TV Comedy
Television comedy had a presence from the earliest days of broadcasting. The situation comedy, or sitcom, has been the most common, successful and culturally significant type of television comedy. As the name suggests, these programs feature recurring characters placed in humourous situations. Since the early 1950s with "I Love Lucy" in the US and "Hancock's Half Hour" in Britain, sitcoms have always had a special place in the hearts of viewers and gathered highly devoted followers, as the familar characters often become beloved. Below you may scroll though time to your fondly remembered telly programs. For Alice's motherlode of Television, stay with "Television Shows".
Pictured: Ricky Gervais as The Brentster in the BBC's brilliant 'The Office'.
Jane the Virgin: Season 1 (2017)
7.8/10
Starring: Gina Rodriguez
The daughter of a teen mother, Jane Villanueva grew up determined not to repeat her mom's mistakes. At 23, her life is on track; Jane is studying to b... Read more
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 9 (2017)
8.7/10
Starring: Richard Lewis, Jeff Garlin, Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Susie Essman
Larry's back and that's pritty, pritty, pritty good news! Six years after the award-winning Curb Your Enthusiasm ended its last season, HBO will pre... Read more
The Trip to Spain: The 6-Part Series (2017)
6.6/10
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon
Steve convinces Rob to go on a trip through Cantabria, the Basque region, Aragon, Rioja, Castile, La Mancha and Andalucia, retracing the journey Steve... Read more
Decline and Fall (2017)
6.8/10
Director: Guillem Morales
Starring: David Suchet, Eva Longoria, Jack Whitehall, Stephen Graham
The series sees Paul Pennyfeather as an inoffensive divinity student at Oxford University in the 1920s, who is wrongly dismissed for indecent exposure... Read more
The Durrells (2016)
8.2/10
Starring: Keeley Hawes, Josh O'Connor
Based on the real-life events of the Durrell family as they resettle from England to Greece. In the funny, feel-good drama, a family leaves their Eng... Read more
The Good Place: Season 1 (2016)
8.1/10
Starring: Ted Danson, Kristen Bell, D'arcy Carden, William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil
When Eleanor Shellstrop finds herself in the afterlife, she's both relieved and surprised that she's made it into the Good Place. But it doesn't take... Read more
Orange Is the New Black: Season 4 (2016)
8.2/10
Starring: Kate Mulgrew, Taryn Manning, Taylor Schilling, Jessica Pimentel, Michael Harney,...
From Jenji Kohan, the creator of "Weeds", "Orange Is the New Black" is a thought-provoking, funny, and evocative show about life in a women's prison.... Read more
Girls: Season 5 (2016)
7.9/10
Starring: Alex Karpovsky, Jemima Kirke, Lena Dunham, Adam Driver, Andrew Rannells, Zosia M...
Lena Dunham returns for the highly anticipated fifth season of Girls, the award-winning hit comedy series that follows the assorted humiliations and t... Read more
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Seasons 1 and 2 (2015)
7.7/10
Starring: Ellie Kemper, Tituss Burgess, Carol Kane, Jane Krakowski, Jon Hamm
A woman is rescued from a doomsday cult and starts life over again in New York City. After being rescued from an underground bunker in which she lived... Read more
Master of None: Season 1 (2015)
8.3/10
Starring: Eric Wareheim, Aziz Ansari, Noel Wells, Kelvin Yu
Dev is a 30 year-old actor, living in New York City. His life goes by in a humorous, yet meaningful sequence of events. Everything he does is usually... Read more