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Lighthearted, upbeat shows for adults? (lemm.ee)

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Recently I've been catching up on tv and some of the more mature/adult shows, which I've been...Enjoying? Seems like the wrong word, but they've all generally been cynical or dark.

For reference, I've just finished Better Call Saul, which got me to finally get around to finishing Breaking Bad, and I've also been doing a rewatch of the anime Monster as it's been years since I last watched it.

So basically back to back dark shows.

I've already watched The Good Place, which nails what I'm describing, but it's a little blunt with the sweetness, while I've watched some of Bee and Puppycat which seems like it's closer to a nice middleground of sweet and real.

What are some of your go-to shows for this kinda vibe?

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[-] WashedOver@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

A lot of great shows mentioned. To add to the list of upbeat the gf and I are working our way through Modern Family. The early seasons are pretty upbeat and lighthearted. I do wonder where they will end up in the later seasons as the families age.

Working Moms is something the gf watches and what I've seen had been pretty great and has some good fun shock value. I'm surprised where they go with some of the humour. Usually only animated shows get away with this.

I would add Archer but I haven't finished the last couple of seasons so I'm not sure where it ends up on the fun and outrageous scale.

[-] themajesticdodo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Archer jumped the shark a good few seasons back. Still capable of maintaining a standard but it never quite gets back to itself.

Edit: put some distance between bobs burgers and archer if you watch both. Alternating episodes between those two shows would be pretty confusing.

[-] WashedOver@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I've not really watched much of Bob's Burgers but I think I saw a fan made cross over sometime back and it was weird for sure.

[-] TheBig2023Meltdown@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Which part of modern family are you on?

[-] WashedOver@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Just into season 7.

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