Tracey Takes On is an HBO sketch comedy series created by British-American comedienne Tracey Ullman. In 1993, Ullman returned to television after her hit Fox comedy series, The Tracey Ullman Show, was canceled, with two comedy specials for HBO. Tracey Ullman Takes On New York, and Tracey Ullman: A Class Act, were produced and aired on the network. Both received critical praise and awards. HBO approached Ullman and her husband, producer Allan McKeown, about doing a weekly character series for the network. Ullman agreed, and the Takes On series was born. Ullman created and portrayed a wide... spectrum of exotic characters for the series, including both men and women, young and old. Only her 'Kay' character returned from her earlier FOX series. Each week, each episode would focus on, or "take on", a certain topic in which each installment would revolve. Unlike her previous series where characters would appear one week only to never be seen again, Ullman's new roster of characters for the show would appear repeatedly for the duration of the series. Guest stars included Hugh Laurie, Tobey Maguire, Giovanni Ribisi, Jon Favreau, Carlos Mencia, Dan Futterman, and Danny Woodburn.
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| On the air: | January 24, 1996-March 17, 1999 |
| Network: | HBO |
| Genre: | Comedy |