If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, Winners & Losers is available on streaming right now. 5 seasons means there is plenty to get through without ever feeling padded. A 6/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Melissa Bergland leads a cast with real comic timing. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, Winners & Losers is worth clearing space for. Winners & Losers does what great comedies rarely manage — it is actually funny, consistently, across the whole run. The lives of four best friends bound together by their shared experience of being "the losers" in high school. Now ten years later the women are about to become winners, but at what cost? Melissa Bergland and Virginia Gay lead a cast with the timing to make it work. It ran for 5 seasons (2011–2016), and the writing holds up across every one of them. Winners & Losers earns its laughs from character rather than situation, which is why it does not wear thin the way pure farce tends to. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Comedy fans looking for a reliably funny watch will find it in Winners & Losers. Fans of The Facts of Life will recognise the sensibility here immediately. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. Melissa Bergland is funny in a way that holds up on rewatch. Put it on when you need something guaranteed to land.

Winners & Losers wrapped up in 2016, created by Bevan Lee — and 5 seasons are available to watch from start to finish. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.