How does TV comedy keep getting better?
Dramas hit a bit of a plateau on television in 2018.
Or maybe its simply because we all just want to laugh?
Whatever the reason, rarely has TV created more opportunities for laughter than it did in 2018.
The results, as always, were staggering.
A total of35 showsreceived votes.
The TV comedies bench has never been deeper and its stars have never been brighter.
Consider the following a celebration of everything that made us laugh on television in 2018.
Our Readers Choice vote was tallied and counted as a single ballot.
Though at times, even Azaria was overshadowed by an outstanding season-long performance by Tyrel Jackson Williams as Charles.
Chris Longo
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However, though still sometimes funny,The Shivering Truthfavors horror more than humor.
I love this series for being a total mindfudge the way only PFFR shows can be.
Also the stop-motion animation is lovingly-crafted stuff, beautiful in its grotesqueness.
Joe Matar
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18 Crashing
This show just works.
Thats comedy, folks!
Issa comes into her own, embracing independence with a newfound confidence.
Molly struggles adjusting to a new law firm.
Tiffany comes to terms with being a new mother also placing strain on her friendship with Kelli.
Through all the drama,Insecureshines with its comedic timing and superb writing.
Joe Matar
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Every characterparticularly Kimmy and Titusovercome their greatest hurdles and get set on interesting paths.
Hell be so behind on all the newzzz!
(Magic, magic is what happens.)
Plus Rhonda just married a millionaire without a prenup, so things cant be that bad!
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Can I pinpoint why I love the show?
The POP series is a whole bunch of silly stuff that shouldnt work, but somehow does.
Its still big city folk and small town living, and it works.
Midge is a walking Erma Bombeck of the Upper West Side with the mouth of Lenny Bruce.
A certain subplot sees the phrase, Whats up?
completely shatter Tommy Pencils existence and it is a testament to the unabashed strangeness of this series.
And this is a wacky Andy Samberg sitcom!
The Nine-Nine will hopefully live on for many years to come and continue to delivergems like this.
One more season guaranteed!
For a live-action comedy!
How can a show this long in the tooth stay this good?
Dennis accepted that a Range Rover was the source of all his power.
Dee tried to beat Boggs, and failed.
Charlie and Mac beat up children.
Frank… well Frank just continued to be an abject mess.
Then in the season finale, Mac found his pride.
Not bad for a teenager.
Its just thatBobs Burgersis simply the best conventional animated family sitcom currently airing.
Heck, it might just be the best family sitcom, period.
No other show has been able to comfortably carry the torch ofThe Simpsonsin its golden years.
In recent episodes, plots have continued to flesh out characters outside the Belcher family.
Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Halloween with the Belchers is always a great time.
But in the modern pop cultural time frame, five seasons may as well be 30.
This is this guys damage and this is how he acts.
It was actually a brilliant satirical comedy that quickly took over social media and even earned some serious recognition.
(It won a Peabody Award!
Which really sucks, for despite everythingAmerican Vandalhad already accomplished, the comedy had so much room to grow.
robot Janet, who harbors an intense crush on Jason.
Nick Harley
3 Atlanta
Atlantawas never going to be just another TV show.
It was never going to beEntourageinAtlanta.
Still, who could have imagined it would be this good?
AtlantaSeason 2 improves upon its freshmen seasons in several meaningful ways.
Then theresTeddy Perkins,which is simply one television comedys best-ever horror stories.
It was a hilarious, richly-realized episodic and serialized television comedy.
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Lacking stakes is not how any sane person would describeBarry.
Jessi (voiced by Jessi Klein) is devastated by her parents splitting up.
She lashes out at her friends and punishes her parents by dabbling with drugs and petty theft.
There is no show, comedy or otherwise, more relatable thanBig Mouth.
The fact that families are actually watching it and discussing it together is amazing.
