Sitcom
noun
A type of TV show that is about a group of characters and is intended to make people laugh.
'Friends' is a popular sitcom from the 90s.
Often appears as...
- watch a sitcom
- sitcom series
noun
A type of TV show that is about a group of characters and is intended to make people laugh.
'Friends' is a popular sitcom from the 90s.
Often appears as...
- watch a sitcom
- sitcom series
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Pro Tip 1/3TV Genre
A sitcom is a specific genre of comedy with recurring characters in a common setting, often filmed before a live audience.
The Big Bang Theory sitcom revolves around scientists and their friendships.
Pro Tip 2/3Laugh Tracks
Many sitcoms include canned laughter or 'laugh tracks' to cue the audience when to laugh.
Did you notice the laugh track playing after every joke on that sitcom last night?
Pro Tip 3/3Episodic Nature
Sitcoms usually have episodic stories, which means each episode has a self-contained plot.
You can watch most sitcom episodes in any order without getting confused about the story.
Pro Tip 1/3TV Genre
A sitcom is a specific genre of comedy with recurring characters in a common setting, often filmed before a live audience.
The Big Bang Theory sitcom revolves around scientists and their friendships.
Pro Tip 2/3Laugh Tracks
Many sitcoms include canned laughter or 'laugh tracks' to cue the audience when to laugh.
Did you notice the laugh track playing after every joke on that sitcom last night?
Pro Tip 3/3Episodic Nature
Sitcoms usually have episodic stories, which means each episode has a self-contained plot.
You can watch most sitcom episodes in any order without getting confused about the story.
Pro Tip 1/3TV Genre
A sitcom is a specific genre of comedy with recurring characters in a common setting, often filmed before a live audience.
The Big Bang Theory sitcom revolves around scientists and their friendships.
Pro Tip 2/3Laugh Tracks
Many sitcoms include canned laughter or 'laugh tracks' to cue the audience when to laugh.
Did you notice the laugh track playing after every joke on that sitcom last night?
Pro Tip 3/3Episodic Nature
Sitcoms usually have episodic stories, which means each episode has a self-contained plot.
You can watch most sitcom episodes in any order without getting confused about the story.
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Math class needs a...
the neural pathways he said in such a way that they expect simple problems he called it an impatience with a resolution you're impatient with things that don't resolve quickly you expect sitcom size problems that wrap up in 22 minutes three commercial breaks in US and a laugh track and I'll put it to all
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Courtney Martin:...
is that growing up is about rejecting the past and then promptly reclaiming it. Feminism was the water I grew up in. When I was just a little girl, my mom started what is now the longest-running women's film festival in the world. So while other kids were watching sitcoms and cartoons,
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Making people laugh PIPE...
come on is going to change your life I want to tell you the things that I learned in the sitcom writers room first a bit about how the room works every sitcom universe scene was written about about ten people around a conference
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Neil Pasricha: The 3 A's...
I went to high school. I graduated. I moved out of the house, I got a job, I found a girl, I settled down -- and I realize it sounds like a bad sitcom or a Cat Stevens' song -- but life was pretty good. Life was pretty good.
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Why is colonialism...
And the orangutan doesn't even get paid. Look at how we represent ourselves. Look at how we represent nature. Look at how we represent the countryside. Look at how we represent agricultural life. Watch our sitcoms.
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Making wildlife a part...
other things started to take our attention whether it be sitcoms or video games or boyfriends or girlfriends and along the way here we are facing the extinction of our natural world but
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An entertainment icon on...
And the sitcom Jewish mother is born, right there. So your father also played a large role in your life, mostly by his absence. Yeah. Tell us what happened when you were nine years old.
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How Ethics Can Help You...
I've been a television comedy writer for almost 25 years. I have written sketches and animated shows and sitcoms, but for the last decade, my real passion has been the study of ethics.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson on...
emergence social and cultural mores of our day understanding what are important issues not to speak about at the news desk but in a sitcom he was merging pop culture with pop news
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Isaac Lidsky: What...
I currently run a construction company in Orlando. I starred on a television sitcom. I lost my sight to a rare genetic eye disease.
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Math class needs a...
the neural pathways he said in such a way that they expect simple problems he called it an impatience with a resolution you're impatient with things that don't resolve quickly you expect sitcom size problems that wrap up in 22 minutes three commercial breaks in US and a laugh track and I'll put it to all
Video examples
Courtney Martin:...
is that growing up is about rejecting the past and then promptly reclaiming it. Feminism was the water I grew up in. When I was just a little girl, my mom started what is now the longest-running women's film festival in the world. So while other kids were watching sitcoms and cartoons,
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Making people laugh PIPE...
come on is going to change your life I want to tell you the things that I learned in the sitcom writers room first a bit about how the room works every sitcom universe scene was written about about ten people around a conference
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Neil Pasricha: The 3 A's...
