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Browse - Most popular comedy shows
Platonic
Platonic is a 10-episode, half-hour comedy which explores the inner workings of platonic friendship. A pair of former best friends who met in their youth reconnect as adults and try to mend the rift that led to their falling out. As their friendship becomes more consuming, it destabilizes their lives and causes them to reevaluate their choices.
2 Broke Girls
Two poor girls in their early 20s try to make it in New York City. One has been struggling for her whole life, and the other was born with a silver spoon in her mouth, but is now left with nothing.
Stick
Pryce Cahill is an over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed prematurely 20 years ago. After the collapse of his marriage and getting fired from his job at an Indiana sporting goods store, Pryce hedges his bets, and future, entirely on a troubled 17-year-old golf phenom named Santi. Stick is a heartfelt, feel-good comedy about a found family and their relationships set within the world of golf as it's never been shown before.
Big Mouth
Big Mouth is a 10-episode, half-hour animated comedy series about teenaged adventures in puberty from real-life best friends Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg.
Jane the Virgin
Loosely based on the 2002 Venezuelan telenovela Juana la Virgen, The CW's Jane the Virgin is about Jane Villanueva, a twenty-something virgin, whose devoutly-Catholic life is turned upside-down when she learns she's pregnant. Jane's fruitfulness, however, is far cry from the Immaculate Conception, and it's no miracle. On the contrary, this bun reaches her oven through science and a simple paperwork error. During what is supposed to be a regular checkup, Jane's gynecologist mistakenly artificially inseminates her, and that's not all - to complicate things further, the father turns out to be Jane's married boss.
The Librarians (US)
An ancient organization hidden beneath the Metropolitan Public Library dedicates itself to protecting an unknowing world from the secret, magical reality hidden all around. The group solves impossible mysteries, fights supernatural threats and recovers powerful artifacts, including the Ark of the Covenant, the Spear of Destiny and Excalibur.
Psych
A novice sleuth (Roday) is hired by the police after he cons them into thinking he has psychic powers that help solve crimes. With this assistance of his reluctant best friend (Hill) the duo take on a series of complicated cases.
Grace and Frankie
The single-camera comedy focuses on nemeses Grace and Frankie facing the last chapter of their lives, though not in the way they expected. When their husbands announce they are in love with each other and plan to get married, the women find their lives both turned upside down and to their dismay, permanently intertwined. Eventually, to their surprise, they find they have each other.
Ash vs. Evil Dead
The Evil Dead franchise is revived for a 10-episode series where Ash (Bruce Campbell), the survivor from the trilogy of movies, is called back to duty. The Deadites, demonic creatures from beyond, plan to destroy all of mankind and only an aging stockboy with a chainsaw for a hand can stop them... even if he doesn't want to.
Miracle Workers
A heaven-set workplace comedy based on Rich's book What in God's Name. In season 1, Daniel Radcliffe plays Craig, a low-level angel responsible for handling all of humanity's prayers, and Steve Buscemi plays Craig's boss, God, who has pretty much checked out to focus on his favorite hobbies. To prevent Earth's destruction, Craig must achieve his most impossible miracle to date.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"In every generation there is a Chosen One. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the Slayer". Sarah Michelle Gellar stars as The Chosen One, aka Buffy Summers, the one girl in the world with the strength and skill to hunt vampires.
The Sex Lives of College Girls
The Sex Lives of College Girls centers on four roommates randomly assigned to a dorm at Essex College, a prestigious New England university. A bundle of contradictions and hormones, these sexually active college girls are equal parts lovable and infuriating.
Younger
The show centers on a suddenly-single New Jersey housewife and mother in her early 40s who, unable to restart her career, decides to lie about her age and successfully passes herself off as a twentysomething. Armed with a makeover and new resume, she wins a coveted position at the city's hottest publishing company. Pretending to be "younger" doesn't hurt in the bar scene, either, as guys line up like never before.
Master of None
The show follows the personal and professional lives of Dev, a 30-year-old actor in New York who has trouble deciding what he wants to eat, much less the pathway for the rest of his life. Ambitious, funny, cinematic, and both sweeping in scope and intensely personal, Dev's story takes him through subjects as diverse as the plight of the elderly, the immigrant experience, and how to find the most delicious pasta for dinner.
Never Have I Ever
A coming-of-age comedy series about the life of a modern first-generation Indian American teenage girl, inspired by Mindy Kaling's own childhood.
Maniac
In Maniac, two strangers sign up for a pharmaceutical trial that promises to solve their problems permanently. But things go awry.
As they navigate the surreal world of the trial, they discover unexpected connections and unexpected side effects. A mind-bending journey awaits.
Z Nation
This show is set three years after the zombie virus has gutted the country, and a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood. Although the antibodies he carries are the world's last, best hope for a vaccine, he hides a dark secret that threatens them all. With humankind's survival at stake, the ragtag band embarks on a journey of survival across three thousand miles of rusted-out post-apocalyptic America.
Shifting Gears
Shifting Gears centers on Matt, a stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop. When Matt's estranged daughter and her teenage kids move into his house, the real restoration begins.
30 Rock
Liz Lemon, head writer of the sketch comedy show "TGS with Tracy Jordan", must deal with an arrogant new boss and a crazy new star, all while trying to run a successful TV show without losing her mind.
The Afterparty
A murder-mystery comedy set at a high school reunion afterparty. Each of the eight episodes will feature a retelling of the same night told through a different character's perspective, each with its own unique visual format and film genre to match the teller's personality.
Time Bandits
Time Bandits is a dark, irreverent adventure about imagination, bravery and the nature of our dreams. It follows the time-traveling adventures of an 11-year-old history buff named Kevin who, one night, stumbles on six dwarfs who emerge from his closet. They are former workers of the Supreme Being who have stolen a map that charts all the holes in the space-time fabric, using it to hop from one historical era to the next in order to steal riches. Throughout they meet various historical and fictional characters, including Napoleon Bonaparte and Robin Hood, while the Supreme Being simultaneously tries to catch up to them and retrieve the map.
Loot
Loot follows a woman whose seemingly perfect life is upended after her husband leaves her with nothing but $87 billion.
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