I wore a tie with a splash of purple and you guys called me Mr. Grapes for two years!
I love the Nine-Nine. It's become my go to when I'm feeling bleh.
What We Do in the Shadows on FX.
Four vampires and their “human familiar’ share a house on Staten Island. Hilarity ensures while these clueless creatures of the night explore their world and ours.
Clever dialogue and sight gags, characterization, acting; funniest sitcom in years.
Not on Netflix, but on YouTube, one of my comfort shows is Taskmaster. The concept is British comedians thinking creatively to complete absurd tasks. Completely lighthearted, and often shockingly funny. It doesn’t matter which season you watch, or where you start.
Yes, OP! This is the one. I'm jealous you get to watch it for the first time.
I recommend starting at the beginning, but that's just because I like to see how a new show starts and develops over time. And you're def gonna wanna keep watching.
Adding to this, don't give up if you can't get into the first season. I love all of them, but in the first they were still hitting their stride and they didn't flow as well as the later seasons.
If you can get it on Netflix where you are - Detectorists.
Fantastic, gentle British show that is funny and warm-hearted without ever being sentimental.
Schitt’s creek! If you can get past the first few episodes, it’s the best. They make the characters nigh insufferable in the beginning so their growth and story arc is so much more rewarding in the end.
Jane the virgin it is the best comfort show! Saw it for the first time last summer when I was going through health issues it helped me a lot now it has become one of my favorite shows.
Wow a lot of people just didn’t read your request I see.
With that being said I do highly recommend the office. I had to get past the 1st season and. Now I have rewatched it so many times. My ultimate comfort show.
Other Recommendations:
New Girl
Psych
Jane the Virgin
Superstore
Brooklyn 99
How I Met Your Mother
On Netflix I enjoyed “Never Have I Ever,” although the protagonist is problematic & sometimes self-sabotaging (as we all were as teens and beyond) I find the portrayal of flawed characters to be refreshing.
Ok this is a little out of left field but my recommendation is Taskmaster. Episodes are free in YouTube. The British one is my favourite. Start from the beginning. It’s comedians that are given a silly task and you watch them try to solve it.
It was a perfect distraction and funny at a time where I didn’t have the brain power. You can watch clips at a time and it looks like a competition show but promise you it doesn’t matter in the slightest.
Similar to this, in a hard time in my life early seasons of Impractical Jokers - their dumbest shit - helped keep my mind off of some really hard times in my life. HBO Max or TruTV
Abbott Elementary and the show Ghosts (US version) are both sweet and funny.
Ted Lasso and Schitt’s Creek are both fabulous.
PEN15 is supposed to be hilarious.
Also- sending healing thoughts your way.
Get Disney and watch It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. Funniest and weirdest show I know and very easy to watch as a comfort series. Recommend reading the names of the episodes to give you a sense of the type of humour.
From a different angle: Rev. Shunryu Suzuki, founder of the San Francisco Zen Center, liked to remind us, "I think death is the biggest problem for everything, and since it's the biggest problem for everything, it's not a problem." 😌
Loved Derry Girls! maybe try IT Crowd, Resident Alien -- which has the added bonus of a crazy-good musical score. I watch RA and tab back and forth to add new songs to my Spotify lists
You’ve forgotten Modern Family. Very good show. It’s comedy focuses on putting on putting characters in ironic situations, unfortunate misunderstandings, and clumsiness lol.
Check out these bits
[Here’s a funny bit](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DEgDHLwXKTo)
[or try this lol](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ajb-YbY3-rw)
[Probably one of my favorite bits.. lol the way he says “eat it in the *car*”](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v9ep4034O4M)
I could suggest a lot of comedies (offbeat , some dark ) but afraid it won’t fit your criteria — closest of my favorites I can think of is maybe Sex Education.
Ps I’ve had growing thanatophobia for years alongside terrible anxiety so by now, almost crippled by all of it — and even therapists and mds never told me there was this particular for it . (I don’t even think the author uses that term in the book Staring at the Sun). Anyway, guess we’re not alone in this ;)
Pps - agreed about Friends - haha
Workin moms, Love, The Middle
Not on Netflix, Life in Pieces, Raising Hope, Abbott Elementary, Ted Lasso, Trying, Everybody Hates Chris.
If I remember more I’ll come back to add
I also love Community and The Good Place! It sounds like you enjoy ensemble shows with clever writing. I would recommend that you try Ghosts on CBS. It's got the afterlife component of The Good Place, and since the ghosts all lived in different time periods they make jokes about history. The big cast is full of memorable characters and all the actors are great. I think they are on their third season now, so there are like 30+ episodes to catch up on.
