British comedy less cerebral humour of Benny Hill and his ITV sketch series "The Benny Hill Show". Other notable sketch-based series include "Morecambe and Wise", "The Two Ronnies", "The Goodies", "French and Saunders", "Absolutely", "Little Britain", "The Catherine Tate Show" and "The Fast Show". In the 1980s, alternative comedy was spearheaded by Ben Elton and The Comic Strip group which included Alexei Sayle, Rik Mayall, and French and Saunders. "Vic Reeves Big Night Out" influenced the style of a whole new generation of comics in the 1990s until the present day. The 1990s and 2000s (decade) have also seen the rise of
Tracey Ullman's Show creative differences, she teamed with famed television and film producer James L. Brooks who had a deal with the yet-to-be launched Fox network. They created and launched a sketch comedy vehicle "The Tracey Ullman Show" in 1987. Ullman received critical acclaim and was rewarded with a slew of accolades. The show would go on to win the Fox network's first Emmy award. "The Tracey Ullman Show", while American-based, included Ullman's British sensibility with a variety of British characters created for her to play alongside American. Cartoon bumpers, "The Simpsons" were featured in the show. Though the British media continued to