{"id":131222,"date":"2020-11-27T17:30:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T17:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/best-tv-comedy-shows-21st-century-ranked\/"},"modified":"2020-11-27T17:30:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T17:30:12","slug":"the-10-best-tv-comedies-of-the-21st-century-so-far-ranked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/11\/27\/the-10-best-tv-comedies-of-the-21st-century-so-far-ranked\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10 Best TV Comedies Of The 21st Century (So Far), Ranked"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 21st century has brought the dawn of so-called \u201cPeak TV,\u201d also known as \u201cthe Golden Age of Television,\u201d but this term is mostly applied to dramas like Breaking Bad<\/em> and The Sopranos<\/em>. Still, this critically acclaimed era of television has affected the comedy genre, too. Long gone are the same-feeling\u00a0multi-camera sitcoms with laugh\u00a0tracks and familiar storylines.<\/p>\n

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Now, single-camera is the norm for TV comedies. All kinds of comic sensibilities have found an audience in the streaming age<\/a>. Weird, niche comedy can find a huge audience, while multi-camera ensemble shows can fall flat. So far, the 21st century has brought some of the funniest shows in TV history.<\/p>\n

10 <\/span>Flight Of The Conchords<\/h2>\n
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Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement first formed Flight of the Conchords as a band, then adapted\u00a0it into a BBC radio series, and eventually found their biggest audience with a TV series on HBO that ran for two seasons.<\/p>\n

With McKenzie and Clement\u2019s quirky comic sensibility in spades, Flight of the Conchords<\/em> is one of the most unique \u2013 and most hysterical \u2013 TV comedies of the 21st century. While the show only lasted for two seasons, it maintained a high level of quality throughout.<\/p>\n

9 <\/span>It\u2019s Always Sunny In Philadelphia<\/h2>\n
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Described by early reviews as \u201cSeinfeld<\/em> on crack,\u201d It\u2019s Always Sunny in Philadelphia<\/em> has since developed its own weird sense of humor on its way to becoming the longest-running live-action sitcom in the history of American television<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dennis, Dee, Frank, Mac, and Charlie are five of the most deplorable characters on television, and yet they\u2019ve been oddly lovable for 14 seasons.\u00a0It\u2019s Always Sunny in Philadelphia\u00a0<\/em>has delivered some of the biggest laughs of the last two decades.<\/p>\n

8 <\/span>The Inbetweeners<\/h2>\n
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Perfectly capturing both the mundane dread and endless humiliation of high school life, Damon Beesley and Iain Morris\u2019 The Inbetweeners<\/em> is one of the greatest British sitcoms in recent memory.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, the M.V.P. of The Inbetweeners<\/em> is its cast. Simon Bird, Joe Thomas, James Buckley, and Blake Harrison are all believable as teenagers \u2013 which is rare for a high school show \u2013 and more importantly, they\u2019re believable as a group of best friends.<\/p>\n

7 <\/span>Fleabag<\/h2>\n
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge adapted her own one-woman show of the same name into the uniquely tragicomic series Fleabag<\/em>. In the series,\u00a0she plays the titular role, who traverses romance, friendships, and self-employment in the modern-day.<\/p>\n

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The frequent fourth wall breaks and the show’s focus on one character, as opposed to a recurring ensemble, made Fleabag<\/em> a series like no other, and a must-see.<\/p>\n

6 <\/span>Veep<\/h2>\n
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After satirizing British politics with the brilliant The Thick of It<\/em>, Armando Iannucci traveled across the pond to satirize American politics with the equally brilliant Veep<\/em>. The comedy stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a Vice President struggling to balance her career with her personal life.<\/p>\n

Tony Hale, Matt Walsh, Anna Chlumsky, Gary Cole, and Sam Richardson round out a supporting cast filled with some of the funniest comedy people working today.<\/p>\n

5 <\/span>The Office<\/h2>\n
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Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant\u2019s The Office<\/em> has been credited with making a trend out of workplace-based mockumentaries. But most of its derivative successors have missed what made the original Office<\/em> so great<\/a>: its naturalistic tone and believable characters. The Office<\/em> isn\u2019t just shot like a documentary; it often does feel like cameras capturing real moments from real people\u2019s lives. The show flits effortlessly between comedy and drama, just like life.<\/p>\n

The U.S. remake of The Office<\/em> was great, too, but it\u2019s let down by its terrible last couple of seasons after Steve Carell left (although the series finale managed to save it<\/a>).<\/p>\n

4 <\/span>South Park<\/h2>\n
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Although it premiered in the late \u201890s, South Park<\/em> has spent most of its life in the 21st century. The last 20 seasons of the show have hilariously lampooned the 21st century\u2019s biggest news stories<\/a>, from the 9\/11 attacks to the Great Recession.<\/p>\n

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Trey Parker and Matt Stone have been delivering the sharpest social commentary on television for the past two decades, and if \u201cThe Pandemic Special\u201d is anything to go by<\/a>, they are far from done.<\/p>\n

3 <\/span>Arrested Development<\/h2>\n
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While its belated fourth and fifth seasons on Netflix seriously let it down<\/a>, Arrested Development<\/em> remains one of the most masterfully crafted comedy series to ever hit the airwaves.<\/p>\n

Getting laughs from ironic plot twists, sharp characterization, and cutaway gags, Arrested Development<\/em>\u2019s first three seasons are densely packed with jokes, and it\u2019s rare if there\u2019s only one joke at play in a given moment. At its best,\u00a0Arrested Development\u00a0<\/em>stands among the smartest TV ever created<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2 <\/span>Curb Your Enthusiasm<\/h2>\n
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After revolutionizing the multi-camera sitcom with the hugely influential Seinfeld<\/em>, Jerry Seinfeld\u2019s co-creator Larry David began starring as a fictionalized version of himself in his own series, Curb Your Enthusiasm<\/em>. Two decades into its run and counting, Curb<\/em> has provided some of the funniest moments in TV history.<\/p>\n

With its single-camera shooting style, actors playing themselves, and entirely improvised dialogue, Curb\u00a0<\/em>is\u00a0a wonderfully self-aware show that blurs the line between reality and fiction.<\/p>\n

1 <\/span>Peep Show<\/h2>\n
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Shot from the point of view of its lead characters, stuffed-shirt loan manager Mark and laidback unemployed pothead Jez, Peep Show<\/em> perfectly captured the frustrations of daily life and the painfully relatable foibles of social interaction<\/a> across nine increasingly hilarious seasons.<\/p>\n

The combined efforts of writers Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain and comedy duo David Mitchell and Robert Webb ensured that every Peep Show<\/em> script was jam-packed with jokes. After hundreds of viewings, fans can still pick up on lines they missed in a given episode.<\/p>\n

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