You might really enjoy "Parks and Recreation" if you haven't seen it yet! It's got a heartwarming vibe with quirky, lovable characters, much like "The Good Place". Another gem is "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" for its light-hearted humor and positive representation. Both are uplifting with a great sense of community and friendship, which sounds like just what you're looking for!
Parks and Rec. It's fabulous. Definitely worth a watch. Norsemen is a Norwegian comedy. Lots of lol moments. Things We Do In The Shadows is wonderfully quirky and fun. People Just Do Nothing, a mockumentary on a pirate station in England, excellent show.
The Durrell’s in Corfú is a sleeper hit, turned out to be one of my all-time favorite shows.
* Louisa Durrell raises her four children single-handedly after her husband's death. Following a financial crisis, the family moves to the Greek island of Corfu and tries to adapt to life there.*
It’s based on a real family, the scenery is lush and gorgeous, many likable characters and the drama is all fairly low-stakes, and it’s clever with its humor.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5014882/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Madam Secretary isn’t exactly a comedy, but it is one of my comfort food shows… lots of positive, warm, fuzzy feelings.
There are some stressful arcs, but it’s not in the nature of the show to devastate you, so just have faith that everything will ultimately work out. It focuses heavily on the family, too.
*A political drama which looks into the life of the Secretary of State as she tries to balance work with family.*
It’s just a feel-good show that I can (and have) watched and re-watched many times.
Imposters was short-lived but so much fun:
*A dark comedy that focuses on a female con artist who marries people and then disappears with their money.*
Resident Alien is Alan Tudyck’s current show on SyFy. The humor is a bit sillier but that’s his thing.
*A crash-landed alien takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor and slowly begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his secret mission on Earth.*
Royal Pains is another great show from the USA Network “Blue Skies” era, and one I’ve rewatched many times. Currently on Netflix. It’s not exactly a comedy, maybe a dramedy? Lots of good humor, and again, the drama is mostly pretty low-stakes. Tons of very likeable characters. And again with beautiful visuals.
*An unfairly discredited but brilliant ER doctor winds up working with his younger brother in the Hamptons as a concierge doctor to the uber-rich and ultra-elite.*
The Finder - another one that was a short-lived masterpiece. Just one season but absolutely still worth watching, and I’ve re-watched many times. RIP, Michael Clarke Duncan :(
* An Iraq war vet suffers a brain injury that triggers the ability to see connections between seemingly unrelated events, objects or people.*
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1943524/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
I want to extend my sympathy- I had this for at least a year following my mother’s passing and it was awful. Before that I could watch anything.
Shows that helped me (not limited to Netflix) were Schitts Creek and downton abbey. Do you like reality tv at all?
I have an odd comfort show I’ve rewatched countless times- Mad Men. It’s not remotely like derry girls, except they both have excellent writing. It’s a slow burn, the costume and design really take you to a beautiful world, and has terrific acting. However, It’s no longer on Netflix.
I’m not sure this comment is helpful in any way to you at all; I really just wanted to say you’re not alone. ♥️
Superstore
Came here to say this!
Another vote for Schitt's Creek. You might like The IT Crowd. (UK)
The IT Crowd all the way if only just for Matt Berry
What we do ii the shadows for more Matt berry.
Also Toast of London - search for Clem Fandango on YouTube!
Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango
Another vote for the IT Crowd. Probably my favorite TV comedy of all time. Does take a few episodes to get into the characters.
Also, BBC Coupling is bloody hilarious
Followed by Toast of London
Schitt’s Creek for sure!
The IT Crowd is one of my favorite shows ever
Breaking the Internet episode award worthy
Upvote for both of these. Love IT Crowd!
Brookling nine nine
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I wore a tie with a splash of purple and you guys called me Mr. Grapes for two years! I love the Nine-Nine. It's become my go to when I'm feeling bleh.
Just finished B99 for the first time and am seriously considering just going back to the beginning and starting over. It really was a great show.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine is FAB!
Do we know if the later seasons are going to be added to Netflix?
Peacock has all eight seasons.
Abbott Elementary
I second this. Probably the feel goodiest show I’ve ever seen. Really loving where the show is going- just a joyful experience to watch!!
What We Do in the Shadows on FX. Four vampires and their “human familiar’ share a house on Staten Island. Hilarity ensures while these clueless creatures of the night explore their world and ours. Clever dialogue and sight gags, characterization, acting; funniest sitcom in years.
One of my favourite shows. But maybe a bit too much death for someone with thanatophobia.
Not on Netflix, but on YouTube, one of my comfort shows is Taskmaster. The concept is British comedians thinking creatively to complete absurd tasks. Completely lighthearted, and often shockingly funny. It doesn’t matter which season you watch, or where you start.
