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The Late Show is an American late-night talk show and the first series broadcast on the then-new Fox Network. Originally hosted by comic actress Joan Rivers, it first aired on October 9, 1986 under the title The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers. It is also the first and only other late-night show hosted by Arsenio Hall.

Meet The Optimist. A guy who has big dreams in life yet creates problems and confusion wherever he goes. He means well, but in this dialogue-free comedy series he manages to leave a trail of chaos across Hollywood and London.

Abracadigance was a stand up comedy show featuring the talents of Richard Digance.

An innovative late night news programme from Australia's Nine Network, combining serious news with comedy and biting satire.

The Gillies Report was an Australian satirical television series that was broadcast on the ABC between 1984 and 1985. The program was notorious for sending up politicians and media personalities of the day such as Prime Minister Bob Hawke and Opposition Leader Andrew Peacock. The show starred Max Gillies, John Clarke, Wendy Harmer, Phillip Scott, Tracy Harvey, Patrick Cook, Marcus Eyre, Geoff Kelso and Peter Moon. The Gillies Report was followed by sequels The Gillies Republic and Gillies and Company. Cook, Scott and Kelso would go on to make a similar program for the ABC called The Dingo Principle.

In a family comic framework, the work deals with the story of Fadel, who is known as Professor Mamnoue, who refuses Arabic is pronounced incorrectly and always objects to mistakes from the person in front of him, whatever their appearance.

A summer series from Jersey, introduced by Mike Smith with a special guest host, and featuring an array of performing stars.

Recently divorced Laura Kingsley arrives home after ten years in California to find her beloved Britain much changed.

The series revolves around a simple family where the housewife Marzouq and Marzouqa (um Hilal and Abu Hilal) (Salwa Bakheet, and Mohammed Awad) work in the Bahraini sweets trade and live with their sons Hilal (Jassim Al-Sayegh), Latifa (Najla Butti) and Salwa (Shafiqa Yousef), whom Al-Baz (Jassim Sharida) marries, and um Hilal always gets involved in many problems because of her ideas and then pays for her ideas at the end

John Candy starred in the half-hour comedy series "Big City Comedy" after leaving SCTV. The show was produced in Utah by The Osmonds for a year, then in Canada for another year. It featured guests like Martin Mull, Billy Crystal, and Fred Willard, and aired on CTV Fridays at 7:30 in the 1980-81 season.

Chilean children's television show centered on a professor named "Professor Rossa", who taught about national animals and nature.

Summer Breeze was a single episode pilot which originally aired in 1987 on the NBC television network. Summer Breeze centered around the life of newlyweds Michael and Eve Wainwright. The couple were high school sweethearts finding married life difficult when an old flame went out of his way to make their life miserable in an effort to win the love of Eve, whom he had had a crush on for many years.

Short-lived series of compilations of film trailers selected and introduced by film writer Philip Jenkinson, often from his own extensive collection.

The Charron Junkyard was a TV show that aired on MaxTaxTV from 1985 - 2000. It was owned by MaxTaxTV until later seasons until the end (6 - 8). Daft owned many other TV shows that were too graphic and horrible so they got banned, we would tell you the shows but we would get sued if we did. From seasons 6 - 8 (When Daft bought the show) is when the show started getting bad, the reason it got bad is because that was when they started torturing the main character Lennox Charron (Or what the public calls: "The torture era"). An example from the show is a scene where the script was that Lennox's parents went into his room and said "YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO CLEAN THIS ROOM! CLEAN THIS ROOM, NOW!" and they proceeded to destroy his room 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 after. The show ended in the year 2000 in the middle of the crew making the script for each episode of season 9 that never released because the company Daft got sued and filed for bankruptcy, after half of season 9's script was made.

Robot 8-chan is the first entry in the Toei Fushigi Comedy Series created by Shotaro Ishinomori and produced by Toei.

TerrorVision is an American anthology horror television series that aired on the Lifetime channel in March of 1988. It consisted of seven episodes, each approximately 10 minutes in length.

A family variety series presented by the Krankies which also featured magic from the Great Soprendo and live music from pop bands. The series was their third solo programme since Crackerjack, this time on the BBC. Featured in a total of three series.

A hosted horror movie show with Al Lewis as "Grampa", hosting a series of horror movies every Saturday on TBS Superstation.

Twenty minutes of “television substitute.” TV dismantled, reassembled, and laid bare through editing to reveal what the video and its everyday protagonists are really telling us.

This was a sitcom on Showtime during the early eighties. The two lead actors played former cops turned bounty hunters.

Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders is the title of a comedy series that aired on ABC for two short seasons in the mid-1980s. The series is hosted by Steve Lawrence and Don Rickles. Produced as a response to NBC's TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes, this series similarly focused on outtakes from popular television programs and movies. The series also included a Candid Camera-like segment showing people caught in amusing situations by hidden cameras. The word blooper was not allowed to be uttered, with the term "foul-up" substituted where applicable. The series debuted on January 10, 1984 as a mid-season replacement series, and returned at the start of the 1984-85 season, however after October 1984 the show ceased to be a weekly offering on ABC and instead aired at various times as filler for the next few months before resuming weekly broadcast in the spring, after which it was cancelled.

TV Obake Telemonja is a 1985 tokusatsu series created by Shotaro Ishinomori and produced by Toei. Some sources have listed it as a part of the Toei Fushigi Comedy Series.

The Olympian Way is a comedy-drama series that follows the story of millionaire Stan Wilson, who has made a significant investment in a health club managed by his son Terry and his wife Stella. As Stan eagerly anticipates the club's success, Terry and Stella strive to meet his expectations and avoid disappointing him.

The third entry in the Toei Fushigi Comedy Series.

Hidden camera with Fouad Al-Mohandes

A series within the layout of separate connected episodes, each episode tells a famous story about miserliness that was mentioned in the book "Kitāb al-Bukhalā’ (البُخلاء) 'the book of misers' (a.k.a. 'avarice and the avaricious')" by Al-Jahiz. The roles were performed by a large group of Lebanese artistic stars.

Comedy style show with singers and dancers in the show.

A weekly news satire program.

When Mahzouza and Mabrouka claim their share in their father's inheritance, their uncle seizes it, claiming that they're a couple of lunatics, and admits them into a psychiatric hospital. However, they escape from the hospital and embark on a journey to expose the truth and claim their rights.

The travails of a sociologist who sets out to debunk a spiritualist cult.

In each episode, Egyptian singer and actress Sherihan takes viewers on a musical journey to a different country, using its landmarks, customs, and cultural traditions as clues. The audience is then invited to guess which country is being featured.

German miniseries