25 Great Workplace Comedies to Stream (That Aren't 'The Office')
There are only so many times you can rewatch The Office (or even The Office). In fact, in the likely event that you aren't a Peacock Premium subscriber, you can't even stream much of the American series at all anymore.
But fear not: As some of us enter our second year of working at home there are still plenty of critic-approved streaming workplace comedies to satisfy any nostalgia you may have for days of toiling in a crowded office surrounded by your coworkers. (Or merely to kill the extra hours you have to spend at home.) Our suggestions for your next workplace comedy binge—including information on where to stream each show—can be found in alphabetical order in the gallery above. Most of these shows are from the past few decades, but at the end of the gallery we have compiled suggestions for some additional classic workplace sitcoms, as well as a few titles that are just getting started. (Shows such as Sports Night and NewsRadio not currently streaming in full on any free or subscription service are excluded.)
87 episodes (7 seasons) streaming at Hulu
The workplace: A children's hospital (named Childrens Hospital) which may or may not be in Brazil.
Originating as a web series created by Rob Corddry, Childrens Hospital evolved into a proper (if still short-format) TV series that ran for seven years on Adult Swim. A twisted parody of the TV medical drama genre, the show's ever-evolving ensemble cast featured Corddry (almost always wearing clown makeup), Ken Marino, Erinn Hayes, Henry Winkler, Lake Bell, Rob Huebel, Malin Åkerman, and Megan Mullally (whose character, Chief, was modeled after ER's Dr. Weaver). But some episodes took things to a meta level by going "behind the scenes" of Childrens Hospital, with each of those stars stepping out of character to play the show's actors (but not themselves).
Hospital generated several spinoffs with a similar comedic tone but spoofing other genres: NTSF:SD:SUV:: (which tackled police procedurals) and Newsreaders (a satire of TV newsmagazines). And the show was later followed by a sequel series, Netflix's Medical Police, which took some of Hospital's characters and inserted them into a new mashup of cop show and medical show.
“With its laughter-for-laughter’s-sake comic anarchy, jam-packed and short run times, MVP-talented team players, characters defined largely by a single trait (Jewishness) or relationship (Chief-ness), and its tour of various forms and genres over the years, Childrens Hospital is nothing less than television’s Looney Tunes.” —Brandon Nowalk, A.V. Club