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Makunouchi Ippo is an ordinary high school student in Japan. Since he spends most of his time away from school helping his mother run the family business, he doesn't get to enjoy his younger years like most teenagers. Always a target for bullying at school (the family fishing business grants him a d... more about Hajime no Ippo
The series follows Tony, who had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long enough to punish the world by saying and doing whatever he likes from now on. He thinks it’s like a Super Power — not caring ... more about After Life
Taking place between How to Train Your Dragon and HTTYD 2, DreamWorks Dragons follows Hiccup as he tries to keep balance within the new cohabitation of Dragons and Vikings. Alongside keeping up with Berk's newest installment—A Dragon Training Academy—Hiccup, Toothless, and the rest of the Viking Tee... more about The Chestnut Man
Vash the Stampede is a gunman on the run with a 60 billion double dollar bounty on his head which has made it difficult for him to go anywhere without being chased and shot at. Every town he ever visits ends up being destroyed because of his pursuers, but miraculously no one ever gets killed. Meryl ... more about Trigun
A team of five teenaged superheroes save the world from many villains around their city while experiencing things normal teens face today. more about Teen Titans
Loudermilk is a recovering alcoholic and substance-abuse counselor with an extremely bad attitude about everything. He is unapologetically uncensored and has managed to piss off everyone. Although he has his drinking under control, Loudermilk's life is one step forward and 12 steps backwards. more about Loudermilk
A chance event triggered Shouyou Hinata's love for volleyball. His club had no members, but somehow persevered and finally made it into its very first and final regular match of middle school, where it was steamrolled by Tobio Kageyama, a superstar player known as "King of the Court." Vowing revenge... more about Haikyu!!
BBC Three comedy starring Greg Davies as the over-protective father of a girl who's impulsively married an American hippie on her gap year more about Cuckoo
Set in the early 1990s, this sitcom features the personal exploits of a 16 year old girl, her family and friends during the Troubles. more about Derry Girls
The latest animated series to tie in with the popular Barbie toyline, Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse is a 2012 web series produced by Mattel. The series follows a Slice of Life look into Barbie's, well, life in her Malibu dream house, with brief Reality Television-esque asides into Barbie and her fr... more about Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse
Follow the Murphy family back in the 1970s, a time when you could smack your kid, smoke inside and bring a gun to the airport. more about F is for Family
When Colt Bennett returns to his hometown of Garrison, Colorado to try out for a semipro Denver team, he learns that his family's ranch has fallen on hard times. Now he's helping to keep the Iron River Ranch afloat, while figuring out how he fits into the dysfunctional Bennett family consisting of h... more about The Ranch
Mako Mermaids centers on three mermaids, Sirena, Nixie, and Lyla, who are assigned with the task of protecting their magical Mako Island from trespassers, only to be thwarted by the arrival of a 16 year old land-dweller Zac – who forms a special connection with the island and is granted a blue fish-... more about Mako: Island of Secrets
Insecure Otis has all the answers when it comes to sex advice, thanks to his therapist mother. So rebel Maeve proposes a school sex-therapy clinic. more about Sex Education
Welcome to Ever After High, the legendary boarding school where the teenage sons and daughters of famous fairytales learn to relive their parents' classic stories. But you can never judge a book by its cover. While the school Royals embrace their pre-written Happily Ever Afters, some of the other st... more about Ever After High
A slight malfunction causes Chaos Control, and sends Sonic the Hedgehog to Earth. While there, Sonic meets Chris Thorndyke, who aids at collecting the Chaos Emeralds, so Sonic and friends can go home. more about Sonic X
Comic Jack Whitehall invites his stodgy, unadventurous father to travel with him to odd locations and events in an attempt to strengthen their bond. more about Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father
An epic sitcom set in the Viking Age. The residents of an 8th-century Viking village experience political rivalry, social change and innovations that upend their culture and way of life. more about Norsemen
Series is based on what Maria has accepted to be "her life." The occasionally surreal episodes, refracted across multiple periods of the actor/comedian's life, tell the story of a woman who loses - and then finds - herself. more about Lady Dynamite
Comedy TV shows are systematically underestimated in television – yet they produce series that stay memorable for years and shape culture more than many celebrated prestige thrillers. The reason: consistent timing, strong character work and situations that still land in season four are harder to execute than drama. A comedy series that achieves all three is rare.
The genre runs from classic sitcoms with clear structure, to single-camera comedies with a documentary feel, dark comedies that push humour to its limits, and series that blend comedy and drama so tightly that neither label really fits. What ranks well in the community are series that are not just funny, but whose characters you genuinely like – because you get to know them across seasons. Use the runtime filter to find comedy series with short episodes, ideal for watching in between.
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