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What is the best Steve Carell TV series?

By YPB Team

From a paper-company everyman to a captive therapist, this lineup spans his small-screen range across comedy and tense drama. Where do you stand?

  1. The Office — ranked #11
    The Office
    NBC's beloved mockumentary sitcom where Carell starred as bumbling regional manager Michael Scott.
    1000pts
  2. The Patient — ranked #22
    The Patient
    FX psychological thriller where Carell portrays a therapist held captive by a serial-killer patient.
    382pts
  3. Watching Ellie — ranked #33
    Watching Ellie
    Early-2000s NBC sitcom co-starring Carell opposite Julia Louis-Dreyfus in real-time storytelling.
    382pts
  4. The Dana Carvey Show — ranked #44
    The Dana Carvey Show
    Cult 1996 sketch-comedy series where Carell launched his TV career alongside Stephen Colbert.
    382pts
  5. The Morning Show — ranked #55
    The Morning Show
    Apple TV+ drama in which Carell plays disgraced news anchor Mitch Kessler amid a workplace scandal.
    280pts
  6. Space Force — ranked #66
    Space Force
    Netflix workplace comedy with Carell as a four-star general tasked with launching a new military branch.
    0pts
  7. Over the Top — ranked #77
    Over the Top
    Short-lived 1997 ABC sitcom starring Tim Curry and Annie Potts, with Carell in a series-regular role as Yorgo Galfanikos.
  8. The Daily Show — ranked #88
    The Daily Show
    Comedy Central's satirical news program where Carell spent 1999 to 2005 as a correspondent, sharpening his deadpan persona alongside Jon Stewart.
  9. Come to Papa — ranked #99
    Come to Papa
    Short-lived 2004 NBC sitcom created by and starring comedian Tom Papa, with Carell in the main cast as Blevin.
  10. The Four Seasons — ranked #1010
    The Four Seasons
    Netflix's 2025 comedy from Tina Fey, based on Alan Alda's film, with Carell as Nick, whose divorce upends a group of old friends' seasonal getaways.
  11. Rooster — ranked #1111
    Rooster
    HBO comedy from Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses, premiering in 2026, starring Carell as author Greg Russo reconnecting with his professor daughter at a New England college.

Comments 1

NBC did not renew his contract after season seven, and everything else he has made since is on this ballot: https://youpick.best/articles/the-office-vs-parks-and-rec-ranked

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Aug 25