8 Most Perfect Sitcoms of the 2010s, Ranked

Image via ABC Published Aug 4, 2026, 7:52 AM EDT Remus is a writer, editor, journalist, and author with an eye for detail and an extremely active imagination. He is an enthusiast of everything to do with the graphic medium, whether it's Western comics and their adaptations or manga and anime. Remus is also the author of the sci-fantasy novel Once Upon a Time in Hyperspace and several works of short fiction in the mystery, comedy, and horror genres. Sign in to your Collider account The 2010s were something of a golden age for sitcoms. Bridging the gap between traditional network TV and the rise of streaming platforms, the decade pushed the boundaries of comedy, producing some of the most universally acclaimed shows that are now considered masterpieces of the genre. Part of what made these sitcoms so great is the way they blended humor with emotional storytelling, deep character development, and cultural commentary, much of which still holds up today. Not all of them started in the 2010s — quite a few actually began in the late 2000s but still had a significant social and cultural impact through the next decade — but they’re all equally iconic and definitive of the time. From mockumentaries and single-camera sitcoms to workplace comedies and social and political satires, we’ve gathered together some of the funniest and most iconic sitcoms of the decade that not only provide endless laughs but are also celebrated for their writing, acting, character designs, and pop culture influence. So, without further ado, here’s our ranked selection of the funniest sitcoms of the 2010s. 8 ‘Broad City’ (2014–2019) Created by and starring Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson, Broad City is Comedy Central’s most-acclaimed sitcom, adapted from the duo’s independent web series of the same name produced between 2009 and 2011. A dramatized take on Glazer and Jacobson’s real-life friendship and experiences, the series follows Abbi Abrams, an aspiring artist, and Ilana Wexler, an extroverted slacker and marijuana enthusiast, as they navigate daily life and try to make it in New York City. Other recurring cast members include Hannibal Buress, Arturo Castro, Stephen Schneider, John Gemberling, and Eliot Glazer. Broad City is often wildly absurd, mostly sweet, and always hilarious, powered by clever writing and honest performances. While the show’s focus is Abbi and Ilana’s deep friendship, the sitcom never relies on typical tropes; rather, it subverts those expectations with its unapologetically flawed and messy protagonists. Incredibly funny, relatable, and subliminally empowering, Broad City has earned critical acclaim throughout its five-season run, and easily ranks among the best comedies of the 2010s. 7 ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ (2013–2021) Image via FOX Created by Michael Schur and Dan Goor, Brooklyn Nine-Nine follows the staff at the titular, fictional precinct of the NYPD as they adjust to their stern new commanding officer, Captain Raymond Holt. The series focuses on seven detectives, particularly Detective Jake Peralta, who becomes Holt’s (and the squad’s) biggest problem with his eccentric and often annoying antics, leading to hilarious outcomes. Andy Samberg stars as Jake and Andre Braugher as Captain Holt, with Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Chelsea Peretti, Dirk Blocker, and Joel McKinnon Miller in other notable roles. A unique sitcom of its time, Brooklyn Nine-Nine is both a police procedural and a workplace sitcom, defined by its quirkiness and progressive social commentary. The series is celebrated for revitalizing the traditional workplace comedy with its perfect balance of slapstick humor and procedural parody, elevated by its diverse and talented cast. Riotous and often sharp, Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s comedy thrives mainly on the chaotic contrast between Peralta’s immature energy and Holt’s deadpan stoicism, which forms the engine of much of its misadventures. Image via NBC A modern sitcom classic created by Dan Harmon, Community is a madcap adult comedy revolving around an oddball study group at a fictional Colorado community college. The series begins with a disbarred lawyer joining the college to re-earn his license and forming the said group, which attracts various misfits who become inseparable friends. The show boasts an ensemble cast featuring some of comedy’s finest, with Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Alison Brie​​​​​, Ken Jeong, Donald Glover, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, and Chevy Chase as the key characters. A sitcom that simultaneously satirizes and pays homage to sitcom clichés and TV tropes, Community was revolutionary for its time and one of the most meta comedy shows of the decade. The riotous escapades of the group come alive through some of the most experimental storytelling the genre had seen at the time, with concept-based narratives, alternate timelines, and animated episodes. Unconventional and self-aware, Community continues to provide laughs and comfort to a dedicated legion of fans today. Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz Which Taylor SheridanShow Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn't write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for. 🤠Yellowstone 🛢️Landman 👑Tulsa King ⚖️Mayor of Kingstown FIND YOUR WORLD → 01 Where does your power come from? In Sheridan's world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind. ALand, legacy, and a name that's been feared and respected for generations. BKnowing the deal better than anyone else in the room — and being willing to walk away first. CReputation. I've earned it the hard way, and everyone in the room knows it. DBeing the only person both sides will talk to. That makes me indispensable — and dangerous. NEXT QUESTION → 02 Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan's universe is always absolute — and always costly. AFamily — blood or chosen. The ranch, the name, the people who carry it with me. BThe company — or whoever's signing the cheques. Loyalty follows the contract. CMy crew. The men who stood with me when it counted — I don't abandon them for anything. DMy community — even when my community is a powder keg and I'm the only thing stopping it from blowing. NEXT QUESTION → 03 Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it's crossed. AQuietly, decisively, and in a way that sends a message to everyone watching. BI outmanoeuvre them legally, financially, and politically before they even know I've moved. CDirectly. Old school. You cross me, you hear about it to your face — and then you deal with the consequences. DI absorb it, calculate the fallout, and find the move that keeps the whole system from collapsing. NEXT QUESTION → 04 Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan's worlds are as much about place as they are about people. AWide open land — mountains, sky, silence. Somewhere you can see trouble coming from a mile away. BThe oil fields of West Texas — brutal, lucrative, and indifferent to whoever happens to be standing on top of them. CA mid-size city where the rules haven't quite caught up yet — fertile ground for someone with vision and nerve. DA rust-belt town built around a prison — where everyone's life is shaped by what's inside those walls. NEXT QUESTION → 05 How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt. AI do what has to be done to protect what's mine. I'll answer for it eventually — but not today. BGrey is just business. The line moves depending on what's at stake, and I move with it. CI have a code — it's not the law's code, but it's mine, and I don't break it. DI've made peace with it. Keeping the peace requires compromises most people don't have the stomach for. NEXT QUESTION → 06 What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they're defending. AA way of life that the modern world is doing everything it can to erase. BMy position — and the leverage that comes with being the person everyone needs to close a deal. CRelevance. I've been away, I've been written off — and I'm proving that was a mistake. DWhatever fragile order I've managed to build — because without it, everything burns. NEXT QUESTION → 07 How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan's world is never given — it's established, maintained, and constantly tested. ABy example and force of will. People follow me because they believe in what I'm protecting — and because they know what happens if they don't. BThrough negotiation and leverage. I don't need people to like me — I need them to need me. CBy being the smartest, most experienced person in the room and making sure everyone quietly knows it. DBy being the calm centre of a situation that would spiral without me — and accepting that nobody thanks you for it. NEXT QUESTION → 08 Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you. AThey'll learn. Or they won't. Either way, the land was here before them and it'll be here after. BI figure out what they want, what they're worth, and whether they're an asset or a problem — fast. CI was the outsider once. I give them a chance — one — to show they understand respect. DNew players destabilise everything I've built. I assess the threat and manage it before it manages me. NEXT QUESTION → 09 What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal. AMy family's peace — maybe their innocence. The ranch demands everything, and I've let it take too much. BRelationships, time, any version of a normal life. The job eats everything that isn't nailed down. CYears. Decades in some cases. Time I can't get back — but I'm not done yet. DMy conscience, mostly. And the ability to ever fully trust anyone on either side of the wall. NEXT QUESTION → 10 When it's over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan's characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind. AThat I held the line. That the land is still ours and everything I did was worth it. BThat I was the best at what I did and that no deal ever got closed without me at the table. CThat I built something real, somewhere nobody expected it, and I did it on my own terms. DThat I kept the peace when nobody else could — and that the town is still standing because of it. REVEAL MY SHOW → Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you're complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes. 🤠 Yellowstone 🛢️ Landman 👑 Tulsa King ⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world's indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you're willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family's weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what's yours, you don't escalate — you finish it. You're not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone's world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn't make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it. You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You're a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they'll do to get it. You're not naive enough to think this world is fair. You're smart enough to be the one deciding who it's fair to. You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you're not above reminding people that the two aren't mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they'd be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they're more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don't need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land. You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you're the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky's world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You've made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless. ↻ RETAKE THE QUIZ 5 ‘Schitt’s Creek’ (2015–2020) Image via CBC Television Eugene and Dan Levy’s family sitcom that became a huge cultural phenomenon, Schitt’s Creek tells the story of the Roses, a has-been wealthy family who