20 Best TV Shows Of The Last Decade
18. Catastrophe
The last decade was filled with TV shows taking unconventional spins on the romantic sitcom, essentially creating a new trend of the feel-bad rom-com.
This wave of shows strived to flip the genre's formulaic conventions on their head, taking a grounded and realistic look at the ‘happily ever after’ footnote. You’re the Worst and Love are strong contenders, but Catastrophe really takes the cake for most successful, due to the flawless balance of cringe-worthy honesty, mixed with razor-sharp observational humour.
Show creators, Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney play the central couple that ends up being throw together as a family unit after a drunken one-night stand, with the latter knocked up.
The show chronicles their disastrous relationship as it hits low point to low point, yet the brutal honesty at the core of the writing, and the charming likeability of both culprits, keep even the direst moments oddly amusing and involving.