Editing 2010s (section)

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The comedy sitcom ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' ran for the entirety of the decade, and was the number-one television sitcom for all of its airing prior to its finale in 2019. Other sitcoms like ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', ''[[Will & Grace (season 9)|Will & Grace]]'', ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'', ''[[Scrubs (season 9)|Scrubs: Med School]]'', and Netflix's ''[[Trailer Park Boys]]'' and its ''Out Of The Park: USA'' and ''Out Of The Park: Europe'' specials were popular in the 2010s. ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' (narrated by [[Bob Saget]]) gained controversy for its 2014 finale, "[[Last Forever]]", which sparked an alternate finale to be created for the show, a television-first. Cult shows like the dark comedy sitcom ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'' carried its popularity from the 2000s and lasted through the entirety of the 2010s. CBS's ''[[Two Broke Girls]]'' began its run in 2011 (ending in 2017), its [[2 Broke Girls (season 1)|pilot]] being the highest watched on the network in a decade. In 2011, [[Charlie Sheen]] was fired from ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'', who made his last appearance in the show in [[Two and a Half Men (season 8)|Season 8]] during February 2011. Sheen's 2011 outbursts and firing from the show were highly publicized.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fitzgerald |first=Toni |date=17 May 2019 |title=How Do 'The Big Bang Theory' Series Finale Ratings Rank All Time? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonifitzgerald/2019/05/17/how-does-the-big-bang-theory-series-finale-ratings-rank-all-time/ |access-date=8 December 2020 |website=Forbes}}</ref> Indian sitcom ''[[Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah]]'' became the world's longest-running sitcom, with over 2,500 episodes,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Longest-running sitcom (by episode count) |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/90109-longest-running-sitcom-by-episode-count |website=Guinness World Records |date=2 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah set to clock 3000 'happysodes';making it 'world's longest running daily family comedy show' |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv/taarak-mehta-ka-ooltah-chashmah-set-to-clock-3000-happysodes-asit-kumarr-modi-thanks-team-for-making-it-worlds-longest-running-daily-family-comedy-show/articleshow/78254167.cms |website=Mumbai Mirror}}</ref>

Dramas like ''[[Breaking Bad]]'' (2008–2013), ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'' (2010–2022), ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' (2011–2019) and the ''Breaking Bad'' [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] ''[[Better Call Saul]]'' (2015–2022) became some of the most popular American television series of all time. ''[[Stranger Things]]'' gained a massive following during the decade among teen and youth, and 2019's ''[[Stranger Things (season 3)|Stranger Things 3]]'' gained even more recognition for the character of [[Robin Buckley]], who was popularized online.

Science fiction television gained a renewed sense of interest, thanks in part to ''[[Black Mirror]]'' was popularized on Netflix after being broadcast on British television.

A new era of family television and tween television existed in the 2010s, sitcoms of which were mainly spearheaded by [[Disney]] and Nickelodeon, but also appeared on cable channels such as ABC (''[[The Middle (TV series)|The Middle]]'' on ABC for example) and on streaming services like Netflix. Shows such as Nickelodeon's ''[[iCarly]]'' and ''[[Victorious]]'', and Disney's ''[[Girl Meets World]]'' were notable examples of popular shows among tween and youth throughout the 2010s. The short-lived 2018 [[Roseanne#Revival|revival]] of ''[[Roseanne]]'' (a family sitcom on ABC) gained attention for the firing of its main star [[Roseanne Barr]] and her outbursts.