Part of Broad City's genius is that it brings the energy and invention of a sketch comedy show to a standard sitcom format, enlivening both comedy frameworks and turning them into something new. You can't really sell the adventures of two young women in New York City as an especially promising concept on its own, but these two young women, Abbi and Ilana, take all those tropes—being poor, having weird roommates, undefinable sexual relationships, and hopeless crushes—and make them new again.

Every episode of Broad City is a high-wire act between two opposing poles. You pit some borderline insane comedic idea like Amy Sedaris's corny and eternally petrified real estate agent against the characters of Ilana and Abbi, who, as the series goes on become more and more defined. Abbi's Bed Bath and Beyond obsession begins as a punchline and then becomes a full-blown personality trait. Ilana's crush on Abbi starts as a suggestion and then evolves into something hilarious and creepy. By the end of the first season, they've become an Abbot and Costello stuck in a New York City always teetering on the edge of some weird disaster.

Last week, the first season of Broad City came out on DVD. That means you now have absolutely no excuse to miss this show. Broad City is easily the funniest TV show since Louie, and I can't wait to watch the new season when it debuts next year.