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Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun
Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun is a six-part Australian sketch comedy series on Netflix, premiered November 11, 2020, starring the Melbourne trio Aunty Donna and produced with Ed Helms and Scott Aukerman.
Being Erica
Being Erica: Canadian comedy-drama (2009–2011) created by Jana Sinyor for CBC, starring Erin Karpluk and Michael Riley; 49 episodes in four seasons about time-travel therapy for regrets, aired in 160 countries.
Call My Agent!
Call My Agent! (Dix pour cent) is a 2015–2020 French comedy-drama created by Fanny Herrero for France 2, set at the Paris talent agency ASK, with celebrity guest stars playing themselves; a Netflix global hit spawning remakes.
Creamerie
Creamerie is a New Zealand dystopian black comedy series (2021-2023, TVNZ, Hulu, SBS) created by Roseanne Liang, JJ Fong, Perlina Lau, and Ally Xue, in which three dairy farmers find the last man alive after a plague kills the male population.
Danger 5
Danger 5: Australian action comedy TV series (SBS, 2012 and 2015) by Dario Russo and David Ashby, set in a 1960s-inspired WWII where five spies try to kill Hitler; also an Audible audio revival, Stereo Adventures.
El Chapulín Colorado
El Chapulín Colorado (The Red Grasshopper), created by Chespirito (Roberto Gómez Bolaños), is a comedic Mexican superhero parody series: sketch debut 1970, own sitcom 1973–1979, 256 episodes, iconic red costume, chipote chillón, and catchphrase "No contaban con mi astucia".
Escouade 99
Escouade 99 is the Quebec French adaptation of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, produced by ComediHa! for Club Illico, directed by Patrick Huard, two seasons 2020-2022, set in Quebec City's 99th precinct.
Family Business (French TV series)
Family Business: French Netflix comedy series (2019–2021, 3 seasons, 18 episodes) created by Igor Gotesman, also known as Joint Venture. Jonathan Cohen plays Joseph Hazan, who converts his father's kosher butcher shop into the cannabis coffee shop la Beucherie.
Fisk (TV series)
Fisk is an Australian ABC TV comedy (2021– ) created by and starring Kitty Flanagan as lawyer Helen Tudor-Fisk at the Melbourne wills-and-probate firm Gruber & Gruber, with Julia Zemiro, Marty Sheargold, and Aaron Chen; a Netflix international hit, distinct from Marvel's Wilson Fisk.
Flodder (TV series)
Flodder is a Dutch television comedy series about the antisocial Flodder family, a spin-off of Dick Maas's films, running for 5 seasons from 1993 to 1999.
Hum Paanch (हम पाँच) (TV series)
Hum Paanch (हम पाँच), Hindi sitcom on Zee TV from 1 March 1995, 345 episodes; Balaji Telefilms' first hit and Ekta Kapoor's debut at 17; Anand Mathur, five daughters, a talking photo frame; second season 2005–2006, IMDb 8.1/10.
Hyvät herrat
Hyvät herrat is a Finnish political satire TV series aired on MTV3 1990–1996, created by VipVision's Porola and Kummola, directed by Pertti Melasniemi, starring Matti Tuominen as kauppaneuvos Paukku, over 200 episodes.
Jijaji Chhat Per Hain
Jijaji Chhat Per Hain is a Hindi sitcom that aired on Sony SAB for 552 episodes, set in Chandni Chowk, Delhi, and starring Hiba Nawab as Elaichi Bansal.
King of Kensington
King of Kensington: Canadian CBC sitcom, 1975–1980, 111 episodes, created by Perry Rosemond, starring Al Waxman as Toronto variety-store owner Larry King; one of Canada's few hit sitcoms.
Kya Mast Hai Life (क्या मस्त है लाइफ)
Kya Mast Hai Life (क्या मस्त है लाइफ, KMHL) is a Hindi teen comedy-drama series (2009–2010, released 27 April 2009 in India) about teenagers at Redfield Academy; 130 episodes in two seasons, IMDb 8.5/10, starring Shaheer Sheikh and Shweta Tripathi.
Leonard and Hungry Paul
Leonard and Hungry Paul, Rónán Hession's 2019 debut novel (Bluemoose Books), about two quiet Dublin friends, a children's encyclopedia writer and a part-time postman; adapted in 2025 into a six-part BBC/RTÉ series narrated by Julia Roberts.
Letterkenny (TV series)
Letterkenny: Canadian sitcom created by Jared Keeso and Jacob Tierney, adapted from the 2013 YouTube series Letterkenny Problems; Crave's first original series, 12 seasons, 2016-2023, also on Hulu.
Nirvana the Band the Show
Nirvana the Band the Show is a Canadian mockumentary web series (2007-2009) by Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol about a songless band scheming to book Toronto's Rivoli; adapted as Nirvanna the Band the Show on Viceland (2017-2018) and a 2026 film.
Offspring (TV series)
Offspring is an Australian comedy-drama series (Network Ten, 2010–2017, seven seasons, 85 episodes) about Melbourne obstetrician Nina Proudman (Asher Keddie), her chaotic Proudman family and romances, created by Debra Oswald with fantasy daydream sequences.
Outrageous Fortune (TV series)
Outrageous Fortune is a New Zealand comedy-drama series about a criminal family in West Auckland trying to go straight, which ran for six seasons from 2005 to 2010.
Packed to the Rafters
Packed to the Rafters: Australian Seven Network comedy-drama (2008–2013, six seasons) created by Bevan Lee, starring Rebecca Gibney and Erik Thomson as Dave and Julie Rafter; Logie-winning hit continued as Back to the Rafters (2020).
Paquita Salas
Paquita Salas: Spanish mockumentary comedy series by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo (los Javis), starring Brays Efe as a 1990s talent agent. Three seasons, 16 episodes, Flooxer 2016 then Netflix, one Ondas and four Feroz awards.
SeaChange
SeaChange (Seachange) is an Australian comedy-drama TV series created by Deb Cox and Andrew Knight, airing on the ABC 1998-2000 (39 episodes) and revived by Nine in 2019. Sigrid Thornton stars as lawyer-turned-magistrate Laura Gibson in the coastal town of Pearl Bay; it won three Logies for Most Outstanding Drama Series.
Sexify
Sexify is a Polish Netflix comedy-drama series (2021–2023) by Kalina Alabrudzińska and Piotr Domalewski, starring Aleksandra Skraba, Maria Sobocińska, and Sandra Drzymalska as students building a female-orgasm app; two seasons, 16 episodes.
Strays (TV series)
Strays is a Canadian CBC sitcom (2021-2022), a Kim's Convenience spin-off starring Nicole Power as Shannon Ross, executive director of the Hamilton East Animal Shelter; two seasons, 20 episodes, developed by Kevin White.
The Beachcombers
The Beachcombers, Canadian CBC comedy-drama series (1972–1990, 387 episodes) about log salvagers in Gibsons, B.C., starring Bruno Gerussi, Pat John, and Robert Clothier; longest-running English-Canadian TV drama.
The Gendarme
The Gendarme (Le Gendarme) is a six-film French comedy series (1964–1982) directed by Jean Girault, starring Louis de Funès as gendarme Ludovic Cruchot of Saint-Tropez; the first film sold 7.8 million tickets, the series nearly 36 million. Also the title of Mark Mustian's 2010 novel.
The Hook Up Plan
The Hook Up Plan (Plan Cœur) is a French Netflix romantic comedy series (2018–2022, 3 seasons, 20 episodes) created by Chris Lang, Noémie Saglio, and Julien Teisseire, about friends secretly hiring an escort for Elsa, played by Zita Hanrot.
The Letdown
The Letdown is an Australian comedy-drama series created by Alison Bell and Sarah Scheller about new mother Audrey and her mothers' group. Aired on ABC 2017–2019 in two seasons (13 episodes), won 2018 AACTA Best Comedy Program, streamed on Netflix worldwide from April 2018.
The Producers (프로듀사) (TV series)
The Producers (프로듀사, Peurodyusa) is a 2015 KBS2 Korean variety drama, 12 episodes, May 15–June 20, 2015, written by Park Ji-Eun, starring Kim Soo-Hyun, Cha Tae-Hyun, Kong Hyo-Jin, and IU, the first drama made by KBS's entertainment division.