These Forgotten Sitcoms About Parenting Are Worth Checking Out

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TV fans are used to seeing tons of sitcoms about families. They include corny jokes, a sometimes sexist tone, and often, a laugh track used for dialogue that isn't particularly funny or interesting. In the past few years, two sitcoms aired on TV that were quickly forgotten and canceled after only two seasons.

But despite the short life of Single Parents and The Unicorn, these shows are worth checking out as they're so smart and funny and full of cool, realistic characters and interesting storylines. They don't feel like typical sitcoms that have been done a million times before.

Is The Traditional Family Sitcom Dead?

Single Parents and The Unicorn were both canceled after only two seasons, with the former airing from 2018 to 2020. and the latter airing from 2019 to 2021. The shows both have incredibly talented casts and a similar message: parenting is difficult, complex, wonderful, and ultimately, having a picture perfect family doesn't matter. The series are also both some of the most intelligent and hilarious sitcoms in recent years. While they aren't unique shows breaking the traditional format, they stand out in other ways.

Single Parents and The Unicorn can be considered some of the best sitcoms and while they have a lot in common, they feel unique, too. Single Parents follows Angie (Leighton Meester), Poppy (Kimrie Lewis), Will (Taran Killam), Douglas (Brad Garrett) and Miggy (Jake Choi) as they become close friends and raise their little ones. It's also really fun watching Angie and her ex Derek (Adam Brody), who is Graham's father who hasn't been around until now.

While the adult characters are awesome, as they support each other a lot and fans will also become interested in the chemistry between Angie and Will, it's