It won an Emmy this year for best comedy series, while Aniston won best comedy actress.
Consider Larry the Cable Guy, who got his break on the Blue Collar Comedy tour and a subsequent series on Viacom 's Comedy Central.
This scenario was famously satirised by the BBC comedy series The Vicar of Dibley.
The show's writers Steven Levitan and Jeffrey Richman won for best writing in a comedy series.
The original comedy series, which starred Leonard Rossiter as Rigsby, aired on ITV between 1974 and 1978.
Audiences laughed with Hanks as a wisecracking cross-dresser on the early 1980s cult comedy series Bosom Buddies.
Amazon Studios is producing six original comedy series pilots to be aired on Amazon Instant Video.
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"Modern Family" also claimed the Emmy for best directing in a comedy series, given to Michael Alan Spiller.
Comedy Central's "Daily Show" won the Emmy for best variety, music or comedy series for a ninth year.
Filmmaker Christopher Guest is bringing his humour to the small screen with a documentary-style comedy series for BBC Two.
It also has a Golden Globe nomination for best musical or comedy series.
Joosten's performance earned her two Emmy awards, in 2005 and 2008, for outstanding guest actress in a comedy series.
Finneran will depart to film a new NBC comedy series with Michael J.
Carr has previously fronted a six-part comedy series for Radio 2 as well as presenting on sister station 6 Music.
And that tonal shift is even more pronounced in Little Britain USA, an upcoming sketch comedy series adapted from Britain.
One is Glee, the Fox musical comedy series I hope you've already seen, and added to your weekly viewing list.
The writers of Louis claimed the prize for comedy series and Lena Dunham's Girls was named best new TV series.
The ladies competing for best lead actress in a comedy series conspired on a gag when their category was called.
He was nominated again in 2003 as outstanding guest actor in a comedy series for an appearance on Life With Bonnie.
" He was nominated in 2003 as outstanding guest actor in a comedy series for an appearance on "Life With Bonnie.
Along with best original screenplay, best comedy series and daytime serial, there's a new category being featured, best video game writing.
Lendway, who produced the IFC comedy series Z-Rock, reminds us that Spider-Man remains one of the hottest tickets in town.
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In 1997 Thornton joined the cast of the long running comedy series Last of the Summer Wine, as the character Herbert "Truly" Truelove.
He says its most popular movie is currently "BlackBerry Babes, " a four-part comedy series about three materialistic women obsessed with their BlackBerry phones.
The seven categories are: most creative, most inspirational, best series, best comedy, musician of the year, best commentary and "most adorable video ever".
Last year Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) released Lilyhammer, a dramatic comedy series following a New York gangster (Steven Van Zandt) seeking safety in Norway.
He's perhaps best known for playing JD in the American comedy series Scrubs, but now actor Zach Braff is preparing for his UK theatre debut.
He will appear on television screens soon in the BBC comedy series, Bob Servant Independent, which is set in the Dundee suburb of Broughty Ferry.
On other cable networks, particularly IFC, Comedy Central, and the Cartoon Network, a wild array of comedy series are taking similar advantage of their niche status.
Highlights include recordings of the Beatles at the Royal Albert Hall in 1963, Gregory Peck playing the piano, and an entire Kenneth Williams Playhouse comedy series.
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