Improv Media

Television, podcasts, and films with direct roots in improv performers, institutions, or improvisational process.

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Very Important People

TV Show | Dropout | 2023

A Dropout interview format where a heavily costumed guest improviser discovers their character live while the host treats the conversation as a serious profile.

TV Showactive

Make Some Noise

TV Show | Dropout | 2022

A Dropout improv panel show built around prompts, character work, sound effects, and challenge rounds that reward fast comedic invention.

TV Showended

Whose Line Is It Anyway? (US)

TV Show | The CW | 2013-2024

The CW revival of the American Whose Line format, centered on short-form improv games performed by a rotating panel of veteran improvisers.

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Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza

TV Show | GSN | 2011-2011

A studio improv showcase hosted by Drew Carey and built around stage games, audience participation, and performers drawn from the Whose Line performance tradition.

TV Showhiatus

Thank God You're Here

TV Show | Network 10 | 2006

An Australian improvised scene format in which each guest performer is dropped into a scenario with no script, no rehearsal, and only the line "Thank God you're here!" to start the scene.

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Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out

TV Show | VH1 | 2005

A long-running improv and battle-rap television format built around competitive short-form games, freestyle challenges, and rotating comedy teams.

TV Showended

Whose Line Is It Anyway? (UK)

TV Show | Channel 4 | 1988-1999

The original British panel format created by Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson, establishing the televised short-form game structure later adapted internationally.