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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58 Superstore (2015–21)

113 episodes (6 seasons) streaming at Hulu and Peacock (Premium)

The workplace: Cloud 9, a fictional big-box retailer.

Yet another series that started off relatively unheralded but garnered increasing acclaim as it progressed, the just-concluded Superstore offered a rare TV peek into the lives of workers at a large Wal-Mart-type retailer. Created by The Office writer Justin Spitzer, Superstore is also one of the few shows in the past year to fully reflect life during a pandemic, with its characters deemed "essential workers" and forced to improvise protective equipment during the show's final season—fully in keeping with the comedy's longtime willingness to embrace the realities of working-class life.

“Superstore is rarely discussed in the same breath as The Office or Community (well, unless I’m the one doing the talking), but it should be. It’s just as good, just as smart, and just as funny, and it’s been under the radar for way too long.” —Emily VanDerWerff, Vox

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