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The ever-meddling twosome of Everybody Loves Raymond takes their proximity to new levels, popping over from their house across the street to see their son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren at the most inopportune times. Between Frank’s merciless criticisms and Marie’s controlling ways, Raymond and his wife Debra have their patience tried on a daily basis — to hilarious effect.

30 Rock’s perma-joyful NBC page is like a shot of sunshine straight into your bloodstream. Though the mystery of his long tenure on the show is a running gag, his enthusiasm for his two loves — “everybody and television” — is undisputed. No job is too menial, no language too foreign, no drink too strong for Kenneth.

There’s always one employee who acts as the glue holding everyone together, keeps things running smoothly, and manages each crisis with calm clarity. And in Superstore, that person is hardworking, empathetic store manager Amy Sosa. She brings together the disparate personalities of the megastore employees into one big slightly dysfunctional-but-happy family.

The director of Pawnee, Indiana’s parks department in Parks and Recreation is rarely seen without a plate of meat and a glass of whiskey (no clear alcohol!) — he’s even known to keep an emergency stash of the good stuff (aka: bacon) in various locations throughout his office. Now that’s dedication!

In A.P. Bio, a disastrous turn of events sends disgraced philosophy scholar Jack Griffin packing to Whitlock High School in Toledo, Ohio, where he’s tasked with teaching advanced-placement biology. But the grudge-holder doesn’t intend to teach science — he’s more interested in training his students to help him exact revenge for his own benefit.