Summary

A great TV show can be created in many dissimilar ways , but some only came about because of a successful funniness survey that lead in its character reference getting their own shows . Sketch comedieshave the major power to introduce fibre that can quickly be realize by audiences , ideally within mere moments of their arrival . peculiarly when a character only has a few minute of arc to pursue hoi polloi , it ’s impressive when a sketch manages to be so popular that it have an entire show dedicate to it .

Considering just how many character are created by comedians , or creatives in general , it ’s rather remarkable to see them get their own show . This can be the same for a show ’s premiss or concept , especially as the television set manufacture has done nothing but uprise and evolve over the year . While there have been so many brilliant survey , only a few ideas have been good enough to be promote to a to the full realized TV show .

10Ted Lasso

Started On NBC Sports

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Ted Lasso is an American football coach who moves to England , hired to grapple a struggle association football team , despite having no experience . With cynical actor and a dubitable town , Ted will have to convince them that   he ’s set for the job .

HitApple TV seriesTed Lassofamously begin off as a cartoon . Jason Sudeikis ' first appearance as the vocal four-in-hand Ted came in a series of skits for NBC Sports in 2013,quickly gaining popularity for his screaming yet fantastically incorrect input about Premier League football in the UK . The character was so popular that Sudeikis revisited the character and delved into a possible past and story for Ted , aiming to make the character more developed than the version he ’d already played .

9The Simpsons

Started On The Tracey Ullman Show

The Simpsons is a long - running repair TV series created by Matt Groening that satirically follows a working - class folk in the misfit city of Springfield . Homer , a routine of a schmoe who puzzle out at a nuclear world power plant , is the supplier for his family , while his wife , Marge , tries to keep sanity and reason in the planetary house to the ripe of her ability . Bart is a born troublemaker , and Lisa is his A-one - levelheaded sister who finds herself surrounded by people who ca n’t translate her . Finally , Maggie is the mysterious baby who acts as a deus ex machina when the serial publication call for it . The show puts the class in several wild situations while always take on socio - political and pop - culture topics set within their universe , providing an often sharp review of the subjects cover in each sequence . This series first premiered in 1989 and has been a staple of Fox ’s computer programming agenda ever since !

Seeing as itisone of the longest - running boob tube seriesin America , it ’s surprising thatThe Simpsons’origins came fromThe Tracey UllmanShow . After see some of his previous work , manufacturer James L. Brooks asked Matt Groening to create a series of shorts to be included in the show . From there , the Simpson family was formed , although the animation trend differed quite a snatch compared to what audience are familiar with nowadays .

The sketches appear inThe Tracey Ullman Showfrom 1987 until 1989 , when Fox then adapted it for a full series . The show became so successful in such a short fourth dimension that Tracey Ullman herself filed a lawsuit , wanting a share of profits , which is not surprising weigh just how democratic it was . However , this was denied by the courts , as Ullman was n’t involved in the actual conception of the characters ( viaVariety ) .

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8Mama’s Family

Started On The Carol Burnett Show

murder sitcomMama ’s Familymade its start under another name , The Family , as a part ofThe Carol Burnett Show . Their first resume publicize in 1973 and even continued into Carol Burnett ’s next showCarol Burnett & Companyin 1979 , acquaint the existence to Eunice ( Burnett ) and her sept . The sketches were so popular that they were earlier made into the TV movieEunicein 1982 , and finally , into the sitcomMama ’s Family , in 1983 .

WhileMama ’s Familywas cancel in 1984 , it was revive in 1986 after being relaunched by Lorimar - Telepictures through first - run syndication . While initially successful , the show only aired three more time of year before it came to a final end in 1990 . However , Burnett did n’t come back inMama ’s Family ’s second run , with the character of Eunice disappearing from the showupon its recurrence with season 3 .

7The Honeymooners

Started On Cavalcade Of Stars

The Honeymoonersis another situation comedy that originated from a variety show . The Honeymoonersstarted as a resume by Jackie Gleason , which was then featured on two of her shows , Cavalcade of StarsandThe Jackie Gleason Show , and became a full - blown TV serial in 1955 . WhileThe Honeymoonerswas so popular , it only lasted one time of year . The show ab initio saw high rating , but by the end of a 39 - instalment run in 1956,The Honeymoonerscame to an remainder , although Burnett occasionally revived the characters for year after .

6Letterkenny

Started On Youtube As A Web Series

Letterkenny is a comedy series that was conceptualized as a YouTube show before later on being picked up for telly . fix in rural Ontario , Letterkenny stick to two siblings who run a family farm but good deal with several various quirky characters ' sprightliness that range from Mennonites , hockey players , and gymnasium fanatics in increasingly comic situations .

SitcomLetterkennyis cognise for its use of the mockumentary style and running gags , but the concept to begin with came from the YouTube seriesLetterkenny Problems . The web serial of shorts revolutionise a lot of element in the follow - upLetterkennyshow , including the one - liner face-off between Jared Keeso and Nathan Dales . Letterkenny Problemsfirst aired on YouTube in 2013 , and it was so successful that it earned a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Fiction Program or Series Created for Digital Media .

This achievement then chair toLetterkennybeing pluck up for a full serial publication by Crave in 2015 . In 2023 , the show aired time of year 12 , which add the level of the residents of its local community to an death . However , the possibleness of moreLetterkennyspin - offs is still very much potential , deal the achiever ofShoresy , which has been regenerate for time of year 3 .

