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1->''"And now for something completely different."''
2-->-- '''Announcer (Creator/JohnCleese)''', ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''
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4A comedy show which is predominantly short sketches, often related. Also known as a Sketch Show, it's a descendant of the VarietyShow.
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6They usually have a stable of comic stereotypes, used in a series of sketches, with no continuity. Each show will include a few sketches about each of the iconic characters interspersed with one-off sketches.
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8Particularly successful sketches may be spun-off into a {{Sitcom}} or a [[TheMovie movie]] (such is the case of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall'', and ''Series/{{SCTV}}'').
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10The show may include musical numbers or a stand-up act, but only as a minor element. Sometimes, when the various iconic characters are shown interacting, the show may border on being a plotless {{Sitcom}}. Conversely, a NegativeContinuity {{Sitcom}} may be accused of being a sketch show.
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12Compare with VarietyShow. See also AnthologyFilm, which might be this applied to the big screen. Can overlap with GagSeries, which also emphasizes jokes over plot and anything else.
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14!!Examples
15[[index]]
16* Creator/The1491s, an indigenous sketch comedy group
17* ''WesternAnimation/AaaghItsTheMrHellShow''
18* ''Series/{{Absolutely|1989}}''
19* ''Series/TheAdamAndJoeShow''
20* ''Series/AllThat'' was a teenage sketch comedy show on Nickelodeon, and had a movie based on the "Good Burger" sketch (featuring Kel Mitchell and Kenan Thompson). One of the cast members (Kenan Thompson) would later be a cast member for ''Saturday Night Live'' (becoming the first Nickelodeon veteran to be an ''SNL'' cast member, and the first one to be born after ''SNL'''s premiere year, 1975). In 2019, it was revived with Thompson as executive producer.
21* ''Series/AlmostLive''
22* ''Series/TheAmandaShow'', All That's {{Spinoff}}. Featured Creator/TaranKillam, who, like Kenan Thompson, was a Nickelodeon child star who is now a cast member on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' and was born after ''SNL'' premiered in 1975. Unlike Thompson, however, Killam was born in 1982 and appeared on ''SNL'''s rival sketch show, ''Series/MadTV1995'' [[note]] becoming the youngest cast member on that show at only 19 years old[[/note]] before moving on to ''SNL''.
23* ''Series/TheAndyMilonakisShow''
24* ''Series/AlexeiSaylesStuff'': as well as its follow-ups, ''Series/TheAllNewAlexeiSaylesShow'' and ''Series/AlexeiSaylesMerryGoRound''
25* ''Series/TheArmandoIannucciShows''
26* ''Series/TheArmstrongAndMillerShow''
27* ''WebAnimation/{{asdfmovie}}'': [[RapidFireComedy Really short]] clips of minimally-drawn characters flavored with SurrealHumor and BlackComedy
28* ''Series/AstronomyClubTheSketchShow''
29* ''Series/AtLastThe1948Show''
30* ''Series/AttackOfTheShow''
31* ''[[Creator/AuntyDonna Aunty Donna's Big 'Ol House of Fun]]''
32* ''Series/TheAuntyJackShow''
33* ''Series/AustraliaYoureStandingInIt''
34* ''Creator/{{Backdoor}}''
35* ''Series/LeBebeteShow''
36* ''WebVideo/BecomingYouTube'' features JustForFun/{{egregious}} amounts of this in its {{Mockumentary}} segments.
37* ''Series/TheBennyHillShow''
38* ''Series/TheBenStillerShow''
39* '' The Big Gay Sketch Show'': A sketch show on Logo that can best be described as ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' + ''Series/MadTV1995'' + a lot of jokes about the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning sexuality lifestyle (some of which are, according to critics, a little more well-written and not as reliant on stereotypes than what other sketch shows have done). Erica Ash and Kate [=McKinnon=] stand out as the only two cast members from this show who have moved on to others: Erica Ash was on "Series/MadTV1995" during its last season on FOX (season 14; 2008-2009 season) while Kate [=McKinnon=] has been a cast member on ''SNL'' since the middle of season 37 and has become one of the show's breakout stars (as well as being the first openly lesbian cast member[[note]]contrast with Denny Dillon and Danitra Vance, who were lesbian cast members and came before Kate, but their true sexualities weren't known until years after they left the show[[/note]] and the first LGBTQ+ cast member to last more than a season).
