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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
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Toren C (2008)
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Margôt Ros and Maike Meijer play 40 different characters working in office tower Toren C, an office hell of eight flours, filled with a plethora of ridiculous situations.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Comedy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 25 min
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The Librarians (2007)
Plot Summary:
The Librarians is an Australian television comedy series which premiered on 31 October 2007 on ABC TV. In Ireland the show airs on RTÉ Two. The series is produced and written by Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope who are also the principal cast members. Hope is also the series' director. The first series comprised six half-hour episodes. The second series with another six episodes began airing on 5 August 2009 and was filmed at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds. The series centres on the trials and tribulations of Frances O'Brien, a devoutly Catholic and blithely racist head-librarian. Her life unravels when she is forced to employ her ex-best friend, Christine Grimwood – now a drug dealer – as the children's librarian. Frances must do all she can to contain her menacing past and concentrate on the biggest event of the library calendar – Book Week. Filming on a third series took place in early 2010 aired on ABC1 that year. The Librarians theme music is an upbeat variation on the popular jazz chart "A Night in Tunisia" by Dizzy Gillespie.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 561
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, realistic, sitcom, multicultural, neurotic
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Borderline (2016)
Plot Summary:
Mockumentary based in the border security office of fictional Northend Airport, a small provincial airport which may lack a little in glamour, but still must abide by the same rules as larger international airports.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, sitcom, parody
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The Unemployment of Danny London (2010)
Plot Summary:
When Danny London, a star PR guy, finds himself without a job due to layoffs, he struggles to adapt to his new life and those around him that just don't understand.
IMDB Rating: 9.4
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 8 min
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Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central) (2002)
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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
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Surgical Spirit (1989)
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Surgical spirit is a British situation-comedy television series starring Nichola McAuliffe and Duncan Preston that was broadcast from 14 April 1989 through to 7 July 1995. It was written by Annie Bruce, Raymond Dixon, Graeme Garden, Peter Learmouth, Paul McKenzie and Annie Wood. It was made for the ITV network by Humphrey Barclay Productions for Granada Television.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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Respectable (2006)
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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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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)
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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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It's a Living (1980)
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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)
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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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The Strange Calls (2012)
Plot Summary:
City cop Toby Banks is demoted to night duty at Coolum Beach. He joins local eccentric Gregor to investigate the strange calls: phone calls that expose the paranormal mysteries of the town.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 821
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, sitcom, detective, not serious, urban fantasy
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Blockbuster (2022)
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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
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Free Agents (2011)
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Free Agents is an American re-make of a British workplace sitcom that premiered on NBC September 14, 2011, in the 10:30 pm Eastern/9:30 pm Central time slot, before assuming its regular time slot on September 21, 2011, where it aired at 8:30 pm Eastern/7:30 pm Central on Wednesday nights. It is based on the British comedy series of the same name that was created by Chris Niel, who also serves as co-creator and producer on this version with John Enbom, Karey Burke, Todd Holland, and Kenton Allen for Big Talk Productions, Dark Toy Productions and Universal Television. This show was the last series to be produced by Universal Media Studios during the revival of Universal Television. NBC canceled Free Agents on October 6, 2011 after four episodes were broadcast. The remaining four episodes produced were later released via Hulu on January 16, 2012.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, talky, sweet, sitcom, romantic comedy, fast
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Call Me Kat (2021)
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Kat is a woman who struggles every day against society and her mother to prove that she can still live a happy and fulfilling life despite still being single at 39. Which is why she recently spent her entire savings to open a cat café in Louisville, Kentucky.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: sitcom, light, humorous, feel good
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Trollied (2011)
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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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The Jane Show (2004)
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The Jane Show is a Canadian television sitcom produced by Shaftesbury Films that was shown on Global from 2006 to 2007. The series stars Teresa Pavlinek as Jane Black, an aspiring novelist who takes a corporate job after her life undergoes a major upheaval. The show's cast also included Patricia Zentilli, Darren Boyd, Kate Trotter, Hardee T. Lineham, and Andrew Misle. Global originally aired the series pilot in December 2004, but retooled and redeveloped the program before ordering more episodes, which aired in 2006. The second season aired in 2007. The show was officially cancelled by Global on June 28, 2007.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 282