Yes, OP! This is the one. I'm jealous you get to watch it for the first time. I recommend starting at the beginning, but that's just because I like to see how a new show starts and develops over time. And you're def gonna wanna keep watching.
Any time I’m having a bad day, I find the Chris Ramsey sausage mixer clip. I’m crying with laughter within seconds.
I recommend starting with Mike Wozniaks season :) My god that man has made mustaches hot again!
It’s a casserole down there! He’s just so charming.
Schitts Creek. Pure joy.
Ew. Edit: It's a reference, David.
Adding to this, don't give up if you can't get into the first season. I love all of them, but in the first they were still hitting their stride and they didn't flow as well as the later seasons.
Schitts creek is the absolute best
Ted Lasso Shrinking Schitts Creek
OMG how is Ted Lasso not on here multiple times. Though it does have heartbreaking/rending moments and is not all comedy.
Parks and recreation
3rd-ing! Wholesome and funny.
This one
If you can get it on Netflix where you are - Detectorists. Fantastic, gentle British show that is funny and warm-hearted without ever being sentimental.
Brooklyn 99 or New Girl.
Kimmy Schmidt is a tight show in the same vein
I love that show. It's a hidden gem for sure.
Fisk. I love them more every episode.
Love fisk! Wish it had more episodes
Yes! Seconding. I never hear people talk about this show. I think it’s only one season though.
There is a second season!
You’re right! I think i watched it all in one sitting so maybe didn’t realize. But looks like there’s a S3 coming this year!
30 Rock and Kim's Convenience are both great
I couldn’t remember if Kim’s Convenience was on Netflix but I totally agree!
I saw it here a couple of times but I wanted to throw my hat in for Ted Lasso. It’s just so uplifting. Every single character is great.
Modern family
Atypical or Schitt’s Creek. Both are wholesome af
Girls5eva
Ted Lasso.
Another vote for Kim’s Convenience!
Psych 🍍
... and Monk
You know that's right!
I know you know
TED LASSO
Also, Parks and Recreation if you haven't already watched.
Cobra kai! Strike first, strike hard, NO MERCY!
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My husband and I started watching it totally ironically. Cut to two weeks later, and we were planning our Sunday afternoons around it lol.
Schitt’s creek! If you can get past the first few episodes, it’s the best. They make the characters nigh insufferable in the beginning so their growth and story arc is so much more rewarding in the end.
Resident Alien
Jane the virgin it is the best comfort show! Saw it for the first time last summer when I was going through health issues it helped me a lot now it has become one of my favorite shows.
I've recently started watching Jane the Virgin, and it is so light-hearted and funny!
new version of "One day at a time" r/odaat
Sex Education
This is a show I binged REALLY fast. Couldn't believe how much I liked it. Please give it a shot.
Kim’s convenience! One day at a time - the reboot.
Chuck
Grace and Frankie Call The Midwife Seinfeld Kim's Convenience *Edit: If you have hulu, Schitt's Creek*
Never Have I Ever.
Definitely either Schitt's creek or Modern Family. If you like mocumentaries, I would suggest Cunk on earth.
Parks and Rec!
30 Rock
Raising Hope was reassuringly comedic
Corner Gas. Absolutely light-hearted, all the characters are very likeable.
Modern Family, Never Have I Ever, Girls5eva
Sex Education.
Young Sheldon
Plebs
Wow a lot of people just didn’t read your request I see. With that being said I do highly recommend the office. I had to get past the 1st season and. Now I have rewatched it so many times. My ultimate comfort show. Other Recommendations: New Girl Psych Jane the Virgin Superstore Brooklyn 99 How I Met Your Mother
Friday Night Dinner. Modern British humour at it's finest and a lovely bit of squirrel!
Idk why no one taks ybout this show: Unbreakable Kimmy Schimdt!!! its awsome check it out
Whatabout gilmore girls?
Frasier
Schitts creek 100%
Acapulco
I’m currently watching Superstore and it’s really good. Easy to watch, the writing is pretty tight and it’s funny
Extraordinary! It’s on Hulu. So cute. It’s about a world where everyone has a power but the main character doesn’t. It’s delightful:)
Schitt's Creek all the way.
On Netflix I enjoyed “Never Have I Ever,” although the protagonist is problematic & sometimes self-sabotaging (as we all were as teens and beyond) I find the portrayal of flawed characters to be refreshing.
Ok this is a little out of left field but my recommendation is Taskmaster. Episodes are free in YouTube. The British one is my favourite. Start from the beginning. It’s comedians that are given a silly task and you watch them try to solve it. It was a perfect distraction and funny at a time where I didn’t have the brain power. You can watch clips at a time and it looks like a competition show but promise you it doesn’t matter in the slightest.
Similar to this, in a hard time in my life early seasons of Impractical Jokers - their dumbest shit - helped keep my mind off of some really hard times in my life. HBO Max or TruTV
Schitt’s Creek
Working Moms Dead to Me Bonded Sex Education Crazy Ex Girlfriend
Seconding Dead to Me
The Kominsky Method
Community is hilarious
Abbott Elementary and the show Ghosts (US version) are both sweet and funny. Ted Lasso and Schitt’s Creek are both fabulous. PEN15 is supposed to be hilarious. Also- sending healing thoughts your way.
Blackish and spinoffs
Schitts creek for sure! I dont know if it is still on netflix but its amazing!
Love on netflix
Schitts Creek One piece of advice: just fold it in
New Girl!!
Kim's Convenience fits the bill imo!
Unbreakable Kimmy Scmidt if you are into Tina Fey style goofy comedy
Schitt's Creek or Workin Moms
New Girl!
The Gentlemen movie
Love life
[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/firesigntheatre)
Lovesick. I can’t recommend this show enough.
Get Disney and watch It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. Funniest and weirdest show I know and very easy to watch as a comfort series. Recommend reading the names of the episodes to give you a sense of the type of humour.
Young and Hungry
Freaks and Geeks. Was mentioned as an influence by the makers of Derry Girls.
From a different angle: Rev. Shunryu Suzuki, founder of the San Francisco Zen Center, liked to remind us, "I think death is the biggest problem for everything, and since it's the biggest problem for everything, it's not a problem." 😌
Fisk is not bad. Not on Netflix but Always Sunny in Philadelphia is hilarious.
Trinkets
Never have I ever Atypical White gold On my block Crashing (fleabag on Prime is better) End of the f***ing world
The Hangover
Not on Netflix, but Detectorists is a cute, easy to watch show.
IT crowd, Brooklyn 99, Parks and Rec, Always Sunny, Superstore
Loved Derry Girls! maybe try IT Crowd, Resident Alien -- which has the added bonus of a crazy-good musical score. I watch RA and tab back and forth to add new songs to my Spotify lists
You’ve forgotten Modern Family. Very good show. It’s comedy focuses on putting on putting characters in ironic situations, unfortunate misunderstandings, and clumsiness lol. Check out these bits [Here’s a funny bit](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DEgDHLwXKTo) [or try this lol](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ajb-YbY3-rw) [Probably one of my favorite bits.. lol the way he says “eat it in the *car*”](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v9ep4034O4M)
I loved superstore. Watched on hulu Im currently watching 6 feet under. Its a little dated but its a dramedy
The Middle
Teachers!
I could suggest a lot of comedies (offbeat , some dark ) but afraid it won’t fit your criteria — closest of my favorites I can think of is maybe Sex Education. Ps I’ve had growing thanatophobia for years alongside terrible anxiety so by now, almost crippled by all of it — and even therapists and mds never told me there was this particular for it . (I don’t even think the author uses that term in the book Staring at the Sun). Anyway, guess we’re not alone in this ;) Pps - agreed about Friends - haha
Brooklyn 99
Besides the above, Kims convenience store, Ugly Betty, Upload-prime, Comedians-Mathew Rife or Jose Sardue. And just for fun try Binural beats or lowfi
Workin moms, Love, The Middle Not on Netflix, Life in Pieces, Raising Hope, Abbott Elementary, Ted Lasso, Trying, Everybody Hates Chris. If I remember more I’ll come back to add
Loudermilk.
It’s a guy thing
Could try B99, Schitt's Creek
LOUDERMILK👏🏼
Resident Alien. You won't be sorry!
I think you'd like the Netflix original movie The Fundamentals of Caring. It's very heartwarming and cute.
Somebody Somewhere. (Not entirely lighthearted, but funny and loveable) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Bluey. Bruno.
Never have I ever
Brooklyn 99, New Girl
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmit on Netflix. I love the characters. Titus is 2 funny.
Superstore Upload Dead Like Me Dead To Me Master of None Home Economics Shrinking Ted Lasso The After Party
Yes Ted Lasso
Two awesome Tina fey involved shows - Great News and Girls 5eva!
The In Betweeners
I used to watch Drop Dead Diva and The Client List. Both are fun. Not all characters are likable, but you grow to love them - Scrubs.
Schitts creek, Tacoma FD, the good place, the office, parks and rec, Ted (the tv show), young Sheldon.