40* ''Series/BigTrain''
41* ''Series/ABitOfFryAndLaurie''
42* ''Series/ABlackLadySketchShow'': A sketch show on HBO that is created by and for Black women produced by Issa Rae of ''WebVideo/MisadventuresOfAwkwardBlackGirl'' and ''Series/{{Insecure}}'' fame.
43* ''[[Series/BlueCollarComedy Blue Collar TV]]'': Made by the same producers who created ''Series/MadTV1995''
44* ''Series/BoSelecta''
45* ''Series/BruiserBBC''
46* ''Radio/TheBurkissWay''
47* ''Series/{{Burnistoun}}''
48* ''Series/Buzz2000''
49* Theatre/BYUDivineComedy
50* ''Series/CameraCafe''
51* ''Series/TheCatherineTateShow''
52* ''Series/ChappellesShow'': One of Creator/ComedyCentral's most popular sketch shows
53* ''Theatre/CharactersWelcome''
54* ''Series/TheChasersWarOnEverything''
55* Creator/CheechAndChong's ''Film/StillSmokin'' and ''Get Out of My Room'' are non-television versions of this trope.
56* ''Series/ComeFlyWithMe''
57* ''Radio/{{Cowards}}''
58* ''Series/CrankYankers''
59* ''Series/TheDGeneration''
60* ''Series/TheDanaCarveyShow''
61* ''Theatre/TheDangerousBrothers''
62* ''Series/DidisComedyShow'' German sketch show series starring comedian Dieter Hallervorden.
63* ''{{Creator/Divertis}}''
64* ''{{Series/Divertis}}'' (Tv Show)
65* ''Series/DonnyAndMarie'': A late 1970s comedy/music variety show on Creator/{{ABC}} headlined by the Osmond family
66* ''Series/DoNotAdjustYourSet''
67* ''Series/DrewCareysImprovAGanza''
68* ''The Edge'', a 1992-1993 sketch show that lasted only one season. However, it is especially notable for having been created by David Mirkin of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' fame and having Julie Brown (not to be confused with "Downtown" Julie Brown) as the lead, along with a pre-''Series/{{Friends}}'' Jennifer Aniston, Creator/{{Tom Kenny}}, Jill Talley, Creator/{{Paul Feig}}, and Wayne Knight from ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''. It also had cartoon bumpers created by Creator/{{Bill Plympton}}, plus the recurring gag of the entire cast getting violently killed during the opening.
69* ''The Edge and Christian Show That Totally Reeks of Awesomeness'', on the WWE Network.
70* ''Series/TheElectricCompany1971'' (the 1970s version featuring a young Creator/MorganFreeman[[note]]who considers the show an OldShame that he only did to get his foot in the acting door[[/note]], Creator/BillCosby[[note]]who did the show as part of his college work for his doctorate[[/note]], and Skip Hinnant[[note]]better known as "the voice of WesternAnimation/FritzTheCat"[[/note]])
71* ''Series/EretzNehederet'', an Israeli political satire show equivalent to SNL
72* ''Series/{{Exit 57}}''
73* ''Series/{{Famalam}}''
74* ''Series/FastAndLoose''
75* ''Series/FastForward''
76* ''Series/TheFastShow''
77* The work of Creator/FoilArmsAndHog , an Irish Comedy trio
78* ''Series/FistOfFun''
79* ''Radio/TheFrantics''
80* ''Series/{{Fridays}}'', an early 1980s sketch show that aired on ABC on Friday nights at 11:30pm (later moved to midnight [[ExecutiveMeddling thanks to ABC giving "Nightline" an extra day]]). Played out like ''Saturday Night Live'' with stronger writing, more pointed sociopolitical satire, a louder studio audience, and longer sketches[[note]]their magnum opus, ''The Ronnie Horror Picture Show'', clocks in at 17 minutes[[/note]]. The show had Creator/MichaelRichards [[note]](yes, the same Michael Richards who played Kramer on ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''...and later got in trouble for using the n-word during his stand-up act at the Laugh Factory)[[/note]], Creator/LarryDavid [[note]](the creator of ''Seinfeld'' and ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'')[[/note]], Creator/RichHall [[note]](an ''SNL'' cast member who was on the show during the tenth season and was the inspiration behind ''Simpsons'' character Moe Szyslak)[[/note]], and Melanie Chartoff [[note]](the voice of Didi Pickles and her mom, Minka, on ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' and its {{Spinoff}} ''All Grown Up''; on ''Fridays'', she was [[MsFanservice the hot chick]] of the cast and the anchor for ''Friday Night News'')[[/note]] as cast members. Despite being considered the ''Cracked'' to ''Saturday Night Live'''s ''MAD'' magazine, at one point, ''Fridays'' was considered better than ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (which, in the early 1980s, was floundering thanks to Jean Doumanian's ineptitude as show runner). ''Fridays'' lasted until 1982 after ABC failed at making ''Fridays'' a primetime sketch show instead of a late-night one, as it suffered a time change in 1981 when ABC wanted ''Nightline'' to air five days a week instead of four, due to the popularity of primetime soap opera ''Dallas''. The sequence in the movie, ''Film/ManOnTheMoon'' where Andy Kaufman (Creator/JimCarrey) fights with Michael Richards (Creator/NormMacDonald) over a sketch about covert marijuana smokers dining out at a restaurant (which turns out to be a trick cooked up by executives as a prank and to test the limits of live TV, as ''Fridays'' always did) was based on an actual moment from that show.
