Catastrophe

one of the decade's best, Catastrophe is currently streaming in Australia on Stan, and in the US on Amazon Prime Video with a 8/10 audience score that speaks for itself. 24 episodes — the right length to tell the story it is telling. Television that earns its era label is rarer than the number of shows attempting it suggests — most of what gets called prestige TV is really just expensive TV. Catastrophe is one of the genuine examples: the craft is there in the writing, the performances, and the way it handles its subject matter. Sharon Horgan's involvement signals the kind of production that attracts serious talent and uses it properly. Available now on streaming — no excuses left for not watching it.

Catastrophe does what great comedies rarely manage — it is actually funny, consistently, across the whole run. Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan write and star in a comedy that follows an American man and an Irish woman who make a bloody mess as they struggle to fall in love in London. Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. The series ran for 4 seasons (2015–2019), building a story that gave its audience time to invest properly. The real test of any comedy is whether it is still funny once you know all the jokes, and Catastrophe holds up on rewatch in a way that separates it from one-season curiosities. The consistency across the run is what elevates it — not every episode is the best, but none of them are a reason to stop watching.

The kind of show you put on in the background and find yourself actually paying attention to. It earns every laugh across its entire run — no coasting on goodwill. The comedy comes from character rather than situation, which means it holds up on rewatch in a way that pure farce never does. Sharon Horgan sets the tone, but the supporting cast is where a lot of the best moments come from. If Starstruck is already in your rotation, Catastrophe fits naturally alongside it.