Maico is a show that understands what makes a workplace comedy actually breathe: the crew is so thoroughly broken that they have no choice but to become a family. The android isn't there to be the joke, she's there to be the heart that makes these losers actually care about something. Watch it if you want a show that treats a struggling radio station like it matters, because to the people in it, it does.

It's 2010 and Japanese radio is in a slump. One station with falling ratings and a staff of chronic underachievers tries a bold fix: hiring Maico, the first android ever to host a program on the air. Maico is adorable, but novelty alone won't hold a restless audience, and her hapless coworkers make the job even harder. The series is a short-format sci-fi comedy about a failing station betting everything on a robot.