Higher quantity never guarantees better quality, but thanks to “Peak TV,” there are more good options on television to choose from than ever before. This is especially true of the comedy genre, which has witnessed an explosion of unique programming. From returning favorites like Fleabag and Brooklyn Nine-Nine to acclaimed newcomers like The Other Two and Russian Doll, viewers could watch one episode every night for a year and still not finish it all.

Unfortunately, this results in the premature demise of many, many shows, as people just aren’t able to keep up, resulting in poor ratings. Hopefully, this isn’t going to be the case for truTV’s Tacoma FD, which has managed to find and maintain a small, devoted niche audience. But even at a smaller network like truTV, a fiery series like this always in danger of being doused. The thing is, not only does Tacoma FD boast a faithful core audience, but it has managed to establish itself as one of the year’s best — and most consistent — comedies. It’s nowhere near as revolutionary or challenging as its contemporaries, but that doesn’t mean it’s without merit.

Co-created by Broken Lizard members and Super Troopers stars Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme, Tacoma FD follows the daily lives and antics of Chief Terry McConky (Heffernan), Captain Eddie Penisi (Lemme) and the daytime crew at a firehouse in one of America’s wettest cities. As a result, they find themselves rushing to mostly fireless calls — like an entitled brat stuck in a storm drain and an asphyxiated fleshlight user — and trying to pass the time in between. And in true Super Troopers fashion, said time passing is rife with juvenile pranks, childish contests and increasingly outrageous hijinks of all shapes and sizes.

As Heffernan and Lemme were quick to tell me when I spoke to them for Den of Geek’s The Fourth Wall podcast, however, Tacoma FD isn’t simply a serialized version of the 2002 comedy classic… but with firefighters instead of highway patrolmen. It has, as Heffernan put it, “some elements of heart, as far as we can take it” that never really had a place in that film and its 2018 sequel. Much of this comes from the relationship with his character’s daughter Lucy (Hassie Harrison), the station’s first female firefighter.