get bankrupted by their business manager and are forced to relocate to the shoddy titular town, which they had once bought as a joke. There begins the miserable new life of Johnny and Moira, and their adult children, Alexis and David, whose high-society attitudes clash against their new normal as they learn to adapt to the paltry lifestyle. Catherine O’Hara, Annie Murphy, Eugene Levy, and Dan Levy bring their comedic best to their main characters that are now icons of modern comedy. Schitt’s Creek grew from an average-rated sitcom into a multi-award-winning cult favorite, thanks largely to its perfect cast and their perfect comedic delivery, particularly O’Hara’s phenomenal depiction of Moira Rose, which earned her 11 awards. Besides its creative mockery of the out-of-touch, uber-rich facing harsh realities, it is also a comforting comedy about personal transformation and acceptance. Cathartically funny in every episode, Schitt’s Creek is self-aware, theatrical, and heartfelt all at once, and it effectively redefined dysfunctional family sitcoms. 4 ‘Parks and Recreation’ (2009–2015) Image via NBC A cult-hit political satire mockumentary created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, Parks and Recreation revolves around ever-enthusiastic mid-level bureaucrat Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler), who works in the titular department of the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana. Along with her quirky colleagues and newfound friend, local nurse Ann Perkins (Rashida Jones), Leslie attempts to improve the conditions of her beloved hometown while navigating endless government red tape, politics, and romance. The series also stars Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Paul Schneider, Adam Scott, Rob Lowe, and Retta as key characters. What begins as a local municipality sitcom evolves into a comforting comedy about friendship, found family, and massive ambitions. While Parks and Recreation did not earn widespread popularity or massive viewership when it first started, the series went on to define the cultural zeitgeist of its era, making the careers of many of its stars. During its run, Parks and Recreation achieved critical acclaim for its sharp writing, excellent acting, and wholesome optimism, and it still ranks among NBC’s best sitcoms of all time. 3 ‘Modern Family’ (2009–2020) Image via ABC A multi-award-winning sitcom created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan, Modern Family follows the lives of three very diverse family setups, all interrelated through wealthy patriarch Jay Pritchett. The series follows the hilariously chaotic dynamics of the dysfunctional family as they navigate their modern-day lives in suburban Los Angeles. The sitcom stars Ed O’Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Eric Stonestreet as the heads of their respective family units. Presented in a mockumentary style with handheld, single-camera movements, direct-to-camera interviews, and characters breaking the fourth wall, Modern Family takes the workplace sitcom setup popularized by The Office and blends it with family comedy. The series derives its laughter from the comedic interpretations of the real-life contemporary social and cultural landscape, supported by award-winning performances. One of the longest-running live-action sitcoms of all time, Modern Family earned sweeping accolades during its broadcast, earning 22 Emmys and a Golden Globe Award, and became a 2010s pop culture icon. 2 ‘The Big Bang Theory’ (2007–2019) Image via CBS A sitcom that inspired an entire generation, Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady’s The Big Bang Theory is a fun and energetic sitcom about physicists Leonard and Sheldon, their neighbor and aspiring actress Penny, and their friends and coworkers, engineer Howard and astrophysicist Rajesh. As they navigate daily life, careers, and romance in Pasadena, California, their social ineptness and awkward attitudes often lead them to ridiculous situations with hilarious outcomes. The lead characters played by Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Kunal Nayyar, and Simon Helberg have since become pop culture touchstones, and the later seasons also star Mayim Bialik, Melissa Rauch, and Kevin Sussman in main cast roles. Driven by its terrific performances and pitch-perfect delivery, The Big Bang Theory helped revive geek culture and bring it to mainstream television with its quirky spin on nerd-energy. The show draws its humor from the idiosyncrasies of its characters and evolved into a mature comedy about friendships over the course of its 12-season run. The Big Bang Theory is not only one of the most popular and successful shows of its time, but a landmark of comedy television that has since spawned three spin-off sequels. 1 ‘Veep’ (2012–2019) Image via HBO Armando Iannucci’s adaptation of the British political satire sitcom The Thick of It, Veep is a legendary HBO comedy centered on Selina Meyer, the eccentric Vice President of the United States. The show follows Selina and her dysfunctional staff as they struggle with their professional and personal lives while attempting to make their mark with nonsensical politics and interpersonal squabbles. Julia Louis-Dreyfus delivers a one-of-a-kind central performance as the fictional VPOTUS, with Anna Chlumsky, Tony Hale, Reid Scott, Timothy Simons, Matt Walsh, Kevin Dunn, Sufe Bradshaw, and Gary Cole as other key characters. With its razor-sharp banter and ruthless political satire, Veep sits at the pinnacle of political comedies of the 21st century. The show draws all its humor from exposing the petty egos and absurdity behind high-stakes Washington politics that is often closer to reality than what many political dramas have achieved. A riotously creative take on American bureaucracy and politics, Veep is not only a fantastically written and performed sitcom but a show that remains uncannily prescient nearly a decade after its finale. Veep Release Date 2012 - 2019-00-00 Network HBO Max