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A nationwide talent search accepting the best professional and non-professional stand-up comedians. Once the selection process is narrowed to 10, the show covers the contestants as they live together and compete for an exclusive contract with NBC, and to be called the Last Comic Standing.

Bring the Funny is a competition series featuring various comedy acts performing in front of an audience for a chance to win $250,000.

Inspired by the gritty, competitive proving grounds of the comedy-club circuit, Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle is a bracket-style insult-comedy Thunderdome event featuring the world's most venomous comedians in one-on-one standoffs, with an all-star panel of judges deciding their tournament fate. Roast Battle is led by Roastmaster General Jeff Ross and referee/comedian Brian Moses and will be filmed in four nights at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal, Canada.

Jay Baruchel hosts the Canadian version of the international hit comedy series LOL: Last One Laughing. The six-part competition series pits 10 of the best comedic talents against each other in a showdown, where anything can happen. Starring Caroline Rhea (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), Debra DiGiovanni (Humour Resources), Dave Foley (The Kids in the Hall), Jon Lajoie (The League), Tom Green (Road Trip, The Tom Green Show), Mae Martin (Feel Good), Colin Mochrie (Whose Line Is It Anyway?), Brandon Ash- Mohammed (TallBoyz), Andrew Phung (Kim's Convenience), and K. Trevor Wilson (Letterkenny).

Chris Hardwick will lead three celebrity contestants down the ultimate Internet wormhole. Culling from the darkest recesses of social media, they will compete to determine who has the funniest take on the day's pop culture.

On Roast Battle UK, host Jimmy Carr will be joined by judges Russell Brand and Katherine Ryan for an unmissable war of words between the country's finest comic performers. Two roasters enter an arena filled with bloodthirsty comedy fans with just one simple mission: to bring their opponent to their knees with five of the most ferocious jokes their minds can muster. These gags won't be for the faint of heart. Expect a no-holds - barred assault where no topic is off-limits.

Michael Bully Herbig presents "LOL - Last One Laughing", the first German comedy game show on Amazon Prime. Ten top stars of German comedy join in the ultimate battle to find out who laughs last! Who will be able to stay serious? Which performance won't leave a dry eye in the house? And who will be the last one standing?

A brand new comedy show all about the magic of television. Hosted by Rob Beckett alongside team captains Josh Widdicombe and Alison Hammond.The show is a celebration of TV and sees comics, actors and personalities compete across a series of intriguing rounds to see who knows the most about telly.

Using his trademark wit, host Graham Norton will oversee the 10 comedic stars, brought together to make each other laugh by using every unpredictable comedic tool in the box... without cracking a smile themselves. With the added bonus of some celebrity cameos, their performances will have viewers - but hopefully not their fellow stars - laughing out loud. As the clock counts down and the tension rises, whoever can outlast their competitors will be crowned the winner of 'LOL: Last One Laughing Ireland' and win a grand prize of €50,000 for their charity of choice.

Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable is the brand-new comedy show in which the nation's favourite comics and celebrities compete to convince Mel Giedroyc that they are the most Unforgivable person in the room. To do this they will have to dredge up their most outrageous sins, lies, legal transgressions and morally bankrupt behaviour. In each episode three celebrities come clean and regale tales of their most despicable deeds and uncharitable behaviour as they are probed by host Mel Giedroyc and her sinful sidekick Lou Sanders for all the dastardly details, in the show that scratches away at the polished and preened surfaces of some of the nation's favourite faces to reveal their dark underbellies.

A comedy series that celebrates gags, wisecracks, one-liners and the simple art of telling a great joke. Hosted by Dulcé Sloan, the show features several riotous rounds in each episode that involve telling as many quick gags as possible on given categories, mashing different subjects together to create delicious puns, coming up with hilarious setups to different punchlines, or even using the texts on an audience member's phone as a springboard for jokes.

Eva Röse hosts the Swedish version of the international hit comedy series LOL: Last One Laughing. The six-part competition series gather 10 of the best comedic talents against each other in a showdown, to see who can keep a straight face while trying to make the others laugh.

In "Parlamentet" we see the best Swedish comedians in disguise try dirty tricks on politicians and give their own obstinate solutions to Sweden's problems. After several seasons with Hans Rosenfeld as host, this spring Henrik Schyffert took over. In the blue team we meet Sissela Kyle, Helge Skoog, Johan Wahlström and Mikael Tornving. In the red team we meet Johan Ulveson, Henrik Hjelt, Annika Lantz and Babben Larsson. "Parlamentet" is based on the original idea "If I ruled the world" from Hat Trick.

Outnumbered and Mock the Week star Hugh Dennis hosts this BBC2 show in which a team of up-and-coming comedians show of their improvisational skills in a range of games and sketches.