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A Man on the Inside

A Man on the Inside is an American comedy series starring Ted Danson. It follows a retired professor who goes undercover in a San Francisco retirement community to solve a crime.

Acapulco (2021 TV series)

Acapulco is a bilingual Apple TV+ comedy (2021-2025) created by Austin Winsberg, Eduardo Cisneros, and Jason Shuman, based on How to Be a Latin Lover, starring Eugenio Derbez and Enrique Arrizon as Máximo Gallardo at the 1984 Las Colinas resort; four seasons, 40 episodes.

Adults (TV series)

Adults is an FX/Hulu ensemble comedy created by Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw about five twenty-something friends in Queens, New York. Premiered May 28, 2025; renewed for a second season in October 2025; stars Malik Elassal, Lucy Freyer, Jack Innanen, Amita Rao, and Owen Thiele.

American Classic (TV series)

American Classic is an MGM+ comedy-drama series created by Michael Hoffman and Bob Martin, premiering March 1, 2026. Kevin Kline plays Broadway star Richard Bean, who returns to his Pennsylvania hometown to save the family theater with an Our Town production, co-starring Laura Linney and Jon Tenney.

Based on a True Story (TV series)

Based on a True Story, also called BOATS, is a Peacock dark comedy thriller created by Craig Rosenberg, starring Kaley Cuoco, Chris Messina, and Tom Bateman as a couple making a true crime podcast with serial killer Matt, the Westside Ripper; two seasons, 16 episodes, 2023 to 2024, cancelled April 2025.

Big Shot (TV series)

Big Shot is a Disney+ sports dramedy (2021-2022) created by David E. Kelley, Dean Lorey, and Brad Garrett, starring John Stamos as NCAA coach Marvyn Korn coaching girls' basketball at Westbrook, an elite girls' school, canceled after two seasons.

Bookie

Bookie is an American Max comedy series, also titled How to Be a Bookie, created by Chuck Lorre and Nick Bakay, starring Sebastian Maniscalco as a Los Angeles bookie facing legalized sports betting; two seasons, 2023-2025, then canceled.

Brews Brothers

Brothers is a 2020 American comedy series on Netflix, created by Greg Schaffer. It follows two estranged brothers who run a craft brewery in Los Angeles.

Brothers (2026 TV series)

Brothers is a 2026 Apple TV comedy in which Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson play fictionalized versions of themselves whose friendship is tested when a family secret suggests they might be half-brothers; eight episodes premiered September 23, 2026.

Bust Down

Bust Down is a 2022 Peacock comedy series created by and starring Sam Jay, Langston Kerman, Jak Knight, and Chris Redd as four casino employees in Gary, Indiana; one six-episode season, canceled, Metacritic 76.

Chad (TV series)

Chad is an American cringe comedy created by and starring Nasim Pedrad as Chad Amani, a 14-year-old Persian-American boy; developed at Fox from 2016, it ran on TBS from 2021 and the Roku Channel, ending in 2024.

Chad Powers

Chad Powers is a Hulu sports comedy co-created by Glen Powell and Michael Waldron, based on Eli Manning's Eli's Places sketch. Powell plays disgraced quarterback Russ Holliday disguised as walk-on Chad Powers; two seasons, 2025 and 2026.

Country Comfort

Country Comfort is a 2021 Netflix multi-camera family sitcom created by Caryn Lucas, starring Katharine McPhee as singer-nanny Bailey and Eddie Cibrian as widower Beau; one season of 10 episodes, Emmy-winning cinematography, canceled July 2021.

Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!

Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! is a 2021 Netflix multi-cam sitcom starring Jamie Foxx as single dad Brian Dixon, created with Jim Patterson, inspired by Corinne Foxx; eight episodes, cancelled after one season.

Dave (TV series)

Dave (TV series), FXX comedy (2020–2023) created by Dave Burd (Lil Dicky) and Jeff Schaffer, a semi-autobiographical show about a white Jewish rapper; FX's most-watched comedy until The Bear, on hiatus since February 2024.

