# We need a new show to watch, and apparently we're way too picky

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**Created:** [January 11, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590 "2022-01-11T15:31:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590/106 "2022-01-11T21:36:37Z")

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I’m subscribing to this thread because I relate to the OP. My wife and I are looking for a good comedies.

I came here years ago asking a similar question. The Dopers then suggested _Modern Family_ and we loved it!

Looking for another one. We have tried Brooklyn Nine-Nine, but NO. I don’t like laugh tracks to tell me when to laugh.

ETA — found that other thread:

> [@Recommend a TV Sitcom For Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-tv-sitcom-for-me/707000):
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> I’m hoping to find some help here. My wife likes shows that make her laugh. I prefer drama or documentaries or history shows. Yeah I know, boring. Anyway, what can you recommend we try watching? I’m talking current, regular TV shows and not something on Netflix or other downloads. We don’t have HBO or Showtime. We have a fairly basic DirecTV package. One show she likes is Modern Family, but that’s pretty much all we tape (oh we also have watched the show with the nerdy guys in an apartment) but…

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