"CBC"

2015 · 6 Seasons · CBC / Pop TV · Comedy

Schitt's Creek asks for patience and rewards it with one of the most satisfying character journeys in modern comedy. The Rose family starts as a group of shallow, entitled people you'd cross the street to avoid, and by the finale they've become characters you're devastated to leave behind. That transformation is the show's greatest trick, and it works because the writing earns every emotional beat through humor rather than sentimentality. The first season is a hurdle that loses some viewers, and the comedy never reaches the joke density of faster-paced sitcoms. But what it does instead, building a world where acceptance is the default and growth happens through connection, is rarer and more valuable than another show competing for laughs per minute.