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Shows that feel darkly funny

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Laughing at the funeral. Comedy with teeth. Ranked by how strongly each show carries the mood, then by quality. Every show links to its kindred spirits.

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Breaking Bad
2008–2013 · 5 seasons · AMC
🍅 96%★ 9.5drama · crimeNetflix

Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.

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Better Call Saul
2015–2022 · 6 seasons · AMC
★ 9crime · dramaNetflix

Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Ehrmantraut. The series tracks Jimmy’s transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts “criminal” in “criminal lawyer".

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House
2004–2012 · 8 seasons · FOX
★ 8.7dramaPrime VideoHulu

Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.

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Fargo
2014–2024 · 5 seasons · FX
★ 8.8crime · dramaHulu

A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.

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Malcolm in the Middle
2000–2006 · 7 seasons · FOX
★ 8.2comedyHuluDisney+

A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.

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Parks and Recreation
2009–2015 · 7 seasons · NBC
★ 8.6comedyPeacock

In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much.

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Arrested Development
2003–2019 · 5 seasons · FOX
★ 8.6comedyNetflix

The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.

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Six Feet Under
2001–2005 · 5 seasons · HBO
★ 8.7dramaMax

When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.

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Married... with Children
1987–1997 · 11 seasons · FOX
★ 8.1comedyPrime VideoHulu

Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dim-witted and promiscuous.

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Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969–1974 · 4 seasons · BBC One
★ 8.8comedyPrime VideoPeacock

A British sketch comedy series with the shows being composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines.

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The Simpsons
1989– · 38 seasons · FOX
★ 8.6animation · comedyHuluDisney+

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.

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South Park
1997– · 29 seasons · Comedy Central
★ 8.7comedy · animationParamount+

Follow the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.

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Vice Principals
2016–2017 · 2 seasons · HBO
★ 8comedyMax

After North Jackson High's long-time principal steps down to tend to his ailing wife, Neal Gamby and Lee Russell, the school's vice principals, are forced to put their mutual disdain aside and form an unholy alliance in order to sabotage the newly appointed principal, Dr. Belinda Brown.

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BoJack Horseman
2014–2020 · 6 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.8animation · comedy · dramaNetflix

Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s , 20 years later. He's a curmudgeon with a heart of...not quite gold...but something like gold. Copper?

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Family Guy
1999– · 24 seasons · FOX
★ 8.1animation · comedyHulu

Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet, he keeps Stewie in check whilst sipping Martinis and sorting through his own life issues.

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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005– · 18 seasons · FX
★ 8.8comedyHulu

Four egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way through the adult world of work and relationships. Unfortunately, their warped views and precarious judgments often lead them to trouble, creating a myriad of uncomfortable situations that usually only get worse before they get better.

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It's Okay to Not Be Okay
2020 · 1 season · tvN
★ 8.5drama · comedyNetflix

Desperate to escape from his emotional baggage and the heavy responsibility he’s had all his life, a psychiatric ward worker begins to heal with help from the unexpected – a woman who writes fairy tales but doesn’t believe in them.

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The Office
2001–2002 · 2 seasons · BBC Two
★ 8.5comedyMaxHulu

Nightmare boss. Tedious colleagues. Pointless tasks. Welcome to Wernham Hogg.

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American Dad!
2005– · 22 seasons · FOX
★ 7.4animation · comedyHulu

The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better half housewife, Francine Smith; their college-aged daughter, Hayley Smith; and their high-school-aged son, Steve Smith. Outside of the Smith family, there are three additional main characters, including Hayley's boyfriend turned husband, Jeff Fischer; the family's man-in-a-goldfish-body pet, Klaus; and most notably the family's zany alien, Roger, who is "full of masquerades, brazenness, and shocking antics."

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Pluribus
2025– · 1 season · Apple TV
★ 7.9drama · sci-fi & fantasyApple TV+

The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.

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BEEF
2023– · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 8comedy · dramaNetflix

A road rage incident between two strangers — a failing contractor and an unfulfilled entrepreneur — sparks a feud that brings out their darkest impulses.

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The Boys
2019–2026 · 5 seasons · Prime Video
★ 8.5sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventurePrime Video

A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

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Russian Doll
2019–2022 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.7comedy · dramaNetflix

Nadia keeps dying and reliving her 36th birthday party. She's trapped in a surreal time loop -- and staring down the barrel of her own mortality.

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Scream Queens
2015–2016 · 2 seasons · FOX
★ 7.1mystery · comedyPrime VideoHulu

The super-charged comedy-horror series is a modern take on the classic whodunit with a killer cast.