# It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

9 Hacker News commenters recommended It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for dark, cringe comedy about terrible characters who still feel sympathetic. Critics agree the later seasons lose their edge as the characters become more awful.

## Why people recommend it

- Dark humor with sympathetic terrible characters (2 comments): "it's about terrible people getting their comeuppance, yet still being sympathetic despite their failings" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46719374)) "I love the dark humour in that series" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46422311))
- Fully commits to its dark premise (2 comments): "The genius of IASIP is to just lean all the way into this trope." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46720509)) "I love the dark humour in that series" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46422311))

## What people warn about

- Characters grow more awful over time (1 comments): "As time went on, they become more and more awful." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46719967))
- Creators lose sight of original tone (1 comments): "But I think the creators eventually lost sight of that" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46723420))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Office](https://hackerapproved.com/p/office.md): 23 recommend
- [Red Dwarf](https://hackerapproved.com/p/red-dwarf.md): 20 recommend
- [Utopia (Australian comedy TV series)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/utopia.md): 14 recommend
- [Yes Minister](https://hackerapproved.com/p/yes-minister.md): 9 recommend
- [Yes, Prime Minister](https://hackerapproved.com/p/yes-prime-minister.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia", https://hackerapproved.com/p/it-s-always-sunny-in-philadelphia/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).