Sitcoms, a list by Jeyne

7.1

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67

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67

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81

/27/

76

66

/18/

age 14+

An eclectic group of underfunded yet dedicated doctors and nurses navigates caring for patients — and each other — while keeping it all together at an Oregon hospital.

58

57

6.3

/6658/

63

/479/

63

/59/

47

/15/

61

51

/13/

age 13+

Matt is a stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop. When Matt's estranged daughter Riley and her teenage kids move into his house, the real restoration begins.

84

8.2

/49953/

79

/2859/

74

/251/

99

/90/

89

83

/39/

age 5+

In this workplace comedy, a group of dedicated, passionate teachers — and a slightly tone-deaf principal — are brought together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life. Though these incredible public servants may be outnumbered and underfunded, they love what they do — even if they don’t love the school district’s less-than-stellar attitude toward educating children.

65

6.8

/6650/

66

/533/

60

/61/

68

/13/

age 14+

A group of local animal control workers' lives are complicated by the fact that animals are simple, but humans are not. Leading the crew is Frank, an opinionated, eccentric animal control officer who may not have gone to college but is still the most well-read person in the room. In his past life as a cop, Frank tried to expose corruption in his department, but his efforts got him fired, leaving him cynical and curmudgeonly. Despite his rough exterior, he is blessed with an almost superhuman ability to understand animals.

73

7.1

/9604/

72

/807/

76

/153/

89

/9/

69

61

/11/

age 10+

Georgie and Mandy raise their young family in Texas while navigating the challenges of adulthood, parenting, and marriage.

82

7.9

/46798/

77

/2145/

79

/349/

97

/43/

89

73

/26/

age 14+

Samantha and Jay throw caution to the wind when they convert their recently inherited country estate into a bed-and-breakfast. Call it mislaid plans. Not only is the place falling apart, but it’s also inhabited by spirits of previous residents -- whom only Samantha can see and hear.

66

6.8

/12428/

72

/956/

75

/159/

50

/8/

age 12+

The nicest guy in the Midwest moves his family into a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles where not everyone appreciates his extreme neighborliness. That includes their new next-door neighbor Calvin.

79

IMDb 96

7.6

/43165/

78

/2632/

75

/176/

94

/77/

79

74

/35/

age 14+

A retired professor with a knack for snooping gets a new lease on life when a private investigator recruits him to go undercover and crack a case.

77

7.4

/11318/

71

/712/

60

/53/

95

/56/

85

82

/32/

age 14+

A high school teacher in Austin tries to balance the competing demands of the students and their parents in a world where the rules seem to change every day.

77

7.2

/26303/

71

/1340/

69

/180/

96

/88/

79

77

/39/

age 14+

A platonic pair of former best friends approaching midlife reconnect after a long rift. The duo’s friendship becomes more consuming—and destabilizes their lives in a hilarious way.

75

7.8

/9804/

76

/702/

73

/364/

74

/7/

age 14+

In 1984, Maximo Gallardo's dream comes true when he gets the job of a lifetime at Acapulco's hottest resort, Las Colinas. But he soon realizes that working there will be far more complicated than he ever imagined.

71

7.0

/12157/

69

/696/

71

/59/

86

/104/

69

66

/39/

age 14+

The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a historic Toledo newspaper, The Truth Teller, and the eager publisher trying to revive it.

85

8.8

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86

/12397/

82

/1261/

94

/273/

90

72

/77/

age 17+

Four egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way through the adult world of work and relationships. Unfortunately, their warped views and precarious judgments often lead them to trouble, creating a myriad of uncomfortable situations that usually only get worse before they get better.

72

63

7.1

/5399/

71

/269/

74

/16/

71

/21/

88

62

/12/

age 13+

When her husband leaves her for another woman, a resilient Southern mom starts over with the support of her loving, but unfiltered family.

74

70

7.6

/8649/

74

/323/

74

/74/

age 14+

Lee is a childish northerner who lives in a fancy penthouse apartment in London who goes through a variety of jobs such as a janitor and ice cream man, as well as attempting relationships with female flatmates. His best mate, Daily Mail reading, middle-class citizen Tim is always there to stop Lee from getting in trouble, or not? Mayhem is never far away with cleaner Barbara who has never done an honest day's work in her life.

