The Vicar of Dibley, Dawn French as the Vicar!

An Idiot Abroad.

I am not much of a comedy fan, but my adult children swear by The Office and watch multiple episodes almost every day.

I love the Australian show, "Offspring". More of a dramedy really, but light and fun - for the most part. Scrubs is also a favourite.

I like Weeds. Sort of darker /off color humor.

Everybody Loves Raymond is hysterical but not on Netflix.

We get Netflix and Hulu. I believe Malcolm in the Middle is on Netflix. Great show.

Another vote for An Idiot Abroad!

Brooklyn 99 (cops) and Happy Endings (the new Friends) are both fun, light and smart sitcoms. Mindy Project (esp the first two seasons).

Parks and Recreation, an all time fave that started out a bit like American Office but grew into its own beautiful thing (plus watch Chris Pratt as a lovable schlub!)

black books and it crowd are great British humour.

please like me is on Canadian Netflix, not sure about US - it's an Australian dramedy about a young gay man coming out and dealing with his mentally ill mom. the characters are hapless but charming.

Raising Hope

Life in Pieces..hilarious

so nice to see other votes for an idiot abroad! My husband could not understand why I was laughing so hard I was crying. he just didn't find it that funny. it is on netflix

one that is not netflix - you have to buy it on amazon, but, lol all the time funny to me, is Modern Family.

The Detectorists

Miranda

Raised By Wolves

Trivia

The League

And yes, Carl Pilkington is hilarious. He is a lovable idiot, but an idiot nonetheless.

You have to see him in China. O.M.G.

I also loved Idiot Abroad. Sometimes tho I would get so upset with Ricky Gervais's treatment of Carl. Most of the time I think it is unscripted but on occasion I wondered. After that series I think Carl did another on his own without Ricky. To me it was a bomb. I watched maybe one episode. Seemed like he was trying too hard to be "an idiot abroad". :)

I watched and love "Raising Hope." I also loved "Lady Dynamite," Not sure that counts as mindless, since Maria Bramford crams a little bit of everything into her vaguely autobiographical comedy show. It's got dark humor with some actual pathos, a whole lot of existential ironic musings along with some great character humor, sight gags and slapstick. It's offbeat and the jokes are somewhat subtle at first so you need to stick with it for the totality of the vision to hit you. After some initial hesitation, boredom caused me to stick with it and it became a hoot and I binge watched most of it and it is even worth a second go around. Kinda Seinfeld if he had been a female mental patient from the Midwest.

Dh watched an episode of An Idiot Abroad on his iPad one night and was laughing so hard I had to stop reading and watch it with him. He didn't pay for it so at one point it must have been free on Amazon. I also have an app on my iPad called UK TV - whenever I can't find a British show on Amazon/Netflix/PBS/BBC then I search on UK TV app to see if it's available. I just checked and it does have An Idiot Abroad available (free). The app is free-I'm pretty sure it isn't connected to my FIOS service at all either so think the app would work for anyone in the U.S. though I could be wrong. I've watch d several series on it that were no longer available on other streaming apps.

Looks like Idiot Abroad is on Hulu. We subscribe to Hulu, so not sure if you have to be a subscriber or not to get all the seasons. I may try the show, since it seems to get good reviews here and on Amazon!

Idiot Abroad is on my Netflix - and having come so highly recommended, I want that to be my first "new" series to watch. Maybe Netflix is not the same in all areas??

The thread - think it was called Netflix Question - was very interesting. It talked about how Netflix gives you lists of programs based on past viewing. Now it makes sense - "because you watched", etc. Most of what I was seeing was kid-related. I have 8 and 10 year old granddaughters and 1 and 3 year old grandsons, so there were choices from Thomas the Train to Glitter Girls. They watch TV here infrequently, but still the choices seemed to be related to their prior viewing.

While there are thousands of codes to look up different movies and series, I have found that I can go on my tablet, computer or phone and type in actor, genre, movie name, etc., then add the choice to My List. On the TV, it is one letter at a time and only by title. We have had Netflix for years and I never knew that, maybe because I had no desire to watch on my computer, phone or tablet. Learn something new every day!!

Thanks to all of you for your recommendations. I plan to update My List as soon as we finish the holiday festivities!!

Another big fan of An Idiot Abroad here!

I have no idea if it's on Netflix, but we've been watching The Detour with Jason Jones (Jon Stewart Daily Show fame) and it's very offbeat and funny. We've got the episodes from season 1 recorded, and I believe they were aired on TBS.

I'm not a British comedy fan at all, forced to watch/listen to Mrs. Bucket too much as a kid, I guess, and Netflix has less to offer than Amazon IMO, but if you have Amazin (free with a prime membership) try Catastrophe (the actors also conceived and wrote both seasons) and Red Oaks (with the very talented Paul Reiser of Mad About You fame) both are very good, as is Fleabag. All are R rated, so if you only like G rated shows, skip them.

I didn't check Netflix before typing my previous response, and noting that someone else said Idiot Abroad wasn't on Netflix. However, after seeing NoGreenThumb's post a few replies up from here, I looked at Netflix and Idiot Abroad is available to me as well. So for those of you who may want to watch it and only have Netflix, definitely check your offerings.

Daisychain, thanks for mentioning Offspring. I watched it last night and enjoyed it so much I watched two more episodes this morning. Then I saw how many seasons there are. Yikes! It's going to suck up my free time! ;) I'm going to have to pace myself!

hen I saw how many seasons there are. Yikes! It's going to suck up my free time! ;) I'm going to have to pace myself!

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"The Clinic" is another wonderful time suck!

sorry I wasnt clear above if it is my post. Bad grammar! I meant that Modern family was not on netflix. Idiot abroad is on netflix

Well, I showed the show an idiot abroad to my brother over the holidays. I thought he had an offbeat sense of humor too. I was again dying laughing and he barely cracked a smile!

I second Red Oaks only because it appeals to my late boomer nostalgia and the actors in it are great!

Today, Netflix is releasing their remake of "One Day At A Time", and it's getting rave reviews.

Leverage! I forgot about this one! Fun show about a gang of thieves who work to right injustices. The last season dragged a bit, but mostly good fun.