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5Don’t Hug Me, I’m Scared

4Beavis And Butt-Head

Started On MTV’s Liquid Television

Beavis and Butt - Head in the beginning look in an MTV poor film prognosticate Frog Baseball before the characters got their own series on the connection in 1993 . The original serial ran for seven season until 1997 and got an eighth time of year in 2011 . Paramount+ would after revive the serial publication for their streaming service in 2022 . Mike Judge ’s characters have also get down two movies ; Beavis and Butt - Head Do America in 1996 , and Beavis and Butt - Head Do the Universe in 2022 .

alive TV showBeavis and Butt - Headintroduced its two nominal characters in 1993 , but the characters ' first truthful appearance was in the short filmFrog Baseball , which was a part of MTV ’s invigoration showcaseLiquid Television . Creator Mike Judge was then approached to turn the two obnoxious Texan teenagers into a full TV show , which die hard until 1997 after a 7 - season run . The show was later revived in 2011 with season 8 before disappearing from silver screen once again , returning in 2022 under the new nameMike Judge ’s Beavis and Butt - Head .

Beavis and Butt - Headhas been so democratic over the years that other forms of media were released under the same name . This includes the two theatrical releasesBeavis and Butt - Head Do AmericaandBeavis and Butt - Head Do the Universe , as well as theBeavis and Butt - Headcomic series by Marvel , which run from 1994 to 1996.Mike Judge’sBeavis and Butt - Headseason 3 ( season 10 overall ) was released in 2023 on Paramount+ but is yet to hear any annunciation of another installation .

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3MacGruber

Comedy seriesMacGrubercame from the 2010 motion picture of the same name , but before that , it originated onSaturday Night Live . design as a parody of the activeness - adventure showMacGyver , MacGruberbecame a recurring skit inSNLafter first airing in January 2007 , with Will Forte depict the extra operations agent . The popularity of the case and his struggles to foreclose a bomb from explode because of his personal issues lead to Forte come to the character for the 2010 film before Peacock picked up a full series in 2021 , which also asterisk anotherSNLalum , Kristen Wiig .

2Catherine Tate’s Nan

Started On The Catherine Tate Show

British comedianCatherine Tate is love for her raiment of belligerent characters , but it was stripling Lauren Cooper that extend to her discovery show , The Catherine Tate Show . While Tate was endeavor to develop her playacting vocation , in 2004 , she was encouraged by the BBC to break the characters she ’d become bed for through stand - up and on the festival circuit . Lauren in particular was a type that capture people ’s attention , peculiarly for her catch phrase " Am I bovvered ? " and from this , The Catherine Tate Showwas gestate .

The show air for three time of year from 2004 to 2006 , but she ended up seeing the most succeeder with the character of Nan . Joan Taylor , ordinarily known as Nan , saw several one - off special dedicate to her afterThe Catherine Tate Show ’s end , admit 2009’sNan ’s Christmas Caroland multiple episodes under the nameCatherine Tate ’s Nanfrom 2014 to 2015 . The character was so pop , especially in the UK , that Tate has appear publically as the grapheme , including on the red carpeting of 2022’sThe Nan Movie .

1Aeon Flux

Aeon Flux is set up in a fictitious future where a skilled assassin teams up with a mathematical group of rebels to override the politics , but matter get complicated when she start out to question her mission . The 2005 sci - fi movie , asterisk Charlize Theron as the titular hero , is based on the MTV animated show of the same name .

In 2005 , Charlize Theron starred as the titular character in the movie adaptation of the same name . This led to a change in the cover graphics for theAeon Flux : The Herodotus File in writing novel , and the release of the video game , both of which bind into the motion picture ’s marketing . As of 2023 , thelive - activity remake of Aeon Fluxis still yet to get a release escort , but the labor has been confirmed .

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Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein), Beard (Brendan Hunt), and Ted (Jason Sudeikis) cheering in Ted Lasso season 3 episode 11 Mom City.

Ted Lasso is an American football coach who moves to England, hired to manage a struggling soccer team, despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, Ted will have to convince them that he’s fit for the job.

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Ted Lasso is an American football coach who moves to England, hired to manage a struggling soccer team, despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, Ted will have to convince them that he’s fit for the job.

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The Simpsons is a long-running animated TV series created by Matt Groening that satirically follows a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield. Homer, a bit of a schmoe who works at a nuclear power plant, is the provider for his family, while his wife, Marge, tries to keep sanity and reason in the house to the best of her ability. Bart is a born troublemaker, and Lisa is his super-intelligent sister who finds herself surrounded by people who can’t understand her. Finally, Maggie is the mysterious baby who acts as a deus ex machina when the series calls for it. The show puts the family in several wild situations while constantly tackling socio-political and pop-culture topics set within their world, providing an often sharp critique of the subjects covered in each episode. This series first premiered in 1989 and has been a staple of Fox’s programming schedule ever since!

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Carol Burnett as Eunice and Beverly Archer as Iola in Mama’s Family

Ralph putting a hat on Alice in The Honeymooners.

The red guy, yellow guy, and duck in the back of a car in Don’t Hug Me, I’m Scared

Will Forte as MacGruber in the TV series MacGruber

Catherine Tate as her character Nan (Joanie Taylor) in Catherine Tate’s Nan

Aeon Flux upside down holding a pistol in the series Aeon Flux.