Best Comedy Shows Streaming in 2026

Comedy might be the hardest genre to get right, but streaming has given us an extraordinary run of brilliant funny shows. Here are the best comedies you can stream right now.

1. Abbott Elementary (ABC/Disney+)

The best network sitcom in years. This mockumentary about underfunded Philadelphia elementary school teachers is warm, sharply written, and genuinely funny. If you loved The Office or Parks and Recreation, this is for you.

2. The Bear (FX/Disney+)

Yes, it is also in our crime list — because The Bear defies categorisation. It is simultaneously the most stressful and one of the most hilarious shows on television. The Christmas episode in Season 2 is a masterpiece of controlled chaos.

3. What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

Six seasons of inventive, consistently funny vampire comedy set in modern-day Staten Island. The show keeps finding new ways to be ridiculous without repeating itself. Available on various streaming platforms.

4. Reservation Dogs (FX/Hulu)

A groundbreaking comedy-drama about a group of Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma dreaming of making it to California. It is joyful, irreverent, and unlike anything else on television. Three seasons available.

5. Only Murders in the Building (Hulu/Disney+)

Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez as amateur true-crime podcasters investigating murders in their apartment building. Charming, funny, and genuinely clever as a mystery series.

6. Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

Three seasons of possibly the most relentlessly optimistic and life-affirming comedy-drama ever made. An American football coach who takes charge of an English Premier League team. Despite the premise sounding absurd, it works perfectly.

7. Blackadder (BBC/BritBox)

The complete Blackadder series remains some of the finest British comedy ever written. Four seasons plus specials, each set in a different era of history, each featuring Rowan Atkinson at his most brilliantly sardonic.