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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That's So Weird! (2009)
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That's So Weird was a Canadian sketch comedy television show owned by the Halifax Film Company and was broadcast on YTV. The show has been described as SCTV or Mad TV for teenagers and includes an array of comedic skits.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, witty, clever, sketch comedy
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Lowdown (2010)
Plot Summary:
Lowdown shines a torch on the life of a man whose job it is to feed the public's insatiable appetite for celebrity gossip. Alex Burchill, the author of the Lowdown column which appears in the once great but now ailing tabloid newspaper – the Sunday Sun. Each week Alex interviews celebrities for his column, and each week at least one of those celebrities ruins his week. Sometimes the celebrity gets drunk and punches Alex out. Sometimes the celebrity gets him arrested. Usually the celebrity sleeps with his girlfriend, Rita. It may not sound like much of a life, but it invariably leads to great copy and the readers love it. In fact, it's the only thing standing between the Sunday Sun and oblivion.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, feel good, captivating, sitcom, realistic
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Utopia (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set inside the offices of the "Nation Building Authority", a newly created government organisation responsible for overseeing major infrastructure projects, Utopia explores that moment when bureaucracy and grand dreams collide. It's a tribute to those political leaders who have somehow managed to take a long-term vision and use it for short-term gain.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 27 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, semi serious, realistic, mockumentary, hilarious, biting, suspense
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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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Sophie (2008)
Plot Summary:
Sophie is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on CBC from January 9, 2008 to March 23, 2009. It stars Natalie Brown as Sophie Parker, an unmarried single mother and talent agent. The show is an English-language adaptation of Télévision de Radio-Canada's show Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin. The show was created by Richard Blaimert and its executive producer is Jocelyn Deschênes, the same creative team behind the original series. It was the CBC's second attempt in as many years to create an English adaptation of a successful series from its French sister network, following the less successful Rumours. In February 2008, it was announced that the show had been bought by ABC Family, part of Disney-ABC Television Group in the United States. The network signed on for the first 13 episodes, as well as an option for the second season of the show. On March 27, 2009, the series was cancelled by CBC due to poor ratings.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, captivating, semi serious, realistic
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Goodnight Burbank (2011)
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, sitcom, suspense, biting
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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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Nightcap (2016)
Plot Summary:
A laugh-at-itself, satirical look at the late-night TV landscape, set behind the scenes of the fictitious talk show Nightcap With Jimmy.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 530
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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The Smoking Room (2004)
Plot Summary:
The Smoking Room is a British television sitcom written by Brian Dooley, who won a BAFTA for the series in 2005. The first series, consisting of eight episodes, was originally transmitted on BBC Three between 29 June and 17 August 2004. The Christmas Special was first transmitted on 20 December 2004. A second series of eight episodes began airing on 26 July 2005. The first series, including the Christmas Special, was released on DVD by the BBC on 6 February 2006 and on CD in a four-disc set on 4 April 2005. The second series was released on 16 October 2006; a boxed set containing both series was released on the same date. There will not be a third series; in an interview for the BBC News website on 30 November 2006, the actor Robert Webb who plays Robin, said in passing, "...there is no more Smoking Room". England's smoking ban, which prohibits indoor smoking in workplaces, came into force on 1 July 2007, as a result of which internal smoking rooms, like the one in which the series is set, became illegal.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 938
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Stupid, Stupid Man (2006)
Plot Summary:
Stupid, Stupid Man is an Australian television comedy which originally aired on TV1. It is set in the office of a fictional men's magazine COQ, parodying such men's magazines as FHM and Ralph. The first season began broadcasting on 14 November 2006, and a second season began on 11 December 2007. On 29 January 2008, the final episode of the show aired, and it was cancelled.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, sitcom
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Bloods (2021)
Plot Summary:
When tough-acting loner paramedic Maleek is paired with over-friendly divorcee Wendy, their partnership looks dead on arrival. But pretty soon they're giving each other life support.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, sitcom
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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
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Resident Advisors (2015)
Plot Summary:
Resident Advisors is an outrageous comedy set in the most hormonally-overloaded, sexually active, out-of-control workplace in the world: a college dorm. The show follows a group of resident assistants as they navigate sex, drugs, and midterms.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 858
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: sitcom, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious