The History of Comedy

Watch Trailer Watch Series

The History of Comedy

2017- 2018

2 Seasons

14 Episodes

6.6(9 votes)

Returning Series

Documentary

Comedy

Overview

Explore what makes us laugh, why, and how that's influenced our social and political landscape throughout history.

Links & Resources

Website IMDbView

Social & External

IMDb

Production Companies

Videos & Trailers

2 videos

Cast & Crew

43 members

Acting

Ali Wong

Self

Writing

Larry David

Self - Creator, Seinfeld

Acting

Rain Pryor

Self

Acting

Gilbert Gottfried

Self

Production

David Zucker

Self

Production

Kent Alterman

Self

Acting

Rob Reiner

Self

Writing

Anne Beatts

Self

No Image

Acting

Betty White

Self

Acting

Todd Boyd

Self

No Image

Acting

Patton Oswalt

Self

Directing

Judd Apatow

Self

Writing

Cindy Chupack

Self

Acting

Bobcat Goldthwait

Self

Acting

Bob Mankoff

Self

No Image

Acting

Lewis Black

Self

Directing

Larry Charles

Self

Acting

Jim Jefferies

Self

Acting

Arsenio Hall

Self

Production

Jerry Zucker

Self

Acting

Craig Ferguson

Self

Acting

Sarah Silverman

Self

Acting

Keegan-Michael Key

Self

Acting

'Weird Al' Yankovic

Self

Acting

Marc Maron

Self

Acting

Laraine Newman

Self

Acting

Al Franken

Self

Acting

Harry Shearer

Self

Directing

Robert B. Weide

Self

Acting

W. Kamau Bell

Self

Acting

Samantha Bee

Self

Acting

Neal Brennan

Self

Writing

Larry David

Self

Directing

Kevin Smith

Self

Acting

Carol Burnett

Self

Acting

Carl Reiner

Self

Acting

Jimmy Kimmel

Self

Acting

Maria Bamford

Self

Directing

Adam McKay

Self

Acting

Conan O'Brien

Self

Acting

Robert Klein

Self

Acting

P. J. O'Rourke

Self

Acting

Elayne Boosler

Self

Similar TV Shows

No Similar Shows Found

We couldn't find shows similar to this one, but we're always adding new content.

More shows coming soon

Recommended Tv Shows

7.4

2007

You Know What's Bullshit?

A disgruntled man with a mound of cow dung for a head talks about various, every day items, and how they are all, in fact, worthless.

TV Series

6.6

2017

I Love You, America

Follow Sarah Silverman as she looks to connect with people who may not agree with her personal opinions through honesty, humor, genuine interest in others and not taking herself too seriously. She feels that now more than ever it's crucial to connect with un-like-minded people.

TV Series

6.8

2025

Public Disorder

Following the fateful aftermath of a demonstration, tensions rise within a riot squad that struggles to separate work from personal life.

TV Series

6.0

2017

SMILF

A raw and honest comedic look at a single, 20-something from Southie whose desires for relationships, sex, and a career collide with the realities of young, single motherhood.

TV Series

7.6

2016

Queen of the South

Teresa flees Mexico after her drug-runner boyfriend is murdered. Settling in Dallas, she looks to become the country's reigning drug smuggler and to avenge her lover's murder.

TV Series

9.1

2023

Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays

Selena Gomez is at the top of her game as a musical artist, actor, businesswoman, and philanthropist, but she calls in the experts to help amp up her kitchen skills for the holidays. This year she has invited all-star chefs Eric Adjepong, Alex Guarnaschelli, Michael Symon, and Claudette Zepeda to bring their favorite dishes and culinary wisdom to her home kitchen so they can cook up perfect holiday meals to share with friends and family.

TV Series

8.1

2022

Black Bird

As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: If he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, Jimmy will be freed. Completing this mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime.

TV Series

7.7

2018

Manifest

After landing from a turbulent but routine flight, the crew and passengers of Montego Air Flight 828 discover five years have passed in what seemed like a few hours. As their new realities become clear, a deeper mystery unfolds and some of the returned passengers soon realize they may be meant for something greater than they ever thought possible.

TV Series

7.3

2020

Perry Mason

Set in 1932 Los Angeles, the series focuses on the origin story of famed defense lawyer Perry Mason. Living check-to-check as a low-rent private investigator, Mason is haunted by his wartime experiences in France and suffering the effects of a broken marriage. L.A. is booming while the rest of the country recovers from the Great Depression — but a kidnapping gone very wrong leads to Mason exposing a fractured city as he uncovers the truth of the crime.

TV Series

8.2

2018

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

As her 16th birthday nears, Sabrina must choose between the witch world of her family and the human world of her friends. Based on the Archie comic.

TV Series

7.5

2016

90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?

Life after the 90 Days continues as the couples look back on their 90-day journey and realize their lives as newlyweds have not gotten easier.

TV Series

8.2

2020

Alice in Borderland

With his two friends, a video-game-obsessed young man finds himself in a strange version of Tokyo where they must compete in dangerous games to win.

TV Series

7.8

2022

The Peripheral

Stuck in a small Appalachian town, a young woman’s only escape from the daily grind is playing advanced video games. She is such a good player that a company sends her a new video game system to test…but it has a surprise in store. It unlocks all of her dreams of finding a purpose, romance, and glamour in what seems like a game…but it also puts her and her family in real danger.

TV Series

6.5

2024

Past Lies

A group of women's lives are suddenly shaken by the appearance of a high school classmate who disappeared twenty-five years earlier on their senior trip.

TV Series

6.2

2024

Apples Never Fall

Follow the Delaneys, who from the outside appear to be an enviably contented family. Former tennis coaches Joy and Stan are parents to four adult children. After fifty years of marriage, they have finally sold their famed tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. But after Joy disappears, her children are forced to re-examine their parents’ marriage and their family history with fresh eyes.

TV Series

7.1

2012

Secret State

Secret State explores the relationship between a democratically elected government, big business and the banks.

TV Series

7.5

2017

MTV Floribama Shore

Eight young people spend the summer in Panama City Beach in hopes of finding love, cash and close friends.

TV Series

8.7

2020

Selena + Chef

Since social distancing at home, Selena Gomez has been spending more time in the kitchen than she ever imagined. But despite her many talents, it remains to be seen if cooking is one of them. In each episode, Selena will be joined remotely by a different master chef.

TV Series

7.0

2021

Ku'damm 63

The single mother Caterina Schöllack takes over the management of the Galant dance school on Kurfürstendamm ("Ku'damm") in Berlin after the end of the Second World War. The father of their three daughters did not return to the family after the war, he is officially missing.

TV Series

7.0

2018

Trust

The trials and triumphs of one of the wealthiest and unhappiest families of the United States, the Gettys. Originally planned to be told over multiple seasons and spanning the twentieth century, the series begins in 1973 with the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III, an heir to the Getty oil fortune, by the Italian mafia in Rome.

TV Series