Never Better is a television sitcom which started on BBC Two on 10 January 2008. It celebrities as recovering Kate Ashfield and Keith Merchant as his wife Anita, Stephen Mangan. Fintan Ryan to get World Productions writes the show. The show was described like a dark sit com, being compared to some other sitcoms such as Balloon and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Yet, critics have complained that the show is too similar to these kind of programmes, as well as attacking the character of Keith for not being funny. Viewers received the show, with the show attracting an crowd of less than one million viewers each incident.