The Bernie Mac Show was an American television sitcom that aired from 2001 to 2006. It followed the story of Bernie Mac, a comedian, and actor, who takes in his sister's three children after she enters rehab. The show was based on Bernie Mac's stand-up comedy and personal experiences with his own family.

With much humor derived from some cast members of Saturday Night Live and with approval from Lorne Michaels himself, Portlandia was born. The name Portlandia refers to a sculpture with that title found over the entrance doors of the Portland Building which is situated in downtown Portland on Fifth Avenue. The show has the fast paced comedy touch that SNL is well noted for and cast members Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein help keep it moving along. With Lorne Michaels as executive producer and creative writing from Fred Armisen, Jonathan Krisel, and Carrie Brownstein the show appears to have a bright future. We see how popular restaurants along the famous Hawthorne District in Portland handle irate dinner guests when they leave rather nasty reviews on a website titled Yelp! Another episode finds how badly a one man performance can actually be at the Hollywood Theatre, a local historic building in northeast Portland. If it happens in or around Portland it might end up on the show in some fashion, most likely comedic in tone. Portlandia currently runs on the IFC (Independent Film Channel).

"Tanner '88" is a political satire television series created by Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau. It aired on HBO in 1988, during the United States presidential election campaign.

As he championed "the new journalism" in the late sixties, Tom Wolfe suggested no one ever would write anything truly compelling"”fact or fiction"”about the suburbs; he asserted, "There is no life there." During the New Depression, however, the suburbs have gone ghetto, suddenly teeming with life and depravity; and television writers are producing all kinds of compelling stuff about what they have discovered beyond the white picket fences. Witness Showtime's smash-hit "Weeds," the life and times of a "proper" suburban widow keeping-up appearances while she deals more dope than a six-pack of Mexican cartels. As in "The Office," the basic premise for "Weeds" is an import from Great Britain, adapted from the British film Saving Grace which showed a widow and her gardener conspiring to maintain the widow's lifestyle by supplying the locals with their favorite herbal refreshment. Critics frequently compare "Weeds" with American Beauty for its exploitation of the idea "Normal is the face we wear to cover how f***ed-up we are." By contrast with "Desperate Housewives," Nancy Botwin, our entrepreneurial heroine, has far more good reason for desperation than her difficulty achieving orgasm; she has a house, a mortgage, two sons, and a reputation. Since Bonfire of the Vanities tanked and "Weeds" flourished, Tom Wolfe may have to consider the distinct possibility that there is no life in Manhattan.

The Mindy Project is centered on single gynecologist, Mindy Lahiri, portrayed by Mindy Kaling who has written the script for the TV show, based upon the real life story of her mother, a former OB/GYN physician. There are lots of interesting facts about The Mindy Project: it was first South Asian American leaded series in American TV history; and it features one person as a leading character, a script writer and a director. This person is Mindy Kaling, born as Vera Chokalingam, who has made a phenomenal career in television. She has started as writer in The Office being only woman in the staff. Besides the fact she has written at least 22 episodes she has got the role of Kelly Kapoor. By the eighth season she was awarded as the Executive Producer of the TV show which marked the pivotal point of her television career. It was crucial moment when NBC executives decided to give a green light for her TV show "“ The Mindy Project. In this single camera comedy Mindy depicts nice and cheerful young woman who is trying to find a man of her dreams, and in this endeavor she easily enters every new relationship that looks promising.

"Barry" is an American dark comedy television series that premiered on HBO in March 2018. The show follows the life of Barry Berkman, a former Marine turned hitman who travels to Los Angeles for a job and ends up becoming involved in the local theater scene. While in LA, Barry discovers a passion for acting and wants to leave his violent past behind, but struggles to do so as he is continually drawn back into the world of crime.