar of Dibley
66. Everybody Hates Chris
67. The Jeffersons
68. Futurama
69. Search Party
70. Master of None
71. Barry
72. Freaks and Geeks
73. Girls
74. Martin
75. The Wonder Years
76. Sex and the City
77. Keeping Up Appearances
78. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (The OG)
79. The Big Bang Theory
80. The Bob Newhart Show
81. The Dick Van Dyke Show
82. Louie
83. All in the Family
84. The Andy Griffith Show
85. The Honeymooners: Lost Episodes
86. How I Met Your Mother
87. Modern Family
88. Absolutely Fabulous
89. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
90. The Mighty Boosh
91. The Larry Sanders Show
92. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
93. Curb Your Enthusiasm
94. Only Murders in the Building
95. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
96. The Flight Attendant
97. 30 Rock
98. Taxi
99. The Office
100. Seinfeld
101. I Love Lucy
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