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No Activity is a unique and hilarious comedy that follows the nightly exploits of our boys and girls in blue, and their shady criminal counterparts, through an unfolding kidnapping investigation. Truth is, being a cop or a crook is nowhere near as exciti
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | Stan |
Created By: | Trent O'Donnell, Patrick Brammall |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 8 / 10 (6) |
A loving (but immature) father is committed to co-parenting his two kids with his very-together ex-wife. While his misguided fatherly advice, unstoppable larger-than-life personality and unpredictable Internet superstardom might get in the way sometimes,
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | NBC |
Created By: | Marlon Wayans, Christopher Moynihan |
Status: | Returning Series, Canceled |
User Score (votes): | 5.1 / 10 (21) |
A family finds their lives turned upside down when a young, street-smart grifter shows up on their doorstep, claiming to be a distant relative.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Created By: | David H. Steinberg, Keetgi Kogan |
Network: | Netflix |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 0 / 10 (0) |
Ramy, the son of Egyptian immigrants, is on a spiritually conflicting journey in his New Jersey neighborhood, pulled between his Muslim community that thinks life is a constant test, his millennial friends who think life is full of endless possibilities,
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Created By: | Ramy Youssef, Ari Katcher |
Network: | Hulu |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 5.5 / 10 (2) |
Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series' primary executive producer. Good Time
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 6 |
Created By: | Eric Monte, Mike Evans |
Network: | CBS |
Status: | Ended |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 7.6 / 10 (27) |
Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 9 |
Created By: | Robert Getchell |
Network: | CBS |
Status: | Ended |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 5.9 / 10 (19) |
Rhoda is an American television sitcom, starring Valerie Harper, which aired 109 episodes over five seasons, from 1974 to 1978. The show was a spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which Harper between the years 1970 and 1974 had played the role of Rh
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 5 |
Created By: | Allan Burns, James L. Brooks |
Network: | CBS |
Status: | Ended |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 5.7 / 10 (8) |
Audrey is determined not to be defined by motherhood. In theory, this seems fairly easy. In practice, her career-focused husband, self-obsessed mother & fancy-free best friend, make it damn near impossible.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Created By: | Sarah Scheller, Alison Bell |
Network: | ABC |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | AU |
User Score (votes): | 6.5 / 10 (2) |
Amidst the political conflict of Northern Ireland in the 1990s, five secondary school students square off with the universal challenges of being a teenager.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Created By: | Lisa McGee |
Network: | Channel 4 |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | GB |
User Score (votes): | 8 / 10 (14) |
Two recent community-college graduates get stuck working at Rent-T-Own in the Chicago neighborhood of Englewood and work to achieve their entrepreneurial dreams.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Created By: | Diallo Riddle, Bashir Salahuddin |
Network: | Comedy Central |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 9 / 10 (1) |
Television adaptation of the romantic comedy film 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Created By: | Mindy Kaling, Matt Warburton |
Network: | Hulu |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 7 / 10 (1) |
Rainbow Johnson recounts her experience growing up in a mixed-race family in the ‘80s and the constant dilemmas they had to face over whether to assimilate or stay true to themselves.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Created By: | Kenya Barris, Peter Saji, Tracee Ellis Ross |
Network: | ABC |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 7.3 / 10 (4) |
Comedian Billy Eichner, unfiltered and unapologetic, hits the streets of New York City to test unsuspecting strangers on their knowledge of music and pop culture. With microphone in hand and money in tow, Eichner gives contestants the chance to win cash b
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 6 |
Networks: | Fuse, truTV, funnyordie.com |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 5.5 / 10 (8) |
Amy and Raquel attempt to navigate their way through the choppy waters of their early twenties whilst simultaneously kicking the ass of some seriously gnarly demons. What could possibly go wrong?
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Created By: | Howard Overman |
Network: | E4 |
Status: | Ended |
Origin Country: | GB |
User Score (votes): | 6.9 / 10 (36) |
The inner workings of an American jury trial through the eyes of one particular juror, Ronald Gladden. Gladden is unaware the entire case is fake, everyone except him is an actor and everything that happens — inside the courtroom and out — is carefully pl
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Created By: | Gene Stupnitsky, Lee Eisenberg |
Network: | Amazon Freevee |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 7.333 / 10 (6) |
The Golden Girls is an American sitcom, created by Susan Harris, that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992. Starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, the show centers on four older women sharing a home
Publisher: | Touchstone Television, Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions |
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 7 |
Network: | NBC |
Created By: | Susan Harris |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.3 / 10 (101) |
Number Of Seasons: | 9 |
Network: | CBS |
Genre: | Comedy |
Created By: | Carter Bays, Craig Thomas |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.5 / 10 (978) |
Floyd Mooney is a young African-American comedian whose star is on the rise. But the path to stardom is a minefield that Floyd must navigate to maintain his credibility while attempting to become “white famous.”
Publisher: | Lionsgate Television, Showtime Entertainment |
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | Showtime |
Created By: | Chris Spencer, Buddy Lewis, Tom Kapinos |
Status: | Canceled |
User Score (votes): | 5.4 / 10 (12) |
The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 9 |
Network: | NBC |
Created By: | Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Greg Daniels |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 8 / 10 (526) |
A newly retired police officer looks forward to spending more quality time with his wife and three kids only to discover he faces much tougher challenges at home than he ever did on the streets.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | CBS |
Created By: | Barton Dean |
Status: | Canceled |
User Score (votes): | 5.1 / 10 (69) |
In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. Partially inspired by Mike Judge’s own experiences as a Silicon Valley engineer in the late ‘80s, Silicon Valley is an Ame
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 5 |
Network: | HBO |
Created By: | Mike Judge, Alec Berg, Dave Krinsky, John Altschuler |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 8 / 10 (529) |
Workaholics is an American sitcom that premiered on Comedy Central on April 5, 2011. The series is in its third season, and is predominantly written by its stars Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, and co-creator Kyle Newacheck who play, respectivel
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 7 |
Network: | Comedy Central |
Created By: | Adam Devine, Blake Anderson, Anders Holm, Kyle Newacheck, Connor Pritchard, Dominic Russo |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.3 / 10 (74) |
Broad City follows two women throughout their daily lives in New York City, making the smallest and mundane events hysterical and disturbing to watch all at the same time.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 5 |
Network: | Comedy Central |
Created By: | Ilana Glazer, Abbi Jacobson |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.8 / 10 (70) |
Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now is a stand-up comedy routine that was shown on HBO. This was Ellen DeGeneres's second HBO special. This hour-long special focused on everyday situations, as Degeneres put it: modern life and other inconveniences. It was filme
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 8.5 / 10 (2) |
A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 7 |
Network: | FOX |
Created By: | Linwood Boomer |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.6 / 10 (323) |
Satirical sketch comedy set and filmed in Portland, Oregon that explores the eccentric misfits who embody the foibles of modern culture.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 8 |
Network: | IFC |
Created By: | Jonathan Krisel, Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 6.5 / 10 (51) |
A coming of age comedy following a diverse group of teenage friends as they confront the challenges of growing up in gritty inner-city Los Angeles.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | Netflix |
Created By: | Lauren Iungerich, Eddie Gonzalez, Jeremy Haft |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 8.2 / 10 (6) |
One Day at a Time is an American situation comedy. It starred Bonnie Franklin as Ann Romano, a divorced mother who moves to Indianapolis with her two teenage daughters Julie and Barbara Cooper with Dwayne Schneider as their building superintendent.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 3 |
Network: | Netflix |
Created By: | Allan Manings, Whitney Blake |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.1 / 10 (23) |
Everyone else sees Wilfred as just a dog, but Ryan sees a crude and somewhat surly, yet irrepressibly brave and honest Australian bloke in a cheap dog suit. While leading him through a series of comedic and existential adventures, Wilfred the dog shows Ry
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Networks: | FX, FXX |
Created By: | Jason Gann, Adam Zwar |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.1 / 10 (106) |
Emet is the perfect mom, boss, wife, friend and daughter. Okay, she's not perfect. In fact, she's just figuring it out like the rest of us. Sure, she feels bad when she has a sexy dream about someone other than her husband, or when she pretends not to kno
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | NBC |
Created By: | Aseem Batra |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 5 / 10 (5) |
Delve into the oddball family life of Miranda Sings, an incredibly confident, totally untalented star on the rise, who continues to fail upward by the power of her belief that she was born famous, it's just no one knows it yet.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | Netflix |
Created By: | Colleen Ballinger, Chris Ballinger |
Status: | Canceled |
User Score (votes): | 6.1 / 10 (34) |
Pot activist Ruth Whitefeather Feldman runs a medical marijuana dispensary while encouraging her loyal patients to chill out and enjoy the high life.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | Netflix |
Created By: | Chuck Lorre, David Javerbaum |
Status: | Canceled |
User Score (votes): | 5.2 / 10 (38) |
Years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach phys ed at his old middle school.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Network: | HBO |
Created By: | Danny McBride, Jody Hill, Ben Best |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.4 / 10 (108) |
Sophia is a rebellious, broke anarchist who refuses to grow up. She stumbles upon her passion of selling vintage clothes online and becomes an unlikely businesswoman. As she builds her retail fashion empire, she realizes the value and the difficulty of be
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | Netflix |
Created By: | Kay Cannon |
Status: | Canceled |
User Score (votes): | 6.9 / 10 (35) |
A group of single parents lean on each other to help raise their 7-year-old kids and maintain some kind of personal lives outside of parenthood.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Elizabeth Meriwether, J. J. Philbin |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 5.5 / 10 (5) |
Party Down is an American comedy television series that follows a Los Angeles, California, catering team for the titular company. The sextet of aspiring Hollywood actors and writers, as well as drifting lost souls, work small-time catering gigs while hopi
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | Starz |
Created By: | Paul Rudd, John Enbom, Dan Etheridge, Rob Thomas |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.6 / 10 (72) |
A comedy that takes place in the 1960's during turbulent times in the United States when a middle class suburban family is visited by a guest who turns their household completely upside down.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | Amazon |
Created By: | Woody Allen |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 6.4 / 10 (47) |
Gary Unmarried is an American sitcom created by Ed Yeager, which ran on CBS from September 24, 2008 to March 17, 2010. The series focuses on a recently divorced couple sharing custody of their kids while starting new relationships. The show was produced b
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | CBS |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 5.3 / 10 (12) |
A British husband-and-wife comedy writing team travel to Hollywood to remake their successful British TV series, with disastrous results.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 5 |
Networks: | Showtime, BBC Two |
Created By: | David Crane, Jeffrey Klarik |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.8 / 10 (61) |
Three's Company is an American sitcom that aired from March 15, 1977, to September 18, 1984, on ABC. It is based on the British sitcom, Man About the House. The story revolves around three single roommates: Janet Wood, Chrissy Snow and Jack Tripper who a
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 8 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.1 / 10 (46) |