List of satirical television news programs

This is a list of satirical television news programs with a satirical bent, or parodies of news broadcasts, with either real or fake stories for mainly humorous purposes. The list does not include sitcoms or other programs set in a news-broadcast work environment, such as the US Mary Tyler Moore, the UK's Drop The Dead Donkey, the Australian Frontline, or the Canadian The Newsroom.

Albania[]

• Fiks Fare, first satirical and investigative TV show in Albania (2003–present)

Armenia[]

• ArmComedy (2012–Present)

Australia[]

• CNNNN (2002-2003)
• Frontline (Australian TV series) (1994-1997)
• The Late Report (1999)
• Newstopia (2007-2008)
• Rubbery Figures (1984-1990)
• Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell (2012–Present)
• The Roast (2012-2014)
• The Weekly with Charlie Pickering (2015–Present)
• Tonightly with Tom Ballard (2017–2018)

Austria[]

• Wilkommen Österreich

Belgium[]

• , a satirical latex puppet show
• , a satirical latex puppet show
• (2013–Present)

Brazil[]

• Furo MTV (2009–2013)
• (2017)

Bulgaria[]

• Gospodari Na Efira (2003–Present)

Canada[]

• The Beaverton (2016–Present)
• CNM
• Et Dieu créa... Laflaque (2004–Present)
• La Fin du monde est à 7 heures (1997-2000)
• Le Fric Show (2006-2007)
• Le JourNul
• Infoman (2000-present)
• Point Blank (2002)
• Rick Mercer Report (2004–2018)
• This Hour Has Seven Days (1964-1966)
• This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1993–Present)

Catalunya[]

• Està Passant (2017-Present)
• Polònia (2006-Present)

Chile[]

• 31 Minutos (2003-2014)

Czech Republic[]

• (2014–Present)

Denmark[]

• (2010–Present)

Egypt[]

• Al Bernameg with Bassem Youssef (2011-2014)
• Joe Show (2017-present)

Finland[]

• (2014–2017)
• (2018–2021 Cancelled. Last episode 11.3.2021)

• YLE is planning a new political + satiristic segment with earlier people.

France[]

• Groland Magazine
• Le Bébête Show (1982-1995)
• Le Petit Journal de Yann Barthès (Actuality edition and People edition) (2004–2017)
• Les Guignols de l'info, a satirical latex puppet show
• Quotidien (2016-present)

Germany[]

• Rudis Tagesshow (de) (1981–1987)
• Die Wochenshow (1996–2002, 2011–present)
• Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995–2014)
• Freitag Nacht News (de) (1999–2006)
• Hurra Deutschland (1989–1991), a satirical latex puppet show
• heute-show (2009–present)
• Neo Magazin Royale (2013–2019)
• Die Anstalt (2014–present)
• Postillon24 (2014–present)
• extra 3 (1976–present)

Greece[]

• Radio Arvyla (2008–Present)

Hong Kong[]

• Headliner 頭條新聞 (RTHK) (1989–2020)

Hungary[]

• (2019)

India[]

• The Week That Wasn't (2006–present)
• On Air With AIB
• Lete Hain Khabar With Varun Badola

Iraq[]

• Albasheer Show (2014-Present)

Ireland[]

• Hall's Pictorial Weekly (1971–1980)

Israel[]

• Chartzufim (1996-2001)
• Eretz Nehederet (2003–Present)
• Gav HaUma (formerly Matzav HaUma)
• Pa'am Beshavua with Tom Aharon (2018-Present)

Italy[]

• Striscia la notizia (1988–Present)
• Satyricon (2001)
• (2009–Present)
• (2017–Present)

• Le Iene (–Present)

Lithuania[]

• (2016–present)

Lebanon[]

Mexico[]

• Chumel con Chumel, a fake news show broadcast by HBO.
• El chamuco tv, an interview show broadcast by TV UNAM.
• El diario de la noche, a late night show hosted by Víctor Trujillo and broadcast by TV Azteca.
• El mañanero, a satirical newscast hosted by Brozo the clown.
• El privilegio de mandar, a political telenovela broadcast by Televisa.
• Hechos de peluche, a satirical puppet segment in Hechos, and broadcast by TV Azteca.
• La caravana, a comedy show starred by Víctor Trujillo and Ausencio Cruz, and broadcast by Imevisión.
• Operación mamut (2021), an interview show broadcast by Canal Once.
• ¿Qué nos pasa?, a black comedy show produced by Héctor Suárez and broadcast by Televisa.

