as in humors
humorous entertainment
presented a night of comedy as part of the weeklong celebrations
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Recent Examples of comedies
In an effort to streamline eligibility, the TV Academy in 2015 implemented categorization based on length, with hourlong shows automatically submitted as dramas, half-hour as comedies.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2026
Everyone always says comedies are the hardest to get made, that comedies are the hardest to get a season two.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2026
The network is saying goodbye to two of its current comedies, as The Neighborhood is ending after eight seasons and first-year show DMV was canceled.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
After all, there’s no law saying modern comedies have to be six different shows at once.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2026
The cable network once produced 18-episode seasons of original comedies.
—Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 7 Apr. 2026
Parodies, comedies, satire, sarcasm, hyperbole.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
Ferris Bueller's Day Off has endured as one of the defining teen comedies of the era.
—Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
Dramas and comedies have struggled to attract audiences.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2026
Everyone always says comedies are the hardest to get made, that comedies are the hardest to get a season two.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2026
The network is saying goodbye to two of its current comedies, as The Neighborhood is ending after eight seasons and first-year show DMV was canceled.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
After all, there’s no law saying modern comedies have to be six different shows at once.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2026
The cable network once produced 18-episode seasons of original comedies.
—Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 7 Apr. 2026
Parodies, comedies, satire, sarcasm, hyperbole.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
Ferris Bueller's Day Off has endured as one of the defining teen comedies of the era.
—Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
Dramas and comedies have struggled to attract audiences.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedies
Noun
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The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates divided the lives of men into only four stages, a number that mirrored the four humors and the four elements.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2026
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But the humors are acutely sensitive to their surroundings.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Filmmakers have used the Civil War as a setting for many decades now, inspiring stories of epic military battles, romantic melodramas, and even satires, from sweeping Best Picture winners like Gone With the Wind (1939) to revisionist Westerns like Django Unchained (2012).—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
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The role demands charisma, vocal chops, and sharp comedic timing, all deployed within one of the most cynical satires in the musical theater canon.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Two suburban groups, Plano’s Rover Dramawerks and MainStage Irving-Las Colinas, are opening the new year with farces by prolific British playwrights that are marked by mistaken identity and other comic twists.—
Manuel Mendoza,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Jan. 2026
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His air of louche mischief attended his farces about Dada and James Joyce and moral determinism, his cleverness worn as lightly as a scarf.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
30 Nov. 2025
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“Comedies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comedies. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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