''World's Funniest'', formerly ''World's Funniest Fails'', is an American

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television series produced by

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and

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which made its debut on

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on January 16, 2015. Hosted by

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, the funny videos show was inspired by the Jukin-owned

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channel FailArmy, in addition to Jukin's other properties. A panel of comedians views and analyzes the videos, which are divided into categories. In the first season each panel member selected a favorite in each category. Crews chooses a video in each category and decides on the "Fail of the Week" at the end. The panel member who picked the "Fail of the Week" receives the trophy. The show states in a

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that viewer submissions are not accepted (as the majority of the videos were licensed to the show by Jukin); unlike ''

America's Funniest Home Videos ''America's Funniest Home Videos'', also called ''America's Funniest Videos'' (abbreviated as ''AFV''), is an American video clip television series on ABC, based on a recurring segment on the Japanese variety show '' Fun TV with Kato-chan and ...

'', this show makes no claim as to whether people in the videos were hurt by their reckless behavior. The show was picked up for a second season to begin in the fall of 2015, but they were expected to be 8 or 9 unaired episodes ordered in February. The second season began airing November 6, 2015. The name was shortened, Crews said, because not everything funny is necessarily a fail. Also, the panel of judges no longer nominated favorite videos. Although not officially cancelled, Fox has not ordered a third season of the series. The show has no direct connection to another past Fox show of the near-same title, ''

The World's Funniest! ''The World's Funniest!'' is an American reality show that aired on Fox in 1997. Hosted by James Brown and announced by Mark Thompson, the show had a format similar to ABC's ''America's Funniest Home Videos''. It featured funny clips from TV s ...

'', which aired on the network from 1998 until 2000 and was produced by Brad Lachman Productions.

Reception

Brain Lowry of ''

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'' said ''World's Funniest Fails'' "tries to concoct a game element around the clips that never really makes sense", but "if the goal was to develop a series that exhibits even a shred of originality or ingenuity, as 'Fails of the Week' go, hey, it looks like we already have a winner!"

Episodes

Season 1 (2015)

Season 2 (2015)

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.fox.com/worlds-funniest-fails 2010s American comedy television series 2010s American reality television series 2015 American television series debuts American English-language television shows Fox Broadcasting Company reality television shows Television series by Dick Clark Productions 2010s American video clip television series