Star Comedy


Star Comedy is a Portuguese pay television channel that broadcasts comedy series and films, owned by The Walt Disney Company Portugal. Programs are mostly imported, mainly from the United States, occasionally also Canada and the United Kingdom. The channel has become the home for primarily 20th Television Animation's shows such as The Simpsons and Family Guy, as well as long running acclaimed sitcoms like Friends and The Office. The name of the channel is derived from one of the multiplex Star Premium channels in Latin America which originally was used in 2021.

History

As FX (First run)

The channel started broadcasting on September 26, 2007 alongside Fox Crime on TV Cabo's Funtastic Life package. The channel promised the start of "a new era in the Portuguese landscape" with a strong irreverent character reflected in the channel's slogan: Pós-Zapping. Unlike its sister channels, FX distanced from offering mainstream content, with the main offers being hit cult shows. The channel launched with the premiere of Dexter and also announced Deadwood in the channel's second week.

As Fox Comedy

On November 18, 2015, the channel finished its conversion to a comedy channel, Fox Comedy. In the process, all comedy shows on Fox Portugal were transferred to Fox Comedy, with Fox going forward, instead dedicating mostly to American police procedural television series.

As Star Comedy

On November 27, 2023, Disney has announced that Fox Comedy would rebrand to Star Comedy on February 7, 2024.

Programming

Current programs include:
  • 2 Broke Girls
  • American Dad!
  • The Big Bang Theory
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine
  • Family Guy
  • Friends
  • Ghosts
  • How I Met Your Mother
  • Last Man Standing
  • The Office
  • Rules of Engagement
  • The Simpsons
  • ''Two and a Half Men''

    Former programs

As Fox Comedy

  • A Criada Malcriada
  • Abbott Elementary
  • American Housewife
  • Animal Control
  • Atlanta
  • Baby Daddy
  • Black-ish
  • Bob's Burgers
  • The Cleveland Show
  • Crayon Shin-chan
  • Cristela
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm
  • Duncanville
  • Episodes
  • Fresh Off the Boat
  • Futurama
  • Ghosts
  • The Goldbergs
  • The Grinder
  • Kevin Can Wait
  • Life in Pieces
  • Malcolm in the Middle
  • Marlon
  • The Mick
  • The Middle
  • Mike & Molly
  • The Mindy Project
  • Modern Family
  • Mom
  • The Neighborhood
  • The Neighbors
  • New Girl
  • One Day at a Time
  • The Orville
  • Porta dos Fundos
  • Raising Hope
  • Seinfeld
  • Son of Zorn
  • Speechless
  • Superstore
  • ''Will & Grace''

    As FX