Have I really not done one of these in all of 2024? Yes, the pickings are getting slimmer, but let's give it a go....

It's the modern version of Faulty Towers in that it was sheer UK brilliance crammed into so few total episodes, and the lead actress was so fantastic you weren't even disappointed she never got naked

Somehow the tired and past its prime concept of a variety show was brought back into huge popularity by a cast of wacky characters that included no actual human beings, or at least none seem onscreen other than the rotating weekly guest hosts

A sketch comedy show with a predominantly African-American cast who were hilarious, yet of course the biggest stars to emerge were the "token" white guy and a Hispanic back-up dancer

A sketch comedy show with a predominantly African-American cast and which was the brainchild of a comedian who either had the guts, the foresight, or both, to end the show after just two seasons, cementing his legacy as a gifted but enigmatic genius

Think Freaks and Geeks except a bit earlier, in that it too lasted only one season yet its legacy and influence was felt for many years thereafter, and it also launched careers of more than one cast member who went on to be mega famous

A gripping show that provides a window into how the FBI started to be able to identify and profile serial killers, but which left loyal viewers with blue balls because it seems to have ended after two fantastic seasons due to the creative mind responsible for the show being unable to set aside his desire....cough cough...and the cash....cough cough....of making movies

Chapelle show technically went 3 seasons and Jamie Foxx is more accomplished than jlo or Jim Carey