King of the Hill
The quiet masterpiece of adult animation. Where its loud cousins went for shock, King of the Hill built a sitcom about a Texas propane salesman and his family that plays like a live action show that happens to be drawn.…
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South Park
Still the sharpest satire on television after 25 plus years, which is almost impossible. South Park’s superpower is speed: a six day production cycle that lets an episode about Tuesday’s news air that same week, and a willingness to attack…
Bob’s Burgers
The Belcher family runs a burger restaurant that never quite succeeds, and the show around them is the warmest thing in adult animation. Where its peers went for edge, Bob’s Burgers went for heart: a family that genuinely likes each…
The Simpsons
The most important animated show ever made, and it is not particularly close. Thirty plus seasons in, The Simpsons invented the modern animated sitcom twice over: once as a phenomenon that dominated the 90s, and again as the foundation every…
Bad Monkey
A severed arm washed up in the Keys pulls a suspended detective into a Florida noir, and Vince Vaughn finally gets the role his motormouth was built for. Carl Hiaasen’s brand of environmental crime comedy survives the adaptation fully intact,…
What We Do in the Shadows
Four vampires and their long suffering familiar share a house on Staten Island, and the mockumentary format turns centuries of horror into the best sitcom of its era. Matt Berry’s energy vampire is the funniest character on television, full stop,…
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
The 1980s Lakers become showtime, and Adam McKay’s production turns sports history into a neon comedy with a great John C. Reilly as Jerry Buss. Quincy Isaiah’s rookie Magic Johnson and the behind the scenes chaos of a franchise reinventing…
Shrinking
A grieving therapist starts breaking every rule and telling his patients exactly what he thinks, and the result is the warmest show on television. Jason Segel, Harrison Ford, and Jessica Williams are a trio with actual chemistry, and the Bill…
Hacks
A legendary Vegas comedian past her prime hires a young writer canceled for a bad joke, and the war between them becomes the best written friendship on television. Jean Smart is operating at a level no one else touches, and…
Barry
A hitman takes an acting class and discovers he wants to be a different person, which is the funniest and darkest premise HBO has aired. Bill Hader and Henry Winger play the contradiction beautifully, a man committing murder while sincerely…