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Plot Summary:
In this feel-good workplace comedy, the staff at the last surviving Blockbuster video store tries to keep the business afloat.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags:
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Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central) (2002)
Plot Summary:
Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central) is an American sitcom which aired on ABC in 2002. The series was created by Peter Tolan.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags:
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KGB (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two Indigenous detectives race to solve a major case in their sketchy neighbourhood, but find their loyalties compromised when they discover that most of the suspects are family.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags:
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I Hate Going to Work (2019)
Plot Summary:
A slice-of-life office drama about people who don't want to go to work that will resonate with everyday office workers.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: mockumentary
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Respectable (2006)
Plot Summary:
Respectable is a British sitcom, first shown in six episodes from 30 August to 4 October 2006 on Five; it was later repeated on Paramount Comedy 1. It follows Michael Price, a man acutely aware of his own dullness, trapped in a loveless marriage. In the first episode, he hesitantly visits a suburban brothel. Terrified of sex, he strikes up a platonic relationship with a young prostitute, Hayley. The series follows the development of this relationship, and Michael's attempts to conceal his visits to the brothel from his wife. This is complicated by the discovery that his builder, Barry, is a frequent and uninhibited visitor to the brothel. The show was written by Shaun Pye, Alan Connor and Harry Thompson. Former Hollyoaks actress Jodi Albert plays Hayley, a dumb hooker with a heart of gold; Kate is a university student, owner Maureen is a more mature lady who claims to be 27, while Yelena is a dominant Eastern European. Of the characters who don't work there, Michael is going through a mid-life crisis, while his friendly builder Barry is a typical "Jack the lad".
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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Family Biz (2009)
Plot Summary:
Family Biz is a Canadian television show, filmed in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada starring Doug Murray, Ephraim Ellis and Kate Corbett. According to YTV, Muse Entertainment and IMDB, twenty-six episodes have been shot. Created by James Nadler, the show is currently airing on YTV and France 2. The first episode was shown on March 6, 2009 on YTV. The show has been rated "C8+" in Canada.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags:
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Nine to Five (1982)
Plot Summary:
9 to 5 is an American situation comedy based on the 1980 film of the same name. The series aired on ABC from 1982 to 1983, and in first-run syndication from 1986 to 1988. 9 to 5 features Rachel Dennison, Dolly Parton's younger sister, in Parton's role of Doralee Rhodes; Rita Moreno portrayed the Lily Tomlin role of Violet Newstead, and Valerie Curtin took the Jane Fonda role of Judy Bernly. In the truncated third season, Curtin's Judy Bernly was replaced with Leah Ayres as secretary Linda Bowman. In the second version of the show, Sally Struthers replaced Moreno, and Curtin returned as Judy. A total of 82 episodes were filmed. The first season was on film in front of a studio audience but switched to videotape for the next season.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 438
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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Knocking on Doors (2013)
Plot Summary:
Times are tough, and Louise Bice, a writer/actress/dog walker/contributor to an obscure dance blog, is forced to take a job that calls for a giant leap out of her comfort zone and into what lurks behind the closed doors of Los Angeles. Like everything in Tinseltown, things are often not what they seem and truth is stranger than the fiction even she can create.
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Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, talky, not serious
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The Consultant (2023)
Plot Summary:
After an unspeakable tragedy at CompWare, a games studio based in downtown Los Angeles, a mysterious consultant, Regus Patoff, blows into town and takes charge.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 33 min
Plot tags: dark comedy
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It's a Living (1980)
Plot Summary:
It's a Living is an American sitcom set in a restaurant at the top of the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. The show aired on ABC from October 30, 1980 until June 11, 1982. After the series was cancelled, new episodes aired in first-run syndication from September 28, 1985 to April 8, 1989. The series was created by Stu Silver, Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon, and produced by Witt/Thomas Productions, later in association with Golden West Television and Lorimar-Telepictures.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, retro
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Executive Stress (1986)
Plot Summary:
Executive Stress is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1986 to 1988. Produced by Thames Television, it first aired on 20 October 1986. After three series, the last episode aired on 27 December 1988. Written by George Layton, Executive Stress stars Penelope Keith as Caroline Fairchild, a middle-aged woman who decides to go back to work. Her husband, Donald, is played by Geoffrey Palmer in the first series. However, Palmer was unable to return for the second series, so Peter Bowles played Donald in the last two series. Keith and Bowles had previously appeared in together in To the Manor Born.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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Love to Hate You (2023)
Plot Summary:
For an attorney who despises losing to men and an A-list actor who distrusts women, love means nothing — until they're forced to date each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: dorama, romantic
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Easy to Assemble (2008)
Plot Summary:
Easy to Assemble is a Webseries created by and starring Illeana Douglas, and sponsored by furniture store IKEA. Douglas plays a fictional version of herself trying to quit acting and work a "real job" at the IKEA in Burbank, CA. She soon finds she cannot leave Hollywood behind when fellow actress Justine Bateman starts an internet talk show called "40 and Bitter" on the floor of IKEA. The series has had several notable guest stars, including Jeff Goldblum, Keanu Reeves, Jane Lynch, Justine Bateman, Tim Meadows, Cheri Oteri, Tom Arnold, Ed Begley, Jr., Kevin Pollak, Fred Willard, Daryl Sabara, Ricki Lake, David Henrie, Patricia Heaton, and Eric Lange.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, cynical, not serious, offbeat
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Trollied (2011)
Plot Summary:
Set in Valco, a fictional budget supermarket in the north west of England, Trollied finds the funny in one of our most familiar surroundings and focuses on the types of characters we all recognise: bored checkout staff, ineffectual managers and a range of customers, from the irate to the downright bizarre.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic
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Mythic Quest (2020)
Plot Summary:
Meet the team behind the biggest multiplayer video game of all time. But in a workplace focused on building worlds, molding heroes, and creating legends, the most hard-fought battles don’t occur in the game—they happen in the office.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, sitcom, feel good, humorous, entertaining, light
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Ready for Start (2016)
Plot Summary:
Based on writer Lee Hyeon-min's original web-toon which had more than 1 million views a day when it was published on Naver, this black comedy is about the daily lives of employees in an advertisement agency and their competitive working environment.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 8 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Saint George (2014)
Plot Summary:
Saint George is an American television pilot that is in development for FX. The show was created by George Lopez, sitcom veteran Matt Williams and David McFadzean. It will be the comedian's first starring role in a sitcom since his ABC show, George Lopez. The show has been ordered what is known as the 10/90 model: Only ten episodes of the show will be produced, and if the show performs well enough, the network will order 90 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 514
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, not serious
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Watching Ellie (2002)
Plot Summary:
A single woman, Ellie Riggs, tries to navigate her way through the Los Angeles music scene and her own messy personal life.
