# Sitcom Round-Up. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-round-up/613025 "2012-02-16T14:46:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-round-up/613025/21 "2012-02-16T17:44:12Z")
Modern Family, Louie, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and How I Met Your Mother are funny shows I’ve seen and liked, but I don’t make a point to watch regularly. Big Bang Theory is meh. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-round-up/613025/22 "2012-02-16T17:47:45Z")
What channel/station/network/whatever is \*Louie \*on? ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-round-up/613025/23 "2012-02-16T17:59:18Z")
The Simpsons are the longest running sitcom in USA, 500th show coming up. Woo Hoo. Big Bang Theory is good enough to watch when i can. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-round-up/613025/24 "2012-02-16T18:04:17Z")
I watch a ton of sitcoms and pretty much can suffer through even the worst of them. However, the 2 I want to stress that people watch are: **Happy Endings** and **Archer** The other good ones like parks/rec, etc. speak for themselves but these two seem to have a quieter following. Quiet followings allow shows like Better Off Ted to get cancelled… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-round-up/613025/25 "2012-02-16T18:12:44Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > What channel/station/network/whatever is \*Louie \*on? FX. First season’s also available (or at least it was) on Netflix Watch Instantly. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-round-up/613025/26 "2012-02-16T18:16:38Z")
I record the comedies that I love so that I can watch them when I’m in the mood. **Raising Hope TBBT Suburgatory HIMYM** are all recorded weekly. I like **30 Rock** and **Community** as well as **Park and Recreation**. **Party Down** is pretty funny too although I keep forgetting to watch. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-round-up/613025/27 "2012-02-16T18:25:00Z")
Love: Community. Occasionally brilliant, always just a bit smarter than everything else on TV. 30 Rock Modern Family New Girl. Zooey is my celebrity crush. Like: Suburgatory. Didn’t want to like it, but it sucked me in. Raising Hope. Occasionally meh…usually pretty funny. The opening sequence of the pilot, where Jimmy and Hope watch Hope’s mother go to the chair (and Hope is wearing a tiny little prison jump suit) made me go :eek:😃 When I’m at my girlfriend’s, she records (and I watch) The Middle Up All Night. Both are ok, but I don’t go out of my way to watch them. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-round-up/613025/28 "2012-02-16T19:13:04Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > FX. First season’s also available (or at least it was) on Netflix Watch Instantly. Cool. I’ll have to check it out. I’ve never seen anything Louis CK has done that hasn’t entertained me. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-round-up/613025/29 "2012-02-16T19:28:07Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > I watch a ton of sitcoms and pretty much can suffer through even the worst of them. However, the 2 I want to stress that people watch are: > > **Happy Endings** I’ve watched Happy Endings enough times that now I turn off the TV after Modern Family. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-round-up/613025/30 "2012-02-16T22:44:48Z")
I don’t watch any sitcoms. The laugh tracks are annoying as hell. And they’re all pretty much the same anyway. A group of people standing around making sexual innuendos and smart assed remarks to each other. Boring. The only one I did like is My Name is Earl which was cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-round-up/613025/31 "2012-02-16T23:42:02Z")
I love me some sitcoms, and will watch just about any of em. Last season I finally gave up on Two and a Half Men and Mike & Molly, but had stuck with them for a while. That’s how much I like sitcoms. I DVR them in single blocks so I don’t miss the transitions between them. How I Met Your Mother / Two Broke Girls Meh. 'Mother is okay but not great, while 'Girls is aggressively unfunny. I really like Kat Dennings (in other things) though, so I’m sticking it out. The one thing I can’t understand is how she looks so fat. Either that horrible waitress uniform is the worst-fitting thing ever or she gained a ton of weight. (She was pretty darn skinny in her leaked nudie pics.) New Girl / Raising Hope Love Zooey Deschanel, but New Girl isn’t particularly good. Good enough that it doesn’t detract from my anticipation of this block. Raising Hope is stellar, one of my favorite sitcoms, if not my favorite. The most recent episode with the improv troupe doing Jimmy’s play at the end was concentrated win. I also have liked Shannon Woodward since The Riches. Last Man Standing / Cougar Town I like the tomboy daughter from 'Man largely because she was so good last season on Justified. I tend to only watch the scenes with the daughters and fast forward through the work scenes. Cougar Town was my favorite sitcom the past two seasons, but Happy Endings began to supplant it last year. The Middle / Suburgatory / Modern Family / Happy Endings Best block by far. Love the Middle, liking Suburgatory quite a lot, really like Modern Family, and Happy Endings is competing with Raising Hope for my favorite current sitcom. Neil Flynn is the greatest, though the entire cast of The Middle is top notch. Whitney / Are You There, Chelsea? Hated Whitney until the “caught masturbating” episode, which I thought was stellar. Have enjoyed the show far more ever since. 