List of comedies - Definition and Overview

A list of comedies by medium and country of origin.

Television comedies

Australia

• Aunty Jack (satire/sketch comedy)
• Australia, You're Standing in It (sketch comedy)
• CNNNN (satire/parody of CNN)
• Daas Kapital (satire/sketch comedy)
• The D-Generation (sketch comedy)
• Double the Fist (satire with sketch elements)
• Fast Forward (sketch comedy)
• Frontline (satire/sitcom)
• Full Frontal (sketch comedy)
• The Games (satire/sitcom)
• The Gillies Report (sketch comedy)
• Hey Dad! (sitcom)
• Kath and Kim (sitcom)
• Kingswood Country (sitcom)
• The Late Show (sketch comedy)
• Mother and Son (sitcom)
• The Naked Vicar Show (satire/sketch comedy)
• News Free Zone (satire/sketch comedy)
• The Paul Hogan Show (sketch comedy)

Belgium

• Bob & George
• FC De Kampioenen

Canada

• Airwaves
• An American in Canada
• Blackfly
• CODCO
• Four on the Floor
• JR Digs
• The Gavin Crawford Show
• Hangin' In
• The Holmes Show
• Just for Laughs
• The Kids in the Hall
• King of Kensington
• The Newsroom
• The Red Green Show
• Rick Mercer's Monday Report
• Royal Canadian Air Farce
• Second City Television (SCTV)
• Seeing Things
• This Hour Has 22 Minutes
• Trailer Park Boys
• The Trouble with Tracy
• Twitch City
• Wayne & Shuster
• XPM

United Kingdom

• 2point4 Children
• Absolutely Fabulous
• Alistair McGowan's Big Impression
• All About Alice
• 'Allo 'Allo!
• Are You Being Served?
• As Time Goes By
• At Last the 1948 Show
• Big Train
• Birds of a Feather
• Blackadder
• Black Books
• Bo' Selecta
• Bottom
• Brass Eye
• Bremner, Bird and Fortune
• Brittas Empire
• Cambridge Circus
• Chef!
• Chelmsford 123
• Coupling
• Dad
• Dad's Army
• The Day Today
• Dead Ringers
• The Detectives
• Do Not Adjust Your Set
• Drop The Dead Donkey
• Ever-Decreasing Circles
• The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
• The Fast Show
• Father Ted
• Fawlty Towers
• A Fine Romance
• The Frost Report
• Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
• George and Mildred
• Gimme Gimme Gimme
• Give My Head Peace
• The Goodies
• The Good Life
• Goodness Gracious Me
• Green Wing
• Hancock's Half Hour (later known as Hancock)
• Harry Enfield and Chums
• Hi De Hi!
• The High Life
• Hippies
• I'm Alan Partridge
• It Ain't Half Hot Mum
• Jam
• Keeping Mum
• Keeping Up Appearances
• Knowing Me Knowing You With Alan Partridge
• Last of the Summer Wine
• The League of Gentlemen
• Let Them Eat Cake
• The Likely Lads
• Little Britain
• Maid Marian and her Merry Men
• Man about the House
• Men Behaving Badly
• Monty Python's Flying Circus
• Morecambe and Wise
• Mr. Bean
• Murder Most Horrid
• My Family
• My Hero
• The New Statesman
• Nighty Night
• Not the Nine O'Clock News
• O Dr. Beeching
• The Office
• One Foot in the Grave
• Only Fools and Horses
• On The Buses
• Open All Hours
• Porridge
• Q5
• Red Dwarf
• Rising Damp
• The Royle Family
• Smack the Pony
• Some Mothers Do 'ave 'em
• Sorry!
• Spaced
• Steptoe and Son
• Sykes
• That Was The Week That Was (familiarly known as "TW3")
• The Thin Blue Line
• Three Up - Two Down
• Till Death Us Do Part
• TLC
• To the Manor Born
• The Two Ronnies
• Up Pompeii
• The Vicar of Dibley
• What Ever Happened to the Likely Lads? (continued The Likely Lads series)
• Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, its continuation
• The Young Ones

United States

• 3rd Rock from the Sun
• 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter

A

• The Addams Family
• The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
• The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
• The Adventures of Pete and Pete
• Aftermash
• A.K.A. Pablo
• The Aldrich Family
• Alf
• Alice
• The All-American Girl
• All in the Family
• Amen
• America's Funniest Home Videos
• Amos & Andy
• The Andy Griffith Show
• Andy Richter Controls the Universe
• Angie
• The Ann Sothern Show
• Anything But Love
• Archie Bunker's Place
• Arliss
• Arnie
• Arrested Development

B

• Baby Bob
• Bachelor Father
• Barney Miller
• Benson
• The Ben Stiller Show
• Beulah
• The Beverly Hillbillies
• Bewitched
• The Bill Cosby Show
• The Bill Dana Show
• Blossom
• The Bob Cummings Show
• The Bob Newhart Show
• Bosom Buddies
• Boy Meets World
• The Brady Bunch
• Bridget Loves Bernie
• Buffalo Bill

C

• C.P.O. Sharkey
• Candid Camera
• Car 54, Where are you?
• The Carol Burnett Show
• Charles in Charge
• Cheers
• Chico and the Man
• Clarissa Explains It All
• Coach
• The Cosby Show
• Coupling
• The Courtship of Eddie's Father
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Cybill

Characters from the sitcom Dinosaurs

D

• The Danny Thomas Show
• Dave's World
• The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
• Dear John
• December Bride
• Dennis the Menace
• Designing Women
• The Dick Van Dyke Show
• Diff'rent Strokes
• A Different World
• Dinosaurs
• The Donna Reed Show
• Doogie Howser, M.D.
• The Doris Day Show
• Dream On
• Duet
• The Dukes of Hazzard (comedy/adventure)

