Unless you live in a major city like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, or Toronto, then chances are your primary exposure to sketch comedy is through television. At their best, sketch comedy TV shows ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nobody is going to agree on what the best "Saturday Night Live" sketch is. There are just too many to choose from. Over the series ...

A sketch comedy series canceled after one season later won an Emmy and earned a place on a best-of-all-time list.

“Saturday Night Live” has been a television institution for 50 years airing thousands of memorable sketches in homes across the country. In that time, the cast and writers have been inspired by many ...

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In the late 1980s and early '90s, as TV fans were being presented with the new Wild West of basic and premium cable, two channels were available for comedy junkies: The Comedy Channel and the simply ...