Pastewka (Seasons 1–10)

Pastewka (2005) is a German sitcom you can watch online on iFILM, airing on Sat.1 and set in Cologne. Actor Bastian Pastewka plays a fictionalized version of himself — a working comedian who looks polished from the outside while his actual daily life keeps collapsing in small, awkward ways. The premise drew consistent comparisons to Seinfeld and Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm, and not just as flattery.

Directed across seasons by Joseph Orr and Jan Markus Linhof, with Matthias Matschke and Anke Engelke rounding out a sharp supporting cast. The show took home a Rose d'Or and the German Television Prize, and ran long enough to build real comedic rhythm. Self-aware, dry, and funnier than the logline suggests. Stream Pastewka online on iFILM.