Our Team FM has compiled the list of the Top English Comedy Shows (Series) of the 21st Century. Kindly note that it is not an exhaustive list of English Comedy-drama series from Western nations; they are simply in focus in the article.
Today, we are sharing this list of the Top English Comedy Shows (Series) as the world is celebrating World Laughter Day. On the first Sunday of May worldwide, people celebrate World Laughter Day. Incidentally, World Laughter Day was first celebrated in 1998 in India. To choose these comedy series, we have set the initial cut-off year as Y2K to the current year. Please note these Top English Comedy Shows (Series) of the 21st Century are not based on any ranking of sorts; they are in random order. Maybe in the coming days, we shall add many more comedy-drama series (shows) to the list, in different languages.
The List: Top English Comedy Shows of the 21st Century
Set against the backdrop of the Northern Ireland Troubles, this comedy series follows a group of five friends {Erin Quinn (Saoirse-Monica Jackson), Orla McCool (Louisa Harland), Clare Devlin (Nicola Coughlan), Michelle Mallon (Jamie-Lee O'Donnell), James Maguire (Dylan Llewellyn)} as they navigate their teens in the early 1990s.So, the personal exploits of a 16-year-old girl, Erin Quinn (Saoirse-Monica Jackson) and her family and her teenage friends contend with the universal challenges of being a teenager during the Troubles in the early 1990s in Northern Ireland.
Video clip
Derry Girls | YouTube.
Telecast Years
2018 to 2022
Seasons
3 – Three seasons
Episodes
19 – Nineteen episodes
Fleabag (UK) Series
A dry-witted woman, known only as Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge), has no filter as she navigates life and love in London while trying to cope with tragedy. The angry, grief-riddled woman tries to heal while rejecting anyone who tries to help her, but Fleabag continues to keep up her bravado through it all. Comic actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge stars as the titular character in the series, which is based on Waller-Bridge's 2013 one-woman show of the same name.
Telecast Years
2016 & 2019
Seasons
2 – Two seasons
Episodes
12 – Twelve episodes
Modern Family (USA) Series
Told from the perspective of an unseen documentary filmmaker, the series offers an honest, often hilarious perspective of family life.
Parents Phil Dunphy (Ty Burrell) and Claire Dunphy (Julie Bowen) yearn for an honest, open relationship with their three kids. But a daughter who is trying to grow up too fast, another who is too smart for her good, and a rambunctious young son make it challenging.
Claire's dad, Jay Pritchett (Ed O'Neill), and his Latina wife, Gloria Pritchett (Sofía Vergara), are raising two sons together, but people sometimes believe Jay to be Gloria's father.
Jay's gay son, Mitchell Pritchett (Jesse Tyler Ferguson), and his partner, Cameron Tucker (Eric Stonestreet), have adopted a little Asian girl, completing one big -- straight, gay, multicultural, traditional -- happy family.
Three different but related families face trials and tribulations in their own uniquely comedic ways.
Telecast Years
2009 to 2020
Total Seasons
11 – Eleven
Total Episodes
250 – Two Hundred Fifty
The Big Bang Theory (USA) Series
Physicists Leonard and Sheldon find their nerd-centric social circle with pals Howard and Raj expanding when aspiring actress Penny moves in next door.Mensa-fied best friends and roommates Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki) and Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons), physicists who work at the California Institute of Technology, may be able to tell everybody more than they want to know about quantum physics, but getting through most basic social situations, especially ones involving women, totally baffles them. How lucky, then, that babelicious waitress/aspiring actress Penny (Kaley Cuoco) moves in next door. Frequently seen hanging out with Leonard and Sheldon are friends and fellow Caltech scientists Howard Wolowitz (Simon Helberg) and Raj Koothrappali (Kunal Nayyar). Will worlds collide? Does Einstein theorise in the woods?
Telecast Years
2007 to 2019
Seasons
12 – Twelve Seasons
Episodes
280 – Two Hundred Eighty Episodes
Schitt’s Creek (Canada) Series
A wealthy couple -- video store magnate Johnny Rose (Eugene Levy) and his soap opera star wife Moira Rose (Catherine O'Hara) -- suddenly find themselves completely broke. With only one remaining asset, a small town called Schitt's Creek, which the Roses bought years earlier as a joke, this once-wealthy couple must give up life as they know it.
With their two spoiled children in tow and their pampered lives behind them, the Rose family is forced to face their newfound poverty head-on and come together as a family to survive.