I went to high school. I graduated. I moved out of the house, I got a job, I found a girl, I settled down -- and I realize it sounds like a bad sitcom or a Cat Stevens' song -- but life was pretty good. Life was pretty good.
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Why is colonialism...
And the orangutan doesn't even get paid. Look at how we represent ourselves. Look at how we represent nature. Look at how we represent the countryside. Look at how we represent agricultural life. Watch our sitcoms.
Video examples
Making wildlife a part...
other things started to take our attention whether it be sitcoms or video games or boyfriends or girlfriends and along the way here we are facing the extinction of our natural world but
Video examples
An entertainment icon on...
And the sitcom Jewish mother is born, right there. So your father also played a large role in your life, mostly by his absence. Yeah. Tell us what happened when you were nine years old.
Video examples
How Ethics Can Help You...
I've been a television comedy writer for almost 25 years. I have written sketches and animated shows and sitcoms, but for the last decade, my real passion has been the study of ethics.
Video examples
Neil deGrasse Tyson on...
emergence social and cultural mores of our day understanding what are important issues not to speak about at the news desk but in a sitcom he was merging pop culture with pop news
Video examples
Isaac Lidsky: What...
I currently run a construction company in Orlando. I starred on a television sitcom. I lost my sight to a rare genetic eye disease.
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Glenn Kelman
American Businessman
I think the corporate world is pretty starved for personality. The reason you have comic strips like 'Dilbert' and sitcoms like 'The Office' is that people just can't be genuine human beings in a corporate environment. So if you can really be your own self, even if it's a little bit different, I think people are really drawn to that.
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Jennifer Love Hewitt
American Actress
I would really like to do a really cool one-hour show, maybe on, like, HBO or something like that; or something that I've spent a couple of years developing so it would be exactly the character and exactly in with a huge push behind it; or I would maybe want to do a sitcom; something light and funny.
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Isabella Rossellini
Italian Actress
It's nice to go and be a guest on a television sitcom. It pays well; it's easy because generally it's a supporting role, so you go, you do two or three things, you're in touch with people there. They're widely popular, so they're seen by many people.
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Harry Shearer
American Actor
I always thought, as a kid, if you - and the reason that I sort of stayed away from doing one character on a sitcom is - if you're doing one thing all the time, the audience is going to come up to you and say the one thing all the time.
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Josh Widdicombe
English Comedian
If one of my friends said they'd written a little role for me in a sitcom, I'd definitely do it and I'd enjoy it. But I have no interest in being a serious actor.
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John Lloyd
British Producer
I can help you shape your sitcom, I can help you think about what could make your sketch show better, but it won't help you get you a commission.
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Judy Gold
American Comedian
If I was married to a man, and I had the same life situation that I have, it's the perfect recipe for a sitcom.
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Megan Mullally
American Actress
Nobody's ever kept their sitcom character going after the show's off the air.
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Jermaine Fowler
American Actor
I was raised watching sitcoms, and I love long-form comedy.
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Jamie Foxx
American Actor
Yeah, the sitcom world is dead. It's all reality.
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Glenn Kelman
American Businessman
I think the corporate world is pretty starved for personality. The reason you have comic strips like 'Dilbert' and sitcoms like 'The Office' is that people just can't be genuine human beings in a corporate environment. So if you can really be your own self, even if it's a little bit different, I think people are really drawn to that.
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Jennifer Love Hewitt
American Actress
I would really like to do a really cool one-hour show, maybe on, like, HBO or something like that; or something that I've spent a couple of years developing so it would be exactly the character and exactly in with a huge push behind it; or I would maybe want to do a sitcom; something light and funny.
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Isabella Rossellini
Italian Actress
It's nice to go and be a guest on a television sitcom. It pays well; it's easy because generally it's a supporting role, so you go, you do two or three things, you're in touch with people there. They're widely popular, so they're seen by many people.
Quote examples
Harry Shearer
American Actor
I always thought, as a kid, if you - and the reason that I sort of stayed away from doing one character on a sitcom is - if you're doing one thing all the time, the audience is going to come up to you and say the one thing all the time.
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Josh Widdicombe
English Comedian
If one of my friends said they'd written a little role for me in a sitcom, I'd definitely do it and I'd enjoy it. But I have no interest in being a serious actor.
Quote examples
John Lloyd
British Producer
I can help you shape your sitcom, I can help you think about what could make your sketch show better, but it won't help you get you a commission.
Quote examples
Judy Gold
American Comedian
If I was married to a man, and I had the same life situation that I have, it's the perfect recipe for a sitcom.
Quote examples
Megan Mullally
American Actress
Nobody's ever kept their sitcom character going after the show's off the air.
Quote examples
Jermaine Fowler
American Actor
I was raised watching sitcoms, and I love long-form comedy.
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Jamie Foxx
American Actor
Yeah, the sitcom world is dead. It's all reality.
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