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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Still Open All Hours (2013)
Plot Summary:
Still Open All Hours is a sitcom set in a grocer's shop. It is a sequel to the series Open All Hours, written by original series writer Roy Clarke and featuring several of the permanent cast members of the original series.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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The Golden Palace (1992)
Plot Summary:
The Golden Palace is an American sitcom that originally aired on CBS from September 18, 1992, to May 14, 1993. The show is a spin-off of the sitcom The Golden Girls, continuing the story from that series. CBS cancelled the spin-off in 1993 after one season.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, sentimental, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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The Crew (2021)
Plot Summary:
When the owner of the fictional NASCAR Bobby Spencer Racing team steps down and passes the team off to his daughter Catherine, the crew chief has to protect himself and his crew from her attempts to modernize.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Mr. Sunshine (2011)
Plot Summary:
Ben Donovan is a self-involved manager of a second-rate San Diego sports arena who begins to re-evaluate his life on his 40th birthday. Working alongside him is his boss and arena owner, Crystal--attractive, powerful and highly erratic; Alice--the cute, tomboyish marketing director and Ben's friend with benefits; Alonzo--a former basketball player, handsome and unbelievably happy; Ben's assistant, Heather--pretty, sweet, but terrifying because she once lit a boyfriend on fire; Crystal's son, Roman--sweet-faced, clueless and Ben's newest employee; and a hapless operations crew whom Ben refers to collectively as the "Steves.".
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 293 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, not serious, hilarious, realistic
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PhoneShop (2009)
Plot Summary:
PhoneShop is a British sitcom that was first broadcast on Channel 4 as a television pilot on 13 November 2009, as part of the channel's Comedy Showcase season of comedy pilots. It was then followed by a six-episode series that was commissioned on E4 and broadcasting began on 7 October 2010.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, captivating, light, feel good, entertaining, realistic, not serious, fun
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Superstore (2015)
Plot Summary:
A hilarious workplace comedy about a unique family of employees at a super-sized mega store. From the bright-eyed newbies and the seen-it-all veterans to the clueless summer hires and the in-it-for-life managers, together they hilariously tackle the day-to-day grind of rabid bargain hunters, riot-causing sales and nap-worthy training sessions.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sitcom, funny, humorous, feel good, absurd, light, thought provoking, epic, sad, fun
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Stacked (2005)
Plot Summary:
Stacked is an American television sitcom that premiered on Fox on April 13, 2005. On May 18, 2006, Stacked was canceled, leaving five episodes unaired in the United States. The last episode aired on January 11, 2006. The five unaired episodes have since been aired in reruns in the UK, Israel and Switzerland.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, witty, light, feel good
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10 Items or Less (2006)
Plot Summary:
10 Items or Less is a partly scripted, partly improvised American comedy series created by Nancy Hower, Robert Hickey and John Lehr. It starred Lehr as a less-than-successful businessman who returned home to run Greens & Grains, the family-owned supermarket, upon the death of his father. The series debuted on TBS on November 27, 2006. During its first season, the program aired Monday nights at 11 p.m. ET/PT. The second and third seasons aired on TBS Tuesday nights at 11 p.m. ET/PT. In November 2009, a blog posting stated the show had been cancelled, and would not be picked up for the fourth season.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, dark comedy, offbeat, realistic, witty
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Hardware (2003)
Plot Summary:
Hardware is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 2003 to 2004. Starring Martin Freeman, it was written and created by Simon Nye, the creator of Men Behaving Badly. The show's opening theme was A Taste of Honey by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 449
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Baked (2015)
Plot Summary:
The misadventures of three university flatmates who decide to start a midnight food delivery service. Watch as our oddball trio juggle student life with business, and invariably manage to land themselves into trouble.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Disjointed (2017)
Plot Summary:
Pot activist Ruth Whitefeather Feldman runs a medical marijuana dispensary while encouraging her loyal patients to chill out and enjoy the high life.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, funny, humorous, entertaining, feel good, captivating, satirical, semi serious, hilarious, absurd
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Fresh Off the Boat (2015)
Plot Summary:
A '90s-set single-camera comedy about a hip-hop-loving Asian kid growing up in suburban Orlando, being raised by an immigrant father obsessed with all things American and an immigrant mother often bewildered by white culture.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, funny, mumblecore, not serious, realistic, entertaining, retro, feel good, family comedy
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Benched (2014)
Plot Summary:
Nina is a dedicated, career driven corporate attorney who has a very public nervous breakdown after getting passed up for an expected promotion and now finds herself working as a public defender. Her personal and professional worlds are turned upside down when she joins the ranks of the legal world’s underdogs and very quickly realizes that the law isn't quite as fair as she once thought.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, semi serious, feel good, captivating, light, hilarious, realistic