78

72

7.4

/3363/

71

/224/

71

/42/

100

/33/

82

73

/14/

age 15+

Sisters Josie and Billie and their single mother Deb navigate life armed with nothing but poor judgement and self-esteem exclusively tied to people who couldn't care less about them. They're vain, selfish, heavily in debt, pathologically desperate for affection and bursting with misplaced, terrifying love.

84

8.2

/60111/

80

/2535/

74

/305/

99

/220/

84

87

/91/

age 16+

Explore a dark mentorship that forms between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old.

61

60

5.8

/6024/

60

/390/

65

/52/

62

/16/

age 10+

Unapologetically optimistic judge Abby Stone, the daughter of the late Harry Stone, follows in her father's footsteps as she presides over the night shift of a Manhattan arraignment court and tries to bring order to its crew of oddballs and cynics, most notably former night court prosecutor Dan Fielding.

67

5.9

/14416/

64

/803/

70

/119/

75

/26/

age 14+

This iconic family—Dan, Jackie, Darlene, Becky and D.J.—grapples with parenthood, dating, an unexpected pregnancy, financial pressures, aging and in-laws in working-class America.

81

IMDb 46

8.7

/724603/

84

/37418/

83

/5895/

83

/443/

80

74

/115/

age 15+

Twisted tales run wild in this mind-bending anthology series that reveals humanity's worst traits, greatest innovations and more.

72

69

7.5

/7695/

69

/322/

58

/33/

88

/26/

80

67

/11/

age 14+

Three best friends — gay gentlemen of a certain age – decide after an unexpected death to spend their golden years living together in Palm Springs where the wealthiest one lives with his mother. As a chosen family, they prove that no matter how hard things get, there’s always someone around to remind you it would be better if you got your neck done.

79

7.7

/37515/

75

/3365/

72

/418/

96

/130/

82

75

/29/

age 15+

Meet the team behind the biggest multiplayer video game of all time. But in a workplace focused on building worlds, molding heroes, and creating legends, the most hard-fought battles don’t occur in the game—they happen in the office.

78

76

7.5

/6637/

74

/346/

70

/36/

100

/22/

77

77

/10/

age None+

A young Inuk woman wants to build a new future for herself after a spontaneous and extremely public exit from her marriage. It won't be easy in a small Arctic town where everybody knows your business.

85

83

8.4

/6498/

81

/347/

75

/38/

100

/29/

89

84

/14/

Big Boys is a silly, sweet comedy about two boys from very different ends of the “spectrum of masculinity” who become best mates at Brent Uni Freshers Week 2013.

79

75

7.2

/6213/

71

/232/

74

/68/

98

/33/

87

77

/15/

age 16+

Four stylish and ambitious best girlfriends in Harlem, New York City: a rising star professor struggling to make space for her love life; a savvy tech entrepreneur always dating someone new; a no-filter singer; and a hopeless romantic fashion designer. Together, they level up into the next phase of their careers, relationships, and big city dreams.

86

8.5

/124435/

82

/6916/

79

/918/

96

/222/

92

83

/79/

age 14+

A documentary-style look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of a group of vampires in Staten Island who have “lived” together for hundreds and hundreds of years.

77

8.0

/9201/

78

/435/

75

/47/

age 15+

When Helen Tudor-Fisk's life falls apart, she takes a job in a small suburban firm specialising in wills and probate assuming that, because the clients are dead she won't have to deal with people.

64

6.8

/11179/

64

/597/

68

/64/

57

/86/

75

57

/44/

age 14+

Follow Frasier Crane in the next chapter of his life as he returns to Boston, Mass., with new challenges to face, new relationships to forge and an old dream or two to finally fulfill.

74

59

6.8

/2099/

67

/163/

65

/18/

90

/20/

78

79

/14/

age 13+

Meet the Lewises: your average, everyday Manchester family who belong to an ultra-religious order. Oh, and they reckon the world's going to end in the next 10 years.

68

6.3

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64

/1477/

67

/196/

81

/60/

72

58

/25/

age 14+

Hello, Wisconsin! It's 1995 and Leia Forman, daughter of Eric and Donna, is visiting her grandparents for the summer where she bonds with a new generation of Point Place kids under the watchful eye of Kitty and the stern glare of Red. Sex, drugs and rock 'n roll never dies, it just changes clothes.

66

6.7

/11214/

66

/745/

69

/73/

68

/19/

62

68

/10/

age 14+

He's an eccentric biotech genius. His son's a pragmatist living in his shadow. To save the family business, they'll have to work through some issues.

