Canada's 30 Funniest TV Shows
Which Canadian TV show makes/made you laugh the most?
List activity
76K views
• 12 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
30 titles
- CreatorBrent ButtMark FarrellDavid StoreyStarsBrent ButtGabrielle MillerFred EwanuickThe life, or lack thereof, of a proprietor of a gas station, which is the only stop for miles around and a hub of action on the Prairies.Probably the most successful Canadian show of all time, starring Brent Butt!
- CreatorAndrew AlexanderBernard SahlinsStarsJoe FlahertyEugene LevyAndrea MartinThe staff of Melonville's TV station put on programming that is unique in its own silly way.This show and its variations that came after it was a groundbreaking and still hilarious sketch series. One of the very best of all time, featuring some all time comedy legends (John Candy, Catherine O'Hara, Dave Thomas, Rick Moranis, Eugene Levy, Joe Flaherty, Andrea Martin and more)!
- CreatorMary WalshStarsMark CritchCathy JonesShaun MajumderThis skit-filled Canadian comedy show pokes fun at the Canadian government and other national happenings.The show has been running for more than 20 years and even though Rick Mercer is gone and so are May Walsh, Greg Thomey and others who have come and gone over the seasons, original and hilarious cast member Cathy Jones is still there.
- StarsDave FoleyBruce McCullochKevin McDonaldThe TV series of the Canadian sketch comedy troupe that, more often than not, puts bizarre, unique, and insane twists in their skits.This show and SCTV duke it out with Monty Python for best sketch series of all time in my mind.
- StarsDon McKellarMolly ParkerCallum Keith RennieAgoraphobic slacker manipulates his room-mates to avoid any responsibility while obsessively watching TV.Kind of a weird show but those who liked it really loved it, me included! Maybe Don McKellar's best work.
- StarsDebra DiGiovanniTrevor BorisRon SparksIt's all about dish, dirt and deconstruction as top pop culture experts analyze today's hottest music videos with candid commentary, scathing reviews and tongue-in-cheek profiling.Much Music's best show of all time featuring Canada's best comedians (Debra Digiovanni, Ron Sparks, David Kerr, plus dozens more).
- CreatorMike ClattenburgStarsJohn Paul TremblayRobb WellsMike SmithThree petty felons have a documentary made about their life in a trailer park.This show and its movie spinoffs about trailer park dwelling criminals and those around them have thousands and thousands of fans across the country.
- StarsGreg LawrenceThomasin LanglandsMike WetmoreKevin Spencer is a sociopath addicted to cough syrup/booze and cigarettes. He is guided primarily by emotion and will go to any lengths to satisfy his needs with no worries about future consequences. He barely attends school and always breaks the law, though the offenses are minor. Kevin also has no friends-except for Allen The Magic Goose, who lives in his head and helps him make decisions. The show also stars his parents: Percy, a fat hard-drinking, chain-smoking welfare recipient who probably committed every minor offense in the book of law, and Anastasia, another fat hard drinker and chain-smoker who puts out for every guy in town.OK so a lot of people hated it but it was definitely a cult hit and for people like me it was incredibly original and hilarious! One of the best animated shows this country has ever produced (sorry Chilly Beach).
- StarsBrent ButtJamie OllivierMark FarrellCBC stand-up comedy series.
- CreatorSandra FaireStarsLee MarshallJames CunninghamTerry McGurrin30 minutes of straight-up, stand-up comedy.After Comics! went off the air this show filled the standup comedy TV void in Canada.
- CreatorPerry ChafeAllan HawcoMalcolm MacRuryStarsAllan HawcoKrystin PellerinMark O'BrienJake Doyle and his father Malachy run a private investigations agency in St. John's, Newfoundland. Their cases involve them in all sorts of dealings - not all of them on the right side of the law.CBC series about a detective in Newfoundland.
- CreatorBryan FullerTodd HollandStarsCaroline DhavernasKatie FinneranTyron Leitso24-year-old loner B.A. Jaye lives in a trailer park and sells souvenirs in Niagara Falls. Animal figurines and dolls speak to her and force her to interact with people and try to help them.Any other Wonderfalls fans out there?
- CreatorJana SinyorStarsErin KarplukReagan PasternakMichael Riley"Therapist" Dr. Tom - who is constantly spouting famous and not so famous historical quotes - is Erica Strange's savior and worst enemy.Strange but funny series about a therapist who can send his patient back in time to fix past mistakes.
- CreatorDani RomainGeorge F. WalkerBernard ZukermanStarsCara PifkoMichael RileyMichael HealeyAlice De Raey is a newly minted attorney who joins the chaotic world of criminal justice in Toronto. She's exposed to the seamier side of life, the backroom deals that make the system work accompanied by the usual eccentric characters.A CBC series I loved that only got one season about a young public defender, her co-workers and many clients.
- CreatorPaul HaggisStarsPaul GrossBeau StarrTony CraigThe adventures of an impossibly upright Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable and his American colleagues in the city of Chicago.Hugely successful series from the 1990's about a Mountie who is sent to work at the Canadian embassy in Chicago, where he ends up partnering with a street wise Chicago cop and fighting "real" crime. Starring Paul Gross.
- StarsMike MacDonaldDom IrreraLewis BlackThis show features stand-up comedy at its best.Standup comedy show from Montreal's Just For Laughs comedy festival, the biggest comedy fest in the world.
