From quizzing in the early 1990s to singing in the late 1990s to gameshows in the oughts, reality TV has come a long way, including that Indian original Roadies. None has been as egalitarian or as game-changing as Comicstaan. If you are into comedy, you are as likely to know some of the judges in the months to come as you are the contestants. That's how good this show is. Here's what we learned over eight weeks:

First-come-first-perish: One serious flaw was how, episode after episode, contestants who went up early ended up being scored poorly by both audience and judges. This also reflected how mentors kept going one up on each other as the show progressed.