Stay away from the greatest show ever made then; Better Call Saul.
If you can't find good shows now, it's probably because you're not looking very hard (or at all, really). There may not be as many lazily churned-out multicam sitcoms now as you're listing, but there are still lots of good shows. Here are some off the top of my head to get you started.
Plenty of good jokes out there still. If it's casual racism, sexism, homophobia, etc that you're after then yeah, that's gonna be harder to find, but it's still available if that's your cup of tea.
Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, Game Of Thrones, Six Feet Under, Twin Peaks, The Wire are all considered among the greatest shows of all time and all had swearing. Sure none of the great shows from before the era of ‘Peak TV’ on cable networks (basically from around the year 2000 onward) had swearing, but that’s because all those shows aired on broadcast networks where swearing wasn’t allowed. Thankfully we live in an era of having plenty of choice for scripted entertainment and you have every right to not watch something that upsets you.
I have seen all of those shows back when they were on the air. I even worked on a couple of those shows and one of them sucked. The writing was awful. I do agree otherwise. A lot of good shows in there. You could also add The West Wing, or just anything by Sorkin. Best writer in Hollywood. Who I believe was heavily influenced by MASH. As for telling a joke without upsetting someone... well, there were a lot of racist and misogynistic jokes on TV for a long time. I wouldn't want to go back to that. I watched Back to School a few years back and some of the jokes were cringe worthy to say the least. And don't get me started on Revenge of the Nerds. I guess we just have to accept that we are in a transition period where marginalized people, who were traditionally laughed off and made the butt of a joke, are now included and accepted as just part of regular society. Some don't like that status quo shaken, and just want to be nostalgic about the good old times but, I think it's good that we think about how our jokes can present a negative picture of groups and maybe not do that. There is still a lot of comedy to be created without hurtful humor. Especially when it is "punching Down" as it were. Bringing it back to Lasso... It's kinda why I love that show. It doesn't need to go negative. It doesn't need to upset people. It's funny, and delightful. Anyway, have a good one.
Considering this is predominately an English/UK, you should watch game shows like "8 out of 10 cats does countdown". So much swearing but it's actually funny. Some people look for reasons.
Or any Nordic Noir. But some people can't seem to get their heads around Subtitles. The Europeans do Crime way better than the US, because they don't use the exact same formulae every time. So tiring.
I don't think you realise how much Brits swear in day-to-day conversation haha
You're saying in your personal experience being around professional sports teams. that the amount of cursing in TL is excessive and unrealistic?
I must be the only one that waits for the new Lasso to hit. And then sign up for a three month free promo to view it lol. 🤷🏻♂️
You better not be talking about WKPR or we’re fighting. 😉
I feel this way about a dedicate "Sports" tab. I don't care and never will. Why can't we have a dedicated "SciFi" tab instead?
Totally agree with regard to Shrinking! Humorous show but IMHO, sends a bad message to teenagers, who may be viewing, that it's acceptable to say F you to a parent/other adult, or call them an A hole. "Oldster" here, lol, but I would never have made it to adulthood if I had used that kind of language around adults.
No one complains about Archie Bunker. That was satire and everyone knew it even at the time. Archie was funny because it gave people a racist moron to point and laugh at. If you watch weekend update on SNL you will see Colin and Michael use similar satire against each other. It's not humor that marginalizes people. It was specifically the opposite. Used to show how ridiculous racists and misogynists are. I was talking more abut characters like Apu on the Simpsons, or the the neighbor in breakfast at Tiffanys. Characters unironically based on a stereotype that marginalize groups based on race, gender, or sexual orientation. When we go back and watch some of those shows and movies, they are cringe worthy because we have realized how those jokes hurt people. Some people tend bristle when it's pointed out because they are nostalgic for the time when those jokes were acceptable. They think the jokes are harmless because they aren't the one being harmed. Anyway, you should check out the first 4 seasons of The West Wing... or any of Sorkin's other tv shows. They are getting a bit old now but they are some of the best writing for TV I've ever seen.
I do that also. I wait until the whole season is done and then binge. I hate waiting a week to find out what happens LOL!.
