Sky Comedy (German TV channel)
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| Country | Germany |
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| Broadcast area | Germany, Austria, Switzerland |
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| Language(s) | German, English |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Sky Deutschland |
| Sister channels | List of Sky Deutschland channels |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 April 2021 |
| Closed | 27 September 2023 |
Sky Comedy was a German television channel, which was operated and owned by Sky Deutschland. The channel was launched on April 1, 2021.[1]
History[edit]
Launch[edit]
The channel was launched on April 1, 2021 along with Sky Crime. Comedy shows by Germany's most successful comedians, a varied program of local and international Sky Originals as well as exclusive HBO and Showtime formats ensure your daily dose of humor.
Dieter Nuhr will kick things off on April 1 with the Sky Original production A Short History of Humor. In addition, the Quatsch Comedy Club by and with Thomas Hermanns finds a new broadcasting home and can be seen alongside the new episodes Comedy@Sky with Tutty Tran, Erika Ratcliffe, Ingmar Stadelmann and Mr. Schröder from April 1.
Closure[edit]
On May 30, 2023, it was announced that Sky Comedy would be removed from the platform in German-speaking countries by mid-September, meanwhile Curiosity Channel (formerly Spiegel TV Wissen) and Spiegel Geschichte would be discontinued by the end of June.[2][3] The channel was closed on September 27, 2023 after 2 years of broadcasting.
Programming[edit]
Final Programming[edit]
Source:[4]
Former Programming[edit]
Source:[5]
- A Short History of Humor
- And Just Like That...
- Avenue 5
- Ballers
- Barry
- Betty
- Black Monday
- Bored to Death
- Breeders
- Californication
- Call Your Mother
- Camping
- Code 404
- Crashing
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Die Wespe
- Eine Liga für sich – Buschis Sechserkette
- Entourage
- Fat Actress
- Flatbush Misdemeanors
- Flight of the Conchords
- Free for All
- Friends: The Reunion
- Girls
- The Goldbergs
- Hello Ladies (The Movie)
- High Maintenance
- Hot in Cleveland
- How I Met Your Mother
- Ich und die Anderen
- Insecure
- Intelligence
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- Ladykracher
- Little Britain USA
- Looking: The Movie
- The Mindy Project
- Mitfahr-Randale – Wer aussteigt, verliert
- Moonbase 8
- My Name Is Earl
- Nurse Jackie
- Parks and Recreation
- Raising Hope
- The Righteous Gemstones
- Run
- Sally4Ever
- Schitt’s Creek
- Schooled
- Sex and the City
- Silicon Valley
- Single Parents
- Spitting Image
- Stromberg
- Superstore
- Two Weeks to Live
- The Unicorn
- Veep
- Vice Principals
- Wellington Paranormal
- Who Is America?
- Work in Progress
- Young Rock
References[edit]
- ^ "Neu ab 1. April: Sky Comedy und Sky Crime". 22 February 2021.
- ^ "Sky Deutschland axes three TV channels". 30 May 2023.
- ^ "Sky Deutschland to drop Sky Comedy, Spiegel Geschichte and Curiosity TV linear channels". 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Serien nach Sendern: Sky Comedy 2023". fernsehserien.de (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Serien nach Sendern: Sky Comedy 2021". fernsehserien.de (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2024.
Further reading[edit]
- "Boah, es wird ernst für den Humor: Start für Sky Comedy". Kurier (in German). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ""Wirecard"-Doku, "Quatsch Comedy Club" und Dieter Nuhr: Das bieten die neuen Kanäle Sky Crime und Sky Comedy". Horizont.net (in German). Retrieved 2 March 2024.
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