MadTV

Pros: Edgy, isn't afraid to push the limits, hilarious!
Cons: Offensive to the sensitive mind.

Once upon a time, there was a show called "Saturday Night Live". It was the funniest, most controversal show on the airwaves. However, soon enough, the show began to go down the gutter. Everyone thought the hope for late night sketch comedy was lost. ...

Pros: Mo Collins, Debra Wilson, Nicole Sullivan, and Michael McDonald
Cons: Can be offensive and repetitive...but no more so than SNL

Saturday Night Live seems to go through cycles, and every few years, there's a big "pull the plug already!" campaign to take Lorne Michaels' life masterpiece off the air. For the last year or so, I've been half-watching SNL, and watching MadTV more and...

Pros: Funny stuff!
Cons: May offend you!

There are a lot of stupid television shows out there. A lot of shows out there call themselves funny, but either leave you snoring, or leave you saying “Am I supposed to be laughing right now”.

A lot of comedies simply aren’t funny. Mad TV is...

Pros: Funny skits, awesome guest bands.
Cons: May not be elaborate as SNL but still very entertaining.

I may not be in the greatest position, and my constant problems can get to me. But there is one thing that keeps me going besides my supportive friends. Laughing. Laughing can cure any heart ache, whether it be emotional or physical abuse. Laughing is a...

Pros: Talented actors and hysterical characters
Cons: Has gone the way of so much humor: to raunch and salaciousness.

When this show fist went on-air it was mild and intelligent with great acting and hysterical skits. I loved the recurring characters - Mo Collins is particularly brilliant - like a modern Carole Burnett - she does the S'nack Cracker soap opera, the...

Pros: Hilarious, Enthusiastic Cast, Up to Date, (Insert other synonyms of "Funny" here)
Cons: none

I don't know where to begin! This program offers many parodies and very funny recurring characters (My favorite, Ms. Swan) for example. Though many for some reason may think its offensive (I don't know why), don't you think the writers would have...

Pros: Funny characters and well-written comedy
Cons: Some may find it offensive

Just when you thought sketch comedy was going to the dogs, along came MADtv. Formerly a fan of SNL, I found myself despising the show when the good characters and writers went on to bigger and better things. Then I discovered MADtv, with fresh and...

Pros: off the wall, off beat humor and silly characters
Cons: none

Not to be confused or compared to Mad Magazine, this is a show separate and all by itself. A kind of Saturday Night Live for teenagers.

The skits are often a little strange, even bizarre, but still amusing, entertaining and funny. And the...

Pros: none
Cons: foul language, discussion of sexual acts, violence

Mad TV is a variety comedy show that is on the FOX late night Saturday nights. It competes against Saturday Night Live. Let me begin by saying I am shocked that this variety show is listed in the Kids & Family category. In my opinion, this show has...

Pros: Great writing - very funny show!
Cons: Some may find it offensive.

I have to admit to still watching Saturday Night Live every once in a while just to see if the writers and actors have returned to the era of greatness that they once had. While still funny it just doesn't measure up to the performances of the late 70's...

Pros: Comedy ...
Cons: ... which can go too far.

Mad TV doesn’t choose sides. If you are white, black, rich, poor, Hispanic, Asian or a homosexual … Mad TV will rip you to pieces … and you will catch yourself laughing along. Mad TV is not a children’s show by any stretch of the imagination and it is...

Pros: None left
Cons: Repetitive, repetitive, repetitive, repetitive

For the first couple of seasons, MadTV was the best sketch comedy to be seen on television since the original Saturday Night Live. It was anarchic, unpredictable, off-the-wall and, most of all, fresh. The ensemble cast was great, the...

Pros: It used to be cool.
Cons: Now, it blows!

Granted, the first 15 years of Saturday Night Live had some of the funniest stuff ever ran on NBC. But, recently, SNL has had a little bit of a slump. With stupid characters like the "Roxbury Boys" and "The Mango" ruining a Saturday...

Pros: .
Cons: Cheap Humor!

How entertaining is mad TV? I personally think that it's garbage! This show relies on cheap humour to entertain their audience. They use crude comments and rude/cheap remarks. If this is your idea of comedy then by all means fill up your mind with...

Pros: 11:00 start, not too late
Cons: Funny? nope.

Some would argue that MADTv is a "funny" show and is rivalling Saturday Night Live as the top rated comedy show on Saturday Night Late Shows. I have watched MADTv a multiple amount of times and found that both shows are both utterly...