Comedy Circus

Comedy Circus 1

The show went live for 13 weeks in a gruelling battle for supremacy to decide which pair will be the best stand-up comic. The show was created by the Optimystix Entertainment, with the tag line of 'Jodi Jamegi, Public Hassegi', which was described to "guarantee hysterics" on Sony TV.^[1]

Comedy Circus 2

Thr second season started airing on Sony TV on 26 April 2008.^[2] Popular television actors and professional stand-up comedians were paired to perform on a highly competitive stage. Their weekly performances were scored by the judges and the live studio audience to determine eliminations.

Comedy Circus: Kaante Ki Takkar

After Comedy Circus 1 & 2, "Comedy Circus: Kaante Ki Takkar" was introduced as the third season, which had the 'jodis' of Comedy Circus 1 led by judge Archana Puran Singh, battling the jodis of Comedy Circus 2, led by judge Shekhar Suman. The teams of Archana Puran Singh were called as 'The Purans' while the teams of Shekhar Suman were called as 'The Sumans'.^[3]

Shruti Seth, who hosted the previous season, was replaced by Purbi Joshi.^[4]

Comedy Circus: Chinchpokli To China

Another popular reality-based comedy TV Show from Sony Entertainment Television, which was the fourth season of the Comedy Circus franchise comes with the tagline "Comedy Circus: Chinchpokli to China – Jaha se koi bhi hanse bina jayena". It is a comedy based show like the previous Comedy Circus seasons with a slight twist in the plot. This season featured comedians in pairs to perform skits and impress the judges and get scored by them. It was hosted by Purbi Joshi and Nandini Kapoor.^[5]

Comedy Circus 20-20

This season was described as the season "with gags, jokes, laughter, hilarious acts, etc. adding the flavor of IPL (Indian Premier League) season". The stand-up performances were based on the happenings in IPL how cricket affects our daily lives and everything related to the game. The show was hosted by Shruti Seth and the judges are Shekhar Suman and cricketer Ajay Jadeja.^[6]

Dekh India Dekh

The sixth season of the popular stand-up comedy series of Comedy Circus which aired on SonyTV, premiered on 30 May 2009 and ended on 30 October 2009. Shekar Suman made his return as the judge alongside Archana Puran Singh. This new format saw Shweta Gulati as the host.^{[citation needed]}

Comedy Circus: Teen (3) Ka Tadka

The unique reality-based comedy format with celebrities performing with professional stand-up comedian partners on a highly competitive stage. This time season offers the show with a new twist with not Jodis but Trios. The Tadka will be a unique hurdle that will be put before every Jodi in the form of a third contestant who will be a celebrity. The show was aired on 24 October 2009^[7] and hosted by Mouni Roy who was later replaced by Roshni Chopra.

Comedy Circus Ke Superstars

This season premiered on 24 October 2009.^[8] The first episode also starred Govinda who introduced new artists and was guest judge.^[9]

Comedy Circus – Maha Sangram

This season involved contestants of three previous seasons. Archana represented season 1, Shekhar represented season 2 and Rohit Shetty represented season 3. Teams were scored by the opposite team representatives, with the audience watching the show to determine eliminations. The winners of this show were Swapnil Joshi and VIP.^[10]

Comedy Circus 2018

This was a comeback for the comedy circus franchise. Aired initially on 15 September 2018, this season had new talent, new styles of comedy and new ways of scoring. The scoring would depend upon the laughter of the judges, like if they would experience 'mand mand' laughter, the team would get 2500 rupees, for every 'HaHakar' laughter team gets 5000 rupees and for every 'phephada phad' laughter they would get 10000 rupees.^[11][12]