7 Best Dark Comedy Sitcoms of All Time, Ranked

The funniest television shows don’t always make you smile or feel good; they push you to the edge of discomfort until you’re laughing so hard you’re gasping for air. Dark comedy thrives on watching deeply dysfunctional people make catastrophically bad choices, destroy their relationships, and dig themselves into giant holes they have absolutely no intention of climbing out of. These half-hour series – excluding masterpieces like Successionand The White Lotus, which stretch beyond that format – tackle head-on the subjects traditional sitcoms tend to treat with a lighter touch, from grief and depression to social dysfunction and moral decay, finding humor in humanity’s ugliest impulses without losing sight of the painfully relatable truths beneath them.