situation comedy
noun
: a radio or television comedy series that involves a continuing cast of characters in a succession of episodes
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Noah and Joanne are unselfish people whose constitutional truthfulness robs the series of one of situation comedy’s main engines — the lie — for the better.
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
Everything ends eventually, however, including situation comedies, which is why the creators of Agatha All Along have allowed Ms. Harkness a programming upgrade.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2024
Norman Lear, the legendary television producer and philanthropist who revolutionized the situation comedy in the 1970s with All in the Family, The Jeffersons, and other landmark series, died of natural causes Tuesday at his Los Angeles home at age 101, a representative confirmed to EW.
—Jamie Malanowski, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2023
And without Louie, there would have been no Atlanta or Dave or so many series that blurred reality and situation comedy, hilarity and discomfort.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2024
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
Everything ends eventually, however, including situation comedies, which is why the creators of Agatha All Along have allowed Ms. Harkness a programming upgrade.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2024
Norman Lear, the legendary television producer and philanthropist who revolutionized the situation comedy in the 1970s with All in the Family, The Jeffersons, and other landmark series, died of natural causes Tuesday at his Los Angeles home at age 101, a representative confirmed to EW.
—Jamie Malanowski, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2023
And without Louie, there would have been no Atlanta or Dave or so many series that blurred reality and situation comedy, hilarity and discomfort.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2024
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“Situation comedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/situation%20comedy. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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