Deli Boys

Deli Boys is a Hulu crime comedy series created by Abdullah Saeed, starring Asif Ali, Saagar Shaikh, and Poorna Jagannathan as Pakistani Americans running a drug-front deli empire; two seasons, 2025 to 2026, then canceled.

Diarra from Detroit

Diarra from Detroit (no alternate titles) is an American comedy-mystery series created by and starring Diarra Kilpatrick, premiering on BET+ March 21, 2024, with season two on Paramount+ July 29, 2026.

Dig (2026 TV series)

Dig (DIG) is a 2026 Peacock comedy series created by Amy Poehler and Mike Schur, adapted from Kate Myers' novel Excavations; four women archaeologists in Greece uncover a conspiracy-tied artifact. Ten episodes premiere November 23, 2026, starring Poehler, Hugh Laurie, Viswanathan, Thomas, and Strazza.

Divorced Sistas

Tyler Perry's Divorced Sistas is a BET+ (later Paramount+) comedy-drama and second Sistas spinoff, following five friends through divorce, marriage, and dating; it premiered June 2025 and became BET+'s most-watched original series.

DTF St. Louis

DTF St. Louis is a 2026 HBO seven-episode limited series created, written, and directed by Steven Conrad, starring Jason Bateman, David Harbour, and Linda Cardellini in a suburban love-triangle murder mystery that premiered March 1, 2026.

Étoile (TV series)

Étoile (French for "star") is a 2025 Prime Video ballet comedy-drama by Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino: New York and Paris companies swap dancers; 8 episodes, canceled after one season despite a two-season order.

Everyone Is Doing Great

Everyone Is Doing Great: comedy-drama created by and starring One Tree Hill's James Lafferty and Stephen Colletti about two typecast actors after a hit vampire drama. Hulu 2021; both seasons on Netflix from May 11, 2026.

Everything's Gonna Be Okay

Everything's Gonna Be Okay is a Freeform comedy-drama created by Josh Thomas, premiering January 16, 2020, later canceled after two seasons. It stars Kayla Cromer as autistic Matilda and is noted for casting autistic actors in autistic roles.

Fantasmas (TV series)

Fantasmas is a six-episode HBO surrealist comedy created, written, directed by, and starring Julio Torres, premiering June 7, 2024. It follows Julio seeking a lost gold oyster earring in a dreamlike New York, with Martine Gutierrez and Joe Rumrill; 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and a Peabody Award.

Friends: The Reunion

Friends: The Reunion (2021), an unscripted HBO Max special directed by Ben Winston, reunited Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer on Stage 24 on May 27, 2021, with celebrity guests and no scripted scenes.

Girls5eva

Girls5eva is an American musical comedy series created by Meredith Scardino, starring Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Busy Philipps, and Paula Pell as a reunited one-hit-wonder 1990s girl group; three seasons, 22 episodes, Peacock then Netflix, cancelled December 2024.

Glamorous

Glamorous is a 2023 Netflix comedy-drama, 10 episodes, created by Jordon Nardino, starring Miss Benny as queer makeup influencer Marco Mejia and Kim Cattrall as mogul Madolyn Addison; canceled after one season in November 2023.

God's Favorite Idiot

God's Favorite Idiot: Netflix workplace fantasy comedy created by Ben Falcone, starring Falcone and Melissa McCarthy, premiered June 15, 2022 with eight episodes; Clark Thompson becomes God's messenger, 33% on Rotten Tomatoes, ended after one season.

Government Cheese (TV series)

Government Cheese is a 2025 Apple TV+ surrealist family comedy-drama created by Paul Hunter and Aeysha Carr, starring David Oyelowo as ex-convict Hampton Chambers in 1969 San Fernando Valley; ten episodes aired April 16 to May 28, 2025.

Harlem (TV series)

Harlem is a Prime Video comedy series created by Tracy Oliver, premiering December 3, 2021, following four Black thirtysomething friends (Meagan Good, Jerrie Johnson, Grace Byers, Shoniqua Shandai) in New York; it ran three seasons and was canceled after season 3.