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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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[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Way to go super mainstream. Most of those are standard sitcoms with nothing really special about them. 30 rock is good because of how absurd they get with older business culture compared to contemporary ideals.

Community became too meta after season 2 and they leaned on that to their detriment.

The good place and Brooklyn 99 were both great sitcoms, with both kind of dealing with heavier elements, but in the end, they were just that. They're great in their own right being infinitely rewatchable but they're pretty basic sitcoms.

Scrubs was a great show as well, but it isn't as rewatchable. They absolutely killed it on the final episode and then ruined it with 2 more seasons with a different cast.

Friends needs to stay in the time frame wence it came from. I don't understand why it's so popular with people who weren't around when it came out.

How I met your mother was average at best. It was quotable but a background show while you surf the web.