25 Great Workplace Comedies to Stream (That Aren't 'The Office')

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – April 8, 2021

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.)

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67 The IT Crowd (2006–10, 2013)

25 episodes (4 seasons plus a reunion special) streaming at Netflix

The workplace: An I.T. department for a London-based corporation.

Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, and Katherine Parkinson star as the lowly members of a corporate information technology department relegated to the basement of a London office building in this cult British comedy series from Father Ted creator Graham Linehan. The loaded cast also included future baked goods observer Noel Fielding, What We Do in the Shadows star Matt Berry, and Chris Morris of the UK cult hit Brass Eye.

There has yet to be an American adaptation, though not for a lack of trying. NBC made three different attempts to bring the series to the U.S. (including an NBC pilot starring Ayoade opposite Joel McHale that occasionally pops up on YouTube), but none have panned out.

“Recorded in front of a studio audience, The IT Crowd is, in many ways, an unashamedly traditional sitcom, but it still manages to feels fresh and different through its use of tech language and embrace of geek culture.” —David Renshaw, The Guardian

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