The ABC Comedy Hour

Saturday Night Live est une émission de divertissement retransmise en direct depuis le Studio 8H du GE Building au Rockefeller Center de New York. Diffusé le samedi soir sur la chaîne NBC, le programme se compose de sketches, de parodies et de performances musicales. Il s'agit de l'un des programmes phares de la télévision américaine, qui a permis l'émergence de nombreuses stars de la comédie lors des trente dernières années.

The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television 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. The series won 25 prime time Emmy Awards, was ranked No. 16 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time in 2002 and in 2007 was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All Time."

A Los Angeles, dans les années 70, Goldie gère un club de stand-up qui porte son nom. Au Goldie's, une foule de jeunes gens se succèdent sur scène, avec l'espoir de lancer leur carrière dans le monde de la comédie. Chaque soir, ils rivalisent de réparties et de bons mots pour faire rire le public.

Jerry takes his comedy pals out for coffee in a selection of his classic automobiles. Larry David sums it up best when he says, 'You've finally made a show about nothing.'

David Letterman uses mature humor to appeal to his audience in this weeknight series, which gets its music from a house band led by Paul Shaffer. Among the show's most-famous segments are the Top Ten List and Stupid Pet Tricks, the latter of which subsequently led to an additional recurring segment called Stupid Human Tricks.

This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials. Originally featuring Cathy Jones, Rick Mercer, Greg Thomey and Mary Walsh, the series featured satirical sketches of the weekly news and Canadian political events. The show's format is a mock news program, intercut with comic sketches, parody commercials and humorous interviews of public figures. The on-location segments are frequently filmed with slanted camera angles.

Mêlant humour et talk-show, Jimmy Fallon reçoit des personnalités de la musique, du cinéma, ou encore du sport, pour un entretien.

The outrageous comedy panel show hosted by the irrepressible Keith Lemon. Each episode sees top celebrities going head to head in a series of hilarious rounds unlike any other panel show.

Popeye, le célèbre marin aux grands muscles, est de retour, et il n'est pas seul : on retrouve aussi sa fiancée Olive, le bébé curieux Mimosa ou bien encore Gontran, le glouton invétéré. Bien évidemment, son indissociable rival Brutus est également de la partie. Les épisodes sont divisés en plusieurs segments, apparaissant au fur et à mesure de la série : The Adventures of Popeye* : le segment de base et aussi le plus récurrent, nous proposant de suivre les aventures diverses et variées de Popeye. La chasse au trésor : Popeye et Olive sont les propriétaires d’une agence et voyagent autour du monde en quête de trésors. The Popeye Sports Parade* : Popeye et Brutus s’affrontent dans diverses compétitions sportives, mais ce dernier n’a clairement pas l’intention de jouer à la loyale. Prehistoric Popeye* : l’univers de Popeye transposé à l’ère de la Préhistoire. Private Olive Oyl* : les péripéties d’Olive à l’armée, en compagnie d’Alice la Bizarroïde.

Dans une série de sketches, Benny Hill s'amuse avec le politiquement correct entre gags en accélérés et tartes à la crème. Le comique s'entoure notamment de personnages récurrents et de jolies filles légèrement vêtues.

Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, en Allemagne... Officiellement, le Stalag 13, un camp de prisonniers allemand, est dirigé d'une main de fer par le colonel Klink et le sergent Schultz. Officieusement, ils sont manipulés en beauté par le colonel Hogan et ses hommes, des prisonniers alliés, qui entrent et sortent du Stalag au gré de leurs missions de sabotages ou de leurs rendez-vous galants.

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

Based on Scott Aukerman’s popular podcast of the same name, COMEDY BANG! BANG! cleverly riffs on the well-known format of the late night talk show, infusing celebrity appearances and comedy sketches with a tinge of the surreal. In each episode, Aukerman engages his guests with unfiltered and improvisational lines of questioning, punctuated by banter and beats provided by bandleader, one-man musical mastermind Reggie Watts, to reinvent the traditional celebrity interview. Packed with character cameos, filmic shorts, sketches and games set amongst an off-beat world, COMEDY BANG! BANG! delivers thirty minutes of absurd laugh-loaded fun featuring some of the biggest names in comedy.

Animés par la comédienne Aisha Tyler, Ryan Stiles, Wayne Brady et Colin Mochrie, accompagnés d'un invité spécial à chaque épisode, doivent mettre leurs talents de comédien à l'épreuve à travers une série de jeux d'improvisation spontanés, motivés uniquement par des idées aléatoires fournies par le public du studio.

These half-hour specials showcased some of the best up-and-coming comedians of the moment. The show was a pivotal stepping stone for many of today's stand-up stars.

Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner.

The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, 1972, to April 1, 1978. Comedian Bob Newhart portrays a psychologist having to deal with his patients and fellow office workers. The show was filmed before a live audience.

Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created and hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 as the first incarnation of the Late Night franchise and went off the air in 1993, after Letterman left NBC and moved to Late Show on CBS. Late Night with Conan O'Brien then filled the time slot. As of March 2, 2009, the slot has been filled by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. It will be filled by Seth Meyers in the spring of 2014, after Fallon becomes host of The Tonight Show.

Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge is a BBC Television series of six episodes, and a Christmas special in 1995. It is named after the song "Knowing Me, Knowing You" by ABBA, which was used as the show's title music. Steve Coogan played the incompetent but self-satisfied Norwich-based host, Alan Partridge. Alan was a spin-off character from the spoof radio show On the Hour. Knowing Me Knowing You was written by Coogan, Armando Iannucci and Patrick Marber, with contributions from the regular supporting cast of Doon Mackichan, Rebecca Front and David Schneider, who played Alan's weekly guests. Steve Brown provided the show's music and arrangements, and also appeared as Glen Ponder, the man in charge of the house band. The show was a parody of a chat show. It featured a live audience whose laughter meant that viewers could not mistake the show for a real chat show. Alan went on to appear in two series of the sitcom I'm Alan Partridge, following his life after both his marriage and TV career come to an end.

Une émission comique venue d'une autre réalité, avec des invités instables et des célébrités, réelles ou factices.