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Recommendations for shows similar to Our Flag Means Death or The Orville? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 2 months ago by SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/television@lemmy.world
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Are there any other shows out there of this sort of lighthearted nature, yet made with quality writing, out there?

It feels like a lot of recent things we've watched has been a bit grim and/or relies on spectacle rather than telling a good story and working a few jokes in along the way ... the world is on fire, I'd like to stop it and get off, if only for a few minutes at a time.

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[–] Lighttrails@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I don’t know if I would call a comedy about a group of vampires that are roommates living in Staten Island as ‘light hearted’ but I’d suggest What We do in the Shadows. Think the office/parks and rec style work place moucumentary sitcom with characters totally out of touch with reality and the time they’re living in turned up a bit on the absurd.

[–] Zaphernious@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Seconded

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The office and parks and recs was too similar and run of the mill. Both shows were wildly overrated. Like they were doing the "hint hint, nudge nudge" thing, but they were screaming "hint hint" in your face, and "nudging" you with a hand on the fist to put extra force into their elbow going into your ribs. It wasn't nearly as subtle as people acted, and was mostly just annoying.

[–] Lighttrails@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I agree that they are extremely similar seeing how both were created by Greg Daniels. Both are funny upon first watch but I do not see the office as the greatest sitcom ever, it gets old and replayed way too much. I was more so comparing what we do in the shadows to the office and parks and rec in the shows format- Fake reality shows following around people in their day to day lives (undead lives in the case or WWDITS).

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Ahh ok I get it. That makes sense.