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BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice
ABC, 1989 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Children, Fantasy, Animation
Rating: 2.5/5

Based on the Tim Burton movie by the same name but with a different storyline. It tells about a goth girl named Lydia who she finds a comedy ghost named Beetlejuice who he shows her the Neitherworld where in the series they have weird adventures with creepy but friendly friends.


EdEd
NBC, 2000 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama
Rating: 3.5/5

Ed Stevens thought his career as an attorney in New York City was going well - until he's fired by his law firm and his wife decides to leave him. Looking to start over, Ed visits Stuckeyville, OH, the town where he grew up, and discovers his high school sweetheart Carol Vessey is still single.


PhoneShopPhoneShop
E4, 2010 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama

Christopher joins PhoneShop and has one day to prove himself. The staff are quirky and the customers are bizarre, making for a hilarious workplace comedy. The show follows the daily operations of a mobile phone shop and the antics of its employees. With witty dialogue and relatable characters, PhoneShop is a must-watch comedy series.


JPodJPod
Other, 2008 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama
Rating: 4/5

Douglas Coupland's bestselling novel is adapted for the small screen by two top Canadian writers. Vancouver is the backdrop for this sure-to-be-addictive dramatic series.


Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of DeathAgatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death
Sky 1, 2014 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Rating: 2.7/5

The series follows a PR whiz, who gives up her successful London life to move to a quiet village, in hopes of starting afresh. Friends are few and far between, so to integrate herself into the village, she decides to enter its quiche-making competition. Things soon take a bizarre turn, however, when her quiche lands her as a suspect in a murder case.


Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo KedarugeTanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge
Tokyo MX, 2016 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Animation
Rating: 4.8/5

Sighing, leaning on his elbows, sleepy eyes. Tanaka-kun is a boy that basically doesn't try but isn't disliked. This is a laid-back youth comedy about Tanaka-kun and the quiet Oota who can't leave him alone.


Quick DrawQuick Draw
Online, 2013 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Western | ► Trailer
Rating: 4/5

An improvised comedy series following Sheriff John Henry Hoyle as he brings order to a raucous frontier town and brings down infamous Wild West outlaws.


Sit Down, Shut UpSit Down, Shut Up
FOX, 2009 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Adult Cartoons, Animation
Rating: 1/5

Sit down, Shut Up is a new animated series, with animated characters against non-animated backgrounds, on FOX that depicts the lives and quirks of nine staffers at a high school in a small fishing town. This series shows that teachers have lives and personal problems too.


MagnusMagnus
NRK1, 2019 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Crime
Rating: 5/5

Magnus - perhaps the police's worst investigator - is set to solve a murder from another world, and then we mean a completely different world.


Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in SpaceBee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space
Netflix, 2022 On Hiatus | Comedy, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Anime
Rating: 5/5

On a charming magical island, the impulsive Bee and her furry pal get up to all sorts of adventures while working for an intergalactic temp agency.


15 Storeys High15 Storeys High
BBC Two, 2002 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy
Rating: 2/5

15 Storeys High is about two very different blokes who find themselves sharing a flat in a tower block on a council estate in South London. Flat owner Vince takes in new lodger Errol and immediately begins to think that he's made a mistake.


Backstreet RookieBackstreet Rookie
SBS (South Korea), 2020 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Action, Romance | ► Trailer
Rating: 5/5

Choi Dae Hyun runs into a group of female high school students, including Jung Saet Byeol. The girls look like troublemakers. Jung Saet Byeol asks Choi Dae Hyun to do an errand for them, which is to buy cigarettes from a convenience store. Choi Dae Hyun buys the cigarettes for them and Jung Saet Byeol gets his cellphone number, but he never gets a call from her. 4 years later, Choi Dae Hyun is now 33 years old. He runs a small convenience store after he quit his job at a large company. He is looking for a part-time worker to work the night shift at his convenience store. Jung Saet Byeol comes to his store and she soon starts to work there. She is not a troublemaker anymore. Jung Saet Byeol is now a university student and guided by her strong morals.


Andy Barker, P.I.Andy Barker, P.I.
NBC, 2007 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Rating: 1.5/5

An accountant moves into an office formerly owned by a private investigator and begins picking up side work as a private eye, after clients looking for the office's previous occupant inquire about his services.


