If what you're really after from a sitcom is laugh-after-laugh, then your first port of call needs to be Brooklyn Nine-Nine. The Andy Samberg starring police-action-comedy delivers more jokes in its 22-minute runtime than a lot of other sitcoms do over a run of episodes, and what's more impressive is that pretty much all of them hit. Not just that, but they somehow manage to keep up that success rate over the course of a full 22-episode season. The show does have a fair stab at delivering some overarching plots as well, and these aren't bad by any stretch, but they do generally feel perfunctory to the humour. There's no doubt a lot of heart in this show, and some great characters who we've seen develop over the course of 2 1/2 seasons, but there are other sitcoms who'll deliver a more emotionally satisfying or dramatically pleasing storyline; this is about the laughs. From Terry Crews to Michelle Fumero, and of course Samberg himself, there isn't really a weak-link to be found in this cast, and it's almost guaranteed to have your sides-splitting.
NCTJ-qualified journalist. Most definitely not a racing driver. Drink too much tea; eat too much peanut butter; watch too much TV. Sadly only the latter paying off so far.
A mix of wise-old man in a young man's body with a child-like wonder about him and a great otherworldly sensibility.
