Broad City
What a Wonderful World
TV Flash files “What a Wonderful World” as a desk essential hour — Broad City (2014–2019) on Comedy Central, season 1, episode 1, aired 2014-01-22, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 50 in the Broad City guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 2014-01-22 (30 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “Pu$$y Weed” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “What a Wonderful World”. What a Wonderful World is Abbi and Ilana, weed and hustle: web-series energy on Comedy Central, millennial buddy volume up.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A comedy following the antics of a pair of twentysomething best friends in New York City begins with Abbi and Ilana trying to scrounge up the money to buy tickets for a secret Lil Wayne concert.
Viewer FAQ
Where does What a Wonderful World sit in the Broad City guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 50 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Broad City S01E01 air?
What a Wonderful World aired 2014-01-22 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do I need the web series first?
Roots, not homework. The Comedy Central seasons are the full picaresque. Digital-native energy is already in the linear run.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Abbi and Ilana scrape by in New York with weed, hustle, and loyalty that outruns plot. Web-series energy on Comedy Central: urban picaresques, guest-star sport, millennial buddy comedy with the volume all the way up. Female friendship as sitcom jet fuel — chaos first, shame never, subway forever.
Before the vending machine with a PR department decided friendship needed a drop window, two women scraped by in New York with maximum chaos and loyalty. Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson's *Broad City* (Comedy Central, 2014–2019) started as a web series and kept the digital-native voltage on linear: Abbi Abrams, Ilana Wexler, Hannibal Buress's Lincoln, Arturo Castro, Paul W. Downs. Episodes are urban picaresques. Weed, hustle, guest-star cameo sport, millennial buddy comedy with the volume all the way up. On the…
Filed against
- Abbi Jacobson as Abbi Abrams
Abbi Jacobson’s Abbi Abrams scraped through Broad City’s New York with weed, hustle, and loyalty that outran plot — web-series energy on Comedy Central, millennial buddy comedy with the volume all the way up. Urban picaresques, guest-star…
- Ilana Glazer as Ilana Wexler
Ilana Glazer's Ilana Wexler kept Broad City at full volume — Abbi and Ilana scraping by in New York, weed, hustle, loyalty that outruns plot, web-series energy on Comedy Central. Female friendship as sitcom jet fuel. TV Flash files her as…
- Hannibal Buress as Lincoln
Hannibal Buress played Lincoln on Broad City — Abbi and Ilana scraping by in New York with weed, hustle, and loyalty that outruns plot. Web-series energy on Comedy Central, millennial buddy comedy with the volume up. TV Flash files him as…
- Arturo Castro as Jaime
Arturo Castro’s Jaime rode Broad City’s New York picaresque as millennial buddy comedy at full volume — Abbi and Ilana, weed, hustle, loyalty that outruns plot, web-series energy on Comedy Central. Female friendship as sitcom jet fuel,…
- Paul W. Downs as Trey Pucker
Paul W. Downs plays Trey Pucker on Broad City, Abbi and Ilana’s 2010s New York scrape — weed, hustle, loyalty that outruns plot. Web-series energy on Comedy Central: urban picaresques, guest-star sport, millennial buddy comedy with the…