Shows like Drunk History: 20 to watch next
If you loved Drunk History (2013) — a comedy and talk series created by Derek Waters — these 20 shows are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Drunk History most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like drinking, drunk and storytelling. 4 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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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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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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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 Dick Cavett Show 1968★ 6.8
Shares: Talk
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
Stream in India on Tubi TV
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Carpool Karaoke: The Series 2017★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy
Celebrity pairings ride along in a car together as they sing tunes from their personal playlists and surprise fans who don't expect to see big stars belting out tunes one lane over.
Stream in India on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
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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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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1962★ 7.6
Shares: Talk
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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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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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Whose Line Is It Anyway? 1988★ 7.7
Shares: Comedy
An un-scripted comedy show in which four guest performers improvise their way through a series of games, many of which rely on audience suggestions.
Stream in India on Tubi TV
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Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out 2005★ 8.1
Shares: Comedy
Nick Cannon and an A-list celebrity lead a team of improv comedians as they compete against each other.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Never Mind the Buzzcocks 1996★ 7.1
Shares: Comedy
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Shooting Stars 1993★ 7.7
Shares: Comedy
Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its cancellation in 2011. Created and hosted by double-act Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, it uses the panel show format but with the comedians' often slapstick, surreal and anarchic humour does not rely on rules in order to function, with the pair apparently ignoring existing rules or inventing new ones as and when the mood takes them.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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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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Reno 911! 2003★ 7.3
Shares: Comedy
This partially unscripted comedy brings viewers into the squad car as incompetent officers swing into action, answering 911 calls about everything from speeding violations and prostitution to staking out a drug den. Within each episode, viewers catch a "fly on the wall" glimpse of the cops' often politically incorrect opinions, ranging from their personal feelings to professional critiques of their colleagues.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Love, American Style 1969★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy
An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories or vignettes within an hour about versions of love and romance.
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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Sanford and Son 1972★ 7.5
Shares: Comedy
The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Dream Corp LLC 2016★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy
Helmed by the easily distracted Dr. Roberts, a psychotherapeutic facility treats patients with troubling dreams. Roberts employs a team of incompetent scientists to help analyze and record those thoughts plaguing the doctor's patients.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous 2013★ 7.9
Shares: Comedy
Zach hires a camera crew to film him throughout his daily life as a part of his quest to become an over-night celebrity - even though he possesses no real talent. From Zach's attempts to become a celebrity chef or a ring-tone recording artist to purposefully going missing, he'll try any avenue to get noticed and stop at nothing until he reaches fame.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now