Best sitcom of all time, according to Metacritic

How can any of us define what is the best ever? For some people, thinking about the best TV show or movie of all time is the equivalent of asking what their favorite medium is. But saying that a movie or TV show is your favorite movie or TV show doesn't automatically mean you think it's the best. For some, being the best means that you have to be influential or that you have to add some grand statement to the bottom line. And more importantly, if the question “What is the best ever?” it is asked, do we ask ourselves or rely on external sources?

The critic's voice is important, but it can also be ignored if the critic doesn't love the show or movie as much as we do, or simply hates something we adore. But yes we accept that critics' voices are worth listening to (which they are), so it's Metacritic or Rotten Tomatoes' best options to gather dozens (and sometimes hundreds, in the case of big-budget films) of reviews from around the internet and around the world to determine what might be the best . Metacritic is probably a better option for two reasons. First, Metacritic doesn't use hundreds of random sources. Often its collected reviews of even the biggest new movie amount to about 50 essays or articles from the true crop online. And second, since its numbers correlate directly with critic ratings (as opposed to the main contest, whose results simply reflect whether the review is generally positive or negative), the combined scores are more accurate as to whether a show is or isn't. is actually good.

So, despite that, we have this question: What does Metacritic think is the best comedy of all time? The image above may have given you a hint, but if not, let's be clear that the answer is the British version of The Office. with 97 points. When it comes to influence, few shows can claim to be as influential (even without realizing it) as The Office, created and written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. For a show with such a deliberately small premise — a documentary following the daily lives of people who work at a paper company in the English town of Slough — “The Office” is a show whose influence quickly spread across the pond. in the U.S., and it still has a lot of influence.

Leave aside the fact that Gervais and co-star Martin Freeman have become international stars as the playful, pompous and clownish office manager David Brent and the capable and lovable paper salesman Tim, respectively. You can even put aside the fact that the show inspired a massively famous American remake helped make Steve Carell and John Krasinski major stars (on playing David and Tim's counterparts in the state). Think how many modern comedies, from Abbott Elementary on “St. Denis Medical” are essentially derived from the same mockumentary style. “The Office” ranks alongside a handful (at best) of other comedies that have truly shaped the genre over the decades.