- CreatorCharles PiccoCraig WallaceAnthony LeoStarsAlex HouseMaggie CastleBill TurnbullA stoner metalhead named Todd Smith, his crushee Jenny, his best friend Curtis, and the geeky Hannah, search their high school for a mayhem-causing Satanic spell book, while being opposed by Atticus, the evil guidance councillor.The title says it all! Either you watched it or you didn't. Fun, original and super campy.
- CreatorRick GreenSteve SmithStarsSteve SmithPatrick McKennaRick GreenRed Green airs his handyman show from Possum Lodge, Canada, and also experiences some zany adventures in real life.Everyone knows Red Green!
- CreatorKenny HotzSpencer RiceStarsKenny HotzSpencer RiceSebastian CluerTwo best friends, Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice, face each other in various competitions. At the end of each episode, the loser gets humiliated.Two friends fight it out every week on this reality series, where they challenge each other to do stupid stunts (i.e. who can gain the most weight) and the loser has to do a humiliating challenge.
- StarsLes LyeAbby HagyardChristine McGladeSketch TV by young amateur actors in true classic Nick-style. But whatever you do, never admit that you don't know or ask for water.An all time classic! It's old but airs in reruns and is still funny and weird.
- CreatorPete WilliamsStarsPete WilliamsJosh A. CaganRob TinklerThe misadventures of a group of childhood friends who keep in touch while attending separate colleges.Funny animated series about a group of guy friends going to college.
- CreatorChuck AustenChris MoellerStarsStephen RootMaurice LaMarcheJohn MelendezTripping the Rift is a CGI science fiction comedy television series. The universe is modeled largely after the Star Trek universe, with references to "warp drive" and "transporter beam" technology, occasional time travel, the Federation and the Vulcans. The series also includes elements borrowed from other sources such as Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Battlestar Galactica. The general setting is that known space is politically divided between two superpowers: the Confederation (led by Humans, and a parody of the Federation from Star Trek) and the Dark Clown Empire (a parody of the Galactic Empire from Star Wars). The Dark Clown Empire is a totalitarian, tyrannical police state, led by the evil Darph Bobo. In contrast, the Confederation is technically a democratic and free society, but in practice, is dominated by mega-corporations and bloated bureaucracies. Ultimately, both superpowers end up exploiting and restricting their inhabitants, albeit in different ways. For example, the value placed on life is so commercialized in the Confederation that clearly sentient robots and androids are reduced to essentially slave-status. The Dark Clown Empire practices actual slavery, and while the Confederation does not, most of its inhabitants (including the Human ones) are openly described as living in wage slavery. The only place that anyone can truly be free is in the border region between the two superpowers, which is directly controlled by neither. This borderland is known as "the Rift", hence those outlaws on the fringes of society who cling to their freedom by moving back and forth around the Confederation/Dark Clown Empire border to evade detection are said to be "Tripping the Rift." The series follows one such group of outlaws led by Chode aboard the Spaceship Bob, taking odd-jobs and usually pursuing various get-rich-quick schemes.Funny but super low brow show about aliens, perverts, and alien perverts!
- StarsJohnny WayneFrank ShusterBen LennickSketch comedy feauturing Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster.Classic Canadian TV comedy series. Never seen it but I'm sure all our parents watched it, it seems to be incredibly famous and well loved!
- CreatorAllan BlyeBob EinsteinStarsBob EinsteinJohn BynerJohn HemphillA half-hour sketch comedy show that is not politically correct. It showcased the talents of veteran performers John Byner (the host) and Bob Einstein as Super Dave Osbourne.Another old sketch series, kind of weird and really racy, starring Bob Einstein.
- StarsBilly VanGuy BigMitch Markowitz"The Hilarious House of Frightenstein" was as hosted spooky show aimed at a children's audience.I love, love, love, love this old weird show from Hamilton! Fishka Rais rocked!
- CreatorKen FinklemanStarsKen FinklemanPeter KeleghanKaren HinesResuscitation of the acclaimed 1996-97 series that picks up nearly a decade later. We again follow the exploits of George Findlay in this biting satire of the day-to-day operations of the mainstream news media.This show lasted a few seasons and then returned years later, also on CBC. Very funny and original show about the self-centered manager of a newsroom and his employees.
- StarsTom GreenGlenn HumplikDerek HarvieA comedy show featuring tom green with random sketchesThe original (and in my opinion easily the best) Tom Green show!
- CreatorGerald LunzRick MercerMichael DonovanStarsRick MercerPeter KeleghanLeah PinsentBack stabbing execs at a Canadian TV network stop at nothing to get ahead.After Rick Mercer left This Hour Has 22 Minutes he did this hilarious series about a Canadian TV and movie production company, also starring Peter Keleghan.
- CreatorJohn PattisonStarsDan RedicanJames RankinGord RobertsonThe series takes place in a halfway house for very bad puppets and features four felonious puppet inmates who are doing time with their human caseworker as they wait until that glorious day.Dan Redican stars as a social worker who runs a halfway house for criminals. The interesting thing though is that all of the criminals happen to be puppets... some of them pretty sociopathic, and even homicidal.
- CreatorTim McAuliffeStarsLuke MacfarlaneLeah ReneeRyan BellevilleSatisfaction is a half-hour single-camera sitcom about being on the verge of adulthood and struggling with the next step. Whether it's committing to a career, a relationship, or living arrangements, it's not easy being a twentysomething when you're torn between your immature past and your potential future.Sadly short lived series about a couple living with their hard-drinking, out of work friend.