Best sitcom/comedy series atm

ABC Wenesdays and NBC Thursdays have their highlights. (With Modern Family being the only one on either to really shine.) Cougartown, however is idiotic. I don't have cable, so I can't really comment on its quality.
 
The IT Crowd is the best sitcom around at the moment. HIMYM was better a few seasons ago. Honourable mention for The Inbetweeners, a tad too crass for my liking though.
 
The IT Crowd and Peep Show are my two favourite sitcoms at the moment.

Probably because I identify with the nerdy protagonists in both shows.
 
It Crowd's alright (I hate the laugh track naturally) and I also like The Life and Times of Tim; it was recently canceled, but is possibly to be taken up by comedy central.

I'm kind of surprised that people like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia here. I honestly find it one of the least funny shows I've seen (I've sat through every episode), and DeVito pushed the series from immature and pointless to unbearable.

Most comedy shows seem to consist of such a bunch of goofish people bubbling around like idiots, expecting the audience to laugh at them simply because of their strange mannerisms or general stupidity. Apparently common consensus dictates that you don't actually need a lead role, plot, or target of empathy for the audience if you're writing a comedy sketch anymore. A'course I won't be happy until AD comes back from the dead.
 
I can always enjoy an episode of HIMYM and Two and a Half Men.
 
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Two shows I like that are unmentioned in this thread are Eastbound & Down and Community. It's Always Sunny and Curb are also good.

These are more or less my choices. I'd add Peep Show, too, though.
 
I am currently working my way through 30 Rock. It is absolutely superb and proves that Americans are, after all, still capable of making funny sitcoms.

The Simpsons is still going, and although everyone whines about how it's not as good as it used to be, it's still the greatest sitcom ever made.

I haven't really been watching home-grown sitcoms recently - Peep Show is amazingly good although incredibly depressing. Most of the others mentioned that I know are at least a few years old.
 
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