Brooklyn 99, HIMYM, Parks and Rec, 30 Rock, all of these modern shows (which are amazing, don’t get me wrong) stand on the shoulders of Seinfeld.
Please, please watch Seinfeld. I promise you won’t be sorry.
If you’re really apprehensive, watch “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” for an intro to Jerry Seinfeld. But don’t watch him with a modern comedian, watch him with one of his peers. Jay Leno, Larry David, Stephen Colbert, Steve Martin, these are all amazing episodes.
Alec Baldwin is criminally underrated too. And Jon Stewart. Too good.
The Office
Parks & Rec
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Veep
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Brooklyn 99
Arrested Development (late add, only original 3 seasons)
Schitt’s Creek
Silicon Valley
Superstore
New Girl
The Good Place
How I Met Your Mother
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Seinfeld (I just don’t get it)