Best Sitcom of the 21st Century is...

[swee'pea99]

Hmmm

1. Mrs Brown’s Boys - never watched it
   
2. The Office - enjoyed it
   
3. Peter Kay’s Car Share - never heard of it
   
4. Count Arthur Strong - never watched it
   
5. The IT Crowd - never watched it
   
6. The Thick of It - enjoyed it
   
7. Gavin & Stacey - never watched it
   
8. Miranda - saw it, not tempted to repeat
9. Raised by Wolves - never heard of it
10. Outnumbered - enjoyed it

So, of the 'top 10' I've enjoyed fewer than I've never watched, and only just more than I've never heard of. Like others, I'm baffled by the absence of 2012 & W1A, both brilliant, and Green Wing, also brilliant. I've mixed feelings about The Office, because I never found it all that, well, for want of a better word, funny. But I can recognise it as a truly landmark piece of television, so I think it deserves a high ranking. I think my personal top 10 would look more like

1. The Thick of It
2. The Office
   
3. 2012
4. W1A
5. Green Wing
6. Outnumbered
7. Black books
8. Um, that's all folks

 

[jefmcg]

Can I add "Spaced"? And "Party Down"

 

[pplpilot]

Not so much a sit com more a black comedy - Nighty Night. I thought was brilliant.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/nightynight/

 

[John the Monkey]

Can I add "Spaced"? And "Party Down"

Spaced is only eligible by virtue of S2 being aired in 2001 (S1 aired in 1999).

 

[Doseone]

I really enjoy Brooklyn 99 and Parks and Recreation is brilliant.

 

[nickyboy]

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/aug/23/mrs-browns-boys-voted-best-sitcom-of-century

Mrs Brown's Boys!

Interesting, I think, after recent discussions about comedy in the café - I'd cross several streets to avoid watching an episode of it, personally.

(Lest we forget, the first two decades of the century have brought us Peep Show, The Inbetweeners, Veep, Grandma's House, Arrested Development, House of Fools, Parks and Rec, 30 Rock, Curb Your Enthusiasm....)

Me and you both

Modern Family however.....

....and in deference to my avatar, Bojack Horseman, natch, but not sure if that qualifies as a sitcom

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I know - confirmation the RT list was compiled by idiots.

I'll nominate 2 Broke Girls as well...

Seriously? That may be one of the worst things I have ever seen.

Of recent American comedies, Community, Parks & Recreation and Curb Your Enthusiasm have all had their moments. Big Bang Theory took a while to get going and also stopped being funny a long, long time ago, which highlights one of the big problems with American comedy (and TV in general) - they don't know when to stop because of commercial imperatives. There's every incentive to keep swaddling the audience in comforting familiarity and not to challenge them, so long as the advertising money pours in.

It happens in Britain too, of course. Peep Show should have been killed off much earlier on, for example.

IMHO there is no actual argument about the funniest British TV comedy of the 2000s. It was Nathan Barley. Funny because it was so true and so ahead of its time. And because it did not outstay its welcome.

Other honorable mentions: Black Books, The IT Crowd and Green Wing (and Peep Show, already mentioned).

 

[AndyRM]

IMHO there is no actual argument about the funniest British TV comedy of the 2000s. It was Nathan Barley. Funny because it was so true and so ahead of its time. And because it did not outstay its welcome.

Totally Mexico!

 

[swee'pea99]

Revision:

I think my personal top 10 would look more like

1. The Thick of It
2. The Office
   
3. 2012
4. W1A
5. Green Wing
6. Parks & Recreation
7. Outnumbered
8. Black books
9. Um, that's all folks

 

[Yellow Fang]

Out of the list I only really liked the IT Crowd and The Inbetweeners, but I liked the IT Crowd more. Out of that list I liked Hyperdrive.

 

[srw]

Black books deserves its place on the list.

The Big Bang Theory, on the other hand, is dire. Unfunny actors playing unfunny characters making unfunny and stereotypical jokes in unfunny situations.

 

[jefmcg]

....and in deference to my avatar, Bojack Horseman, natch, but not sure if that qualifies as a sitcom

Yeah, I think it is. Wikipedia agrees.

Orthogonally - and off topic - this appeared in my facebook feed today. Sure it's not called Cabracadabra and the drivers aren't orca strippers, but ride sharing for women by women is close enough to make me smile.

 

[AndyRM]

How could I have forgotten about Darkplace? Definitely should be up there.

 

[iandg]

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/aug/23/mrs-browns-boys-voted-best-sitcom-of-century

Mrs Brown's Boys!

Interesting, I think, after recent discussions about comedy in the café - I'd cross several streets to avoid watching an episode of it, personally.

(Lest we forget, the first two decades of the century have brought us Peep Show, The Inbetweeners, Veep, Grandma's House, Arrested Development, House of Fools, Parks and Rec, 30 Rock, Curb Your Enthusiasm....)

Same people are allowed to vote in General Elections and Referendums. Is it a wonder we're in such a mess?

 

[MontyVeda]

Early Doors by a mile.

A close friend worked on that. It was one of the best and hardest jobs he's done. Best because it was a great script and great actors (he works on a lot of crap). Hard because the crew had to pull out all the stops to not laugh whilst filming (easier said than done).