Comfort TV shows

Shows you can put on at the end of a long day. Workplace sitcoms, found families and small towns, with dark comedies and anything built on murder left out. Every pick has a TMDB rating of 7.0 or more from at least 150 votes, and new releases wait until their ratings settle. The order follows the Boxlist quality score, and we checked the list by hand to remove obvious misfits.

1
The Office (2005)
TV8.6
The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.
US Amazon Prime (buy), Google Play (buy), UK Amazon Prime, Netflix
2
Ted Lasso (2020)
TV8.5
Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he’s hired to manage a soccer team, despite having no experience.
US Apple TV+, UK Apple TV+
3
Shrinking (2023)
TV7.8
Jimmy is struggling to grieve the loss of his wife while being a dad, friend, and therapist.
US Apple TV+, UK Apple TV+
4
Arrested Development (2003)
TV8.1
The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.
US Netflix, Amazon Prime (buy), UK Disney, Netflix
5
Parks and Recreation (2009)
TV8.0
Hilarious ensemble comedy that follows Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, and her...
US IFC, Amazon Prime (buy), UK ITV, Amazon Prime (buy)
6
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
TV8.2
A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced...
US TBS, Amazon Prime (buy), UK Channel 4, Netflix
7
What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
TV7.7
A documentary-style look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of a group of vampires in Staten Island who have “lived” together for hundreds...
US Hulu, Amazon Prime (buy), UK BBC, Disney
8
Schitt's Creek (2015)
TV7.6
Formerly filthy rich video store magnate Johnny Rose, his soap star wife Moira, and their two kids, über-hipster son David and socialite daughter...
US Hulu, IMDB TV, UK Netflix, UKTV Play
9
Our Flag Means Death (2022)
TV7.8
After trading in the seemingly charmed life of a gentleman for one of a swashbuckling buccaneer, Stede Bonnet becomes captain of the pirate ship...
US HBO, UK BBC, Amazon Prime (buy)
10
Modern Family (2009)
TV7.6
The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family.
US Hulu, NBC, UK Channel 4, Disney
11
Young Sheldon (2017)
TV8.0
The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.
US HBO, Netflix, UK Channel 4, Netflix
12
Superstore (2015)
TV7.5
A hilarious workplace comedy about a unique family of employees at a super-sized mega store.
US Hulu, Amazon Prime (buy), UK ITV, Netflix
13
New Girl (2011)
TV7.2
Jessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys.
US Hulu, Amazon Prime (buy), UK Disney, Amazon Prime (buy)
14
Running Point (2025)
TV7.3
A reformed party girl must prove herself as a businesswoman when she's unexpectedly put in charge of her family's pro basketball team.
15
Sex and the City (1998)
TV7.5
Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties...
US HBO, NBC, UK NowTV, Amazon Prime (buy)
16
Mom (2013)
TV7.2
Aan irreverent and outrageous take on true family love‐and dysfunction.
US ABC, FX, UK Amazon Prime, Google Play (buy)
17
Mythic Quest (2020)
TV7.4
Meet the team behind the biggest multiplayer video game of all time.
US Apple TV+, UK Apple TV+
18
Atypical (2017)
TV8.4
Sam, an 18-year-old on the autism spectrum, takes a funny, yet painful, journey of self-discovery for love and independence and upends his family.
US Netflix, UK Netflix
19
Emily in Paris (2020)
TV8.0
When ambitious Chicago marketing exec Emily unexpectedly lands her dream job in Paris, she embraces a new life as she juggles work, friends and...
US Netflix, Amazon Prime (buy), UK Netflix
20
Valeria (2020)
TV7.6
A writer in a creative and marital crisis finds refuge and support in her three best friends.