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The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

Host Zach Galifianakis conducts comical celebrity interviews sitting with his guests between two potted ferns on a sparse set, in the awkward style of low-budget community access cable channels.

Jonathan Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and the house band.

Based on Scott Aukerman’s popular podcast of the same name, COMEDY BANG! BANG! cleverly riffs on the well-known format of the late night talk show, infusing celebrity appearances and comedy sketches with a tinge of the surreal. In each episode, Aukerman engages his guests with unfiltered and improvisational lines of questioning, punctuated by banter and beats provided by bandleader, one-man musical mastermind Reggie Watts, to reinvent the traditional celebrity interview. Packed with character cameos, filmic shorts, sketches and games set amongst an off-beat world, COMEDY BANG! BANG! delivers thirty minutes of absurd laugh-loaded fun featuring some of the biggest names in comedy.

Des stars répondent à des questions tout en dégustant des ailes de poulet de plus en plus épicées.

Takeshi's Castle est un jeu télévisé japonais diffusé entre 1986 et 1990 sur Tokyo Broadcasting System. Il mettait en scène l'acteur japonais Takeshi Kitano dans le rôle d'un comte qui possède un château et qui lance des défis difficiles aux joueurs pour l'atteindre. Les concurrents se lancent dans des épreuves physiques redoutables pour tenter de prendre d'assaut le château de Takeshi et de remporter le grand prix d'un million de yens. L'émission est devenue un succès télévisuel culte dans le monde entier. Une reprise spéciale en direct a été diffusée le 2 avril 2005 à l'occasion des célébrations du 50e anniversaire de TBS.

Second City Television is a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's Second City troupe that ran between 1976 and 1984.

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien is an American television talk show broadcast by NBC. The show is the fifth installment of The Tonight Show, hosted by Conan O'Brien. It aired from June 1, 2009, to January 22, 2010, succeeding The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and ended when Leno returned to the role of Tonight Show host.

David Letterman uses mature humor to appeal to his audience in this weeknight series, which gets its music from a house band led by Paul Shaffer. Among the show's most-famous segments are the Top Ten List and Stupid Pet Tricks, the latter of which subsequently led to an additional recurring segment called Stupid Human Tricks.

Dans Ridiculous, le célèbre champion de skateboard, Rob Dyrdek, présente les plus folles et délirantes vidéos dénichées sur le web. Résolument inattendu!

L'acteur d'improvisation et comique Stephen Colbert laisse derrière lui son personnage "The Colbert Report" alors qu'il fait son retour tant attendu à la télévision. En tant qu'hôte de la franchise The Late Show redux - enregistrée au théâtre historique Ed Sullivan à New York - Colbert parle pour la première fois aux acteurs, aux athlètes, aux politiciens, aux bandes dessinées, aux artistes et aux musiciens. Les fans fidèles, cependant, seront également traités avec cohérence car Colbert reste soutenu par de nombreux membres de son équipe d'écriture et numérique de son ancienne entreprise. Jon Batiste, formé à Julliard, est le chef d'orchestre.

The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. It originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 278 episodes and originated from CBS Television City's Studio 33. The series won 25 prime time Emmy Awards, was ranked No. 16 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time in 2002 and in 2007 was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All Time."

These half-hour specials showcased some of the best up-and-coming comedians of the moment. The show was a pivotal stepping stone for many of today's stand-up stars.

A gameshow hosted by Ant and Dec filled with stunts, sketches, and special guest appearances.

Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created and hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 as the first incarnation of the Late Night franchise and went off the air in 1993, after Letterman left NBC and moved to Late Show on CBS. Late Night with Conan O'Brien then filled the time slot. As of March 2, 2009, the slot has been filled by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. It will be filled by Seth Meyers in the spring of 2014, after Fallon becomes host of The Tonight Show.

Two families compete against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey question posed to 100 people.

The outrageous comedy panel show hosted by the irrepressible Keith Lemon. Each episode sees top celebrities going head to head in a series of hilarious rounds unlike any other panel show.

Each week, Jefferies tackles the week’s top stories from behind his desk and travels the globe to far-off locations to provide an eye opening look at hypocrisy around the world. Featuring interviews, international field pieces, and man on the ground investigations, Jim tackles the news of the day with no-bulls**t candor, piercing insight and a uniquely Aussie viewpoint.

Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness. Along with the celebrity interviews and musical numbers typical of late-night talk shows, this program make frequent use of odd walk-on characters and frequent "visits" from celebrity guests.

Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.