I'm Rounding Up 34 Sitcoms That Are Perfect In The Background When You're Trying To Be Productive
Sometimes, watching TV requires subtitles, surround sound, and snacks for the highest quality experience. Sometimes, it's just for that comforting background noise while you tidy up your house or finally get started on that laundry you've been putting off for a week.
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Sitcoms and comedies can be just the ticket when you're in multitasking mode, so I'm rounding up 34 streamable TV shows that are prime put-on-in-the-background content.
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Just don't be surprised when a few of these suck you in with their endearing characters and storylines... Here we go!
1.Abbott Elementary
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What it's about: This Emmy award-winning sitcom follows a team of dedicated educators who take on one of the most underfunded schools in the nation.
Where to stream it: HBO Max, Hulu
2.New Girl
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What it's about: A quirky, free-spirited teacher moves into an LA loft with three guys. Adventures ensue.
Where to stream it: Netflix
3.Jane the Virgin
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What it's about: In this telenovela-styles series, Jane, a virgin, accidentally gets artificially inseminated at the doctor's office. Yikes.
Where to stream it: Netflix
4.How I Met Your Mother
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What it's about: In 2030, Ted Mosby is telling his children how he met their mother. Each episode is about young adult Ted (Josh Radnor) and his friends in New York City.
Where to stream it: Hulu
5.How I Met Your Father
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What it's about: A silly spin-off of How I Met Your Mother that features Hilary Duff instead of Josh Radnor.
Where to stream it: Hulu
6.Arrested Development
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What it's about: After his father goes to jail, Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) must take over the family business and actually spend time with his ultra-wealthy, ultra-dysfunctional family.
Where to stream it: Netflix, Hulu
7.Girlfriends
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What it's about: Four friends — Joan, Lynn, Maya, and Toni — navigate the ups and downs of love, friendship, and adulthood.
Where to stream it: Netflix
8.Modern Family
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What it's about: This mockumentary follows the lives of an unconventional extended family residing in the same area of Los Angeles together.
Where to stream it: Hulu, Peacock
9.The Office
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What it's about: The everyday misadventures of working at the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.
Where to stream it: Peacock
10.Parks and Recreation
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What it's about: An ambitious deputy director of a parks and recreation department in Indiana strives to boost office morale and make the town a better place.
Where to stream it: Peacock
11.Brooklyn Nine-Nine
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What it's about: A team of Brooklyn-based cops deal with many antics.
Where to stream it: Peacock
12.Black-ish
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What it's about: A Black family navigates parenting, careers, and living in a predominantly white neighborhood.
Where to stream it: Disney+, Hulu
13.Grown-ish
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What it's about: A spin-off of Black-ish set in the future when the kids are young adults.
Where to stream it: Disney+, Hulu
14.The Big Bang Theory
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What it's about: A group of brilliant but socially awkward nerds befriend the girl next door... literally.
Where to stream it: HBO Max
15.Young Sheldon
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What it's about: A prequel to The Big Bang Theory that focuses on Sheldon Cooper's childhood as a kid genius.
Where to stream it: HBO Max
16.The Mindy Project
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What it's about: In this relatable and funny show, Mindy Kaling plays Mindy Lahiri, a successful doctor who can't seem to get her personal life in order.
Where to stream it: Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime
17.Grace and Frankie
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What it's about: When they find out that their husbands have been having an affair with each other, two completely opposite women form a bond.
Where to stream it: Netflix
18.The Good Place
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What it's about: When Eleanor Shellstrop dies, she enters a strange afterlife for people who were good during their time on earth.
Where to stream it: Netflix
19.Young Rock
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What it's about: A sitcom created by and based on Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
Where to stream it: Peacock
20.Friends
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What it's about: Six friends do life together.
Where to stream it: HBO Max
21.Will & Grace
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What it's about: Roommates and best friends, Will and Grace, tackle life together in New York City.
Where to stream it: Hulu, Amazon Prime
22.Girls5Eva
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What it's about: A comedy about a once-successful music group that decides to get back together. It stars Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Busy Philipps, and Paula Pell and has lots of songs.
Where to stream it: Peacock
23.Seinfeld
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What it's about: What good '90s sitcom isn't set in New York City? This cult classic chronicles the life of comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his friends in the Big Apple.
Where to stream it: Netflix
24.That '70s Show
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What it's about: A coming-of-age sitcom about a group of friends in the '70s.
Where to stream it: Peacock
25.That '90s Show
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What it's about: A spin-off of That '70s show which follows the next generation growing up in the '90s.
Where to stream it: Netflix
26.Golden Girls
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What it's about: An iconic series that centers around four women in late life who become each other's family.
Where to stream it: Hulu
27.Community
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What it's about: A lawyer enrolls in community college after it's discovered that he lied about his credentials.
Where to stream it: Netflix, Hulu
28.30 Rock
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What it's about: Comedy sketch writer Liz Lemon must deal with the pressures of her job and personal life.
Where to stream it: Hulu
29.Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
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What it's about: After being rescued from a cult where she was kept in an underground bunker for 15 years, Kimmy Schmidt must adjust to normalcy.
Where to stream it: Netflix
30.Sister, Sister
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What it's about: An endearing sitcom about twin sisters who were separated at birth and reunite during their pre-teen years.
Where to stream it: Netflix, Hulu, Paramount+
31.Sabrina the Teenage Witch
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What it's about: A sitcom about the Archie Comics character Sabrina Spellman, who discovers she is a witch on her 16th birthday.
Where to stream it: Hulu, Paramount+
32.Scrubs
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What it's about: A comedy detailing the lives of a medical team working at a hospital.
Where to stream it: Hulu
33.Not Dead Yet
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What it's about: Gina Rodriguez stars in this show about a woman who writes obituaries after her career and personal life fall into shambles.
Where to stream it: Hulu
34.Schitt's Creek
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What it's about: After losing all of their money and assets, a well-to-do family is left with nothing but a deed to a town they purchased as a joke.
Where to stream it: Hulu
