A middle-aged British news anchor tells a sexist joke at a boozy wedding and suddenly finds himself pilloried on social media and on a fast train to career suicide. That’s the premise of Douglas Is Cancelled, a cruelly funny 2024 BBCsitcom that seems very much in sync with satiric comedies such as The Office and W1A and Yes Minister. Until it isn’t. Created by Steven Moffat, whose credits include Doctor Who and Sherlock, the four-part series takes ingenious turns that upend expectations and are absolutely riveting. It’s one of the most surprising and bewitching shows in years, helped in no small part by Hugh Bonneville as Douglas and Karen Gillan as Madeline, Douglas’s ambitious and much younger co-anchor. —Alessandra Stanley