77

67

7.0

/3075/

67

/168/

68

/29/

96

/21/

86

75

/13/

age 15+

A messy but perfectionist relationship therapist and single mom has her life turned right-side-up when her dad gets out of prison and moves in with her and her teenage son.

81

8.0

/14845/

78

/822/

77

/119/

96

/51/

91

69

/13/

age 14+

All Nikki and Jason want is a baby—the one thing they can't have. So they decide to adopt. With their dysfunctional friends, screwball families, and chaotic lives, will the adoption panel agree that they're ready to be parents?

70

6.6

/7191/

67

/514/

78

/159/

71

/15/

age 14+

Zoey Johnson heads to college and begins her hilarious journey to adulthood but quickly discovers that not everything goes her way once she leaves the nest.

69

7.1

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76

/434/

75

/66/

57

/10/

age 14+

A love story about a middle-aged compression sock businessman from Detroit who unexpectedly falls for his cardiac nurse, a Nigerian immigrant, while recovering from a heart attack and sets his sights on winning her over.

64

7.0

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68

/570/

70

/101/

50

/16/

69

58

/15/

age 14+

Nell Serrano is a broke and newly single self-described disaster. She works to restart the life and career she left behind some 10 years ago. When writing obituaries is the only job she can find, Nell starts getting life advice from an unlikely (and dead) source.

86

8.8

/164443/

85

/5827/

81

/876/

92

/258/

90

84

/130/

age 15+

The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.

77

7.3

/8262/

73

/570/

60

/56/

97

/95/

82

80

/41/

age 13+

When a one-hit-wonder girl group from the '90s gets sampled by a young rapper, its members reunite to give their pop star dreams one more shot. They may be grown women balancing spouses, kids, jobs, debt, aging parents and shoulder pain, but can't they also be Girls5Eva?

71

7.3

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71

/732/

69

/106/

age 17+

Young teacher Alfie Wickers is "the worst teacher ever to grace the British education system" – at Abbey Grove School, in Watford, Hertfordshire.

74

7.9

/37858/

75

/1845/

79

/546/

Letterboxd

3.7

/35353/

74

/42/

90

51

/18/

age 15+

It's 1993 and Ted the bear's moment of fame has passed, leaving him living with his best friend, 16-year-old John Bennett, who lives in a working-class Boston home with his parents and cousin. Ted may not be the best influence on John, but when it comes right down to it, he's willing to go out on a limb to help his friend and his family.

81

8.6

/33422/

81

/1760/

78

/190/

age 16+

Letterkenny follows Wayne, a good-ol’ country boy in Letterkenny, Ontario trying to protect his homegrown way of life on the farm, against a world that is constantly evolving around him. The residents of Letterkenny belong to one of three groups: Hicks, Skids, and Hockey Players. The three groups are constantly feuding with each other over seemingly trivial matters; often ending with someone getting their ass kicked.

77

60

7.3

/2706/

74

/133/

60

/20/

100

/21/

81

age 15+

Fluid millennial Sabi Mehboob straddles various identities from bartender at an LGBTQ bookstore/bar, to the youngest child in a Pakistani family, to the de facto parent of a downtown hipster family. Sabi feels like they’re in transition in every aspect of their life, from gender to love to sexuality to family to career.

85

8.4

/32259/

80

/1591/

79

/232/

96

/35/

92

81

/10/

age 14+

A cash-strapped young couple inherits a grand country house, only to find it is both falling apart and teeming with the ghosts of former inhabitants.

76

74

7.3

/5615/

70

/368/

62

/39/

95

/32/

81

78

/10/

age 15+

Craig Foster, a Miami bank security guard, enters a state-sponsored snake-hunting contest to achieve his American dream of becoming a successful entrepreneur.

77

63

8.3

/3517/

79

/242/

69

/37/

age 14+

Set inside the offices of the “Nation Building Authority”, a federal government organisation responsible for overseeing major infrastructure projects, Utopia explores that moment when bureaucracy and grand dreams collide.

70

68

7.5

/7320/

71

/374/

68

/48/

66

/20/

age 14+

Nora Lin leans on her family as she navigates life and young adulthood in outer borough-NYC.

71

65

6.6

/3884/

64

/254/

54

/27/

100

/11/

76

68

/13/

age 14+

In the headquarters of a major American automotive company in Detroit, a floundering group of executives at Payne Motors must adapt to the changing times or be sent to the junkyard.

82

8.2

/38946/

79

/2132/

74

/221/

93

/85/

91