The series has been included on several top TV series lists. The show placed #61 on "Entertainment Weekly" "New TV Classics" list. "Time'"s James Poniewozik named it the second-best TV series of 2006, and the sixth-best returning series of 2007, out of ten TV series. He also included it on his "The 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME" list. The show was also named the best show of 2006 by BuddyTV. while "Paste" named it the sixth-best sitcom of 2010. In 2013 the Writers Guild of America placed it at #66 on their list of "101 Best Written TV Series". In 2019, the series was ranked 32nd on "The Guardian"s list of the 100 best TV shows of the 21st century.