‘Wrecked’ is part ‘Lost,’ part ‘Gilligan’

One of those networks you might not think about much, TBS more than doubled its original comedy programming this winter and spring with the addition of “Angie Tribeca,” “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” and “The Detour,” co-created by Bee and her husband and fellow “Daily Show” alum, Jason Jones, who also stars. Notwithstanding a couple of game shows, laughter is the medicine they’re selling. “Watch funny TV and movies on TBS,” the website tells you.

Joining this modest but estimable lineup is “Wrecked,” which premiered June 14 and will be described nearly everywhere as a sort of “Gilligan’s Island” meets “Lost.”

In a small way it represents a bid for younger eyes: Justin and Jordan Shipley, the series’ first-time’s-the-charm creators, are in their mid-20s, as are the preponderance of their main characters. (Rhys Darby, 42, who was Murray on “Flight of the Conchords” and is concurrently a voice on the Netflix “Voltron” reboot, is the designated old guy. )

The Shipleys were teenagers when “Lost” premiered in 2004, and though there is nothing supernatural here, it has the flavor of being forged in conversations held while watching that series, of asking natural questions “Lost” never asked, about bathroom privacy and constipation and condoms.

Millennial rites, obsessions and occupation are at the center. A census of survivors includes “three baristas, one foot doctor, two lifestyle bloggers and the founder of … an app that lets you see what you would look like with other people’s pubes.”

There’s a scene with a dying satellite phone in which several characters realize none of them knows a friend’s phone number by heart. On the first day, someone finds the drinks cart and there is rave-ish partying; the next morning, there are hangovers — and references to “The Hangover.”

Like other TBS comedies it does not so much push the envelope as tickle it. There is a modicum of grossness — blood and vomiting and dumb sex jokes (mitigated, in a way, by being put in the mouths of dumbbells), but the series is essentially sweet, its conflicts more affectionate than corrosive.

It is largely a comedy of character and character relations, and for all that it is a collection of types, a talented cast finds the individuals within. Just as important, “Wrecked” looks good. That it’s shot and scored as if it were a drama — with a wink, but played straight — gives the silliness some substance and makes watching a pleasure.