The Best Dramedy TV Series
These are the best dramedies of all time - but what exactly is a dramedy? Some shows are clearly dramas or sitcoms. Clearly. Because those are two genres that exist. Everyone agrees that they exist. Others are dramas with just enough quirkiness or funny time laugh jokes to categorize them as a "dramedy" - a creative combination of drama and comedy that just works. It just does. Because we are humans and we like to laugh and cry and we love dramedies. If we can do them both at the same time to accommodate our busy schedule of overeating and destroying the planet, even better!
Proving that the sum can be greater than the parts, here is a list of the best of the best dramedies that have aired on US television, including everything from old favorites to some of the best new dramedy shows. What would you say the best dramedy of all time is? Scrubs, Monk, and Boston Legal all take classic TV drama genres and add laughs for a delightful dramedy mix. Do you see your favorite dramedies? Maybe you should vote for them and see if others agree with you.
These are the best dramedies. The greatest dramedy TV shows to ever grace the airwaves!
- 1Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan
- Premiered: March 9, 2009
- Network: ABC
- 2James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Corbin Bernsen
- Premiered: July 7, 2006
- Network: USA Network
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- Premiered: November 12, 2021
- Network: Apple TV+
- 3Zach Braff, Donald Faison, John C. McGinley
- Premiered: October 2, 2001
- Network: NBC, ABC
- 4William H. Macy, Jeremy Allen White, Cameron Monaghan
- Premiered: December 12, 2010
- Network: Showtime
- 5Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi
- Premiered: September 17, 2009
- Network: NBC, YAHOV
- 6Gabriel Macht, Rick Hoffman, Sarah Rafferty
- Premiered: June 23, 2011
- Network: USA Network
- 7Zachary Levi, Adam Baldwin, Yvonne Strahovski
- Premiered: September 24, 2007
- Network: NBC
- 8Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Melissa McCarthy
- Premiered: October 5, 2000
- Network: WB, CW
- 9Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk
- Premiered: September 20, 2002
- Network: FOX
- 10Hugh Laurie, Robert Sean Leonard, Omar Epps
- Premiered: November 16, 2004
- Network: FOX
- 11Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Tiffani Thiessen
- Premiered: October 23, 2009
- Network: USA Network
- 12Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, T.J. Thyne
- Premiered: September 13, 2005
- Network: FOX
- 13Tony Shalhoub, Ted Levine, Traylor Howard
- Premiered: July 12, 2002
- Network: USA Network
- 14Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins
- Premiered: September 13, 2005
- Network: WB, CW
- 15Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Ben Aldridge, Sian Clifford
- Premiered: July 21, 2016
- Network: BBC Three, BBC One
- 16John Francis Daley, Linda Cardellini, Samm Levine
- Premiered: September 25, 1999
- Network: NBC
- 17Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan
- Premiered: March 10, 1997
- Network: WB, UPN
- 18Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Allison Tolman
- Premiered: 2014
- Network: AMC
- 19Rachel Brosnahan, Michael Zegen, Alex Borstein
- Premiered: March 17, 2017
- Network: Amazon
- 20Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
- Premiered: September 19, 2005
- Network: CBS
- 21Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, John Bishop
- Premiered: March 26, 2005
- Network: BBC One
- 22Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn
- Premiered: 2015
- Network: AMC
- 23James Spader, John Larroquette, Christian Clemenson
- Premiered: October 3, 2004
- Network: ABC
- 24Kristen Bell, Enrico Colantoni, Jason Dohring
- Premiered: September 22, 2004
- Network: UPN, CW, Hulu
- 25Christina Applegate, Linda Cardellini, James Marsden
- Premiered: May 3, 2019
- Network: Netflix
