Shows like Conan: 20 to watch next
If you loved Conan (2010) — a talk, comedy and news series created by Conan O'Brien — these 20 shows are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Conan most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like celebrity and late-night show. 4 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Late Show with David Letterman 1993★ 6.5
Shares: Talk, Comedy
David Letterman uses mature humor to appeal to his audience in this weeknight series, which gets its music from a house band led by Paul Shaffer. Among the show's most-famous segments are the Top Ten List and Stupid Pet Tricks, the latter of which subsequently led to an additional recurring segment called Stupid Human Tricks.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Graham Norton Show 2007★ 7.2
Shares: Comedy, Talk
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014★ 5.8
Shares: Comedy, Talk
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Comedy Bang! Bang! 2012★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Talk
Based on Scott Aukerman’s popular podcast of the same name, COMEDY BANG! BANG! cleverly riffs on the well-known format of the late night talk show, infusing celebrity appearances and comedy sketches with a tinge of the surreal. In each episode, Aukerman engages his guests with unfiltered and improvisational lines of questioning, punctuated by banter and beats provided by bandleader, one-man musical mastermind Reggie Watts, to reinvent the traditional celebrity interview. Packed with character cameos, filmic shorts, sketches and games set amongst an off-beat world, COMEDY BANG! BANG! delivers thirty minutes of absurd laugh-loaded fun featuring some of the biggest names in comedy.
Stream in India on Plex
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The Rachel Maddow Show 2008★ 6.0
Shares: News, Talk
The Rachel Maddow Show is a daily news and opinion television program that airs on MSNBC, running in the 9:00 pm ET timeslot. It is hosted by Rachel Maddow, who gained popularity with her frequent appearances as a liberal pundit on various MSNBC programs. It is based on her former radio show of the same name. The show debuted on September 8, 2008.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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This Hour Has 22 Minutes 1993★ 6.7
Shares: News, Comedy
This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials. Originally featuring Cathy Jones, Rick Mercer, Greg Thomey and Mary Walsh, the series featured satirical sketches of the weekly news and Canadian political events. The show's format is a mock news program, intercut with comic sketches, parody commercials and humorous interviews of public figures. The on-location segments are frequently filmed with slanted camera angles.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Space Ghost Coast to Coast 1994★ 7.9
Shares: Comedy, Talk
A cartoon superhero interacts with live guests via his television set in this parody talk show based on 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Space Ghost.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Hot Ones 2015★ 7.1
Shares: Talk, Comedy
The show with hot questions and even hotter wings invites a famous guest over to eat and then interviews them while they're struggling through the heat.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Saturday Night Live 1975★ 6.9
Shares: Comedy, News
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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QI 2003★ 7.9
Shares: Comedy, Talk
Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Mitchell and Webb Situation 2001★ 7.8
Shares: Comedy, Talk
Comedy sketch show with hilarious characters and absurdist twists from the duo that brought us Peep Show and The Smoking Room - David Mitchell and Robert Webb.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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One on One 2001★ 7.9
Shares: Comedy, Talk
A sportscaster becomes a full-time dad when his ex-wife decides to accept a job out of the country and his teenage daughter, Breanna, moves in with him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge 1994★ 7.8
Shares: Comedy, Talk
The king of sports casual. Alan puts the chat among the pigeons with incisive interrogations, light-hearted entertainment and only one fatality. A-ha!
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Drunk History 2013★ 6.9
Shares: Comedy, Talk
Historical reenactments from A-list talent as told by inebriated storytellers. A unique take on the familiar and less familiar people and events from America's great past as great moments in history are retold with unforgettable results.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Filthy Rich & Catflap 1987★ 6.7
Shares: Comedy
Richie causes trouble in his pursuit of TV fame with Eddie, his alcoholic minder, and Filthy, his sponging agent.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Curb Your Enthusiasm 2000★ 8.1
Shares: Comedy
The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Late Night with David Letterman 1982★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Talk
Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created and hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 as the first incarnation of the Late Night franchise and went off the air in 1993, after Letterman left NBC and moved to Late Show on CBS. Late Night with Conan O'Brien then filled the time slot. As of March 2, 2009, the slot has been filled by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. It will be filled by Seth Meyers in the spring of 2014, after Fallon becomes host of The Tonight Show.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien 1993★ 7.3
Shares: Comedy, Talk
Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness. Along with the celebrity interviews and musical numbers typical of late-night talk shows, this program make frequent use of odd walk-on characters and frequent "visits" from celebrity guests.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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You're Beautiful 2009★ 7.6
Shares: Comedy
An aspiring nun covers for her twin brother by temporarily stepping into his shoes in a boy band – but can she successfully fool her fellow members?
Stream in India on Netflix
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Time Trumpet 2006★ 7.5
Shares: Comedy
Set in the year 2031, this mockumentary looks back at events that ostensibly happened during the first 30 years of the 21st century. The series follows a format that co-creator Armando Iannucci previously used in his satirical year-in-review programme '2004: The Stupid Version'.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now