Robert Webb

I love mean comedy. Not cringe-comedy, which is something else completely: stuff like GIRLS, The Comeback or hell, even this season of Transparent aren't rooted in the comedy of conflict and confrontation, but use those humiliating moments to move the plot forward and try to make us sympathize with "unlikable" characters.

Peep Show, arguably the funniest single camera, POV-shot sitcom in history, is back for a brand new (and final!) season after three years hiatus. If you haven't been inducted yet to the cult of David Mitchell and Robert Webb, you probably aren't living in Britain, where the Cambridge BFFs star in everything from sketch shows to panel programs to Mac commercials. But by far the best product of their collaboration is Peep Show, about repressed middle manager/ history buff Mark Corrigan and his slacker roommate Jeremy ("Jez") Usbourne. The show's fishbowl lens style and interior monologuing takes a little getting used to, but fans of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia will recognize the strong current of nihilistic mayhem that the frenemies manage to evoke where ever they go, often aided by Jez's other best friend/music partner/drug addict "Super Hans."