15 Best Shows Like Nathan for You Every Fan Needs to Watch
If you liked the docu-reality comedy Nathan for You and are looking for more shows like it, you are in the right place. In this article, we are bringing you all the best shows like Nathan for You to watch right away.
Most of the shows on our list are stand-up shows or mockumentaries, and they are very similar to Nathan for you. It will give you a lot of fun and laughs, so check them out.
W/Bob and David (2015)
The sketch show consists of four half-hour episodes plus an hour-long making-of special entitled “Behind the Making of the Scenes”. It is a revival of sorts of the 1995-1998 HBO sketch comedy series Mr. Show with Bob and David, which also starred Odenkirk and Cross.
W/ Bob & David shares many of the same supporting cast members and the writing team of the earlier series, and its title is also a variation of that of Mr. Show.
The Tom Green Show (1999)
The show was hosted by Tom Green, along with longtime friends Glenn Humplik and Phil Giroux. Derek Harvie, who co-wrote the show with Green, occasionally appeared in the segments. Many of the sketches were targeted at his parents, both of whom appear to be embarrassed and not impressed by their son’s antics.
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (2019)
Most of the sketches revolve around someone making an embarrassing mistake in a social or professional setting, then refusing to admit to it and instead stubbornly attempting to convince everyone that they are right and the people around them are wrong. The series leans heavily on surreal and awkward humor, with some elements of toilet humor.
Impractical Jokers (2011– )
A typical episode is a series of competitive games of dares in which each cast member, or “joker”, receives either a thumbs up or thumbs down for his performance. At the climax, the joker who tallied the most thumbs down is the loser and is thereby subjected to a “punishment”.
The games are contrived scenarios in which one joker is challenged to embarrass himself by engaging with unwitting members of the general public, receiving commands from the other jokers who are orchestrating and surveying the bizarre scenario from behind the scenes with covert surveillance equipment. The most common premise is that a joker will immediately lose a challenge if he refuses to follow any instructions given by the other three. Some games involve all four jokers competing at once to be the first to reach a stated goal.
Review (2014–2017)
The series uses “mockumentary” techniques to depict the fictional, reality television-style adventures of enthusiastic professional critic Forrest MacNeil, who hosts a TV show called Review in which he engages in any life experience his viewers ask him to (to judge if the experience “is any good”).
Afterward, Forrest formally rates each life experience in-studio, on a five-star scale. However, Forrest’s compulsive curiosity and uncompromising commitment to the show unexpectedly backfire in ways that increasingly impact his own formerly ideal real life.
Kenny vs. Spenny (2002–2010)
Kenny vs. Spenny is a Canadian reality comedy television series starring Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice, where they face each other in competitions. The loser of each episode performs an act of humiliation, usually selected by the winner.
Hotz and Rice created the series in addition to serving as executive producers, and it was typically shot in their hometown of Toronto (the pilot was filmed in Los Angeles), based mostly out of the house they shared.
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (2007-2017)
The show, which expands the genre of the live-action material featured in Heidecker and Wareheim’s previous show, Tom Goes to the Mayor, consists of sketches, songs, and commercials. It features several characters and segments seen in Tom Goes to the Mayor, such as Gibbons, the “Channel 5 Married News Team,” and the Cinco Corporation with its variety of inefficient and tasteless products.
New recurring characters and sketches include “Uncle Muscles Hour,” a public-access television variety program hosted by a gravelly-voiced “Weird Al” Yankovic and Channel 5 News Correspondent Dr. Steve Brule, played by John C. Reilly. The show featured a variety of celebrity cameos from actors, comedians, and musicians.
The editing style takes its influence from such elements as infomercials, corporate training videos, and TV shopping channels, which are all satirized. The show gets darker in season 5, or “Season Cinco”, which has a TV-MA rating. Tim and Eric both said it is time to change the show and make a new update to it.
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis (2008-)
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis is an American talk show hosted by comedian Zach Galifianakis which features celebrity guests. Episodes last several minutes, in which the interviewer (Galifianakis) and guests trade barbs and insults.