Nepal[]

• (2020–Present)

Netherlands[]

• PowNews (2010-2014)
• (2013–2018)
• Zondag met Lubach (2014–2021)
• (2019-heden)

New Zealand[]

• 7 Days (2009–Present)
• The Project (2017 - Current)

Pakistan[]

• 4 Man Show (2005-2013)
• Banana News Network (2011-?,2013–Present)
• (2012–Present)
• Hasb-e-Haal
• Hum Sub Umeed Se Hain
• Khabarnaak (2010–Present)
• The Real News (Pakistan) (2006-2007)

Philippines[]

• Sic O'Clock News (1987-1990)
• Wazzup Wazzup (2004-2007)
• May Tamang Balita (2011-2013)
• Kontrabando (stylized as KONTRABANDO) (2015-2017)

Poland[]

• (1995-2005)
• Szkło kontaktowe (2005-present)
• (2016)

Portugal[]

• Contra-informação, a satirical latex puppet show
• 5 Para A Meia-Noite (2009–present)

Romania[]

• Cronica Cârcotașilor(New Zealand) or 'The Naggers' Chronicles (2000–Present)
• (2017–Present)
• (2006–Present)
• Vacanța Mare (1999–Present)

Russia[]

• Kukly

Singapore[]

• The Noose (2007–2016)

Slovenia[]

• Hribar

South Africa[]

• Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola (2010–Present)
• ZANEWS (1997–Present)

Spain[]

• (1998-2002)
• Las noticias del guiñol, a satirical latex puppet show
• El Intermedio (2006–Present)
• , Basque region

Sweden[]

• Veckans nyheter (2006-2007)
• Svenska nyheter

Switzerland[]

• (2016–present)

Taiwan[]

• Eye Central Television (2015–present)
• 博恩夜夜秀 (The Night Night Show), a satirical stand-up comedy that mostly focuses on politics (2018–present)

Trinidad and Tobago[]

Turkey[]

• Zaytung

Ukraine[]

• Chisto News (2012–Present)
• Evening with Yanina Sokolova (2019–Present)

United Kingdom[]

• That Was The Week That Was (1962–1963)
• Spitting Image (1984–1996, 2020), a satirical latex puppet show
• Drop the Dead Donkey (1990–1998)
• Have I Got News for You (1990–Present)
• The Day Today (1994)
• Brass Eye (1997–2001)
• (1999)
• Bremner, Bird and Fortune (1999–2010)
• 2DTV (2001–2004)
• Broken News (2005)
• The Late Edition (2005–2008)
• Mock the Week (2005–Present)
• News Knight with Sir Trevor McDonald (2007)
• Unspun with Matt Forde (2016–2018)
• The Nightly Show (UK TV series) (2017)
• The Mash Report (2017–Present)
• Frankie Boyle's New World Order (2017–Present)

United States[]

• The 1/2 Hour News Hour (2007)
• The Awful Truth (1999–2000)
• Chocolate News (2008)
• The Colbert Report (2005–2014)
• The Daily Show (1996–present)
• D.L. Hughley Breaks the News (2008–2009)
• Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (2016–present)
• InfoMania (2007–2011)
• The Jim Jefferies Show (2017–2019)
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014–present)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014–present)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015–present)
• (2015–present)
• Nathan For You (2013–2017)
• Newsreaders (2013–2015)
• The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (2015–2016)
• Not Necessarily the News (1983–1990)
• Onion News Network (2011)
• Onion SportsDome (2011)
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper (2017–2018)
• Real Time with Bill Maher (2003–present)
• Red Eye (TV series) (2007–2017)
• The Rundown with Robin Thede (2017–2018)
• SuperNews! (2005–2010)
• That Was The Week That Was (US) (1963–1965)
• Tooning Out the News (2020–present)
• Truth & Iliza (2017)

See also[]