Disobedient women: All the rad women of comedy with shows out or returning this year
Women are on the rise – did you know they actually make up the majority of the population on planet Earth? And some of them are really, really funny. In a roundtable interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Amy Sherman-Palladino stated how she thinks “comedy is heading to a very dangerous place” due to the current outrage culture surrounding comedy where you “can’t allow someone to have an apolitical position.” For better or worse (looking at you Roseanne Barr), women are doing some of the most dangerous comedy on TV right now. Looking to keep up with the bad girls of comedy? Here are all the new shows coming out or old shows returning in the next twelve months featuring the funniest women in the industry.
Tiffany Haddish: The Last O.G.
Tiffany Haddish left The Last O.G. after season three. TBS renewed the series without her contract, and the show did not continue with her in the cast. As of 2026 she has turned her attention to stand-up dates, voice work on The Freak Brothers, and a turn on The Masked Singer. The sitcom chapter closed, but Haddish remains active on stages and in other formats that still let her push timing and language the way the original piece celebrated.
Mindy Kaling's Not Suitable for Work
Mindy Kaling created and executive produced Not Suitable for Work with Charlie Grandy. The Hulu series is scheduled to premiere in June 2026. Kaling’s track record with sharp ensemble dialogue continues here, and the title signals the kind of boundary-testing material the roundtable discussion flagged years ago. Viewers can expect the same mix of workplace absurdity and personal stakes that defined her earlier hits, now updated for a streaming slate that still rewards quick cuts and unfiltered punchlines.
Leanne Morgan's Leanne on Netflix
Leanne Morgan stars in Leanne, a new multi-cam sitcom that lands on Netflix July 31, 2026. Chuck Lorre co-created the show with her, and Kristen Johnston joins the cast. Morgan’s stand-up voice centers on Southern domestic life, which translates directly to the half-hour format. The timing places it among a cluster of network-style comedies returning to streaming, where live-audience energy and quick reversals still cut through algorithm noise.
Reba McEntire's Happy's Place
Reba McEntire returns to the sitcom chair with Happy's Place on NBC. Early episodes pulled more than fourteen million viewers, a rare number in the current linear landscape. The series follows working-class family dynamics with the same grounded humor McEntire has carried since her first run in the nineties. Its longevity on broadcast proves that established female leads can still anchor multi-camera ensembles without softening the edge that first made them household names.
Riot Women on BritBox
Sally Wainwright created Riot Women for BritBox, centering a group of post-menopausal friends who start a punk band. The ensemble features Joanna Scanlan, Tamsin Greig, Lorraine Ashbourne, Taj Atwal, and Rosalie Craig. The premise flips the usual coming-of-age story into a coming-of-rage one, with songs and stage dives replacing quiet domestic arcs. The 2026 premiere gives British television another all-female core cast that treats menopause as fuel rather than punchline.
Across these projects the thread stays consistent: women keep writing, producing, and starring in comedies that test timing, taste, and tolerance. The Sherman-Palladino warning from 2018 still floats in the background, yet the current slate shows the form adapting instead of retreating. Stand-up tours, streaming drop dates, and network renewals all point to the same reality the original piece noted: the majority population keeps supplying the sharpest material, and the cameras are still rolling.
