Oh, to have been a fly on the wall when Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch pitched GLOW, a show inspired by the ‘80s kitsch time capsule of “The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling,” to Netflix. Few things are better than hilariously unredeemable characters, and Julie and Billy win that award hands down. If there can be a joke made about it you better believe that Billy and Julie are on it. In the three seasons it’s been on Hulu, they’ve managed to tackle Nazis, Woody Allen, old timey hipsters, NPR, podcasters, bears, otters, twinks and everyone in between. They hate everyone and everything equally-except each other. Nothing is off the table for Julie and Billy. Hulu, if you’re listening, please keep Difficult Peopleon forever.
Honorable Mentions:Ĭatastrophe, Stan Against Evil, The Trial of Tim Heidecker, Jane The Virgin, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Neon Joe Werewolf Hunter, South Park, Dear White People, Bob’s Burgers, Brockmire, Fresh off the Boat, The Mindy Project, Archer, Shameless, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Fleabag, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Mick, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Insecure, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Man Seeking Woman, Comrade Detective 17. With a big thank you to everyone involved, let’s now move onto the list of the best comedies on television in 2017. Andy Borrow (Executive Producer, Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Lily Burns (Executive Producer, Search Party), Sarah-Violet Bliss (Co-creator, Search Party), Dave and John Cherin (showrunners of Fox’s The Mick), and Rhys Thomas (Director/EP, Documentary Now, the winner of our 2016 Best Comedy Vote) all provided their treasured insights, making this our finest and most complete list yet. We also brought in some luminary guest judges to offer their votes as well. See the results below but suffice it to say you did a good job and we’re proud of you.
First, you, the reader, yes you, were allowed to offer you input and offer your input you did.
Shows in first place received five points second place received four points and so on.Īfter that we added couple of new wrinkles for 2017. We polled 12 Den of Geek writers selected their five favorite comedies of the year, ranked five through one. We turned to our staff once more to pick favorites.