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How to Rock
How to Rock: 2012 Nickelodeon live-action musical sitcom starring Cymphonique Miller as Kacey Simon, based on Meg Haston's book How to Rock Braces and Glasses; premiered February 4, 2012, canceled after one season.
Impastor
Impastor: American TV Land single-camera sitcom (2015-2016), created by Christopher Vane, starring Michael Rosenbaum as con man Buddy Dobbs posing as a gay Lutheran pastor; 2 seasons, 20 episodes, cancelled December 2016.
Infomercials
Infomercials are long-form television advertisements, typically 28-30 minutes, styled as talk shows or demonstrations. Emerging after 1984 US deregulation, they average 5.82 information cues and face FTC paid-advertisement disclosure rules.
Insecure (TV series)
Insecure, HBO comedy-drama created by and starring Issa Rae with Larry Wilmore, ran 2016–2021 for five seasons, following Issa Dee and Molly Carter in South Los Angeles; Peabody winner, 14 Emmy nominations.
Joe Pera Talks with You
Joe Pera Talks with You is an Adult Swim live-action comedy (2018-2021, three seasons) starring Joe Pera as a Michigan Upper Peninsula choir teacher discussing mundane topics; canceled 2022.
Kickin' It
Kickin' It is an American comedy television series created by Jim O'Doherty about a struggling karate dojo, airing on Disney XD from 2011 to 2015.
Lab Rats (American TV series)
Lab Rats is an American Disney XD live-action comedy that premiered February 27, 2012, about bionic siblings Adam, Bree, and Chase discovered by Leo Dooley; 90 episodes, four seasons, ended February 2016, with the Elite Force spinoff.
Lady Dynamite
Lady Dynamite is a Netflix single-camera comedy (2016–2017, 2 seasons, 20 episodes) created by Pam Brady and Mitch Hurwitz, starring Maria Bamford as a fictionalized self recovering from a bipolar crisis across Past, Present, and Duluth timelines; cancelled after season 2.
Malibu Rescue
Malibu Rescue is a Netflix live-action comedy franchise (2019 film, 2019 eight-episode series, 2020 film The Next Wave) about Valley teens competing as junior lifeguards against Malibu locals, starring Ricardo Hurtado and Breanna Yde.
Man Seeking Woman
Man Seeking Woman: FXX surrealist romantic comedy (2015-2017) by Simon Rich, adapted from The Last Girlfriend on Earth, starring Jay Baruchel as Josh Greenberg; canceled after three seasons despite a Metascore of 89 for season 3.
Maron (TV series)
Maron is an IFC comedy series (2013-2016, four seasons) starring Marc Maron as a fictionalized version of himself hosting a garage podcast, with Judd Hirsch, Sally Kellerman, and Nora Zehetner; Metascore 73, season 4 scored 82.
Master of None
Master of None is a Netflix comedy co-created by Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang (2015–2021, 3 seasons, 25 episodes) about Dev, a 30-year-old Indian American actor in New York; Peabody and Emmy-winning, ended with the Denise-focused Moments in Love season.
Miracle Workers (2019 TV series)
Miracle Workers is a TBS anthology comedy (2019-2023) created by Simon Rich from his book What in God's Name, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Steve Buscemi, Geraldine Viswanathan, Karan Soni, and Jon Bass as a new cast of characters each season: Heaven, Dark Ages, Oregon Trail, and End Times. Cancelled after four seasons in November 2023.
Mr. Iglesias
Mr. Iglesias is a Netflix multi-camera sitcom created by Kevin Hench, starring Gabriel Iglesias as a history teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School, Long Beach; 21 episodes in three parts, 2019-2020, canceled July 2021.
No Activity
No Activity is an American comedy series adapted from the Australian Stan original, created by Trent O'Donnell and Patrick Brammall. CBS All Access's first original comedy, it ran four seasons (2017–2021), 32 episodes, becoming animated in season 4 on Paramount+.