81* ''Series/FrenchAndSaunders''
82* ''Series/GabbaGabba''
83* ''Series/TheGilliesReport'': Combining sketch comedy with political satire.
84* ''Series/GoodnessGraciousMe'': Sketch comedy about and starring Indian Brits.
85* ''[[WebVideo/GuaranteedVideo Guaranteed* Video]]'': Creators of New Kids on the Rock, an AffectionateParody of 90s KidCom tropes, as well as assorted other comedic shorts hosted on Website/YouTube.
86* ''Series/LesGuignolsDeLInfo''
87* ''Series/HarryAndPaul''
88* ''Series/HarryEnfieldAndChums''
89* ''Series/HeeHaw'': A long-running sketch show filled with American Southern/country humor. On the ''Simpsons'' episode where Homer becomes the manager to a struggling country singer who tries to seduce him, there was a parody of this show called ''Yahoo!''
90* ''Radio/HelloCheeky''
91* ''Series/HistoryOfTheWorldPartII''
92* ''Series/HomoZapping''
93* ''Series/HorribleHistories''
94* ''Film/HowToIrritatePeople'' -- A pre-''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' TV special, starring many of the eventual Creator/MontyPython team in educating the audience on how to be as irritating as possible.
95* ''Series/HumanGiant''
96* ''Hype'', a WB sketch comedy show featuring sketches that made fun of celebrities and pop culture. Lasted one season. Included then-future ''Series/MadTV1995'' cast members Frank Caliendo and Daniele Gaither -- and featured writing by former ''SNL'' writer and cast member Terry Sweeney [[note]]no relation to Julia Sweeney; Terry was a writer for Jean Doumanian's abysmal 1980-1981 season, was cast member during ''SNL'''s 11th season in 1985 [which almost got the show canceled due to falling ratings and audiences getting sick of the show], and is the first male ''SNL'' cast member who was openly gay (and had a gay lover who also worked with him as his comedy writing partner, Lanier Laney)[[/note]]
97* ''Series/ImportantThingsWithDemetriMartin''
98* ''Series/IncredibleCrew'': Creator/CartoonNetwork's last live-action original show. Features Jeremy Shada (the voice of Finn the Human on ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'') as a cast member.
99* ''Series/InLivingColor'' -- FOX's urban (read: black) answer to ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. Featured Creator/JimCarrey (who originally was supposed to be a ''Saturday Night Live'' cast member), Jamie Foxx [[note]] before he became famous for more dramatic roles[[/note]], Music/JenniferLopez [[note]] as a member of the dance troupe, The Fly Girls[[/note]], and Damon Wayans [[note]] who was on ''SNL'' for a season in 1985, but got fired after playing a heterosexual character as a CampGay character, of which Creator/LorneMichaels didn't approve.[[/note]].
100* ''Series/InsideAmySchumer''
101* ''Series/IThinkYouShouldLeaveWithTimRobinson'' -- Tim Robinson, a former Series/SaturdayNightLive player, stars in an absurdist Creator/{{Netflix}} sketch comedy.
102* ''Series/{{Jam}}'': a sketch comedy heavily running on the darkest of BlackComedy.
