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Are you looking for something to make you laugh? Need something to watch while you’re cooped up at home? Here are 5 of my favorite comedies that you can watch with your whole family:
1. Last Man Standing (FOX)
Premise
The show centers around Mike Baxter (Tim Allen), a manly Colorado man at a sporting goods store where he’s head of marketing. At work he is surrounded by his best friends Hector Elizondo (2011-Present), Jonathan Adams (2012-Present) and Jay Leno (2015-Present). At home he has his wife (Nancy Travis), 3 daughters, sons-in-law, grandson and an exchange student, Krista Marie Yu (2018-Present).
Starring
Tim Allen (Toy Story 4) and Nancy Travis (So I Married an Axe Murderer)
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2. Chuck (ABC/Amazon Prime)
Premise
A regular 26-year-old every man (Zachary Levi) has his life thrown into disarray after his friend, a CIA agent, sends him an e-mail that results in the world’s secrets becoming embedded in his mind.
Starring
Zachary Levi (Disney’s Tangled) and Yvonne Strahovski (I, Frankenstein)
3. Castle (ABC)
Premise
A best selling writer tails NYPD detective Kate Beckett for inspiration.
Starring
Nathan Fillion (The Rookie) and Stana Katic (Absentia)
4. Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In (NBC/Amazon Prime)
Premise
An American sketch comedy television program from the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Starring
The show regularly featured the likes of Goldie Hawn, Lily Tomlin, Peter Lawford, Johnny Carson and John Wayne.
5. Doctor Who (BBC)
Premise
A time lord and his companions save the world in this science-fiction comedy.
Starring
The show has seen 13 stars in the role of “The Doctor” and even more star as his/her companions. Personal favorites have included Tom Baker (with Elisabeth Sladen, Matthew Waterhouse, and Louise Jameson) Peter Davison (with Matthew Waterhouse and Sarah Sutton), Paul McGann (with Daphne Ashbrook), Christopher Eccleston (with Billie Piper, John Barrowman), and David Tennant (with Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman, John Barrowman, Elisabeth Sladen).
For more comedies – check out my listing of t.v. sleuths.
Just started watching through Chuck again, love it so much and Castle
i just started rewatching Chuck too. Love his relationship with his sister.
I love Last Man Standing!
isn’t it a hoot? the girl who plays the foreign exchange student is so wonderful – reminds me of molly ephraim (the original mandy).
When I was scrolling through to find a blog of interest I immediately had to stop and check this out. I’m always looking for great shows to watch and if makes me laugh, the better! Thanks for sharing.
laughter is true medicine in these days. i am so glad you took the time to stop by. what’s your blog?
Oh, I love this so much! Such great suggestions. Would you believe me if I said, I haven’t seen any of them ? Thanks for the recommendations!
Oh no. I hope you get a chance to enjoy one or two of these! they’re classics.
Last Man Standing and Doctor Who sound interesting with what I could gather. It’s always good to watch a comedy and have a good laugh. But in the present scenario it is a must to ease our nerves watching all that is unfolding around us.
Great list. Thanks for sharing this. It just what we need right now .
I hope you found something you enjoyed from this list, Natalie.
Its definitely good to find shows to laugh during this time. I will check out a few of these shows thanks for suggestion!
I have been running out of things to watch during lockdown thank you so much for sharing!
my pleasure. i hope you enjoy some of the suggestions.
I haven’t watched those listed above before but since I have a lot of free time, I can certainly watch them. Quite an interesting selection and I’m sure my daughter would love some.
haha. hope it’s not too interesting a collection 😉 Just some fun comedies that I think the family can enjoy together.
oh this list can be updated using Francian and Italian movies, they have amazing Comedies . recommend
Thanks for sharing this! I´m really interested to check out Doctor Who, now is the time to watch everything we never had time to!
Thanks for sharing and the positive energy, it’s now a critical moment worldwide but it doesn’t mean that we can’t have a good laugh and equip ourselves to fight the viruses. – knycx Journeying
Great round-up! We could all use lots of laughs right now
These are great movies! We were looking for a funny movie to watch together.. thanks for the ideas!
I could use a good family-friendly, funny series to binge. Especially right now. I’ve put these all on my list.
I’ve been looking for comedies to watch with the family. Will need to look into these for the hubs and I to catch.
Hihi….Chuck and Castle are really good ones!
Your list is golden! I haven’t watched Castle and Rowand And Martin’s Laugh In. But I will check then out asap! Thank you 🙂
Great list of comedies to watch. Possible to do one list on comedies on Netflix instead?
Thanks for this funny movie list now I can watc some of them
I could use a good laugh and a good comedy series to get into. Thanks for the list. This is a great time to watch a funny series.
A good comedy would be quite the relief these days. Thanks for the awesome recommendations!