NTSF:SD:SUV::
NTSF:SD:SUV:: (National Terrorism Strike Force: San Diego: Sport Utility Vehicle::) is Paul Scheer's Adult Swim police-procedural parody, born from a Childrens Hospital fake ad, airing three seasons, 2011–2013, starring Mulgrew, Starr, Romijn, Gillan.
One Mississippi (TV series)
One Mississippi is an Amazon Prime Video semi-autobiographical dark comedy created by Tig Notaro and Diablo Cody, starring Notaro as a radio host returning to Bay St. Lucille, Mississippi after her mother's death; two six-episode seasons, 2016-2017, cancelled 2018, Metascore 78, 96% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Pair of Kings
Pair of Kings: Disney XD live-action tween sitcom (2010-2013) created by Dan Cross and David Hoge, starring Mitchel Musso and Doc Shaw as twin kings of Kinkow; Adam Hicks replaced Musso in season 3.
PEN15
PEN15 is a Hulu cringe comedy (2019-2021) in which creators Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle play their 13-year-old selves in the year 2000; Emmy-nominated, two seasons, Peabody nominee.
People of Earth
People of Earth: TBS comedy series (2016–2017), created by David Jenkins, about skeptical journalist Ozzie Graham (Wyatt Cenac) investigating the StarCrossed alien-abductee support group; two seasons, 20 episodes, canceled in 2018.
Playing House (TV series)
Playing House is a USA Network comedy (2014-2017) created by and starring real-life best friends Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair as Maggie and Emma, who raise a baby together in Pinebrook, CT; three seasons, 26 episodes, Metascore 65.
Prince of Peoria
Prince of Peoria: Netflix live-action multi-cam tween sitcom (2018-2019), created by Nick Stanton and Devin Bunje; Buronian prince Emil (Gavin Lewis) lives incognito in Peoria, Illinois with Teddy (Theodore Barnes); 16 episodes plus a Christmas special, ended without a third season.
Real Rob
Real Rob is a Netflix sitcom (2015–2017, 16 episodes) in which Rob Schneider plays an exaggerated version of himself, intercut with stand-up clips, co-written with wife Patricia Azarcoya Arce; it holds a 0% Rotten Tomatoes critic score.
Sam & Cat
Sam & Cat is an American teen sitcom created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon, starring Jennette McCurdy and Ariana Grande, which aired from 2013 to 2014.
Search Party (TV series)
Search Party (2016-2022) is an American dark comedy series created by Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers, and Michael Showalter, starring Alia Shawkat as Dory Sief; it ran two seasons on TBS and three on HBO Max, shifting genre each season.
Shake It Up (American TV series)
Shake It Up (A todo ritmo) is a Disney Channel teen sitcom (2010-2013) created by Chris Thompson, starring Bella Thorne and Zendaya as Chicago friends who become dancers on the show Shake It Up Chicago; Disney's first dance-driven sitcom, three seasons, four soundtracks.
Shrill (TV series)
Shrill is a Hulu comedy series (2019-2021, three seasons, 22 episodes) starring Aidy Bryant as Annie Easton, loosely adapted from Lindy West's 2016 memoir Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman; co-created by Bryant, West, and Ali Rushfield, set in Portland, Oregon.
Silicon Valley (TV series)
Silicon Valley is HBO's 2014-2019 comedy series created by Mike Judge, John Altschuler, and Dave Krinsky, satirizing tech startups through programmer Richard Hendricks and Pied Piper; six seasons, 53 episodes, 41 Emmy nominations.
Sirens (2014 TV series)
Sirens (2014 TV series), also known as Sirens USA, is an American comedy adapted from a British series, created by Bob Fisher and Denis Leary, following three Chicago EMTs; it ran two seasons on USA Network, 2014-2015, starring Michael Mosley, Kevin Daniels, and Kevin Bigley.
Sistas (TV series)
Tyler Perry's Sistas is a BET comedy-drama premiering October 23, 2019, following four single Black women in Atlanta (Andi, Danni, Karen, Sabrina). Now in its 10th season with 212 episodes, spinoffs Zatima and Divorced Sistas, and top cable ratings among Black adults 18-49.