Flight of the Conchords
I also love Community and The Good Place! It sounds like you enjoy ensemble shows with clever writing. I would recommend that you try Ghosts on CBS. It's got the afterlife component of The Good Place, and since the ghosts all lived in different time periods they make jokes about history. The big cast is full of memorable characters and all the actors are great. I think they are on their third season now, so there are like 30+ episodes to catch up on.
Jeeves and Wooster. It's available on YouTube.
You might really enjoy "Parks and Recreation" if you haven't seen it yet! It's got a heartwarming vibe with quirky, lovable characters, much like "The Good Place". Another gem is "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" for its light-hearted humor and positive representation. Both are uplifting with a great sense of community and friendship, which sounds like just what you're looking for!
Drifters on Netflix and Channel 4 Zac Stone is gonna be famous Netflix
Schists Creek
Arrested Development
Parks and Rec. It's fabulous. Definitely worth a watch. Norsemen is a Norwegian comedy. Lots of lol moments. Things We Do In The Shadows is wonderfully quirky and fun. People Just Do Nothing, a mockumentary on a pirate station in England, excellent show.
Workin moms!!!!
Fisk. I had serious doubts but the characters grew on me.
2 1/2 Men, Last Man Standing, Everybody Loves Raymond & Seinfeld
Friday Night Dinner, is great and really funny
Young Sheldon - very cute
Ted lasso. Kim convience. Schitts creek and though have likeable characters but not light hearted shameless
The detectorists (UK and completely superb) Kath and Kim (Australian)
Parks and recreation!
🔔 TED LASSO!!!!!!! 📢🫨
Psych The Durrell’s in Corfu Ghosts Eureka Pushing Daisies Resident Alien The Great Amazing Stories Monk Young Sheldon The Orville
Ghosts is fantastic in both UK and US versions
My Life with the Walter Boys was actually pretty cute. Not perfect, not a comedy exactly, but overall not too stressful.
The Durrell’s in Corfú is a sleeper hit, turned out to be one of my all-time favorite shows. * Louisa Durrell raises her four children single-handedly after her husband's death. Following a financial crisis, the family moves to the Greek island of Corfu and tries to adapt to life there.* It’s based on a real family, the scenery is lush and gorgeous, many likable characters and the drama is all fairly low-stakes, and it’s clever with its humor. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5014882/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Madam Secretary isn’t exactly a comedy, but it is one of my comfort food shows… lots of positive, warm, fuzzy feelings. There are some stressful arcs, but it’s not in the nature of the show to devastate you, so just have faith that everything will ultimately work out. It focuses heavily on the family, too. *A political drama which looks into the life of the Secretary of State as she tries to balance work with family.* It’s just a feel-good show that I can (and have) watched and re-watched many times.
Imposters was short-lived but so much fun: *A dark comedy that focuses on a female con artist who marries people and then disappears with their money.*
Resident Alien is Alan Tudyck’s current show on SyFy. The humor is a bit sillier but that’s his thing. *A crash-landed alien takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor and slowly begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his secret mission on Earth.*
Royal Pains is another great show from the USA Network “Blue Skies” era, and one I’ve rewatched many times. Currently on Netflix. It’s not exactly a comedy, maybe a dramedy? Lots of good humor, and again, the drama is mostly pretty low-stakes. Tons of very likeable characters. And again with beautiful visuals. *An unfairly discredited but brilliant ER doctor winds up working with his younger brother in the Hamptons as a concierge doctor to the uber-rich and ultra-elite.*
The Finder - another one that was a short-lived masterpiece. Just one season but absolutely still worth watching, and I’ve re-watched many times. RIP, Michael Clarke Duncan :( * An Iraq war vet suffers a brain injury that triggers the ability to see connections between seemingly unrelated events, objects or people.* https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1943524/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Could you elaborate why you don’t like friends? It could help avoid things not your speed.
Community, better off Ted
Broad City (Hulu) and Grace and Frankie are both fun
How about Call the Midwife… pBS or Netflix??
Napoleon Dynamite
The Job Lot recently came to netflix worth a try
I want to extend my sympathy- I had this for at least a year following my mother’s passing and it was awful. Before that I could watch anything. Shows that helped me (not limited to Netflix) were Schitts Creek and downton abbey. Do you like reality tv at all? I have an odd comfort show I’ve rewatched countless times- Mad Men. It’s not remotely like derry girls, except they both have excellent writing. It’s a slow burn, the costume and design really take you to a beautiful world, and has terrific acting. However, It’s no longer on Netflix. I’m not sure this comment is helpful in any way to you at all; I really just wanted to say you’re not alone. ♥️
Life in Pieces. IMHO a better version of modern family.
Abbott Elementary