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Can you recomend a good sitcom?

We hate commercials so we DVR everything.

So far we have our Favorite: NCIS, then Elementary, then NCIS Los Angeles (good but not great), then Hawaii 5-0 (Just OK but I watch it because I love Hawaii), Burn Notice gets honorary mention but I hesitate to get my wife started on that series (as much as I like it). We are also watching the Sherlock BBS series on netflicks.

As you can see we are a bit heavy on the crime shows... would like to lighten it up with some good comedy. (no evening cartoons please)

My wife had me try Private Practice (not a comedy I know) and waaaaaay too much of a soap opera for me.

Is there anything good on regular TV we are missing?

We did Downton Abbey (much better than I expected) but they are slooooow in coming out with the forth season.

Arrested Development.
The Big Bang Theory.

Modern Family (awesome), Rules of Engagement, The Mindy Project

Ditch Elementary and replace it with Perception which is another Holmes and Watson show, but better. Another vote for The Big Bang Theory. Also Warehouse 13 is funny/light but not really a sitcom.

Scandal

Continuum cause i'm a scifi freak.

House of Cards on netflix if you haven't watched it yet.

barney miller.
wilfred.
mash.

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Dallas.

Little behind the times over there is Sweden, are we?

If you like funny nerds and can laugh at anal OCD jokes, Big Bang. The blonde is in my top ten dreams....

The old cowboy/westerns are a big yuck as well as Andy Griffith.

Fat people comedies, suck.

Mike and Molly seems pretty popular.

Mike and Molly, Modern Family and Anger management.

We like Rules of Engagement... pretty funny stuff.

These are from an episode when these guys were supposed to be working late... can't remember the details, but these scenes are occuring in an an empty store where one of the wives had thought about opening a bakery or something...

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Depending on how much you like quirky humor, Raising Hope could be worth a look: "Jimmy becomes a single parent to an infant after the mother he had a one-night stand with ends up on death row."

If you can find the first episode online somewhere, it will give you a good idea of what the show is like. Imagine Martha Plimpton as Jimmy's cigarette-smoking mom seeing a TV alert about the serial killer (who is sitting in her kitchen eating breakfast with the family) and picking up the 13" TV sitting on the counter and whacking the killer in the back of the head. It's almost like Coen brothers gone full-on comedy.

Raising Hope (TV Series 2010

User review: I have to admit, from the previews, I wasn't planning on watching this show. I was simply setting up my DVR to record another Fox show and figured, why not record this one too since I have been a fan of Martha Plimpton since the Goonies. I am so glad I did.

I LOVE THIS SHOW!!!! The show is hilarious. I go from laughing out loud, thinking, "I can't believe they did that" to feeling warm and fuzzy. Garret Dillahunt is absolutely hilarious, Lucas Neff is adorable, and I love watching Martha Plimpton's character capture both a roughness and sweetness at the same time. She is brilliant. I find myself watching the episodes twice and laughing out loud each time. Looks like a great show and I hope it continues to stay as funny as the first two episodes have been.

Check out Suits, and Graceland on USA.

New Netflix series that looks interesting. From the same folks that did Weeds. Upper middle class woman goes to jail after something from her distant past catches up with her:

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If you like a bad azz like Gibbs on NCIS, check out Longmire kind of a modern western with a strong main character.

Of course, in my opinion.....the best sitcom in TV history was M*A*S*H.......

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I know there are reruns running somewhere.

Sounds crazy but that show actually impacted my life....

Hell on Wheels.

It's not a comedy but I find it very interesting and I don't even care for storyline shows.

Rules of Engagement is very funny.

You have to watch Breaking Bad.. (I watch it on netflix)

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You have to watch Breaking Bad.. (I watch it on netflix)

+1 must see

Sorry....I only watch prime time cartoons!!!!! (And breaking bad);)

Do you want current sitcom recommendations or classics as well. I'm not sure why non-sitcoms are getting into this thread.

I used to like Babylon 5.

Oh, sorry. Sci-fi and no longer on TV. My bad.

Victory By Design was really good.

"Can you recommend a good sit com?"........... breaking bad and babylon 5?

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Victory By Design was really good.

A bit of a hijack but.
This was the best car show ever, in my mind. greatest cars, great settings, true sound of the cars under way. Filmed beautifully! outstanding!
I wish that Allan DeCadeny would do a series on the many classic rallies going on in Europe, and follow along connecting with the folks and cars doing the rally.

I am nearing the last few episodes of my three-month long journey of watching every episode of all 11 seasons of Frasier.

A modern classic, and more refined that Cheers IMO.

You might want to give Castle a try. It is crime solving with a funny approach. My wife an I just finished watching the first 5 and really enjoyed it.

We have also liked CSI Miami and 24.

Curb Your Enthusiasm

IMHO

Big Bang Theory
Rules of engagement

oldies:
Mash
Cheers
Frasier
Barney Miller
Night Court

Shows that really suck:
Modern Family
Mike & Molly

For a somewhat whimsical crime show that is great:
Castle

I'll throw in some older ones:

Comedy:

Coupling (the BBC version!!!)

Are You Being Served? (and do follow with Grace and Favour)

S.O.A.P.

Fawlty Towers

The Black Adder (all series)

Drama:

Rumpole of The Bailey

Poirot

The Avengers

Wire in the Blood

Space 1999

Monarch of the Glenn

I recommend pelican parts OT, and PARF. The 928 technical section has had some good episodes to.

Back in the day Taxi was my favorite.

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Curb Your Enthusiasm

Yes!

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Shows that really suck:
Modern Family

Riiiight. Probably the funniest, best-written sitcom on TV right now. IMHO, of course. I've got to believe you haven't given the show much of a chance.

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Orange is the new black
Sons of anarchy

All on netflix.

Big Bang is super funny, well written, the lady is super easy to look at and, my wife is a big fan...

But...

I work at a science museum... it reminds me WAY too much about my workplace... and Sheldon is my boss... imagine working for Sheldon. :mad:

Victory by design IS a great show... when it first came out I DVR'er every episode and watched them... wife is not a car nut and not sure I could get her to curl up on the couch after dinner and watch it (same with top gear).

Trying to get away from violent shoot-um-ups so sons of anarchy is out (I watched a few episodes by myself) breaking bad looks pretty violent too.

I'm considering Mike and Molly, the previews I have caught look funny.

I'm also a huge Poirot fan (did you see they just filmed the very last episode?) but I am trying to find something other than murder mystery (the actor did a cool documentary on the Orient Express that I just watched)

I have a bunch of "through the wormhole" DVR'ed too... but also not light wife friendly viewing.

We do watch Frasier some times... always good.

I was a big MASH fan back in the day... but tried it recently and it seems flat... I love Alan Alda but Hawkeye comes off as a constantly pissed off condescending jerk.

YMMV