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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:
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Comeback (2008)
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Comeback is a Czech television sitcom which premiered on TV Nova on September 4, 2008.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration:
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Isn't She Lovely? (2020)
Plot Summary:
A couple of parents get in over their heads when they decide to use Scandinavian alternative teaching methods for their teenager.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Comedy
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 91 min
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Beginners! (2012)
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Shimura Teppei (Fujigaya Taisuke) grew up watching his policeman father who would ride side-by-side in marathons because he was a motorcycle cop, and dreamt of being a marathon runner as a child. But Teppei’s father lost his job and disappeared. Teppei ruined himself by becoming a well-known delinquent in the area. Under the influence of his childhood friend, Yuichi, Teppei chose to become a policeman after graduating from high school. He miraculously passed the recruitment exam and entered the police academy. However, he has been assigned to a “class of reserves” (Goriki Ayame, Koyanagi Yu, Okamoto Azusa, Mizusawa Erina, Ishii Tomoya, Mori Ren) which is a gathering of odds and ends. There are eight of them and each day they are only instructed by the assistant teacher, Ryuzaki Misaki, to sweep the academy grounds … ….
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
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Primo (2023)
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A coming-of-age comedy about a Mexican-American teenager balancing college aspirations, societal expectations, and a hectic home life anchored by his single mom and five uncles.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: teen comedy
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Teenage Kicks (2008)
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Teenage Kicks is a British sitcom starring Adrian Edmondson, Ed Coleman and Laura Aikman, filmed at Teddington Studios. Originally as a radio show for BBC Radio 2 in 2007, it was turned into a TV series by Phil McIntyre Productions for ITV. The show ran for 8 episodes beginning 28 March 2008 although the show was not recommissioned for any further series. The opening theme tune is "Teenage Kicks" by the band The Undertones.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: non fiction, alternative comedy
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Goldie's teenage life is turned upside down when her family flies from America to the UK to move in with their Grandpa Maury and his three ‘70 something’ roommates.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration:
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Nine to Five (1982)
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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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Reexamining his own legacy, a renowned figure in erotic cinema decides to branch out and make movies in other genres, from sci-fi to medieval action.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: erotic, sitcom
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Flatmates (2019)
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Two lads, three girls, one flat. Flatmates follows the lives of five teens as they take their first uncertain steps into adulthood whilst trying to fulfil the millennial dream.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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Almost Heroes (2011)
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Almost Heroes was a Canadian comedy TV series that premiered on Thursday, June 2, 2011 on Showcase, and ran for one season before being discontinued by Showcase at the beginning of the 2011 fall season. The series is centered on the lives of two brothers, Pete and Terry, played by Ryan Belleville and Paul Campbell, running their late father's comic book store, "The Silver Salmon". The series was created by brothers Jason Belleville and Ryan Belleville. The series also stars well-known Canadian comedian Colin Mochrie. Canadian comedian Fraser Young is one of the writers and story editors for the show.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 387
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, captivating, entertaining, light, feel good, realistic, not serious
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All About Me (2002)
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All About Me is a British television sitcom starring Jasper Carrott about a multicultural family living in Birmingham. It was broadcast on BBC One from 2002 to 2004. All About Me was created by Steve Knight, who also wrote many of the early episodes.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
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Zhuki (2019)
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Nikita, Den and Artemy have developed unique application, and they've almost sold it to become their dreams come true. But last moment guys had to serve in the military. They arrived to village Zhuki, and tried to finish application. But it's rather hard as there is no Internet.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 471
Genere: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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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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Way to Go (2012)
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A black comedy about three ordinary guys who find themselves, forced by an extraordinary set of circumstances, into setting up an assisted-suicide business.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration:
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Mr. D (2012)
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, cynical, semi autobiographical, feel good
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Schooled (2019)
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It’s 1990-something, and since Lainey still hasn’t achieved rock ‘n’ roll greatness, she returns to William Penn Academy as the new music teacher.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, entertaining, sitcom, retro, funny, witty
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Plot Summary:
The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 968
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 23 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 251
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Country: Russia
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: sweet, sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Team Kaylie (2019)
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After a brush with the law, teen celebrity Kaylie Konrad swaps social stardom for court-ordered chaos as a middle school wilderness club leader.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 412
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, sitcom, children's program
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Plot Summary:
Life of a family of five: father, mother and their three boys.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, feel good, entertaining, light, captivating, sentimental, realistic, semi serious
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Breaker High (1997)
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Breaker High is a Canadian teen comedy-drama series that ran from 1997 to 1998, airing on YTV in Canada and on UPN in the United States.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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After School: Lucky or Not (2013)
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School's back in session, and everybody's favorite group of boys (reprised by the idol group 5urprise) are back for a new semester of extracurricular antics. This season, the magical mentors reassemble with their newly elected leader (played by Song Joo Hee of Hello Venus), a bashful student who quickly discovers a new breed of cram school that's full of wondrous adventures and life lessons.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Saving My Stupid Youth (2014)
Plot Summary:
Heisuke teaches at his alma mater, an all-boy’s Buddhist high school and leads a very ordinary life, except for the fact that he is still tortured by the memory of an unfortunate incident that took place there involving him and his school 14 years ago. In hopes of closure, he strikes upon a plan to jointly hold this year’s Culture Festival with a nearby girl’s school, with which there are chilly relations. Determined at all costs to make the event a success, Heisuke finds himself dealing with a constant stream of problems along the way.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 580
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, sexy
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Derry Girls (2018)
Plot Summary:
Set in the early 1990s, this sitcom features the personal exploits of a 16 year old girl, her family and friends during the Troubles.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, atmospheric, sincere, touching, entertaining, funny, feel good, controversial, cult classic