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Deadpan cool

Deadpan cool TV Series

Detached, understated and effortlessly stylish.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 110 series

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110 series Taste tags cover the 5,000 most-rated shows.

Nathan for You

★ 8.9
50K 32 2013–2017
Deadpan cool · Dry humor
10/10

Wednesday

★ 8.0
502K 17 2022–present
Deadpan cool · Outsider lead
9/10

Cowboy Bebop

★ 8.9
171K 26 1998–1999
Distinctive score · Anime
9/10

Flight of the Conchords

★ 8.5
70K 22 2007–2009
Music scene · Deadpan cool
9/10

Murderbot

★ 7.4
41K 11 2025–present
Deadpan cool · Character study
9/10

Cunk on Earth

★ 8.1
31K 5 2022–2022
Deadpan cool · Parody · Dry humor
9/10

Daria

★ 8.1
29K 67 1997–2002
Dry humor · Deadpan cool · Cynical
9/10

Patriot

★ 8.2
21K 18 2015–2018
Deadpan cool · Espionage
9/10

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

★ 8.3
16K 146 2016–2018
Deadpan cool · Absurdist
9/10

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

★ 8.3
11K 23 2008–2018
Cringe comedy · Deadpan cool
9/10

Wellington Paranormal

★ 7.6
9K 24 2018–2022
Deadpan cool · Dry humor
9/10

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

★ 7.9
8K 117 1993–2012
Absurdist · Ironic & meta
9/10

Copenhagen Cowboy

★ 6.7
7K 6 2022–2023
Stylized direction
9/10

Cunk on Britain

★ 8.2
5K 6 2016–2018
Dry humor · Deadpan cool
9/10

The Vince Staples Show

★ 7.4
4K 11 2024–2025
Deadpan cool · Dry humor
9/10

The End of the F***ing World

★ 8.0
247K 16 2017–2019
Dark comedy · Deadpan cool
8/10

One Punch Man

★ 8.6
227K 51 2015–present
Anime · Big-budget spectacle
8/10

Justified

★ 8.6
131K 78 2010–2015
Criminal underworld
8/10

Atlanta

★ 8.6
99K 41 2016–2022
Experimental · Absurdist
8/10

Mr Inbetween

★ 8.7
52K 26 2018–2021
Antihero lead
8/10

Columbo

★ 8.3
48K 67 1971–1998
Detective mystery · Episodic
8/10

The Colbert Report

★ 8.4
40K 1390 2005–2014
Satirical · Ironic & meta · Parody
8/10

The Rehearsal

★ 8.5
37K 12 2022–present
Experimental · Ironic & meta
8/10

Letterkenny

★ 8.5
34K 81 2016–2023
Witty banter · Dialogue-driven
8/10