Series like Make Me Laugh

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   You Have Been Watching

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   2009 · 50 min · Comedy

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   Notoriously foul-mouthed television critic Charlie Brooker invites three of his friends round to sit in oversized chairs, watch television, and they all take the mick out of it. Each discussion ends with one or more questions to the panel, for which points are awarded. In the final quick-fire round, there are buzzers and a suitable (ie disconcertingly jaunty) game show noise. At the end, a winner is determined, and we reckon that's enough to make it a game show.

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared theme: game show

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   Deal or No Deal

   Shared themes

   2005 · Comedy · Family · Reality

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   A contestant must choose from 26 sealed briefcases containing a marker for various amounts of cash from one penny to $1 million. The player then eliminates the remaining 25 cases one by one. The chosen ones are opened and the amount of money inside revealed. After several cases are opened, the player is tempted by the Banker to accept an offer of cash in exchange for not continuing the game and possibly winning a larger sum of money.

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   • shared theme: game show

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   QI

   Strong story similarity

   2003 · Comedy · Talk

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   Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • shared theme: game show

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   Minute to Win It

   Strong story similarity

   2010 · 60 min · Family

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   Contestants take part in a series of 60-second challenges that use objects that are commonly available around the house.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared theme: game show

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   My New Best Friend

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   2003 · 24 min · Comedy

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   Could you pass off a complete stranger as your new best friend for one short weekend to win £10k, even if your 'friend' was actually a brilliant actor hell-bent on humiliating you?

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared theme: game show

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   The Ben Stiller Show

   Strong story similarity

   1992 · 30 min · Comedy

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   This sketch show specialises in parodies of movies, shows and commercials. Special guest stars join them in the comedy sketches with crazy results.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and series-style overlap

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   Time out

   Shared themes

   2003 · 30 min · Comedy · Family

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   Two teams, each consisting of two comedians and one athlete, compete in a humorous quiz about sports.

   Why it connects

   • substantial genre overlap
   • shared theme: game show

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   Spicks and Specks

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   2005 · 30 min · Comedy

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   Adam Hills, one of Australia's favourite comedians and winner of Edinburgh's Best of the Fest award, is joined by two team captains, comedian and actor Alan Brough and radio breakfast announcer Myf Warhurst, as well as brave personalities who enjoy having long forgotten embarrassing stories laughed about on national television. Two teams go head to head as they sing, shout and delve deep into the recesses of their collective minds to help earn their team an extremely inglorious victory.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared theme: game show

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   Who Wants to Win Millions?

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   2000 · 52 min · Reality

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   Starting with easy multiple-choice questions that gradually get more challenging, contestants have only their wits and three lifeline chances to see them through to the grand prize of one million euros

   Why it connects

   • shared theme: game show
   • a closely matched era

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    La guerre des clans

    Strong story similarity

    2009 · 30 min

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    The popular game show which has been around for some thirty years in the United States, presents two teams who square off in a duel of questions.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared theme: game show

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