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Sketch & variety

Sketch & variety TV Series

Sketches, segments and variety formats.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 68 series

10/10 means the show is a defining example. Shows scoring below 7/10 don't make the list.

Monty Python's Flying Circus

★ 8.8
88K votes 45 episodes 1969–1974
Sketch & variety · Absurdist
10/10

Chappelle's Show

★ 8.8
80K votes 33 episodes 2003–2006
Sketch & variety · Satirical
10/10

Saturday Night Live

★ 8.0
59K votes 1019 episodes 1975–present
Sketch & variety · Long-runner
10/10

Robot Chicken

★ 7.7
49K votes 227 episodes 2005–2022
Sketch & variety · Parody
10/10

Key and Peele

★ 8.3
30K votes 55 episodes 2012–2015
Sketch & variety · Satirical
10/10

Little Britain

★ 7.7
29K votes 24 episodes 2003–2009
Sketch & variety · British TV
10/10

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

★ 8.1
28K votes 18 episodes 2019–2023
Sketch & variety · Absurdist
10/10

Inside Amy Schumer

★ 6.0
15K votes 44 episodes 2013–2022
Sketch & variety · Satirical
10/10

In Living Color

★ 8.2
15K votes 126 episodes 1990–1994
Sketch & variety · Satirical
10/10

Mad TV

★ 7.3
13K votes 329 episodes 1995–2016
Sketch & variety · Parody
10/10

The Kids in the Hall

★ 8.4
12K votes 111 episodes 1988–2021
Sketch & variety · Absurdist
10/10

Mr. Show with Bob and David

★ 8.4
11K votes 30 episodes 1995–1998
Sketch & variety · Absurdist
10/10

A Bit of Fry and Laurie

★ 8.3
10K votes 26 episodes 1987–1995
Sketch & variety · Dry humor
10/10

That Mitchell and Webb Look

★ 8.0
10K votes 25 episodes 2006–2010
Sketch & variety · Dry humor
10/10

All That

★ 7.5
9K votes 217 episodes 1994–2020
Sketch & variety · Kids & family
10/10

The Amanda Show

★ 6.7
9K votes 62 episodes 1999–2002
Sketch & variety · Kids & family
10/10

The Carol Burnett Show

★ 8.7
8K votes 287 episodes 1967–1978
Sketch & variety · Nostalgic
10/10

Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun

★ 7.9
8K votes 6 episodes 2020–2020
Sketch & variety · Absurdist
10/10

The Whitest Kids U'Know

★ 8.5
7K votes 60 episodes 2007–2011
Sketch & variety · Absurdist
10/10

The Fast Show

★ 8.2
6K votes 27 episodes 1994–2014
Sketch & variety · British TV
10/10

W/Bob and David

★ 7.3
5K votes 5 episodes 2015–2015
Sketch & variety · Absurdist
10/10

The Catherine Tate Show

★ 7.3
5K votes 23 episodes 2004–2009
Sketch & variety · British TV
10/10

Komedi Dükkani

★ 8.0
4K votes 44 episodes 2007–2011
Sketch & variety · Episodic
10/10

A Black Lady Sketch Show

★ 7.5
4K votes 24 episodes 2019–2023
Sketch & variety
10/10
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