Comedy

Plan B on Showmax

Plan B

In the shady world of art heists and romance scams, an unlikely alliance develops between the owner of a bookshop, and former military operators.

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Deon Cole on Laugh Africa Comedy Festival

Showmax and Laugh Africa Comedy Festival are proud to announce headline act Deon Cole

Get ready for the return of the Laugh Africa Comedy Festival, featuring headliner Deon Cole. The event will take place from Friday, 2 May to Sunday, 4 May 2025 at the Sandton Convention Center.

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The Righteous Gemstones S4 on Showmax

The Righteous Gemstones and 5 more Danny McBride hustles

As The Righteous Gemstones returns for its final season, we look at 5 of writer-creator-actor Danny McBride’s best side hustles, from Eastbound & Down, to Halloween.

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The Righteous Gemstones on Showmax

Danny McBride on how Bradley Cooper became the first Gemstone

Creator and star Danny McBride talks about the final season of the HBO comedy series The Righteous Gemstones, now streaming on Showmax.

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The Righteous Gemstones S4 is on Showmax

The Righteous Gemstones S1-4

Danny McBride created this outlandish, star-studded HBO comedy about a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work.

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Laugh Africa Comedy Festival on Showmax

Laugh Africa Comedy Festival returns – bigger, bolder, funnier!

The Laugh Africa Comedy Festival returns in May 2025 with a stellar lineup including Felix Hlophe, Nina Hastie and more. The 13-part series will stream exclusively on Showmax.

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Party Down on Showmax

Party Down S1-3

A group of struggling actors and dysfunctional dreamers wait for their big break while they are stuck working at a Hollywood catering company.

Party Down on Showmax

Party Down stars’ jobs before they were famous

Comedy series Party Down Seasons 1-3 takes us inside an LA-based catering company staffed by struggling entertainers. It was flashback time for stars like Adam Scott, Lizzy Caplan, Megan Mullally, Jane Lynch and Jennifer Garner.

Frasier S1-11 on Showmax

Frasier S1-11

The iconic comedy series that took the world by storm. After years spent at the Cheers bar, Frasier moves home to Seattle to become a radio psychiatrist.

Its Florida, Man on Showmax

Behind the headlines on It’s Florida, Man

Six unbelievable headlines, six even more shocking cases. Come meet the real-life men and women behind incredible Florida Man sightings in the comedy series It’s Florida, Man.

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Its Florida, Man on Showmax

It’s Florida, Man S1

This outrageous HBO comedy is a love letter to the beaches, backwaters and people of a misunderstood yet magical American state. 

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Bookie S2 is on Showmax

Bookie S2

A veteran bookie struggles to survive the impending legalisation of sports gambling, increasingly unstable clients, family and co-workers.

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Alex Edelman: Just For Us on Showmax

Alex Edelman: Just For Us (2024)

After an acclaimed, extended run on Broadway, comedian Alex Edelman brings his solo show to HBO in an all-new comedy special.

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Colin From Accounts S2 on Showmax

5 reasons Colin from Accounts is our rescue series

There are thousands of top pedigreed shows begging for a good home and someone to love them. Here why we’d pick Australian romantic comedy Colin from Accounts.

Colin From Accounts S2 on Showmax

Colin from Accounts S1-2

Ashley and Gordon are two single-ish, complex humans brought together by a car accident and an injured dog in this hilarious series.

Girls Trip on Showmax

11 Galentine’s Day movies

Love? Whatever. Friends forever! Gather your girl gang and get ready to celebrate the people who’ll be in your corner for the rest of your life with these 11 movies.

Younger S1-7

Younger S1-7

Liza Miller is a single mother turning 40 who poses as a 26-year-old to reboot her career and her love life – with hilarious consequences. All 7 seasons are ready to binge.

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The Franchise S1 on Showmax

The scoop on superheroes in The Franchise

James Bond’s Sam Mendes and Veep’s Armando Iannucci combine their powers in a comedy series that rips the mask off big Hollywood movie-making.

The Franchise S1 on Showmax

The Franchise S1

A satirical comedy series about a crew of a rejected and unloved franchise movie who are fighting for their place in a savage and unruly cinematic universe.

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Sex Lives of College Girls S3 on Showmax

5 taboo booty calls in The Sex Lives of College Girls S3

It’s a new term with new hookups as The Sex Lives of College Girls returns. We speed-binged to celebrate and here are the 5 biggest dating disasters we spotted.

Sex Lives of College Girls S3 on Showmax

The Sex Lives of College Girls S1-3

This fun series follows four freshmen roommates trying to balance their newfound independence with the challenges of college life.

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Laid S1 on Showmax

Laid S1

A woman discovers her exes are dying in unusual ways and must go back through her sex timeline to confront her past in order to move forward.

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Superstore on Showmax

Showmax to adapt NBCUniversal’s Superstore for South Africa

Showmax orders a South African isiZulu adaptation of NBCUniversal’s hit US comedy Superstore on the 10th anniversary of the debut of the original series.

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Ramy Youssef: More Feelings on Showmax

Ramy Youssef: More Feelings

Ramy Youssef returns to the stage to offer his unique reflections on our divided world, the unexpected perils of charitable giving, and more.