Are there any other shows out there of this sort of lighthearted nature, yet made with quality writing, out there?

It feels like a lot of recent things we’ve watched has been a bit grim and/or relies on spectacle rather than telling a good story and working a few jokes in along the way … the world is on fire, I’d like to stop it and get off, if only for a few minutes at a time.

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Guessing you’re after found families.

Mythic quest: raven’s banquest. Stick with it. The first few eps are middling, but then they find their feet and voice

What we do in the shadows, same deal

Ghosts - cbs or bbc, both good in different ways. Bbc is gentler, cbs is unhinged in the best way

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Have you tried Our Flag Means Death fanfiction? My wife is really into it lol.

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Brooklyn 99 comes to mind.

Also Reservation Dogs and Atlanta, they have a bit of surrealism while telling amazing stories and being funny.

Check out Lodge 49.

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Resident Alien has a similar mix of comedy and serious sci-fi as the Orville.

It’s fucking amazing too!

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You might want to have a look at Firefly. It’s a bit odd and a mix of serious and lighthearted and sometimes downright goofy (the hero of canton 🎵), which makes it one of my absolute favorites. Please just watch it in the dvd release order, they seriously messed it up on tv.

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this and lord of the rings sit in a special place on my shelf on their own in a show off type of way.

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