In addition to the online series, there is a Comedy Central television special, and a Netflix original movie Between Two Ferns: The Movie. The series theme music is Dave Blume’s arrangement of Bernard Herrmann’s theme from Taxi Driver, which is on the original Taxi Driver soundtrack album but was not included in the film.
Jackass (Franchise)
Jackass is an American reality comedy television series created by Jeff Tremaine, Spike Jonze, and Johnny Knoxville. It originally aired for three short seasons on MTV between October 2000 and August 2001, with reruns extending into 2002. The show featured a cast of nine carrying out stunts and pranks on each other or the public. The cast included Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Dave England, Ryan Dunn, Steve-O, Jason “Wee Man” Acuña, Ehren McGhehey and Preston Lacy.
The show was controversy over its perceived indecency and encouragement of dangerous behavior. After MTV ended Jackass broadcasts in 2002, it grew into a media franchise, which includes the spin-offs Wildboyz, Viva La Bam, Homewrecker, Blastazoid, Bam’s Unholy Union, Dr. Steve-O, Bam’s World Domination, and Bam’s Bad Ass Game Show; nine feature films released by Paramount Pictures, four with expanded DVD versions; a video game; a mobile game, a DVD of unreleased bits not used in the original TV show, a short-lived website featuring blogs and videos, merchandise, and several other videos released by various other means. The show placed 68th on Entertainment Weekly’s “New TV Classics” list, and is a significant part in 2000s American popular culture.
Jon Benjamin Has a Van (2011)
Jon Benjamin Has a Van is an American live-action television comedy series that aired in the summer of 2011 on Comedy Central. The series stars Jon Benjamin as a reporter who toured around in a van to deliver uninteresting news to viewers and unsuspecting people while utilizing scripted scenes for narrative reasons.
The Characters (2016)
Netflix Presents: The Characters is an American streaming television comedy sketch show that premiered on Netflix on March 11, 2016. It features eight up-and-coming comedians, who each write and star in their own 30-minute show.
Who Is America? (2018)
Who Is America? is an American political satire mockumentary-style television series created by Sacha Baron Cohen. Who Is America? explores “the diverse individuals, from the infamous to the unknown across the political and cultural spectrum, who populate our unique nation”.
The Eric Andre Show (2012– )
The show premiered on Adult Swim and is a parody of low-budget public-access talk shows. The series is hosted by comedian Eric André and formerly co-hosted by fellow comedians Hannibal Buress and Blannibal (played by James Hazley).
Da Ali G Show (2000–2004)
In the series, Baron Cohen plays three unorthodox journalists: faux-streetwise poseur Ali G, Kazakh reporter Borat Sagdiyev, and gay Austrian fashion enthusiast Brüno Gehard. These characters conduct real interviews with unsuspecting people, many of whom are celebrities, high-ranking government officials, and other well-known figures, during which they are asked absurd and ridiculous questions.
Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule (2010–2017)
The program, a surreal parody of human interest shows, follows Brule as he examines, or “checks out”, different facets of living. Throughout the show, Brule frequently performs embarrassing behaviors and is found in embarrassing situations, though he personally seems impervious to embarrassment. Each episode begins with a poem or lyric pertaining to the subject of the show, followed by Brule crediting the work but usually mispronouncing the author’s name; his mispronunciations are a staple of the show—in the first episode, he mispronounced the name of nutritionist Dr. Johnny Bowden both as “Dr. Jimmy Brungus” and “Dr. Jungy Brungan”.
As the series progresses, he reveals shocking, sometimes horrifying, details about his past and personal life, such as his mother, Dorris Pringle-Brule-Salahari (Nancy Munoz), having poisoned his food when he was a child in order to “slow him down.” The series also features interludes from other public-access hosts; recurring characters include Terry Bruge-Hiplo (Robert Axelrod), Doug Prishpreed (Doug Foster), Carol Krabit (Carol Kraft), and Scott Clam (Scott Stewart). Respectively, they host movie reviews, news updates, fortune-telling & weather updates, and a finance show, all in the same style of low-budget cable access segments.
