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The New York Times - The 21 Best Comedies of the 21st Century (So Far)

What is funny? "Funny" can describe straight-up ha-ha pleasure: watching Lucy Ricardo get drunk on Vitameatavegamin or Homer Simpson fall into Springfield Gorge, twice. But it can also mean something odd (I have a funny feeling about this) or disconcerting (My stomach feels funny) or suspicious (Are you up to something funny?).
In today's bumper crop of TV comedy, what funny is not is simple or monolithic. So picking our 21 favorite American comedies of the 21st century — involved hard choices and tricky questions. What even counts as a comedy, in an age of dramedy and comic drama and depressed cartoon horses? How do you account for changing times and mores, jokes that aged badly, stars' less-than-amusing offscreen offenses? Is there more to a great comedy than how many times it makes you laugh?
We have no absolute answers, only the arguments that resulted in this list, arranged in chronological order, which we hope prompt you to have the same arguments and more.
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Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm
1
Chappelle's Show
Chappelle's Show
2
Arrested Development
Arrested Development
3
The Office
The Office
4
The Comeback
The Comeback
5
It's Always Sunny in Philidelphia
It's Always Sunny in Philidelphia
6
30 Rock
30 Rock
7
Party Down
Party Down
8
Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation
9
Community
Community
10
Louie
Louie
11
Bob's Burgers
Bob's Burgers
12
Key and Peele
Key and Peele
13
Girls
Girls
14
Nathan for You
Nathan for You
15
Broad City
Broad City
16
Bojack Horseman
Bojack Horseman
17
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
18
Atlanta
Atlanta
19
Better Things
Better Things
20
Pen15
Pen15
21
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