''The Ben Show'' (also known as ''The Ben Show With Ben Hoffman'') is an American

sketch comedy Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and is ...

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created and hosted by comedian

Ben Hoffman Benjamin Isaac Hoffman (born December 13, 1974), is an American comedian, actor, writer, and musician. Hoffman is well known by his country musician alter ego Wheeler Walker, Jr., as whom he has released four albums of country music rife with p ...

. The series premiered on February 28, 2013, on the American

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network

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. Hoffman, Mike Gibbons, Itay Reiss, Derek Van Pelt, and Judi Brown Marmel serve as the show's executive producers. The show was not renewed for a second season.

Premise

In each episode,

undergoes a different "life journey," including forming a band, finding religion, auditioning for a reality show, and volunteering. Hoffman seeks advice from people like his father, ex-girlfriends, and his therapist, who also help Hoffman in introducing the show's sketches.

Episodes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ben Show, The 2010s American sketch comedy television series 2013 American television series debuts 2013 American television series endings English-language television shows Comedy Central original programming