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Sky Comedy

British television channel launched in 2020 by Sky

Field	Value
name	Sky Comedy
logo	Sky Comedy logo 2020.svg
logo_size	250px
sister_channels	List of Sky UK channels
logo_caption	Logo used since 2020
launch_date
country	United Kingdom
area	United Kingdom
Ireland
owner	Sky Group (Comcast)
language	English
picture_format	1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed.)
replaced	Universal TV
online_serv_1	Sky Go
online_chan_1	Watch live (UK and Ireland only)
online_serv_2	Now
online_chan_2	Watch live (UK and Ireland only)
online_serv_3	Virgin TV Go
online_chan_3	Watch live (UK only)
online_serv_4	Virgin TV Anywhere
online_chan_4	Watch live (Ireland only)

Ireland (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed.)

HD logo

Sky Comedy is a British pay television channel owned and operated by Sky, a division of Comcast. It launched on 27 January 2020, replacing Universal TV. It is the first dedicated full-time comedy station in Sky's channel portfolio since the closure of The Comedy Channel in 1992.

Sky Comedy predominantly broadcasts programming imported from the United States from premium channel HBO (until March 2026). It also broadcasts classic sitcoms as well as comedy films, live stand-up, and talk shows. From 1 September 2021 onwards, Sky Comedy started airing the comedy output previously shown on Sky One (which was replaced by Sky Showcase and Sky Max).

Sky Comedy launched in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on 1 April 2021, and then closed on 27 September 2023.

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Current programming

Acquired programming

The Chair Company
I Love LA
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (series 7–present)
Real Time with Bill Maher (series 18–present)
The Rehearsal
Saturday Night Live (series 46–present)

Upcoming programming

Acquired programming

The Comeback (series 3; 2026)

Former programming

Comedy

Bloods (2021–22)
Code 404 (series 2–3; 2021–22)
Hitmen (series 2; 2021)
Breeders (series 3–4; 2022–23)
Upright (series 2; 2022)
Avenue 5 (series 2; 2022)
Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything (2022)
Romantic Getaway (2023)
Intelligence (special; 2023)
Smothered (2023)

Acquired programming

American Auto
And Just Like That...
A.P. Bio
Barry (series 3–4)
Betty
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Black Monday (series 3)
The Conners (series 1–5)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (series 10–12)
Fantasmas
The Franchise
Flatbush Misdemeanors (series 1)
Insecure (series 4–5)
Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show
The Late Late Show with James Corden (series 6–9)
Los Espookys
Miracle Workers
Moonbase 8
Mr. Mayor
Our Cartoon President
PEN15
Random Acts of Flyness
The Righteous Gemstones
Room 104 (series 2–4)
Run
Somebody Somewhere
Sort Of
Sunnyside
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (series 7–12)
Wellington Paranormal
Work in Progress
Young Rock

Second-run programming

The majority of programming listed below previously aired on other Sky UK channels. The list includes both Sky originals and acquired programming.

30 Rock
Ballers
Bliss
Bored to Death
Bounty Hunters
The Brink
Camping
Community
Crashing
Dice
Divorce
Eastbound & Down
Enlightened
Entourage
Everybody Hates Chris
Flight of the Conchords
The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air
Futurama
Girls
Hello Ladies
High Maintenance
House of Lies
How To Make It In America
Hunderby
Hung
I'm Dying Up Here
In the Long Run
Kidding
Looking
The Mindy Project
Modern Family
Mrs. Fletcher
Parks and Recreation
The Office
The Reluctant Landlord
Sex and the City
Silicon Valley
Togetherness
A Touch of Cloth
Trollied
Veep
Vice Principals
Will & Grace
Yonderland

Notes

References

"Sky to launch Sky Crime and Sky Comedy". Sky.
(30 August 2019). "Sky to launch new channels Sky Crime and Sky Comedy".
(26 January 2020). "Sky Comedy launches: what you need to know".
(26 January 2020). "Sky launches its comedy channel".
[https://www.skygroup.sky/en-gb/article/sky-makes-changes-to-entertainment-portfolio-unveiling-sky-showcase-and-sky-max Sky makes changes to entertainment portfolio unveiling Sky Showcase and Sky Max]
(25 February 2021). "Sky Deutschland launches Sky Comedy and Sky Crime".
Beyer, André. (2023-09-26). "Sky Comedy: Sender wird heute Nacht abgeschaltet".
Tinoco, Armando. (June 27, 2025). "''The Comeback'' Revived By HBO For Third & Final Season".

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