On account of an interweb full of recommendations, I've just finished series 1 of The Good Place.
It's a sitcom made by USAnians, which is never a good start, but it's amusing enough, the episodes are short and sweet, and there's enough of a story arc to make it worth coming back to, though not really in a six-seasons-and-a-movie way.
At risk of spoilers, they didn't quite do the Surface Detail ending (or, for that matter, the Scooby Doo ending), but did set things up for a second season in an acceptable way. I'm not ruling out the possibility of the Pleasantville ending quite yet.