What Comedy Shows to watch on Max

Breaking news on a weekly basis. John Oliver hosts this half-hour comedy that takes a satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.

Late-night sketch-comedy show based on the humor of MAD magazine. Material includes impersonations, fake commercials, mock movie trailers, and even Spy vs. Spy segments. Competes against Saturday Night Live in its time slot, but aimed at a younger-adult audience.

Each episode contains a regime of multiple challenges in teams, independently or against specific jokers in a head-to-head challenge. Every time they fail to complete a task, the joker will receive a red thumbs-down. The joker with the most thumbs down after the series of challenges is the loser who must complete an extremely embarrassing or difficult task and cannot refuse to try it. These Loser Challenges have consisted of dangerous stunts and some scary scenes.

A British show in which actors and comedians improvise sketches in various "theatre-sports"-type games, based on audience suggestions. The games might include singing a Hoedown about Tory Politicians, acting out a soap opera as hamsters, becoming bizarre super-heroes, or making up a musical about the life of an audience member.

Michael Carbonaro, a magician by trade and prankster by heart, performs elaborate tricks on unsuspecting members of the public.

A few years have passed since Alan Partridge had his own TV show, 'Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge'. He is now a radio DJ in Norwich while living in a modest hotel and holding out for a second season of his show. He whiles away his substantial spare time talking to the hotel staff, finding things for his PA Lynn to do and generally being obnoxious and making a nuisance of himself.

A 39-year-old woman decides to use the money her parents had been saving for her wedding to open a cat-themed cafe.

Go back to see how the drama started! Watch pint-sized versions of your favorite Total Drama characters find adventure in the daycare center. They may be toddlers, but Duncan, Leshawna, Owen, Beth, Noah, Izzy, Jude, Cody, Bridgette, Gwen and Courtney are more outrageous than ever. Can Chef keep these crazy kids under control? Watch free videos from Total Dramarama on Cartoon Network!

The Smurfs takes place in a fictional colony, where small blue creatures live in mushroom-shaped houses deep in the forest. The magical adventures and on-goings in the village feature a large cast of characters.

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant star alongside Warwick Davis, who plays a self-aggrandizing version of himself as he desperately tries to hustle his way back into the spotlight as Britain's go-to little person.

Four friends give each other tasks and if they don't complete the task the get a thumbs down at the end the person who has the most thumbs down get punished.

HEAD OF THE CLASS revolves around a group of overachieving high school students who meet their greatest challenge — a teacher, Alicia Gomez (Isabella Gomez – “One Day at a Time”), who wants them to focus less on grades and more on experiencing life.