The best free comedy shows to binge on Tubi right now
The best free comedy shows to binge on Tubi right now
You don’t need another paid subscription to settle into a funny, low-pressure TV binge.
Free streamers can be a weirdly great place to binge TV. Sure, the trade-off is ads, but the upside is that services like Tubi often have full, complete runs of shows just sitting there ready to go. That matters when you’re looking for something you can actually settle into for a while. A real binge with enough episodes, a clear comic world, and the kind of rhythm that keeps you hitting next episode. So if you’re looking for a funny show with a full run, a real ending, and plenty of episodes to burn through, Tubi has some strong options. Here are the best binge-worthy comedy TV shows streaming on Tubi right now.
Best binge-worthy comedy shows streaming on Tubi
Best joke-dense binge: ‘Archer’
“Archer” starts as an animated spy comedy, but that only gets you part of the way there. Really, it’s a workplace comedy about deeply damaged people who happen to work in espionage. Sterling Archer is supposed to be one of the world’s best secret agents, but he’s also arrogant, reckless, needy, petty, and almost always the reason the mission goes sideways. Around him, you’ve got Lana, Malory, Cyril, Pam, Cheryl, Ray, Krieger, and the rest of the crew, all bouncing off each other in a way that makes every operation feel like an HR disaster with guns.
What makes this such a great binge is how much the show rewards you for staying with it. The jokes are fast, the dialogue is packed, and the callbacks keep building the longer you watch. A one-off line becomes a running bit. A character habit becomes part of the show’s private language. And the more episodes you stack, the more you feel like you’re in on the joke. It’s not the easiest background binge because the writing moves quickly and the references pile up, but if you like sharp comedy, weird character dynamics, and running jokes that get funnier through repetition, “Archer” is probably the richest long-haul binge on this list.
Archer
Smart-mouthed superspy Sterling Archer and his dysfunctional team of secret agents turn dangerous missions into messy misadventures around the globe.
Best raunchy college binge: ‘Blue Mountain State’
“Blue Mountain State” is not trying to be subtle. The series follows the players at a fictional college football powerhouse where the actual football is kind of an afterthought. Most of the show is about parties, hazing, hookups, bad decisions, team politics, and the general madness of campus life when everyone involved has way too much freedom and way too little judgment. Alex Moran is the easygoing quarterback who’d rather enjoy the perks of college football than become a star, while Thad Castle is the full-volume alpha-moron force of nature at the center of the chaos.
As a binge, this one moves fast. The episodes are short, the setup is simple, and the show usually has one big, ridiculous campus crisis per episode. That makes it very easy to keep rolling. You don’t need to remember complicated plot details or track a massive mythology. You just need to understand the football hierarchy, the Goat House, and the fact that almost every situation is going to escalate into something stupid. It’s broad, loud, and very much of its time, so the raunchy excess won’t be for everyone. But if you want a short, fast, low-effort comedy binge that plays like pure escapist nonsense, “Blue Mountain State” is built for exactly that.
Blue Mountain State
Three incoming freshman in a big-time, Midwestern college football program have to juggle football, girls, class and nonstop hazing.
Best supernatural slacker binge: ‘Deadbeat’
“Deadbeat” has the highest concept premise on this list. Kevin “Pac” Pacalioglu is a broke medium who can talk to ghosts and helps them finish their unfinished business. He’s not a polished ghost hunter or some sleek supernatural detective. He’s a lazy, disheveled, semi-competent guy who happens to have an actual gift, even if he’d usually rather do the least amount of work possible. That mix of ghost-story structure and slacker comedy gives the show a very easy rhythm.
The binge appeal is that every episode gives you a new supernatural problem without making the show feel heavy. One ghost needs help, Pac gets dragged into it and things get weird. Then the story usually wraps up cleanly enough that you can move right into the next one. At the same time, the show has enough recurring relationships and season arcs to keep it from feeling totally disposable. It’s only three seasons, so it’s not a giant commitment, and Tyler Labine’s lead performance gives the whole thing a likable, low-pressure charm.
Deadbeat
Kevin Pacalioglu may have no money and no clue, but he can see dead people, so that’s pretty cool. Faced with a constant stream of stubborn spirits, Pac goes to whatever lengths require the least amount of effort to help New York City’s most frivolous ghosts finish their unfinished business, occasionally with the help of his best friend and drug dealer, Roofie.
Best no-commitment comedy binge: ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’
“Whose Line Is It Anyway?” is the easiest binge on this list because there’s basically no homework. The version available on Tubi is the original British improv comedy series, hosted by Clive Anderson, with performers like Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Josie Lawrence, Greg Proops, Tony Slattery, and Mike McShane jumping into games, scenes, songs, and audience-suggested chaos. You just hit play and watch very funny people try to make something out of nothing.
That makes it a perfect free-streaming binge. Each episode is built out of separate improv games, so the stop-and-start rhythm doesn’t really hurt the experience. You can watch one episode, bounce around between seasons, or let a few roll while you’re eating dinner. Some sketches land harder than others, but that’s part of the fun because the whole thing feels live, loose, and unpredictable. It’s low-pressure comedy in the best way. If you want the easiest show to jump into on Tubi, “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” is a very safe bet.
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
An un-scripted comedy show in which four guest performers improvise their way through a series of games, many of which rely on audience suggestions.
More binge-worthy comedy TV shows on Tubi:
‘The Red Green Show’
The Red Green Show
The Red Green Show is a Canadian television comedy that aired on various channels in Canada, with its ultimate home at CBC Television, and on Public Broadcasting Service stations in the United States, from 1991 until the series finale April 7, 2006, on CBC. The Red Green Show is essentially a cross between a sitcom and a sketch comedy series, and is a parody of home improvement, do-it-yourself, fishing, and other outdoors shows.
‘The Drew Carey Show’
The Drew Carey Show
Drew is an assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store and he has been stuck there for ten years. Other than fighting with co-worker Mimi, his hobbies include drinking beer and not being able to get dates. To make a few extra bucks he has a micro-brewery going in his garage with his buddies.
‘The Inbetweeners’
The Inbetweeners
Suburban teenage friends Will, Simon, Jay and Neil, students at Rudge Park Comprehensive, attempt to navigate the social scene, attract members of the gentler sex, and saunter amongst the cool crowd. However, despite their best efforts, the four hapless lads usually end up on the side of the nerds.
‘Everybody Hates Chris’
Everybody Hates Chris
Chris is a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1980s. Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bused to a predominantly white middle school two-hours away by his strict, hard-working parents, Chris struggles to find his place while keeping his siblings in line at home and surmounting the challenges of junior high.