The original post: /r/television by /u/Sea-Lettuce-8252 on 2026-03-30 20:17:27+00:00.
I am rewatching the first seasons of Futurama right now and it really bothers me that almost every other episode is about one of the main characters falling in love/having sex with someone or going through romantic troubles.
I don’t care for that, it’s tiring and way too much for me. I end up skipping almost half of all episodes due to this excess of romantic themes. (The ones I don’t skip are usually great though. Futurama’s early seasons hold up really well).
So now I’m looking for sitcoms (animated or not) that don’t focus on romantic relationships. I don’t mind characters being in a relationship, as long as it’s not a focal point of the plot.
For example, I don’t mind watching most Simpsons episodes even though Homer and Marge are married. The ones I don’t watch include Lisa falling in love with Ralph/Nelson or Bart falling in love with Jessica Lovejoy/Laura Powers/etc or Homer and Marge having sex in public/solving their billionth marriage crisis.
This means that I can’t watch most sitcoms. Obviously something like Two and a Half Men, HIMYM or Modern Family is completely off limits to me. I can tolerate many episodes of Scrubs or even The Office, despite both focusing heavily on romantic plots during big portions of the show (which I end up skipping).
I think the show I had to skip the least episodes of was Malcolm in the Middle. Maybe something like that? (Ideally with even less romantic plots/subplots).