# What's the best TV these days? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [October 15, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-tv-these-days/1008834 "2024-10-15T15:39:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-tv-these-days/1008834/1 "2024-10-15T15:39:19Z")
In the vein of: 30 Rock Parks and Rec Brooklyn 99 The Good Place I miss being invested in those shows. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-tv-these-days/1008834/2 "2024-10-15T15:51:05Z")
On **Hulu** is “ **Only Murders in the Building** ” On **Apple** is “ **Ted Lasso** ” and “ **Shrinking** ”. Also after the first episode, “ **Mythic Quest** ” is pretty funny. On **Netflix** : “ **The Derry Girls** ” (Irish Show), “ **The 90s Show** ” (Follow up to the 70s show and pretty good) and if you like Anime at all: “ **Delicious in Dungeon** ” was a fun and funny show. Speaking of Anime; On **Crunchy Roll** is **[Konosuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! ](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5370118/) **. This is my favorite anime and I find it as funny as classic “** Futurama **”. Which by the way is back again and on** Hulu** this time. Not as good as peak, but still good. I think Konosuba is also on Hulu, if you have Hulu worth checking. On Network TV, **CBS** to be specific is the wonderful show “ **Ghosts** ”. You can also look for the original British version which was different but just as good. I went with comedies as that is what you appeared to be looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-tv-these-days/1008834/3 "2024-10-15T15:59:03Z")
Thank you!! I forgot I watched the first half of S4E1 of Only Murders in the Building just the other day and thought it was very well done ! I hadn’t watched any of the show before. Thanks again! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-tv-these-days/1008834/4 "2024-10-15T16:25:19Z")
Sadly, the fragmentation of television means that now that a cable channel or streaming service might have one can’t miss show while the rest of their content is, essentially, dreck. It used to be that you could, for example, turn on HBO on Sundays at 9pm and watch a truly awesome show but now, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-tv-these-days/1008834/5 "2024-10-15T17:20:01Z")
You’re going to want to start _Only Murders in the Building_ from the beginning. The first season was quite a nice mystery, as was the second. By now the show is a lot of fun cameos and fan service, and they are harkening back to earlier seasons as part of this season’s plot. It’s a VERY FUN SHOW and I look forward to it now more than ever before, but it’s a “start from the beginning” type of deal. **What We Do In the Shadows** is fantastic. **Ghosts** is probably the best broadcast TV show. **Letterkenny** and **Shoresy** are great but I’m not sure if their wide appeal. ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-tv-these-days/1008834/6 "2024-10-15T18:00:53Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > On **Netflix** : “ **The Derry Girls** ” (Irish Show), “ **The 90s Show** ” (Follow up to the 70s show and pretty good) and if you like Anime at all: “ **Delicious in Dungeon** ” was a fun and funny show. Also on Netflix is _De Volta aos 15_ (_Back to 15_), which is a Brazilian time travel show about a 30 year old woman in ~2020 going back into her 15 year old self in ~2005 with all of her accumulated knowledge and wisdom. This is a great sort of not-sequel to _The 90s Show_ as an 00s show. Even being in a different country, a lot of the culture is still recognizable as of the time. They really nail the teenage aspects. On Hulu I’d also add _Extraordinary_ which is a British comedy about a world where everyone has a super power. It is much more on the “silly” side of comedy, like _Brooklyn 99_. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-tv-these-days/1008834/7 "2024-10-15T19:08:26Z")
I’m gonna say I thought **That 90s Show** started out slow.It just felt to me like a bunch of cardboard characters talking about whatever kind of stuff to no real effect for the first few episodes. There wasn’t much that engaged me, although I’d happily watch a show about Red and Kitty doing nothing but having breakfast each day. If it weren’t for my wife and daughter wanting to watch it, I’m not sure I would have gotten very far. It picked up, though. Now I like it just fine. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-tv-these-days/1008834/8 "2024-10-15T19:10:51Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > On **Hulu** is “ **Only Murders in the Building** ” > > On **Apple** is “ **Ted Lasso** ” and “ **Shrinking** ”. Also after the first episode, “ **Mythic Quest** ” is pretty funny. > > On **Netflix** : “ **The Derry Girls** ” (Irish Show), “ **The 90s Show** ” (Follow up to the 70s show and pretty good) and if you like Anime at all: “ **Delicious in Dungeon** ” was a fun and funny show. Note that of those, Derry Girls, Ted Lasso and That 90s Show have all aired their final episodes. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-tv-these-days/1008834/9 "2024-10-15T20:51:27Z")
Actually Ted Lasso might now have a season 4, It is looking likely. They’re shopping the 90s Show season 3 around, but less likely. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-tv-these-days/1008834/10 "2024-10-15T21:19:26Z")
**Girls5Eva** (Netflix) - About a girl group reuniting 20+ years later, along the lines of 30 Rock or Kimmy Schmidt (with some of the same writers). **Upload** (Prime) - Satirical thriller about people in the future uploading their minds to a computer when they die. The satire part is better than the thriller part, but still very good. Created by Greg Daniels (The Office, Parks & Rec, King of the Hill). I’m sure I can come up with a few more, but those two popped up off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-tv-these-days/1008834/11 "2024-10-15T21:26:06Z")
Three of your four examples were co-created by [Michael Schur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schur), so maybe keep an eye on his shows. After The Good Place, he co-created [Rutherford Falls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_Falls), but I haven’t seen it as it was on a streamer I don’t have (Peacock+). His new show, [A Man On The Inside](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Man_on_the_Inside) (which also stars Ted Danson) will premiere in November on Netflix; I will definitely be keeping an eye on that one! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-tv-these-days/1008834/12 "2024-10-15T21:41:22Z")
> [@Pavelb1](#): > > In the vein of: > > 30 Rock > Parks and Rec > Brooklyn 99 > The Good Place > > I miss being invested in those shows. I think it’s a bit sad that all of those were on one of the three major television networks but many of the recommended shows now are on streaming services. (And actually, all of the shows you named were on the _same_ network, NBC, though Brooklyn Nine-Nine spent several years on Fox before moving to NBC.) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-tv-these-days/1008834/13 "2024-10-15T21:42:42Z")
Netflix has/had some pretty good animated shows. **Inside Job** - A workplace comedy taking place in the conspiracy section of the CIA. Cancelled in 2023, but still worth watching. **Mulligan** - A handful of random survivors try to rebuild civilization after an alien invasion kills almost everyone. Created by Robert Carlock of 30 Rock and co-starring Tina Fey.