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Sky Comedy

Country	Germany
Broadcast area	Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Programming
Language(s)	German, English
Picture format	1080i ( HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Sky Deutschland
Sister channels	List of Sky Deutschland channels
History
Launched	1 April 2021; 3 years ago (2021-04-01)
Closed	27 September 2023; 8 months ago (2023-09-27)

Sky Comedy was a German television channel, which was operated and owned by Sky Deutschland. The channel was launched on April 1, 2021. ^[1]

History

Launch

The channel was launched on April 1, 2021 along with Sky Crime. The channel broadcast a variety of local and international Sky Originals as well as HBO and Showtime shows.

Among the shows broadcast on the channel were the Sky Original production A Short History of Humor. Quatsch Comedy Club with Thomas Hermanns found a new broadcasting home and was seen alongside new episodes of Comedy@Sky with Tutty Tran, Erika Ratcliffe, Ingmar Stadelmann and Mr. Schröder.

Closure

On May 30, 2023, it was announced that Sky Comedy would be removed from the platform in German-speaking countries by mid-September. ^{[2] [3]} The channel closed on September 27, 2023 after two years on air.

Programming

Final Programming

Source: ^[4]

• Brooklyn Nine-Nine
• Comedy@Sky
• Crime Scene Cleaner
• Pastewka
• Quatsch Comedy Club

Former Programming

Source: ^[5]

References

Further reading

• "Boah, es wird ernst für den Humor: Start für Sky Comedy". Kurier (in German). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
• ""Wirecard"-Doku, "Quatsch Comedy Club" und Dieter Nuhr: Das bieten die neuen Kanäle Sky Crime und Sky Comedy". Horizont.net (in German). Retrieved 2 March 2024.