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Community Cousins — strict rank, no ties

22 shows. Score out of 25 across character-archetype isomorphism, plot engine, mirrored subplots, analytical craft, and ensemble emotional load. Built 2026-06-04 15:46.

Tiebreakers applied in priority order: Total › CHAR (character map) › ENG (plot engine) › MIR (mirrored subplots) › CRAFT › EM › alphabetical. CHAR breaks first because Brandon's ask was the character map.
  1. ①
    TGP

    The Good Place 24/25

    The cleanest Abed-equivalent on TV (Janet) and the cleanest Pierce-equivalent (Brent).

    CHAR5
    ENG5
    MIR4
    CRAFT5
    EM5
  2. ②
    N

    NewsRadio 23/25

    Brandon's canonical mapping. Jimmy James is Dean Pelton ten years early.

    CHAR5
    ENG5
    MIR4
    CRAFT4
    EM5
  3. ③
    AE

    Abbott Elementary 22/25

    School workplace ensemble closest 2020s analogue. Janine is Annie.

    CHAR5
    ENG5
    MIR4
    CRAFT3
    EM5
  4. #4
    PaR

    Parks and Recreation 22/25

    Greendale costumed in a parks department. Leslie's binders are Annie's clipboards.

    CHAR5
    ENG5
    MIR4
    CRAFT3
    EM5
  5. #5
    T

    Taxi 22/25

    Garage as bottle. Iggy/Reverend Jim is a proto-Abed in a wool hat.

    CHAR5
    ENG5
    MIR3
    CRAFT4
    EM5
  6. #6
    F

    Frasier 22/25

    Farce-density champion. Niles is a Britta who weaponized aesthetics.

    CHAR5
    ENG4
    MIR5
    CRAFT4
    EM4
  7. #7
    C

    Cheers 22/25

    The bar IS the study room. Sam Malone is Jeff with a worse haircut.

    CHAR5
    ENG4
    MIR4
    CRAFT4
    EM5
  8. #8
    S

    Scrubs 22/25

    Hospital bottle. JD's daydreams are Abed's structure-naming in fantasy form.

    CHAR4
    ENG5
    MIR4
    CRAFT4
    EM5
  9. #9
    BN

    Brooklyn Nine-Nine 21/25

    Precinct ensemble + Halloween Heist genre takeovers.

    CHAR5
    ENG5
    MIR4
    CRAFT3
    EM4
  10. #10
    R

    30 Rock 21/25

    Line-density champion. 'Apollo Apollo' is a Chaos Theory cousin.

    CHAR4
    ENG4
    MIR5
    CRAFT5
    EM3
  11. #11
    SN

    Sports Night 21/25

    Sorkin newsroom ensemble. Dan/Casey are a two-headed Jeff.

    CHAR4
    ENG4
    MIR4
    CRAFT5
    EM4
  12. #12
    AD

    Arrested Development 21/25

    The only network sitcom that out-callbacks Community.

    CHAR4
    ENG3
    MIR5
    CRAFT5
    EM4
  13. #13
    TOU

    The Office US 20/25

    Workplace bottle, Michael Scott carries Pierce-Dean DNA.

    CHAR4
    ENG4
    MIR3
    CRAFT4
    EM5
  14. #14
    W

    Wings 19/25

    Airport bottle. The Hackett brothers are a two-headed Jeff.

    CHAR4
    ENG4
    MIR4
    CRAFT3
    EM4
  15. #15
    BOT

    Better Off Ted 19/25

    Lampshade-as-standing-rule champion. Veronica is corporate Britta.

    CHAR4
    ENG4
    MIR3
    CRAFT5
    EM3
  16. #16
    WWD

    What We Do in the Shadows 19/25

    Vampire roommates as Greendale Seven. Guillermo is Abed-loyal.

    CHAR4
    ENG4
    MIR3
    CRAFT4
    EM4
  17. #17
    NC

    Night Court 18/25

    Workplace farce, Harry as Dean-Pelton-with-a-gavel.

    CHAR4
    ENG4
    MIR3
    CRAFT3
    EM4
  18. #18
    V

    Victorious 18/25

    Hollywood Arts is Greendale with songs. Tori is Annie, Cat is Abed.

    CHAR4
    ENG4
    MIR3
    CRAFT3
    EM4
  19. #19
    NG

    New Girl 18/25

    Loft ensemble. Nick Miller is Jeff if Jeff gave up earlier.

    CHAR4
    ENG3
    MIR3
    CRAFT3
    EM5
  20. #20
    BH

    BoJack Horseman 18/25

    Out-genre-takeovers Community. Princess Carolyn is Britta with stakes.

    CHAR3
    ENG3
    MIR4
    CRAFT5
    EM3
  21. #21
    L

    Letterkenny 18/25

    Joke density at the line level. Wayne is Jeff in a hockey jersey.

    CHAR3
    ENG3
    MIR4
    CRAFT4
    EM4
  22. #22
    IAS

    It's Always Sunny 17/25

    Bar bottle, but the friendship is poison. Community's evil twin.

    CHAR3
    ENG3
    MIR3
    CRAFT4
    EM4