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TV Shows & Series: Best "social satire" TV Shows/Series


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Family Guy(1999-)

FSK: 12+ years
| 22min per episode | Animation, Comedy
3.7/5 (with 2,030 votes)

Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet, he keeps Stewie in check whilst sipping Martinis and sorting through his own life issues.

The Simpsons(1989-)

FSK: 12+ years
| 22min per episode | Kids & Family, Animation, Comedy
4.0/5 (with 4,701 votes)

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.

South Park(1997-)

FSK: 16+ years
| 22min per episode | Animation, Comedy
4.2/5 (with 1,987 votes)

Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.

Married... with Children(1987-1997)

FSK: 12+ years
| 22min per episode | Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family
3.9/5 (with 458 votes)

Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dim-witted and promiscuous.

Black Mirror(2011-)

4.2/5 (with 2,309 votes)

Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on every desk; in every palm - a plasma screen; a monitor; a smartphone - a black mirror of our 21st Century existence.

Futurama(1999-)

FSK: 12+ years
| 22min per episode | Animation, Comedy, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
4.2/5 (with 1,510 votes)

The adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the retro-futuristic 31st century.

Malcolm in the Middle(2000-2006)

FSK: 6+ years
| 22min per episode | Kids & Family, Comedy, Drama
4.2/5 (with 2,020 votes)

A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.

A Vida Como Ela É...(1996)

2.7/5 (with 2 votes)

Adaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951 and 1961. The stories were considered scandalous at the time as Rodrigues used immoral characters and black humor to satirize the hypocrisy and repression in people's daily lives.

Frankie Boyle's New World Order(2017-2022)

45min per episode | News, Comedy
3.2/5 (with 6 votes)

In an attempt to make sense of the bewildering world we live in, Frankie Boyle dissects the week's news using stand-up, review, discussion and audience interaction.

I'm a Virgo(2023-)

3.5/5 (with 16 votes)

A coming-of-age joyride about Cootie, a 13ft tall young Black man in Oakland, CA. Having grown up hidden away, Cootie soon experiences the beauty and contradictions of the world for the first time. He forms friendships, finds love, navigates awkward situations, and encounters his idol, a real life superhero named The Hero.

Boris(2007-)

30min per episode | Comedy
4.3/5 (with 90 votes)

Boris is an Italian television series created by Luca Manzi and Carlo Mazzotta, initially produced from 2007 to 2010, with a revival season premiered in 2022. The show brings to the stage the behind the scenes of a television set where a troupe is shooting Gli occhi del cuore 2 (The eyes of the heart 2), a satirical portrait of the many fictions airing on the Italian TV networks.

The Jews Are Coming(2014-)

24min per episode | Comedy
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Israeli satire show investigating the historical, social and political heritage of the jewish people and the state of Israel, from biblical days to this day, killing sacred cows and questioning Jewish myths and Israeli ethos.

Directed by Kobi Havia - With Moni Moshonov, Yaniv Biton, Yossi Marshak, Tal Mosseri, Yael Sharoni, Maayan Bloom, ...
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The Freak Brothers(2021-)

24min per episode | Animation, Comedy
2.8/5 (with 8 votes)

The escapades of a trio of stoner anti-establishment characters and their cat who wake up from a 50-year nap after smoking a magical strain of weed in 1969, and must adjust to life with a new family in present-day San Francisco.

SKY Castle(2018-2019)

1h 5min per episode | Comedy, Drama
4.0/5 (with 27 votes)

For the families living at Sky Castle, an exclusive residential community that's home to Korea's elite, their children’s success means everything.

Directed by Jo Hyun Tak - With Yeom Jeong-a, Kim Joo-ryoung

Tokusatsu GaGaGa(2019)

45min per episode | Comedy, Drama, Action & Adventure
3.5/5 (with 5 votes)

The series is based on the manga Tokusatsu Gagaga, a comedy manga by Tanba Niwa. Tokusatsu Gagaga series follows Kano Nakamura, an office lady played by Fuka Koshiba, who is secretly a tokusatsu otaku, a toku-ota. She lives her life by the code of tokusatsu heroes and often envisions herself as one as a means to make it through her daily struggles.