Video clip of the Schitt’s Creek | Moira's Most Iconic Moments From All Six Seasons
Telecast Years
2015 to 2020
Seasons
6 – Six Seasons
Episodes
80 – Eighty Episodes
Barry (USA) Series
Disillusioned at the thought of taking down another "mark," depressed, low-level hitman Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) seeks a way out. When the Midwesterner reluctantly travels to Los Angeles to execute a hit on an actor who is bedding a mobster's wife, little does Barry know that the City of Angels may be his sanctuary. He follows his target into acting class and ends up instantly drawn to the community of eager hopefuls, especially dedicated student Sally (Sarah Goldberg), who becomes the object of his affection.
While Barry wants to start a new life as an actor, his handler, Fuches (Stephen Root), has other ideas, and the hitman's criminal past won't let him walk away so easily.
Check out the FM Review of the Barry Series in our Focus Magazine.
Telecast – Year
2018 to 2022
Seasons
4 – Four seasons
Episodes
32 – Thirty Two episodes
Mom (USA) Series
Bonnie (Allison Janney), a recovering alcoholic, focuses on her marriage to her husband, Adam (William Fichtner), and on what she wants to be now that she's finally grown up. Now more than ever, Bonnie depends on the support of her friends, including the wise Marjorie (Mimi Kennedy), the wealthy and sometimes misguided Jill (Jaime Pressly), the overly emotional Wendy (Beth Hall), and her foster sister, Tammy (Kristen Johnston), who was recently released from prison.
Collectively, they help each other overcome their mistakes and stay sober in the face of whatever life throws at them.
Telecast – Years
2013 to 2020
Seasons
8 – Eight seasons
Episodes
170 – One Hundred Seventy episodes
Fresh Off The Boat (USA) Series
Based on chef Eddie Huang's best-selling memoir of the same name, "Fresh Off the Boat" takes a humorous look at the lives of immigrants in America. In the 1990s, Eddie (Hudson Yang), a hip-hop-loving 11-year-old, relocates with his parents and two brothers to suburban Orlando from the Chinatown section of Washington, D.C. As Eddie's dad, Louis (Randall Park), pursues the American dream by opening a Western-themed restaurant named Cattleman's Ranch Steakhouse, Eddie and the rest of the family, including his mother Jessica (Constance Wu), try to acclimate to their new, strange surroundings.
Telecast – Years
2015 to 2019
Seasons
6 – Six seasons
Episodes
116 – One Hundred Sixteen episodes
Two and a Half Men (USA) Series
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Chiropractor and single father Alan Harper (Jon Cryer) lives in a beachfront house with divorced Internet billionaire Walden Schmidt (Ashton Kutcher), who bought the house following the untimely death of Alan's brother, Charlie Harper (Charlie Sheen). As they acclimate to their living arrangement, the tightly wound Alan finds himself taking on a mentor role with Walden, whose lifelong dependence on being taken care of has left him a bit naive.
Despite his unsuccessful romantic history, Alan also tries to help Walden overcome his limited experiences with dating. Berta (Conchata Ferrell), a sharp-tongued, unapologetic housekeeper, is also featured in the series.
Telecast – Years
2007 to 2014
Seasons
12 – Twelve seasons
Episodes
262 – Two Hundred Sixty-Two episodes
Abbott Elementary (USA) Series
A group of dedicated, passionate teachers {Janine Teagues (Quinta Brunson), Gregory Eddie (Tyler James Williams), Jacob Hill (Chris Perfetti), Melissa Schemmenti (Lisa Ann Walter) & Barbara Howard (Sheryl Lee Ralph)} -- and a slightly tone-deaf principal (Ava Coleman (Janelle James)} -- find themselves thrown together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life.
Though these incredible public servants may be outnumbered and underfunded, they love what they do -- even if they don't love the school district's less-than-stellar attitude toward educating children.
So, go ahead and follow a group of teachers brought together in one of the worst public schools in the country, simply because they love teaching.
Telecast – Years
2021, 2022 & onwards (it is still being telecasted)
Seasons
2 – Two seasons, so far
Episodes
35 – Thirty Five episodes, so far
And that concludes our FM list of the Top English Comedy Shows of the 21st Century. Notably, our Team FM has seen all the Top English Comedy Shows (series/sitcoms) of the 21st Century mentioned above, and we loved them. They are hilarious and perfect to watch today. Enjoy!
In case you wish to marathon (binge) watch, then start with Derry Girls (and check its LOL clip on YouTube), too.
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