103* ''Series/TheJewsAreComing''
104* ''[[Radio/JohnFinnemoresSouvenirProgramme John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme]]'' -- (Season 1-8), Season 9's more of a cross between {{Sitcom}} and {{AnthologySeries}} prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic
105* ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}''
106* ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam''
107* ''Series/KDOCFirstNight'' -- a one time sketch show meant to ring in the new year for a local independent TV station, but one which gained infamy for the wrong reasons
108* ''Series/TheKennyEverettVideoShow'' -- originally a music show with comedic links, it developed into a sketch comedy interspersed with musical numbers.
109* ''Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie'' -- Written by the ZAZ team and directed by Creator/JohnLandis. Basically a sketch comedy movie rather than AnthologyFilm, with one long segment ("A Fistful of Yen", which runs a half-hour and takes up over a third of the film), and a whole bunch of other segments which aren't any longer than six minutes apiece.
110* ''Series/KeyAndPeele'': Creator/ComedyCentral's latest sketch show, featuring ''Series/MadTV1995'''s Creator/KeeganMichaelKey and Creator/JordanPeele. This show, along with the Creator/CartoonNetwork's ''WesternAnimation/{{MAD}}'', can be considered a SpiritualSuccessor of ''Series/MadTV1995''.
111* ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall'' -- a Canadian sketch show produced by Lorne Michaels. Mark [=McKinney=] was a cast member for both this show and ''SNL''.
112* ''Series/{{Koefnoen}}'' -- a Dutch sketch show than ran from 2004 to 2016.
113* ''Series/KrollShow''
114* ''Series/TheLateShow1992''
115* ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'' is somewhere between this and a {{Sitcom}}.
116* ''Series/LimmysShow''
117* ''Loriot'' had a hugely successful sketch show in Germany during the late 70s, and is now widely considered one of the giants of German comedy. The humor revolves mostly around people getting in slightly embarassing situations, which quickly become worse as they attempt to maintain appearances in the hope that nobody will notice, mirroring and satirizing the Zeitgeist of the decade.
118* ''Series/LaCaravana'' (The Caravan) from Mexico.
119* ''Series/LosRayosGamma'' (The Gamma Rays) Puerto Rican comedy TV show dedicated to social satire.
120* ''Series/LittleBritain''
121* ''Series/{{MADtv|1995}}'' -- ''Saturday Night Live'''s rival sketch show from 1995 to 2009 (with a short-lived and [[FanonDiscontinuity not very good]] revival in 2016). Is considered the longest-running sketch show on FOX and the longest-running [[DuelingShows dueling show]] to ''SNL''. Has a SpiritualSuccessor in the form of the Creator/CartoonNetwork sketch show ''MAD'' and Comedy Central's ''Series/KeyAndPeele'' and two cast members who have jumped ship from ''Series/MadTV1995'' to be on ''SNL'' ([[http://snl.jt.org/cast.php?i=JeRi Jeff Richards]] -- who lasted on ''SNL'' from 2001 to mid-2004 -- and [[http://snl.jt.org/cast.php?i=TaKi Taran Killam]] -- who joined the ''SNL'' cast in 2010 and left in 2016). It should be noted that the premise of a sketch comedy show based on ''MAD Magazine'' (be it animated, like ''WesternAnimation/{{MAD}}'', or live-action, like this show) is [[OlderThanTheyThink not exactly a new idea]]: in the early 1970s, a pilot was made for an animated sketch show based on ''MAD Magazine'', using all the artwork for their movie and TV show parodies (the pilot had parodies of ''The Godfather'' and ''Columbo''), along with their satirical pieces, like "The Parent Awards." The pilot has never aired on TV (as executives thought it wouldn't appeal to anyone) and now exists as a rare treasure that's [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes somewhere out on the Internet]].
122* ''Series/ManStrokeWoman'' is a British Sketch Comedy show starring Creator/AmandaAbbington, Ben Crompton, Daisy Haggard, Meredith [=MacNeill=], Nicholas Burns and Nick Frost. Many of the sketches have to do with interactions with men and women, but that isn't all there is. There are many recurring characters throughout the show, such as a man who refuses to read instructions with terrible results, a father who keeps accidentally switching his baby son with objects, and a husband whose wife keeps bringing in bizarre objects she bought and is upset when he doesn't like them. "You can never just say I look nice, can you?"
