Which TV comedy got much better after a weak first season?

Fifteen shows people tell you to stick with. The pitch is always the same: it clicks around episode seven.

1. 1
   Parks and Recreation

   Six episodes of a Leslie Knope who read as a copy of Michael Scott, then a second season that rebuilt her.
   1000pts
2. 2
   The Good Place

   A first season whose twist retroactively changed what the show had been doing.
   662pts
3. 3
   Community

   A conventional first year of study-group plots before the genre parodies took over.
   662pts
4. 4
   Seinfeld

   Five episodes in 1989 that NBC nearly buried before the show became a phenomenon.
   661pts
5. 5
   Brooklyn Nine-Nine

   A broad first year that later found its footing once the ensemble stopped orbiting Jake Peralta.
   661pts
6. 6
   Buffy the Vampire Slayer

   A twelve-episode first season on a tiny budget before the show's reputation took hold.
   611pts
7. 7
   The Simpsons

   Crude animation and a slower first season before the show's imperial run.
   611pts
8. 8
   Bob's Burgers

   An early run with a harsher edge that softened into one of television's warmest families.
   600pts
9. 9
   It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

   A shoestring first season shot for a few hundred dollars, before Danny DeVito arrived.
   448pts
10. 10
    Schitt's Creek

    A first season built on sneering at a small town, before the show decided to love it.
    353pts
11. 11
    New Girl

    A first season sold entirely on Zooey Deschanel before it became an ensemble comedy.
    353pts
12. 12
    The Office

    A six-episode first season that tracked the British scripts closely before the Scranton branch found its own voice.
    240pts
13. 13
    Halt and Catch Fire

    A first season pitched as a Mad Men imitation, then reinvented around its two female leads.
    240pts
14. 14
    30 Rock

    An uneven first year still working out what to do with Tracy Jordan and Jenna Maroney.
    106pts
15. 15
    Star Trek: The Next Generation

    A famously stiff opening year that later produced some of the franchise's best hours.
    106pts