Jam(2000)

25min per episode | Comedy
3.7/5 (with 9 votes)

Jam is a postmodern British dark comedy series created, written and directed by Chris Morris, and was broadcast on Channel 4 during March and April 2000. It was based on the earlier BBC Radio 1 show, Blue Jam, and consisted of a series of unsettling sketches unfolding over an ambient soundtrack.

My Fellow Citizens(2019)

FSK: 12+ years
| 35min per episode | Crime, Comedy
3.0/5 (with 4 votes)

This drama tells the story of a con man, who gets involved with unexpected incidents, marries a police officer and somehow ends up running to become a member of the National Assembly.

A Bit of a Do(1989)

1h per episode | Comedy, Drama
3.5/5 (with 3 votes)

A Bit of a Do is a British comedy drama series based on the books by David Nobbs. The show starred David Jason and was aired on ITV in 1989. It was made for the ITV network by Yorkshire Television. The show was set in a fictional Yorkshire town. Each episode took place at a different social function and followed the changing lives of two families, the working-class Simcocks and the middle-class Rodenhursts, together with their respective friends, Rodney and Betty Sillitoe, and Neville Badger. The series begins with the wedding of Ted and Rita Simcock's son Paul to Laurence and Liz Rodenhurst's daughter Jenny; an event at which Ted and Liz begin an affair. The subsequent fallout from this affair forms the basis for most of the first series.

The Mary Whitehouse Experience(1991-1992)

30min per episode | Comedy
3.5/5 (with 4 votes)

A topical comedy show, mixing stand-up with sketches and impressions, starring David Baddiel, Robert Newman, Hugh Dennis and Steve Punt.

Dov'è Mario?(2016)

44min per episode | Comedy
3.6/5 (with 4 votes)

Mario Bambea, an italian Intellectual, after a car accident begins to suffer of double personality. In the day, Mario is an intellectual while in the night, becomes a rude comedian.

Flop Show(1989)

3.4/5 (with 3 votes)

Flop Show is an Indian television sitcom that first aired on Doordarshan in 1989. The show was written and directed by satirical humourist Jaspal Bhatti, who also played himself as the main character. His wife Savita Bhatti produced the show and also acted in all the episodes as his wife. The sitcom was a satire on the socio-cultural problems faced by the common man in India at the time. Although only 10 episodes of the show were ever produced, the show has had a long and powerful legacy.

Il Caso Scafroglia(2002)

30min per episode | Talk-Show
4.1/5 (with 2 votes)

Satirical television program aired from November 4 to December 18, 2002. The transmission was intended to shed light on a case (of course fantasy) of a missing person, Mario Scafroglia. The hypothesis was that the man had voluntarily lost track of himself, which offered in each episode new food for thought to deepen in a satirical way themes of current affairs, politics and costume, in an attempt to understand the reasons that had driven Scafroglia to flee.

Último a Sair(2011-2018)

35min per episode | Comedy
4.3/5 (with 5 votes)

An original and unique parody to reality shows. In Portugal, different celebrities, from different artistic areas, "live" together in a house where everything looks real, but it's not. Pure comedy and social satire.

Bösterreich(2014)

25min per episode | Comedy
4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

BÖsterreich explores the abysses of the alpine republic.

Nine Films About Technology(2021)

10min per episode | Drama, Comedy
3.1/5 (with 2 votes)

Nine loosely connected and darkly comic stories about human relationships in the modern age of smart phones, social media and connectivity.

Above Average Presents(2022-)

3.3/5 (with 1 vote)

Founded by Lorne Michaels' Broadway Video, Above Average makes high-quality comedy videos from top stars and emerging comedians.

Murdoch Murdoch(2015-)

Follow three young people through amazing adventures. All the while exploring truth, humor, drama, and the absurdity of politics.