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Plot Summary:
Introducing "Barely Famous": a docu-style comedy series. This show explores the hypocrisy of reality TV by centering around two sisters who say they would never do a reality show, but are being filmed by a camera crew. Over the course of the season, we’ll follow Erin and Sara as they navigate the treacherous LA waters of building a career, dating, and simultaneously trying to prove that they’re “normal”. Each episode of Barely Famous will skewer Hollywood stereotypes and comment on the world of celebrity through the eyes of two D-Listers, desperately trying to insist they don’t care about “Lists” while also trying to get on the A-List. By breaking the 4th wall and occasionally telling both the crew and network to cut, no reality convention is too sacred, and our girls point out the absurdity of the medium itself.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 476
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, mockumentary, biting, suspense
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Plot Summary:
The awkward adventures of a driven actress trying to navigate Hollywood in a wheelchair.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 341
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 6 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic, uplifting, thought provoking, psychological, captivating
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Star Stories (2006)
Plot Summary:
Star Stories is a British television comedy programme that takes a satirical look at celebrities and their lives. It was first shown on Channel 4 on September 15, 2006. Star Stories is made by Objective Productions commissioned for Channel 4 by Shane Allen and Andrew Newman with Lee Hupfield producing, Elliot Hegarty directing and Phil Clarke and Andew O'Connor as executive producers. The Sun reported that Channel 4 had axed Star Stories to free up cash to invest in other shows. The main theme of the show is the theme from the film Gone with the Wind.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 520
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, offbeat
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The Comeback (2005)
Plot Summary:
The series initially follows Valerie Cherish (Kudrow), a veteran sitcom actress who has been out of the spotlight for more than a decade, as she attempts in 2005 to return to the industry that made her famous. Valerie lands a role on a new network sitcom, but struggles with the matter of being an aging, non-influential performer in an increasingly-youthful Hollywood, while her every move on and off the set is being documented for a companion reality show. When the cameras catch up with Valerie in 2014, she is cast in an HBO series entitled Seeing Red, which chronicles the career of the sitcom writer/producer who tormented her nine years earlier.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, biting, humorous, not serious, mockumentary, captivating, cult classic, realistic, cynical, suspense
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Plot Summary:
G-Spot is a Canadian adult comedy television series. The show debuted on The Movie Network and Movie Central on April 25, 2005 and ran for two seasons until April 3, 2006, and is also seen on the Showcase and E! network. The show is executive produced by, written by and stars Brigitte Bako. A third season began airing in 2009 with eight new episodes.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexy, touching, sexual, semi autobiographical
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Head Case (2007)
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 710
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, mockumentary, dark comedy, fast
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Unemployed (2008)
Plot Summary:
Jamal and Dex are two hapless out of work actors who come to terms with reality when they realize they've been pursuing their dreams for over ten years and still haven't booked a single speaking role. When the two run out of cash and face eviction from their small apartment, they hit the pavement in search of a job. With no job experience, no skill set and little ambition, the audience gets a front row seat to this hilarious journey in which these two bad-luck prone losers can't seem to catch a break.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
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Real Rob (2015)
Plot Summary:
Centers around comedian Rob Schneider's real life while living in Hollywood.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, sincere, realistic, sitcom, dark comedy, independent film, mockumentary
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 252
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, sketch comedy, offbeat
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Nobody Knows Anything! (2003)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring filmmaker learns that success in Hollywood doesn't come as easy as she suspected as she attempts to discover the formula to success. When the guidance of her helpful has-been uncle fails to pave the way, Sarah Wilder must seek the advice of such Hollywood heavies as Mike Meyers, Ben Stiller, and Fred Willard -- only to discover that the old adage is true and Nobody Knows Anything about how to succeed in the cutthroat world of Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 724
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, witty, feel good, light, melancholic, independent film, clever, biting, suspense
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 577
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: parody, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, campy
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 649
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: parody, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious
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Plot Summary:
Time to hassle the Hoff at the rudest, raunchiest television event of the year--The Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff. From running in slo-mo on the beach to inspiring Germany with the power of cheesy pop--it's almost too easy.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 585
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, sitcom, parody, biting, suspense
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 610
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 360
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 485
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 782
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: parody, sitcom, humorous, cynical, not serious, offbeat, realistic
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Idiotsitter (2014)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: not serious, sitcom, realistic, feel good, melancholic, sentimental, captivating, humorous, cynical
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: parody, humorous, realistic, not serious, light, feel good
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Blunt Talk (2015)
Plot Summary:
A British newscaster moves to Los Angeles with his alcoholic manservant and the baggage of several failed marriages to host a sanctimonious talk show.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, independent film, biting, suspense
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Plot Summary:
The Underground was a sketch comedy series produced by and starring Damon Wayans. It aired on Showtime. Wayans describes the show as "In Living Color on steroids." In fact the show features raunchy, sexist, and racist behavior, and as Wayans states in his opening monologue, "We decided to test the limits." The description of the show information is "The future of comedy is here in Damon Wayan's hilarious and uninhibited comedy sketch show where no topic or taboo goes unturned." This mistakenly gives his last name as Wayan, rather than Wayans. Some of the notable continuing sketches and characters in the show are: ⁕Protest Stripper.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, realistic, not serious, sketch comedy, offbeat, spoof, black comedy
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 403
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 480
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
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Plot Summary:
Actor Michael Madsen turns the tables on notorious paparazzo, Billy Dant, by hiring a trio of documentary filmmakers to chronicle Dant's life, loves, and troubles.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, mockumentary, feel good, captivating, light, funny, sitcom, realistic, not serious
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 22 min
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Plot Summary:
LateLine is an American TV sitcom that ran on NBC from March 17, 1998, through March 16, 1999. Due to an abrupt cancellation, there were seven unaired episodes. Created by John Markus and Al Franken, LateLine depicted the behind-the-scenes goings-on of a fictitious late-night television news broadcast, patterned in part after the long-running ABC program Nightline. Many plotlines in the series were satirical, dealing with topics like Deep Throat and the Watergate break-in, and the episodes often had cameos by famous politicians. On August 17, 2004, Paramount released a DVD set containing all nineteen episodes on three discs.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, entertaining, hilarious, realistic, telenovela