123* ''Radio/TheMaryWhitehouseExperience''
124* ''Series/TheMicallefProgram''
125* ''Series/MindOfMencia'': The successor to ''Chappelle's Show''. Achieved some controversy after Mencia was accused by several comics of stealing jokes in his stand-up act.
126* ''WesternAnimation/ModernToss'': A live action-animation hybrid.
127* ''WesternAnimation/MonkeyDust'': an AnimatedShockComedy.
128* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' - spawned two sketch ''movies'': ''And Now For Something Completely Different'' (a collection of favorite sketches from the series) and ''Monty Python's Meaning Of Life''. Is considered one of the most popular sketch shows listed here.
129** ''Live at the Hollywood Bowl'' is a cross between a sketch movie and a concert film.
130* ''Series/{{Mosquito}}'': Of the more surreal variety.
131* ''Series/MrShow'': based on the independent comedy scene of TheNineties, headed by Creator/DavidCross and Bob Odenkirk.
132** It received a {{revival}} in 2015 as ''Series/WithBobAndDavid'', with much of the same cast, now 15 years older.
133* ''Series/TheMuppetShow''
134* ''Series/MuppetsTonight''
135* ''Series/TheNickCannonShow'', the third spin-off from ''All That'' starring Nick Cannon.
136* ''Series/NickStudio10''
137* ''Series/NoSoapRadio'' is one part {{Sitcom}} and one part Sketch Comedy.
138* ''Series/NoelFieldingsLuxuryComedy''
139* ''Series/NogizakaSkits''
140* ''Series/NotOnlyButAlso''
141* ''Series/NotNecessarilyTheNews''
142* ''Series/NotTheNineOClockNews''
143* ''WebVideo/OldeEnglishComedy''
144* ''Film/TheOnionMovie''
145* ''Series/OnlyAnExcuse''
146* Creator/TheOtherOnes: All their material and shows, outside of some brief audience interaction, are based on sketch comedy.
147* ''Series/PeterCapusottoYSusVideos'' mixes comedy sketches with musical videos.
148* ''Series/ThePeterSerafinowiczShow''
149* ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'' - The anime adaptation.
150* ''Series/{{Portlandia}}'': Features Fred Armisen from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''
151* ''WebVideo/PuppetPower'': Best described as ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'' with puppets.
152* ''Series/PaulMertonTheSeries'': It borrows a little from StandUpComedy, a pinch of weird-ass situations, and a healthy dose of inspiration from silent films.
153* ''Series/LaPetiteHistoireDeFrance''
154* ''Series/PushingUpDaisies'' (Also known as ''Coming Up Next'')
155* ''Series/{{Q}}'', a series of anarchic freeform sketch comedy shows created by and starring Creator/SpikeMilligan.
156* ''Series/TheRedGreenShow''
157* ''WesternAnimation/RightNowKapow''
158* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'', a stop-motion [[AnimatedSeries animated]] sketch show.
159* ''Radio/RoyalCanadianAirFarce''
160* ''{{Series/Roundhouse}}'': Before ''Series/AllThat'', Nickelodeon had this sketch show on their {{Creator/SNICK}} line-up.
161* ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn'' — a chaotic late-1960s sketch show that, very much like ''SNL'', aired on NBC and was considered edgy and shocking in its day (unlike ''SNL'', however, ''Laugh-In'' didn't last as long). Creator/LorneMichaels wrote for ''Laugh-In'' before he created ''Saturday Night Live''. It had a one-episode {{Spinoff}} on ABC called ''Turn-On'' that was so bad, [[ShortRunner it got cancelled as quickly as it premiered]] on some affilates (other affiliates either [[MissingEpisode didn't air the show at all]] or [[OneEpisodeWonder aired the entire thing before deciding to can it]]). A second episode of ''Turn-On'' was produced but never broadcast (though some museums dedicated to TV history have shown it, often as part of exhibits dedicated to TV shows that were either really bad/bizarre, very short-lived, or practically unknown to modern audiences). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zny4LxAC0C8 Here's a clip of the sketches that would have aired had the show continued.]]
