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A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. Today, sitcoms are found almost exclusively on television as one of its dominant narrative forms. Sitcoms usually consist of recurring characters in a common environment such as a home or workplace and can include laugh tracks or studio audiences. CharacteristicsAs opposed to stand up comedy a situation comedy has a storyline and ongoing characters in, essentially, a comedic drama. The situation is usually that of a family, workplace, or a group of friends. The term situation comedy or sitcom was adopted to distinguish them from other comedy formats such as sketch comedy, or stand-up comedy. Often these other formats were presented within a variety format mixed with musical performances, as in vaudeville. The emerging mass medium of radio allowed audiences to return to programs over and over, which allowed programs to return to the same characters and situations each episode and expect audiences to be familiar with them. While the humor in sitcoms varies, it is usually character-driven, which may result in running gags during the series. Often in a situation comedy television series the status quo is maintained from episode to episode; while within an episode there may be a distruption to the usual situation and the character interactions, this will usually be settled by the episode's end and the situation returned to how it was prior to the disruption. There are exceptions to this. Some shows feature story arcs across many episodes where the characters and situations change and evolve. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  vintagelibrary.com 132px x 125px | 16.90kB [source page] sixshoot01s jpg 22 Apr 2006 17 20 16k sixshoot01 jpg 22 Apr 2006 17 20 23k sitcoms jpg 22 Apr 2006 17 20 17k sitcom01s jpg 22 Apr 2006 17 20 16k  alldvduk.com 140px x 135px | 6.30kB [source page] 3 Classic British Sitcoms Rising Damp George And Mildred Bless This House 1976 itv dvd From Yahoo Image Search: "Sitcoms"  sitcomsonline.com Pavan -- SitcomsOnline.com Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:00:00 GM We will be back with our normal weekly report with the first four nights numbers and analysis in the fall, but we still will have our regular how the . sitcoms. did all summer long, along with last year's summer favorite, the coming week ...  weblogs.baltimoresun.com Liz Atwood ue, 02 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GM You don't find many . sitcoms. on TV these days. That is, unless you have a tween who likes to watch Nickelodeon and the Disney channel. I recently heard a report on NPR that said a number of the writers from the old TV . sitcoms. are working ...  www2.macleans.ca Jaime Weinman Mon, 12 May 2008 21:08:18 GM Written by Jaime Weinman on Monday, May 12, 2008 17:08 881Comments sitcoms. /Same+Guys%2C+New+. Sitcoms. 2008-05-12+21%3A08%3A18Jaime+Weinman. Print Story Print Comment ... From Google Blog Search: "Sitcoms"  news.google.com Mirror.co.uk Shooting of the sitcom will begin in August and the 90-minutdrama will be broadcast next year. While casting has not been confirmed, none of the original ... The Trotters are back! C21Media all 35 news articles » news.google.com NPR But if you'll look also in media, movies, sitcoms , when a woman gets insulted they are allowed to strike. They're expected to strike as often perpetrated in ... and more » news.google.com Huffington Post the norman lear collection ($159.95; Sony) -- Everything we watch on TV today -- certainly every sitcom and many dramas -- has been influenced by the ... and more » From Google News Search: "Sitcoms" What do YOU think about the portrayal of WOMEN on sitcoms? Q. The women are always portayed as intelligent and the men are either idiotic, or immature. ALSO, whenever there is a conflict on the show, the women is alway RIGHT and the man is always WRONG. I just can't believe sitcoms are still using this same tired formula. And its so far from reality. Why can't there be a sitcom where the man is the smart one and the women is an immature moron? Are women that sensitive that we always have to "pretend" they are smarter and more advanced than men? Asked by Mike T - Wed May 14 20:40:10 2008 - - 14 Answers - 0 Comments A. While such portrayals are morally wrong, you must understand that the people writing it want it to be a money-spinner, not a morally correct drama. Sitcoms where women are always right and in command are real crowd-pleasers. People find it more entertaining than when the man is right. These sitcoms have the very sad effect - if not the intention - of convincing people that women can never be wrong and if she is wrong, a man is the cause. How can women ever be the cause of any problem? Are they not the pure, virtuous angels fending off us male ogres? It is not that women are too sensitive to see the truth. They are too close-minded to accept that they are as smart - and dumb - as us. No gender is smarter or dumber than the other. We're… [cont.] Answered by unknown - Thu May 15 02:45:26 2008 What are the most popular American TV sitcoms (comedies) that are broadcast in Europe? Q. Why? Asked by Eddie Cacciatore, Private Eye - Tue Mar 17 22:17:11 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Here in the Netherlands we get many American sitcoms imported and the new ones are usually shown at primetime, so it shows that they are fairly popular but also these tend to be drama series rather than sitcoms like Criminal Minds, NCIS, Law & Order, Numb3rs, Ghost Whisperer etc However I don't tend to watch them then so I can't really tell you, and especially not for the whole of Europe as it really vaires as to the popularity a lot from country to country. One of the channels which does show a lot of American sitcoms is called "Veronica" here in the Netherlands and every weekday evening at dinnertime it shows old episodes of sitcoms which are easy watch My wife and kids, According to Jim, Will & Grace, Friends, Joey Then on a Monday… [cont.] Answered by bl bl - Wed Mar 18 04:53:00 2009 POLL: What are your top ten favorite Sitcoms of all time?
Q. If you cant think of Ten, that's ok too. Thumb up anyone who has at least a couple of worthy mentions. Duplicates cool too, just trying to gage what different people like. Asked by Bandera Man - Wed Nov 12 16:06:02 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. In no particular order: Arrested Development Cheers Seinfeld Taxi 30 Rock Bob Newhart I Love Lucy Frasier The Simpsons Curb Your Entusiasm Answered by Texas Jew Boy - Wed Nov 12 16:09:35 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Sitcoms"
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