The Last DetectiveThe Last Detective
ITV, 2003 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Crime, Mystery
Rating: 4/5

The series is based on the books of Leslie Thomas. Peter Davison stars as Detective Constable Davies who is based in Willesden, London.


Andy Richter Controls the UniverseAndy Richter Controls the Universe
FOX, 2002 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy
Rating: 1/5

A fictionalized version of Andy Richter working as a technical writer, and how he imagines the world as it revolves around him. Andy constantly gets advice from the spirit of the founder of the company.


HENNEKO: The Hentai Prince and the Stony CatHENNEKO: The Hentai Prince and the Stony Cat
Tokyo MX, 2013 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Anime
Rating: 5/5

The story centers around a second-year high school boy named Yokodera Youto. Youto is always thinking about his carnal desires, but no one acknowledges him as a pervert. He learns about a cat statue that supposedly grants wishes. The boy goes to pray that he will be able to express his lustful thoughts whenever and wherever he wants. At the statue, Youto encounters Tsutsukakushi Tsukiko, a girl from his high school with her own wish - that she would not display her real intentions so readily.


StackedStacked
FOX, 2005 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy

You can't judge a book by its cover, especially when it's only covered by a miniskirt and baby-tee! A workplace ensemble comedy, "Stacked" revolves around beautiful Skyler Dayton (Pamela Anderson) who is tired of her non-stop partying lifestyle and bad choices in boyfriends. Wanting a major life change, she wanders into "The Stacks", a small family-run bookstore.


Hamish MacbethHamish Macbeth
BBC One, 1995 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Crime, Mystery
Rating: 3/5

Robert Carlyle plays Hamish Macbeth, the solitary PC in a small Scottish village. Mellow, pot-smoking, and accompanied by his dog Wee Jock, Macbeth has to pass up glory associated with solving crimes, for fear of promotion to a different station.


One Hundred Won ButlerOne Hundred Won Butler
MBC, 2022 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | ► Trailer

Tells the story of Butler Kim, who runs errands that begin at a cost of 100 won per job, and funeral director Baek Dong Joo, who grants the wishes of the dead, as they operate an errand-running business called Ildangbaek (meaning one person doing the work of 100; also refers to the fact that one errand costs 100 won).


WycliffeWycliffe
ITV, 1994 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Crime, Mystery
Rating: 5/5

Wycliffe is based on W. J. Burley's novels about Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe. The series is set in Cornwall, with each episode dealing with a murder investigation. In the early series, the stories are adapted from Burley's books and are in classic whodunit style, often with quirky characters and plot elements. In later seasons the tone becomes more naturalistic and there is more emphasis on internal politics within the police.


Love Thy NeighborLove Thy Neighbor
OWN, 2013 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Reality | ► Trailer
Rating: 3.3/5

Welcome to Love's Diner - a place where the food is hot and the gossip is hotter. Meet the quirky characters who keep the laughs coming! From the sassy waitress to the lovable cook, this hilarious comedy will have you coming back for seconds. Get ready for a bellyful of laughs!


Mord mit AussichtMord mit Aussicht
Das Erste, 2008 Running | Comedy, Drama, Crime | ► Trailer

The show is following the adventures of Sophie Haas, a detective from the city that takes a job in the fictional country village of Hengasch. Much of the humour of the series derives from the clich


Grandma's HouseGrandma's House
BBC Three, 2010 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Lifestyle
Rating: 4/5

A successful television presenter has doubts about the direction of his career in the business and decides to quit to start searching for something more meaningful to do with his life.


Clean With Passion For NowClean With Passion For Now
JTBC, 2018 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Romance
Rating: 4/5

Seon Kyeol is good-looking and successful, running his own company that offers cleaning services but his obsession about cleanliness is like an otherworldly thing that most people can never understand. O Sol is in her early 20s and has a rather quirky personality, but she does everything she can to pick herself up to find a job that can sustain her and her family. Although the two seem to be polar opposites on the outside, they both live each day with their own sufferings and concerns. Over time, the two learn to overcome their differences and understand each other's pain.


MaldivasMaldivas
Netflix, 2022 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Mystery | ► Trailer

To investigate a mystery, a young woman moves into a posh condo community, where she comes into contact with its quirky - and suspicious - residents.


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