162* ''Series/RutlandWeekendTelevision''
163* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' — longest-running sketch show on NBC and American television in general (is now in its 46th season and just surpassed its 900th episode); has survived everything from national crises to fluctuating pop culture trends to rival sketch shows seeking to take its place (with varying levels of success) to SeasonalRot in the form of [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks cast and crew turnover]], threats of cancellation, criticism over not hiring more minority cast members and treating their minority cast members unfairly, and fickle audiences who embrace the show one minute, then trash it the next and is currently trying to survive a pandemic and America trying to rebuild after Donald Trump's notorious stint as U.S. President. Has been considered ''the'' place for young sketch and improv comedians and comedy writers to gain fame since 1975.
164* ''Series/TheSavageEye''
165* ''Series/SchoolOfComedy''
166* ''Series/{{SCTV}}'': A Canadian sketch show that was like ''Saturday Night Live'' in that it had cast members from the [[Creator/TheSecondCity Second City]] improv company (some of which were originally from Canada) and aired on NBC. However, ''SCTV'' was more about making fun of television shows, movies, and the entertainment world at large[[note]]the Canadian episodes have the series premise set up as a group of friends who loved watching TV, but didn't like what was on it, so they decided to create their own TV channel[[/note]] and wasn't into making fun of current events, politics, social issues, race, sex, or drugs (though references to those things were often intertwined with mocking popular media, the entertainment world, and its tropes and cliches), like ''SNL'' and ''Fridays'' did. Robin Duke, Tony Rosato, and Martin Short are the only cast members from ''SCTV'' to be hired as cast members for ''Saturday Night Live''[[note]]Creator/CatherineOHara, Harold Ramis, and John Candy were also asked to be cast members, but all of them declined the chance, and Andrea Martin auditioned for the show in the mid-1980s, but was rejected. ''SCTV'' cast members who have hosted ''SNL'' include: John Candy (season 8), Catherine O'Hara (seasons 16 and 17), Rick Moranis [both by himself (season 15) and with Dave Thomas (season 8)], Dave Thomas [Thomas only co-hosted with Moranis (season 8); he never hosted by himself], and Martin Short (seasons 12, 22, and 38) [with Martin Short being the only ''SCTV'' cast member who has hosted ''SNL'' more than once, and Catherine O'Hara being the only female cast member from ''SCTV'' to host and the only ''SNL'' cast member who never appeared in an episode to come back and host]. Eugene Levy almost hosted ''SNL'' in 1985 (with John Candy as co-host), but ''SNL'''s season 10 budget was cut due to a writer's strike and NBC planning on canceling ''Saturday Night Live'', leading to a lot of scrapped episodes. The closest Levy got to appearing on ''SNL'' in any capacity was when his son, Dan, hosted in 2021[[/note]].
167* ''WebAnimation/SethMacFarlanesCavalcadeOfCartoonComedy'': A [[OneEpisodeWonder one-episode]] special that aired on FOX.
168* ''Series/ShermansShowcase''
169* ''WesternAnimation/TheShiveringTruth''
170* ''Series/ShortRibbs'', a 1989 sketch show broadcast only in Los Angeles, featured Creator/BillyBarty, Creator/PattyMaloney and three other male dwarfs. Notable also because two of the show's writers filed separate lawsuits against Barty in small claims court for unpaid wages. Barty lost both lawsuits.
171* ''WebVideo/SMBCTheater'', a sketch comedy series on [=YouTube=] by the makers of ''[[Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal SMBC]]''.
172* ''Series/SoRandom'': A retool of ''Series/SonnyWithAChance'' after Music/DemiLovato left the show for rehab.
173* ''Series/SorryIveGotNoHead''
174* ''Series/TheSiflAndOllyShow'': A bizarre sketch show on MTV consisting of sock puppets and very low production values.
175* ''Series/TheSketchShow'', both the British original and the [[ForeignRemake American remake]] that aired on FOX (and [[ScrewedByTheNetwork got canceled]]).
176* ''Series/SmackThePony''
177* ''Series/TheSmellOfReevesAndMortimer''
178** ''Series/BangBangItsReevesAndMortimer''
179* ''Series/SpittingImage''
180* ''Radio/TheStanFrebergShow'' on radio in 1957 was an earlier example.
181* ''Series/{{Stankervision}}'': Aired on Creator/{{MTV}} in 2005, then ended the same year despite high ratings. Was cancelled due to problems with sponsors.
182* ''Series/TheState'': An Creator/{{MTV}} sketch show/hidden camera prank show. Plays out like an early, more [[RefugeInAudacity outrageous]], yet less gross version of ''Jackass''.
183* ''Series/TheSteamVideoCompany''
184* ''Series/{{Studio 3}}'' is a children's example that airs between shows on the [=ABC3=] channel in Australia.
185* ''Series/StudioC'', a TV series on BYU tv featuring current and alumni members of Theatre/BYUDivineComedy.
186* ''Series/{{Stupid}}''
187* ''Series/Switch1997'' -- [[GermanMedia German show]] spoofing various other TV programs.
188* ''[[Creator/LesInconnus La Télé des Inconnus]]''
189* ''Series/ThankGodYoureHere''
190* ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook''
191* ''Series/{{Thompson}}''
192* ''Series/TimAndEricAwesomeShowGreatJob'' - Sketch comedy's worst nightmare.
193** ''Series/CheckItOutWithDrSteveBrule'' - Sketch comedy's worst nightmare's nightmare.
194* ''Series/TheTraceyUllmanShow'' - best known for introducing the famous, [[LongRunner long-running]], animated sitcom ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
195* ''WesternAnimation/TripTank'' - A ''Creator/ComedyCentral'' animated sketch show.
196* ''Series/TurkeyTelevision'' - Another Canadian sketch comedy that ran on Nickelodeon from 1985 to 1986. It was made by the creators of ''You Can't Do That On Television'' and even starred some of the same cast!
197* ''Series/TurnOn'' - Infamous sketch comedy/surrealist show that didn't even last a full episode before being canned.
198* ''Series/TheTwoRonnies''
199* ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'' is a cross between this and an animated sitcom.
200* ''Series/UprightCitizensBrigade''
201* ''Series/VaranTV''
202* ''{{Creator/Vacanta Mare}}''
203* ''{{Series/Vacanta Mare}}'' (TV show)
204* ''Series/VictoriaWoodAsSeenOnTV''
205* ''Anime/VirtualSanLooking'' was one featuring a number of popular [[VirtualYouTuber Virtual YouTubers]] at the time.
206* ''WebVideo/VivaLaDirtLeague''
207* ''Series/VousLesFemmes'', a French TV sketch-show featuring Judith Siboni and Olivia Cote in short absurdist comic sketches.
208* ''Wacko'' -- a short-lived Saturday daytime (noon EST) show on CBS in 1977, with hosts Bo Kaprall and Creator/JulieMcWhirter.
209* ''Series/WasGuckstDu'' -- could be ''roughly'' described as ''Series/ChappellesShow'' in Germany, only with Turkish and Central/East Asian minorities.
210* The Warp Zone. A [=YouTube=] channel based around video game sketches.
211* ''Series/WayneAndShuster''
212* ''Series/TheWeather''
213* ''Series/TheWedge''
214* ''Series/WelcomeFreshmen'': A Nickelodeon sketch show featuring jokes about high school and being a teenager. Became a {{Sitcom}} in its later years, which [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks wasn't received well by its fans]].
215* ''Series/TheWhitestKidsUKnow'' -- an independent comedy sketch show that aired on IFC and Fuse from 2007 to 2011. Plays out like ''Monty Python'' meets ''Mr. Show''.
216* ''Series/TheWhoWasShow''
217* ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'', an {{Improv}} sketch show.
218* ''WebVideo/WizardsWithGuns''
219* ''Series/DieWochenshow'', a NewsParody, was [[UsefulNotes/TheBerlinRepublic in Germany]] of the [[TheNineties 1990s]] and [[TheNoughties early 2000s]], the prime example for Sketch Comedy.
220* ''Series/WonderShowzen'', an adult parody of Series/SesameStreet.
221* ''Series/WorldPeace''
222* ''Series/TheWrongDoor''
223* ''Series/{{Yeralash}}''
224* ''Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision'', a Canadian kids' sketch show which Nickelodeon's American channel imported. It was heavily inspired by ''Laugh-In''. Had three short-lived spinoffs - ''Whatever Turns You On'', ''Don't Look Now'' and ''Turkey Television''.
225* ''Series/YoureSkittingMe''
226* ''Your Show of Shows'': The televised sketch show that paved the way for such shows as ''Laugh-In'', ''Monty Python'' and ''SNL'', among others.
227* ''Series/ZZZap''
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