Top Comedy Shows
by cddc77 | created - 02 Feb 2011 | updated - 07 Feb 2011 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Ally McBeal (1997–2002)
TV-PG | 45 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Follows the personal and professional life of lawyer Ally.
Stars: Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann, Jane Krakowski, Vonda Shepard
Votes: 36,374
2. Friends (1994–2004)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
Follows the personal and professional lives of six twenty to thirty year-old friends living in the Manhattan borough of New York City.
Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc
Votes: 1,086,653
3. Kath & Kim (2002–2007)
TV-MA | 26 min | Comedy
A mother, her daughter, and their respective "hunks of spunk" negotiate life in suburban Australia.
Stars: Jane Turner, Gina Riley, Glenn Robbins, Peter Rowsthorn
Votes: 5,090
4. Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012)
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy
The wild misadventures of Edina "Eddy" Monsoon and her best friend Patsy Stone, who live in a nearly constant haze of drugged, drunken selfishness.
Stars: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield
Votes: 21,496
5. Let Them Eat Cake (1999)
30 min | Comedy, History
It's 1782 and welcome to the fabulous Palace of Versailles, France. Outside the gates, the peasants are on the verge of revolting , whilst inside lives one of the most hated women in all of France -Columbine, the Comtesse De Vache.
Stars: Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Adrian Scarborough, Lucy Punch
Votes: 744
6. The Inbetweeners (2008–2010)
TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy
Follows four friends and their antics during their final years of school.
Stars: Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison, Joe Thomas
Votes: 94,255
7. Will & Grace (1998–2020)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
Gay lawyer Will and straight interior designer Grace share a New York City apartment. Their best friends are gleeful and proud gay Jack and charismatic, filthy-rich, amoral socialite Karen.
Stars: Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, Sean Hayes
Votes: 60,236
8. Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (1985–1987)
30 min | Comedy
Sketch-based show starring Victoria Wood, Dame Julie Walters, and many others. Included regular items such as "Acorn Antiques" with Julie as Mrs. Overall and a regular advice slot from Agony Aunt Kitty (Patricia Routledge).
Stars: Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston
Votes: 424
9. The Vicar of Dibley (1994–2020)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy
A boisterous female minister comes to serve in an eccentricly conservative small town's church.
Stars: Dawn French, James Fleet, Trevor Peacock, Gary Waldhorn
Votes: 15,456
10. Gimme Gimme Gimme (1999–2001)
TV-14 | 34 min | Comedy
Raucous 90s sitcom starring Kathy Burke and James Dreyfus as awful flatmates. Tom is an out-of-work actor with a sharp tongue, and Linda La Hughes is his dysfunctional friend.
Stars: Kathy Burke, James Dreyfus, Beth Goddard, Rosalind Knight
Votes: 3,164
11. Never Mind the Horrocks (1996 TV Movie)
50 min | Comedy
Director: John Birkin | Stars: Jane Horrocks, Martin Clunes, Rebecca Front, Mel Giedroyc
Votes: 46
12. The Bob Downe Show (2000–2001)
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Mark Trevorrow, Gina Riley, Julia Zemiro, Marg Downey
Votes: 15
13. The Julie Show (1991 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
Director: David Mirkin | Stars: Julie Brown, Robin Angers, Deborah Driggs, Joey Genitempo
Votes: 15
14. French and Saunders (1987–2017)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Comedy duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders satirically present aspects of British life, films such as Batman Forever and Pulp Fiction.
Stars: Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Simon Brint, Rowland Rivron
Votes: 3,743
15. The IT Crowd (2006–2013)
TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy
The comedic misadventures of Roy, Moss and their grifting supervisor Jen, a rag-tag team of IT support workers at a large corporation headed by a hotheaded yuppie.
Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson, Matt Berry
Votes: 164,182
16. Gayle's World (1996–1997)
30 min | Comedy
Comedy series following Brenda Gilhooly in the guise of her comic alter-ego, model Gayle Tuesday.
Stars: Gabrielle Glaister, Vicki Michelle, Anna Karen, Brenda Gilhooly
Votes: 13
17. Jo Brand Through the Cakehole (1993– )
35 min | Comedy
Combining stand-up with sketches, deadpan comedian Jo Brand's series covers everything from war and violence to sex and race, health and families to culture and politics - and, very occasionally, cream cakes.
Stars: Jo Brand, Maria McErlane, Brenda Gilhooly, Peter-Hugo Daly
Votes: 24
18. Sticky Moments with Julian Clary (1989–1990)
A campy game show hosted by everyone's favourite mincing machine Julian Clary accompanied by his boy Friday Hugh Jelly. Contestants have the chance to win a fanny the wonderdog statuette.
Stars: Julian Clary, Philip Herbert, Russell Churney
Votes: 46
19. The Mrs. Merton Show (1995–1998)
30 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Mock talk show starring Caroline Aherne as the elderly host Mrs Dorothy Merton who interviews celebrities.
Stars: Caroline Aherne, Hooky and the Boys, The Patrick Trio, Jo Brand
Votes: 198
20. The Royle Family (1998–2012)
45 min | Comedy
A British sitcom about the everyday life of a working-class family in Northwest England: watching telly, smoking, drinking, and bickering.
Stars: Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash, Sue Johnston, Ricky Tomlinson
Votes: 9,072
21. Tittybangbang (2005–2007)
28 min | Comedy
Unpredictable comedy sketch show featuring a range of weird and wonderful grotesque characters.
Stars: Lucy Montgomery, Debbie Chazen, Tony Way, Shelley Longworth
Votes: 395
22. Gavin & Stacey (2007–2024)
TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Gavin and Stacey have been continuing their romance on-line and by telephone for the last six months. Now they want to be together but will their friends and family let them?
Stars: Joanna Page, Mathew Horne, Alison Steadman, Ruth Jones
Votes: 22,654
23. Miranda (2009–2015)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
Socially inept Miranda always gets into awkward situations; working in her joke shop with best friend Stevie, being hounded by her pushy mother, and around her crush Gary.
Stars: Miranda Hart, Patricia Hodge, Tom Ellis, Sarah Hadland
Votes: 17,114
24. Fawlty Towers (1975–1979)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.
Stars: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth
Votes: 100,033
25. The Good Life (1975–1978)
28 min | Comedy
Tom Good quits the rat race, and with wife Barbara turns the garden of their Surbiton house into a smallholding. Their neighbours, snobbish Margo Leadbetter and her conventional husband Jerry, feel variously amused, offended and impressed.
Stars: Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith, Paul Eddington
Votes: 4,012
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