Better Things is an American comedy drama television series created by Pamela Adlon and Louis C.K.

The show received a Peabody Award in April 2017, with the board stating: "[...] this searingly funny and beautiful show is an at-times raw examination of the vicissitudes of working motherhood, crackling with feminist verve and energy, that consistently cuts new ground".

[17][18] In October 2017, FX renewed the series for a third season,[19] which premiered on February 28, 2019, and consisted of 12 episodes, all directed by Adlon.

[22] For the third season, Adlon hired four new writers for the series, Sarah Gubbins, Joe Hortua, Robin Ruzan, and Ira Parker.

Constructed as a companion to the final season, it featured guests like Diedrich Bader, Kevin Pollak, Olivia Edward, and Celia Imrie.

[80] Rotten Tomatoes gave the first season a 95% score, with an average rating of 8.2 out of 10 based on 58 critic reviews, with the critical consensus "Pamela Adlon's Better Things abstains from traditional sitcom sendups and forges a path all its own – in this bawdy, often hilarious and bittersweet ode to the daily highs and lows of being a single mother.

[83] In his review for Time, Daniel D'Addario wrote, "This is a huge leap forward for a show that was already quite strong.

"[88] Caroline Framke of Variety wrote, "Better Things feels a bit freer to be its most audacious self this season.

Making the show under extraordinary pressure has, in the end, allowed Adlon to throw up her hands, say anything she wants, get it all out there and succeed entirely on her own terms.

"[95] Jen Chaney of Vulture called it "one of the most generous, organic, and beautiful works of the past decade".