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.)
154 episodes (14 seasons) streaming at Hulu
The workplace: Paddy's Pub, a relatively unsuccessful Irish bar in Philadelphia, PA.
A micro-budget afterthought when it first premiered on FX in the summer of 2005, It's Always Sunny has turned into the longest-running live-action comedy series in TV history, and has no plans of stopping anytime soon: The series will run at least through season 18. But Cheers, it's not. While the bulk of most episodes technically takes place inside a workplace, The Gang (Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson, and season 2 addition Danny DeVito) only occasionally works; in fact, many episodes feature the characters in a customer-free bar.
“It eschews both the middle-class minutiae of Seinfeld, and the will-they-won’t-they romances of Friends – in favour of crystal meth, kitten mittens, and accidental kidnappings. In the process, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia has become the best sitcom in the US, tackling everything from gun reform to Time’s Up with an irreverent, unmistakable lens.” —Hannah Woodhead, BBC