The Characters

Every comic thinks she's got a lot of great ideas; THE CHARACTERS asks them to prove it. Each half-hour episode of the sketch-comedy series has been turned wholly over to another up-and-coming comic; he or she is given complete creative control to write and star in a set of sketches. The result is a wildly divergent show centering on some of the most diverse characters comedy has ever seen: a snot-nosed but strangely wise toddler who dispenses advice to her mom's workmates; a Christian stand-up comic and stay-at-home mom who wrings a catchphrase out of her choice of jacket material; and a clinically depressed stripper, just for starters.