E

• Ellen
• Empty Nest
• Ensign O'Toole
• Everybody Loves Raymond
• Eve
• Evening Shade

F

• The Facts of Life
• Family Affair
• Family Guy
• Family Matters
• The Farmer's Daughter
• Father Knows Best
• Fernwood 2-Night
• Fish
• The Flying Nun
• Frank's Place
• Frasier
• The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
• Fridays
• Friends
• Full House

G

• The Gale Storm Show
• The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
• Get a Life
• Get Smart
• Gidget
• Gilligan's Island
• Gilmore Girls
• Gimme a Break
• The Golden Girls
• Good Morning, Miami
• Good Times
• Grace Under Fire
• Green Acres
• Growing Pains

H

• Hangin' With Mr. Cooper
• Happy Days
• Harry and the Hendersons
• Hazel
• He & She
• Head of the Class
• Hearts Afire
• Herman's Head
• The Hogan Family
• Hogan's Heroes
• Home Improvement
• The Honeymooners

I

• I Dream of Jeannie
• I Love Lucy
• I Married Joan
• In Living Color
• It's Your Move

J

• The Jack Benny Show
• The Jackie Gleason Show
• The Jeffersons
• Joanie Loves Chachi
• Joey
• The Joey Bishop Show
• The John Larroquette Show
• Julia

K

• Kate & Allie
• The Kids in the Hall
• King of the Hill

L

• The Larry Sanders Show
• Laverne and Shirley
• The Life of Riley
• Love, American Style
• The Love Boat
• The Lucy Show

M

• Mad About You
• Major Dad
• Mama
• Mama's Family
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
• Married... with Children
• Martin
• Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• M*A*S*H
• Maude
• Mayberry R.F.D.
• McHale's Navy
• The Milton Berle Show
• Mister Ed
• The Mommies
• Monk
• The Monkees
• Moonlighting
• Mork & Mindy
• Mr. Belvedere
• Mr. Peepers
• The Munsters
• The Muppet Show
• Murphy Brown
• My Favorite Husband
• My Favorite Martian
• My Little Margie
• My Mother the Car
• Mystery Science Theater 3000
• My Three Sons
• My Two Dads
• My World and Welcome to It

N

• The Nanny
• Nanny and the Professor
• The New Dick Van Dyke Show
• The New Gidget
• The New Leave it to Beaver
• Newhart
• NewsRadio
• Night Court
• No Time for Sergeants

O

• The Odd Couple
• One Day at a Time
• Operation Petticoat
• Our Miss Brooks
• Out of This World

P

• Parker Lewis Can't Lose
• The Partridge Family
• The Patty Duke Show
• The People's Choice
• Perfect Strangers
• Pete and Gladys
• Petticoat Junction
• The Phil Silvers Show
• Please Don't Eat the Daisies
• Police Squad!
• Private Secretary
• Punky Brewster

Q

R

• The Real McCoys
• Rhoda
• Roc
• The Ropers
• Roseanne
• Roundhouse
• Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
• ROOM 222

S

• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
• Sanford and Son
• Saturday Night Live
• Saved by the Bell
• Scrubs
• Seinfeld
• Sesame Street
• Sex and the City
• Silver Spoons
• The Simpsons
• Sister, Sister
• The Slap Maxwell Story
• Sledge Hammer!
• Small Wonder
• Soap
• South Park
• Spin City
• Square Pegs
• Step by Step
• Suddenly Susan

T

• Taxi
• That Girl
• That's My Mama
• Three's Company
• Too Close for Comfort
• Topper
• The Torkelsons
• Townies
• Two and a Half Men
• Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place

U

V

W

• Watching Ellie
• Webster
• Welcome Back, Kotter
• What's Happening!!
• Who's the Boss?
• Wings
• WKRP in Cincinnati
• The Wonder Years

X

Y

Z

Theatrical comedies

France

• La Puce à l'Oreille (trans. "A Flea in Her Ear") by Georges Feydeau

Russia

• The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol (made into the Danny Kaye screen musical The Inspector General.)

United Kingdom

• The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (adapted for film and television numerous times)
• Much Ado About Nothing and half a dozen others by William Shakespeare
• The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O'Brien
• Operettas by Gilbert and Sullivan including Patience, Iolanthe, The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance and many others.

United States

• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
• Into the Woods
• You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
• Many American stage musicals have a strong comedic element.

Radio comedies

Canada

• Double Exposure
• Frantic Times
• The Royal Canadian Air Farce
• Spring Thaw

United Kingdom

• Beyond Our Ken
• The Clitheroe Kid
• The Glums
• The Goon Show
• Hancock's Half Hour
• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
• I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
• It's That Man Again
• Knowing Me Knowing You With Alan Partridge
• Little Britain
• The Men from the Ministry
• My Word
• The Navy Lark
• The News Huddlines
• The Now Show
• Old Harry's Game
• On the Hour
• On the Town with the League of Gentlemen
• Radio Active
• Round the Horne
• The Sunday Format

USA

• Amos & Andy
• The Jack Benny Show
• Burns & Allen
• Col. Stoopnagle & Bud
• Audience of Two

See also

• Comedy
• Comedy film
• Farce
• Sitcom
• British comedy
• List of television comedies without laugh tracks

External links

• The BBC Guide to Comedy (http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide)
• The British Sitcom Guide (http://www.british-sitcom.co.uk)