'Chelsea is watchable. Sadly I had to bail on this block entirely now that Survivor is back on, since my DVR can only record two things at once. Big Bang Theory / Rob 'Bang has lost some of its luster for me, but still solid. Rob is a 10-minute FFWD-fest, but some of it is watchable. 30 Rock / Parks & Recreation / The Office / Up All Night 30 Rock, like Big Bang Theory, has lost much of its luster. Parks & Rec is still pretty good but not the best, and the Office is less FFWD’ed now that Michael Scott is gone. I just couldn’t take scenes with him. Which brings me to Up All Night, where I love the leads but end up FFWDing an awful lot because I can’t take a lot of the uncomfortable humor. > [@jali](#): > > **Party Down** is pretty funny too although I keep forgetting to watch. Pretty sure it was canceled last season, though I’d love to be wrong about that. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-round-up/613025/32 "2012-02-16T23:48:31Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > You know, I couldn’t get into Community. I’ve heard nothing but great things but I watched the entire first disc of season 1 and wasn’t that impressed. How many episodes did that go up to? 6 or so? I wasn’t particularly impressed in the beginning either, but by the end of the first season it had won me over and in season 2 it became one of my all time favorites. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-round-up/613025/33 "2012-02-16T23:49:40Z")
> [@Peanuthead](#): > > I don’t watch any sitcoms. The laugh tracks are annoying as hell. You’re a little behind the times. The better sitcoms no longer have laugh tracks. None of the ones I watch; “30 Rock”, “Modern Family” and “Raising Hope” have the canned laughter. The last sitcom I watched that had laughter was “Seinfeld”, but that was filmed with a real audience. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-round-up/613025/34 "2012-02-17T00:04:20Z")
> [@Peanuthead](#): > > The only one I did like is My Name is Earl which was cancelled. Raising Hope is by Greg Garcia and could almost - if you squint a bit - be set in Camden County. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-round-up/613025/35 "2012-02-17T00:07:08Z")
> [@Peanuthead](#): > > I don’t watch any sitcoms. The laugh tracks are annoying as hell. And they’re all pretty much the same anyway. A group of people standing around making sexual innuendos and smart assed remarks to each other. Boring. The only one I did like is My Name is Earl which was cancelled. If you liked “Earl” you should at least watch “Raising Hope”. It’s another Greg Garcia product and there have even been a number of cameos from actors (or characters) from “Earl”. My list: How I Met Your Mother (about the only sitcom with a laugh track I’ll watch) New Girl Raising Hope The Middle Modern Family Happy Endings Community Parks and Rec ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-round-up/613025/36 "2012-02-17T00:57:32Z")
I spend most nights surfing the internet with the TV going about ten feet away. TV shows are divided into these groups: _Stop Looking At Computer, Attend to TV Show_ 1. Modern Family 2. Parks And Rec. _Try TO Follow TV Show But Internet Mostly Wins_ 1. Raising Hope 2. New Girl 3. 30 Rock 4. Happy Endings 5. How I Met Your Mother 6. Whitney ( I thought last night’s was the best ep I’ve seen yet) _Shows That Are On But I Barely Attempt To Watch._ Anything that precedes or follows the shows above. _Sitcoms I Watch (and love) On DVD because I’m To Cheap To Get Cable_ 1. Curb Your Enthusiasm 2. It’s Always Sunny… ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-round-up/613025/37 "2012-02-17T03:15:20Z")
I usually try to catch Cougartown, New Girl, Raising Hope, Are You There, Chelsea, Whitney, Modern Family, Happy Endings, 30 Rock, Parks and Rec, and Up All Night. Cougartown, New Girl, Raising Hope, Happy Endings, Parks and Rec and Up All Night are my favorites and I try to catch them when they air as much as possible. The others I’m just as happy watching on hulu over the weekend. Fox shows have the added hurdle of Fox being an ass about their online releasing schedule so I’m usually pretty inflexible on what I do on Tuesdays at 8. ---
**Author:** ![CALIBURN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@CALIBURN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CALIBURN)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-round-up/613025/38 "2012-02-17T03:41:50Z")
my faves: -how i met your mother -always sunny in philidelphia -the office -parks and rec. -the middle -modern family -curb your enthusiasm will watch if nothing else is on: -2 broke girls -whitney (mainly for the interactions between whitney and the guy playing her BF, the rest sucks) -are you there chelsea? (mainly for laura prepon but its getting harder and harder to watch) -rob ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-round-up/613025/39 "2012-02-17T13:32:21Z")
How did I forget Louie? I guess I don’t think of it as a sitcom. It’s in it’s own category. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-round-up/613025/40 "2012-02-17T13:47:03Z")
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