Comfort Shows For When Tv Is The Only Love Language You Speak

Through comfort programs, streaming platforms provide a self-administered mental morphine drip. The Office is a beloved piece of comfort television. Friends. Gleaming Girls. Recreation and Parks. Perhaps you watch acclaimed comedy for comfort like Fleabag, Insecure, 30 Rock, or Ted Lasso again. The Golden Girls, Sex in the City, The Nanny, and Seinfeld are other oldies you may choose to watch instead. Rewatching beloved television programs becomes tiresome after a while, like attempting to extract more taste from the same stick of gum.

I'm here to tempt you into watching your comfort television more. There are so many untapped, underappreciated joys waiting for you.

Comfort TV comedies to watch if you have…HBO Max

Starstruck

It's difficult to exaggerate how much fun Starstruck is. I sat down to watch the first episode for ten minutes, and I didn't get up until I was almost through with the whole thing. This is the premise of the endearing Starstruck, written and starring comedian Rose Matafeo, who believes that hot celebrity guys should be more likely to fall for educated, humorous, unfamous women. A movie star and Matafeo's character compare their friendship to "one of those weird animal friendship shows where you see a Labrador and a hedgehog who are friends." It's similar to Notting Hill but set in the 2020s. It's excellent.

Chewing Gum

Before I May Destroy You, Michaela Coel produced and starred in the television series Chewing Gum. During at least one episode every season, I laugh so hard that I have to actively try to keep my bladder under control. The masterfully crafted sitcom Chewing Gum is about 24-year-old Tracey, who lives in poor housing in London with her strict Christian mother and sister. Tracey is extremely scrawny and extremely horny. Watch it right away.

The Other Two

Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider, former head writers of Saturday Night Live, pose the question, "What if Justin Bieber had two dysfunctional older millennial siblings?" in their comedy. Since 30 Rock and Veep, it boasts the highest jokes per minute ratio. Additionally, as a present to all those who experience anxiety, nothing truly terrible ever occurs, and the characters are all essentially kind people.

Love Life

Every week, Love Life delivers to the public what they want: a brief romantic comedy that is well-made. Particularly the stand-alone second season, which just debuted, featuring William Jackson Harper, well known as Chidi on A Good Place, is lovely storytelling. 

Comfort TV comedies to watch if you have…Netflix

Feel Good 

Mae Martin, the comedian who developed and acts in the semi-autobiographical film Feel Good, has a magnetic presence that none of us can resist. Martin is a gay Canadian stand-up who lives in England and struggles with sobriety both in real life and on stage. In addition to being a rare TV program with stand-up comedy that really makes sense, Lisa Kudrow lends her impeccable comic timing to the part of Martin's mother. 

Girlfriends

Girlfriends, a 2000 film starring Tracee Ellis Ross, has its complete Netflix release in 2020. It's a sitcom about successful Black women in their late 20s. a series with eight seasons of strong female bonds! Fashion! Sex! Jokes! tries to be everything! 

Derry Girls

According to unofficial polls, watching Derry Girls makes viewers happier, healthier, and more connected to the environment and people of Northern Ireland. The comedy centers on a group of adolescent girls (and one guy) who are growing up toward the conclusion of Northern Ireland's brutal "Troubles" era. This program stands out among the many excellent ones concerning teens. 

Call My Agent 

Do you enjoy Emily in Paris' Sylvie? If you do, Call My Agent will appeal to you. The program is one of those well-kept Netflix secrets that, when you discover it, instantly renew your zest for living. The plot of the French comedy centers on agents who handle performers and try to control their whims. It's amazing how each episode features a well-known French actor—from Juliette Binoche to Isabelle Huppert—playing herself. Costars include the fearsome Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, also known as Sylvie.

Why Are You Like This

Netflix persisted in attempting to get me to watch Why Are You Like This until I finally gave in, and I'm glad I did. The Australian comedy follows three endearingly troubled best friends in their 20s as they pursue destructive romantic relationships and jobs. The episode titles range from "The Pressures of Late Capitalism" to "I Will Not Speak for the Entire Queer Community." Let the Netflix algorithm win you over as well.

Never Have I Ever

Is the film underappreciated? Though it's well-liked, it's not well-regarded as a comfort watch. You can watch these episodes over and never get tired of Devi's (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) antics. 

Comfort TV comedies to watch if you have…Amazon Prime 

We Are Lady Parts

We Are Lady Parts has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and portrays foul-mouthed blue-collar Muslim women in a feminist punk band, with lyrics like "Voldemort Under My Headscarf." You can watch the first episode of the 2021 comedy without having a Peacock membership, and you should. They are playing their instruments with a unique cast of people you have never seen in a TV comedy.