10 Modern Sitcoms That Are 10/10, No Notes

Sitcoms remain the go-to comfort on television: easy to watch, relatively lighthearted, and built to make people laugh. In today’s political and cultural climate, they also need to reflect modern life while keeping their comic momentum — laughter, the piece argues, is still the best medicine.

Ted Lasso turns culture clash into kindness, sending Jason Sudeikis’s clueless Kansas City coach to manage an English soccer club and disarm skeptics with Southern hospitality. Kim’s Convenience mines generational and cultural gaps at a Toronto corner shop, following first-generation Korean immigrants Appa and Umma and their daughter Janet as they navigate misunderstandings and hold on to their heritage.

What We Do in the Shadows strips vampire mystique for mockumentary comedy, tracking four immortal roommates on Staten Island as they bumble through errands, existential crises and the delights of terrible housekeeping.

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