Tracey Takes On...

Tracey Takes On... is an American sketch comedy series starring Tracey Ullman. The show ran for four seasons on HBO and was commissioned following the success of the 1993 comedy special Tracey Ullman Takes on New York. Each episode focuses on a specific subject which Ullman and her cast of characters take on through a series of sketches and monologues.

Unlike her previous eponymous Fox show, Tracey Takes On... was filmed single-camera on location without a studio audience. The show also focuses on a steady rotation of nearly 20 characters, unlike The Tracey Ullman Show which featured upwards of 100, the majority of which only appeared once. "I wanted to do a show where you could get familiar with the characters, where I could express a point of view, where we could get controversial [...] I also didn't want to do a series where I had to do 22 or 26 episodes a year. I have two children and have a husband, and there are other things I'd like to do during the year. Ten shows is a good number, and HBO gives me a great (artistic) freedom," said Ullman in 1996. The only character to be reprised from The Tracey Ullman Show was Kay Clark, as Ullman was the sole creator. Former cast member, Julie Kavner, became a recurring guest star on the series.

In 1998, a book based on the series, Tracey Takes On, was released. In 2003, the character Ruby Romaine was spun-off into the HBO television special, Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales.