The Best TV Shows on Channel 101

An award-winning series from Channel 101's short film contest in the early 2000s. It mocks the soap opera television genre and satirized life in Malibu, California. There were seven episodes filmed, with an eighth episode "apology" also submitted after the creators decided to end the series. The original run was created by The Lonely Island; and starred Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Sarah Chalke.

Eugene Murzowski unknowingly creates Computerman, a powerful but naive cyborg, when a drop of his blood hits his computer keyboard.

Time Belt is a science fiction/comedy series created by Chris Tallman that ran from 2003-2004 on Channel 101. The series followed the adventures of Dr. Bloom, a nerdy scientist who, after his girlfriend is killed in a lunar shuttle explosion, creates a belt that allows the wearer to travel through time. With intentionally poor production values, the series served as one of Channel 101's many homages to low-budget science fiction films.

A guy in an orange wig and a green jumpsuit kicks people in the nuts.

Rob Schrab's cardboard and hot glue universe wowed audiences for five straight months, right up to the end of the 2003 season, when it was cancelled by ONE vote - a vote withheld by its own creator. Ringwald and Molly is a must-download and will forever occupy a space in Channel 101 history as one of the original five Prime Timers.

Three best friends, Peter, Rodney, and Alice, only have six months to live.

Bruce lives with The Wastelander in a strictly kill-or-be-killed environment.

Citizens and cops follow the path of their leader, Gary.

Dohar strutted into 2nd place in July of 2006, a powerful effort from Willy Roberts, Mike Manasewitsch, and resident 101 composer Ryan Elder. Loincloths, Taxidermy, and Dragonforce may not sound like a recipe for success, but the clever writing and intense action sequences made the live audience wild.

Over the years, Channel 101 has grown into an elaborate community of talented people who work together on pilots, developing fruitful and interesting collaborations. To contrast, Mike McCafferty has thrown all notions of camaraderie and teamwork out the window for the one-man-band production, Quest. On the surface, the show is a journey for raisins, but at it's core it is an experiment in form: demonstrating that you don't need an ensemble of actors and elaborate locations to tell a good story. You don't even need a crew. You just need a McCafferty and a Camcorder.

"Intriguing, engaging, mystifying," those are words that describe Stripey. "Hilarious," that's another one. In an era of action-packed pilots and dynamic at-home effects, only Falconer & Tam could make a show about a bunch of guys sitting on a couch so entertaining. But with its second episode, Stripey walked out of all of our lives forever.

Ryan Nagata, while overcome with separation anxiety for the elegant magician Shuzuki Thornburg (Your Magic Touched Me), wowed August 2006 audiences with an energetic and crisp spin-off focusing on Sex Crime Investigation. Gaining momentum in 2007, the spin-off eclipsed the original and began to reinvent itself with every episode. From the Japanese Mafia, to ghosts, to clones, to outer space, Your Magic Touched Me: Nights kept the energy fresh and exciting enough to last nine months of competitive screenings.

The existence of Channel 101 led to a show on VH-1 called Acceptable.TV. Director/Actor Drew Hancock wrote a mini-show for Acceptable.TV about the dangers of swords, but VH-1 hated it so it was never produced. Now, in the post-ATV era, Hancock has brought the show to the Channel 101 audience to great success. Sit back and enjoy as Trip Fisk warns you of the dangers of owning swords, and always remember: Don't Fucking Touch Swords.

At NASA, the stakes are high, the pace is quick, and the Astronauts must be ready for anything.

Creators Dan Harmon and JD Ryznar, first in line to parody themselves, brought the power to the people with this exciting anthology show that overflowed with energy and interactivity.

A struggling independent restaurant takes a stand against the unstoppable restaurant chain PF Changs.

Dan Harmon presents a groundbreaking new show about the darker side of therapy.

When you're a professor with tenure, they can't fire you. Even if you get hit in the head with a toaster and become really really dumb.

Rob Schrab returns to Prime Time (teamed with MC Griffin) with the non-stop action/adventure show, Suits

"Fishbowls" creators Alex Kavutskiy and Ariel Gardner returned to primetime in a first-place debut with "Kill the Baby," a darkly comic tale about a dude who wanted to, well, kill his baby.