Just For Laughs (US TV series)
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Just for Laughs is a sketch comedy show hosted by Rick Miller
that shows clips from the Canadian version of the show
. Good ratings during the summer airings in 2007 resulted in ABC adding the show to the network lineup as a midseason replacement for 2007-2008. It returned to the schedule on January 1, 2008, before being canceled on May 12, 2008. However, on June 4, 2009, it was announced that a third season would begin airing on June 21, 2009.
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Rick Miller (comedian)
Rick Miller is a Canadian actor, comedian and playwright, currently living in Toronto. Miller is most well known for hosting the television series Just For Laughs and for performing a version of "Bohemian Rhapsody" during which he impersonates "twenty five of the most annoying voices in the music...
that shows clips from the Canadian version of the show
Just For Laughs Gags
Just For Laughs Gags is a Canadian silent comedy/hidden camera reality television show that is under the Just For Laughs brand. On December 26, 2002, JFL Gags began airing on CTV and The Comedy Network in Canada...
. Good ratings during the summer airings in 2007 resulted in ABC adding the show to the network lineup as a midseason replacement for 2007-2008. It returned to the schedule on January 1, 2008, before being canceled on May 12, 2008. However, on June 4, 2009, it was announced that a third season would begin airing on June 21, 2009.
Seasonal Nielsen Ratings
Seasonal ratings based on average total viewers per episode of Just for Laughs on ABCAmerican Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
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| Season | Episodes | Timeslot (EDT) | Season Premiere | Season Finale | TV Season | Rank | Viewers (in millions) |
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| 1 | 17 | Tuesday 8:00 PM | July 17, 2007 | September 18, 2007 | 2006-2007 2006-07 United States network television schedule The following article details the developing fall prime time schedules for the United States six major English language broadcast networks. Following are lists of what programs have been either renewed or canceled by their networks, the new programs picked up by the networks, and a schedule grid... |
#111 | 7.06 |
| 2 | 14 | Tuesday 8:00 PM | January 1, 2008 | April 8, 2008 | 2007-2008 | #156 | 4.93 |
| 3 | 4 | Sunday 7:30 PM | June 21, 2009 | July 12, 2009 | 2008-2009 | #150 | 3.90 |