Whose Line Is It Anyway?

British improv comedy series (1988-1999)
TVSeries television_series Q922713
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Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Summary

Whose Line Is It Anyway? is a television series[1]. Whose Line Is It Anyway? ranks in the top 8% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (462 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Whose Line Is It Anyway? is the creator of Dan Patterson[3].
  • Whose Line Is It Anyway?'s instance of is recorded as television series[4].
  • Whose Line Is It Anyway? was directed by Chris Bould[5].
  • Whose Line Is It Anyway?'s genre is panel game[6].
  • Whose Line Is It Anyway?'s genre is humor[7].
  • A cast member of Whose Line Is It Anyway? was Colin Mochrie[8].
  • A cast member of Whose Line Is It Anyway? was Ryan Stiles[9].
  • A cast member of Whose Line Is It Anyway? was Brad Sherwood[10].
  • A cast member of Whose Line Is It Anyway? was George Wendt[11].
  • A cast member of Whose Line Is It Anyway? was Jim Meskimen[12].
  • A cast member of Whose Line Is It Anyway? was John Sessions[13].
  • A cast member of Whose Line Is It Anyway? was Mike McShane[14].
  • A cast member of Whose Line Is It Anyway? was Debra Wilson[15].
  • A cast member of Whose Line Is It Anyway? was Karen Maruyama[16].
  • A cast member of Whose Line Is It Anyway? was Tony Slattery[17].
  • The original language of Whose Line Is It Anyway? was English[18].
  • Whose Line Is It Anyway?'s presenter is recorded as Clive Anderson[19].
  • Whose Line Is It Anyway? was distributed by video on demand[20].
  • Whose Line Is It Anyway?'s original broadcaster is recorded as Channel 4[21].
  • Whose Line Is It Anyway?'s country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[22].
  • Whose Line Is It Anyway? began on +1988-09-22T00:00:00Z[23].
  • Whose Line Is It Anyway? ended on +1999-02-04T00:00:00Z[24].
  • Whose Line Is It Anyway?'s has edition or translation is recorded as Whose Line Is It Anyway?[25].
  • Whose Line Is It Anyway?'s number of episodes is recorded as {'amount': '+136'}[26].
  • Whose Line Is It Anyway?'s title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?'}[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Whose Line Is It Anyway? was directed by Chris Bould[5]. Cast members include Colin Mochrie[8], Ryan Stiles[9], Brad Sherwood[10], George Wendt[11], Jim Meskimen[12], and John Sessions[13]. Whose Line Is It Anyway? is the creator of Dan Patterson[3].

Publication

The original language of Whose Line Is It Anyway? was English[18]. Genres include panel game[6] and humor[7]. Whose Line Is It Anyway? was distributed by video on demand[20].

Why It Matters

Whose Line Is It Anyway? ranks in the top 8% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (462 views/month).[2] Whose Line Is It Anyway? has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Whose Line Is It Anyway? is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [3] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Number of seasons {'amount': '+10'}
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