I don't really watch funny series, except for detective/forensics shows where the characters banter a lot, and so far all of those except Lie to Me (which is less funny, but also the only one where the sexual tension between the two main characters doesn't piss me off and the politics are less O_o-inducing) have done episodes that seriously pissed me off (Bones, for example, has done a lot more with queer characters a lot better than many shows, and has STILL failed spectacularly a couple times).

For the most part, neither MI-5 nor Inspector Lewis has really bugged me, but neither is funny, and MI-5 is big on killing off major characters, and Inspector Lewis is totally about a couple guys, so...I don't know.

Mostly I go for drama over comedy and British over American (although British shows aren't perfect). And I get mad a lot.