Superstore

Original ensemble workplace comedy with no established or source characters to swap.

Amy is a competent, capable lead and Jonah is sometimes the well-meaning but naive foil, but men aren't systematically vilified as a message.

• Amy frequently runs the floor more competently than store manager Glenn
• Jonah's idealism is often gently mocked

Mateo is a central, openly gay main character whose relationships and undocumented-gay-immigrant storyline are recurring plot threads.

• Mateo's relationship with Jeff
• Mateo coming out and dating storylines woven through multiple seasons

Diverse ensemble that fits a big-box retail store setting naturally rather than as a lore-breaking checkbox.

• Latino, Black, Asian, and disabled employees across the cast
• Garrett uses a wheelchair as a normalized part of the cast

The show regularly builds episodes around social issues — labor rights, immigration, healthcare, unionization — sometimes pausing comedy to make a point.

• Recurring immigration/ICE storyline around Mateo
• Episodes centered on workers' rights and attempts to unionize
• Storylines about lack of healthcare and maternity leave

Some characters embody clueless or insensitive attitudes for laughs, but no sustained framing of masculinity or the West as inherently toxic.

• Glenn's old-fashioned views played for comedy
• Corporate (Zephra) critiqued, but not gendered/racial framing

Original series with no source material to betray.