Best Austrian comedy series

Willkommen Österreich (2007)

An Austrian late-night talk show, hosted by Sterman & Grissemann.

Der Bergdoktor (2008)

Country doctor you will not, but one is born as a country doctor. It is a vocation and not a profession. Although Dr. Martin Gruber has long fought against it and did not want to admit it: He is the new country doctor.

We are emperors (2007)

Robert Palfrader plays Empereor Robert Heinrich I. of Austria, He's supported by his chamberlain Seyffenstein (Rudi Roubinek – he's also the main writer of the show) and his servant Vormärz (FM4-host Rudi Schöllerbacher).

Aufschneider (2010)

Fuhrmann's colleague Dr. Wehninger has abducted her deceased father from the pathology department to her home in order to prevent an autopsy, and it is only with great difficulty that Fuhrmann manages to persuade her to turn back. But it's not that easy to get to the hospital with a dead body without being recognized. Fuhrmann himself remains stubbornly confrontational, especially when it comes to Dr. Böck, and even more so since it turns out that Böck and Fuhrmann's ex-wife are expecting a child together. Assistant Dr. Winkler encounters unexpected difficulties when he discovers that the prosector's assistant and the mortician are engaged in a lively trade in corneas from deceased patients. They are not about to let this business go to waste without a fight.

Beasts Like Us (2024)

Natalie, Raffi, Simon and Lukas in a new para-normal. Monstrous creatures and humans live side by side, more or less harmoniously. At least that's true in theory. Because sometimes it is quite tricky to fend off a monster attack without violating the "Creature Rights Charter" and the exclusion of vampires from public pension insurance triggers a discrimination debate - headaches are inevitable. But the group's biggest problems remain interpersonal ones: in the midst of the supernatural chaos, the four young adults struggle with the big and small dramas of adulthood, love and thus finding their place in the world - although zombies, vampires and other beasts don't necessarily exist make it easier.

Wenn das die Nachbarn wüßten (1990)

Wenn das die Nachbarn wüßten is an Austrian television series.

Echt fett (2004)

Echt fett is an Austrian hidden camera television series. Like in e.g. Just for Laughs: Gags and Trigger Happy TV, it exclusively shows clips of how unsuspecting subjects are brought into unusual situations by actors while being filmed with a hidden camera. A typical clip is filmed on the streets, or in a shopping mall. The comedic situations produced by the actors and the reactions of the unknowinlgy fooled are to entertain viewers. It was broadcast between 2003 and 2007.

Braunschlag (2012)

To save his town Braunschlag from bankruptcy, the mayor decides to fake a Marian apparition. This black-humored farce revolves around greed, corruption, churchianity and alcohol.

Vorstadtweiber (2015)

Vienna suburb. Better society. Appearance and reality. A golden cage. But is everything that glitters really gold? Actually, the five "suburban women" of the title couldn't be doing any better in their supposedly perfect, affluent world – could they?

MA 2412 (1998)

MA 2412 is an Austrian television series.

Die Lottosieger (2009)

Die Lottosieger is an Austrian comedy television series. It was produced from 2008 to 2011 and broadcast from 2009 to 2012 on ORF 1. Die Lottosieger is about a family, that, over night, becomes rich, by winning the lottery.

Old Money (2015)

A family, blessed with richness and power, is desperately seeking for a liver for their father, who wants to hand down his wealth to the one who gets the organ.

Kaisermühlen Blues (1992)

Kaisermühlen Blues is an Austrian television series.

Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter (1975)

Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter is a classic Austrian television series. It was produced by Österreichischer Rundfunk, Austrian Television, and ran for 24 episodes from 1975 to 1979. The script writer was Ernst Hinterberger; the series was based on his 1966 novel Das Salz der Erde. The producer was Hans Preiner, who initiated the project in his series Impulse, which centered on development of new program formats and training of new, young directors.Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter starred popular Austrian actor Karl Merkatz as the main character, Edmund "Mundl" Sackbauer. Mundl lives in a typical Vienna Gemeindebau at Hasengasse, in Vienna's 10th municipal district. The series used Viennese dialect and became successful after an initial campaign against it by the Krone newspaper as too "common."

Bösterreich (2014)

BÖsterreich explores the abysses of the alpine republic.

ORF-Sommerkabarett (2011)

Die Piefke-Saga (1990)

The relationship between Germans and Austrians is illuminated in a satirical and tragicomic way. The main characters of the series are the members of the German Family Sattmann, who have been spending their holidays for years in the fictional village of Lahnenberg in the Tyrolean Zillertal.The story begins with real excerpts from the TV show "Let's Go!" Asked by Fuchsberger, Austrian candidates explain that the Piefkes are the imaginary Germans who threw their marks around them and believed that something was better.The outrage among German tourists is great, especially among the Berlin business family Sattmann. The Tyroleans are doing everything they can to contain the threat of a stornowelle of German tourists (which in reality also existed).

Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall (2005)

FC Rückpass (2010)

Weber & Breitfuß (2022)

Kottan ermittelt (1976)

Kottan ermittelt is an Austrian television series that was aired by Austrian television ORF between 1976 and 1984. The satirical 19-episode series about a policeman from Vienna now sports cult status. Police major Adolf Kottan was played by three actors who each gave the character a distinct 'flavor'.

Drunter & Drüber - Chaos auf dem Friedhof (2025)

When a rotten gravestone kills the cemetery manager, his deputy Butz Bohrlich already sees himself as the new number one at Donnerscheidt Cemetery. However, the ambitious man is ignored and the new boss Ursula Fink is put in front of him.

Good Night Austria (2019)

Peter Klien, the reporter without borders, has grown up and moves into his own studio in ORF1. From his desk, he takes a close look at the political situation in Austria - and there's no turning a blind eye!

Science Busters (2011)

Science Busters is an Austrian science oriented comedy boy group consisting of Univ.-Prof. Heinz Oberhummer, Prof. Werner Gruber and comedian Martin Puntigam. The show features scientific questions with particular emphasis on physical phenomena, which are explained in a simple and entertaining way.

Biester (2023)

Two worlds collide when two best friends from modest backgrounds who dream of a better life and two sisters who live their dreams - mainly with their parents' money. Love, lies and recklessness are inevitable.

Alles finster (2022)

Everything dark. From the cell phone to the refrigerator, from the lamp to the toilet flush - nothing works anymore. Not even in the small village of Kekenberg on the Della, where people have to think quickly. Because it quickly turns out that when it comes to surviving without electricity, we're all pretty stupid these days.

CopStories (2013)

Dave (2018)

Seniorenclub (1968)

School of Champions (2024)

School of Champions tells the story of a freshman class at Austria's most renowned and prestigious ski-academy. There is only a thin line between love and jealousy, loyalty and betrayal, ambition and frustration....