Comedy Nights with Kapil

Comedy Nights With Kapil was an Indian sketch comedy and celebrity talk show hosted by Kapil Sharma, that premiered on Colors TV on 22 June 2013 and ended on 24 January 2016. Many of the episodes feature celebrity guests who usually appear to promote their latest films in a comedy-focused talk show format. The show became India's highest rated scripted TV show. At CNN-IBN Indian of the Year awards, Sharma was awarded the Entertainer of the Year award for 2013. On 25 September 2013, a fire broke out on the sets of the show at Film City in Goregaon causing the entire set to collapse and an estimated loss of ?20 Crores. Following the fire, two episodes were shot on sets of Bigg Boss in Lonavla. The show is adapted in Kannada as Majaa Talkies and hosted by Srujan Lokesh. This show is aired on Colors Kannada, the Kannada Channel owned by Colors TV. After a successful run of three years, Kapil Sharma decided to wind up the show after differences with the channel Colors. The last episode aired on 24 January 2016. In August 2016, Colors started to re-telecast old episodes of the show in their Sunday afternoon time slots due to low Target rating points besides stiff competition with Kapil.