Arrested Development (2003)

After George Bluth Sr. is arrested for defrauding investors, his family keeps living as if the money never left, and only son Michael notices the problem. Mitchell Hurwitz's comedy is the densest joke machine on this list: running gags, callbacks and Ron Howard's deadpan narration reward a rewatch more than almost anything else on television. Fox canceled it in 2006 despite an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, and Netflix later revived it. The first three seasons are the essential run; the revival seasons are patchier and best treated as extras.