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A late-night comedy show featuring several short skits, parodies of television commercials, a live guest band, and a pop-cultural guest host each week. Many of the SNL players have spun off successful independent comedy and/or movie careers from here.

Matt Lucas and David Walliams, the creators of this character-comedy sketch show, delight in all that is mad, bad, quirky and generally bonkers about the people and places of Britain.

Television comedy sketch show created and starring Bob Odenkirk and David Cross that is slated to debut in 2015 on Netflix. The sketch show consists of four half-hour episodes plus an hourlong making-of special. Although it shares much of the same writing team as Mr. Show with Bob and David, Odenkirk has stated it doesn't share the same structure, describing it as "lighter", "less complex" and "faster".

Nick Kroll shows off his many characters and comedy sketches. Eight episodes will air during the first season on Comedy Central.

Tune in for a heady mixture of characters, games, and interviews with famous celebrities like Zach Galifianakis, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Sarah Silverman and Andy Richter.

NBC's veteran late-night show Saturday Night Live expands its "Weekend Update" segment in this special series. Beginning as a limited run of three special episodes during the 2008 Presidential campaign, SNL Weekend Update Thursday has once again returned to NBC's Thursday night lineup.

Satirical news show based on topical issues of the day.

The Fast Show was a multi BAFTA award winning sketch tv show.

A variety / sketch comedy show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. It originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967 to March 29, 1978 for 278 episodes, and originated from CBS Television City's Studio 33 (known today as the Bob Barker Studio). The series won 25 prime time Emmy Awards, and in 2007 was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All Time."

This show was a live sitcom anthology in which Benny played a different character in every episode.

Comedy series in which David Walliams is joined by a different guest in each episode for a variety of sketches, alongside a talented supporting cast.

ORANGE IS THE NEW BROWN is a groundbreaking series that turns the sketch comedy genre on its head. Featuring rising stars of local comedy as well as some special guests, the show will reflect contemporary Australian life using one-off sketches, original and recurring characters and TV parodies.

Remake of the children's animated series about a mischievous bird with a hysterical laugh, Woody Woodpecker. Features Winnie Woodpecker, Wally Walrus, Woody's niece and nephew, Knothead and Splinter, and Chilly Willy.

After his memorable appearances in Reno 911 and Adam Sandler movies, stand-up comic Nick Swardson stars in his own Comedy Central sketch-comedy series.

Comedy duo Dan Rowan and Dick Martin host this fast-moving comedy series. Characters include Lily Tomlin's Ernestine the Operator, Arte Johnson's German soldier who finds everything "verrrrrry interesting" and Ruth Buzzi's feisty little old lady. Recurring sketches include Laugh-In Looks at the News and The Mod, Mod World.

This was one of the most popular sketch shows of the nineties. Featuring loads of hilarious chracters and sketches, including Harry Enfiled, Kathy Burke, and Paul Whitehouse among others.

A British television sketch show starring Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns, shown on E4. Recurring characters included The Office Flirt, a pair of Cockney cabbies, and a middle-class spoken word poet, alongside parodies of Banksy and 'scripted reality' programmes such as The Hills and Made in Chelsea.

Chewin' the Fat is a British comedy sketch show, starring Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill and Karen Dunbar. Comedians Paul Riley and Mark Cox also appeared regularly on the show.

The Kapil Sharma Show is an Indian Hindi stand-up comedy and talk show television series, which is scheduled to premiere on 23 April 2016 and will be broadcast on Sony TV and Sony TV Asia.