But, as quickly became clear when these sitcoms became two of the most successful programs in television history, viewers didn’t actually hate them. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She looked at the television screen, a sitcom that she’d muted with the remote control when the phone rang. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He went straight to the dimly lit employee break room, where a sitcom rerun played on the decrepit TV. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I selected an episode of Family Ties, an ’80s sitcom about a middle-class family living in central Ohio. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Everything I think of when I think of really living, living to the full—all my ideas are just the opening credits of sitcoms. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took more time eating and looking at nature and wasted no time in front of TV sitcoms or “Movies of the Week.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

People only went missing for that long in sitcoms, which always ended happily, or horror movies, which rarely ended happily unless you were white and chaste and not gay. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I’ve always had this theory that God is a sitcom writer who loves to put me in ridiculous situations. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t decide if they seemed more like one of those quirky sitcom families or a bunch of weirdos who make a good first impression but flip out behind closed doors. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

That's how Park's dad came home every night, like the dad in a sitcom. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

If you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s as I did, wives seemed to be a genus of white women who lived inside television sitcoms—cheery, coiffed, corseted. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Even though we had a dining table, my sister, brother, and I would plop place mats on the floor and eat our dinners while watching sitcoms. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

There were no poker-faced sitcom martians in his part of Africa, no oil-rich hillbillies or aproned brides trying to wean themselves from the practice of witchcraft. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t anything on I wanted to watch, but he knew I didn’t like baseball, so he turned it to some mindless sitcom that neither of us enjoyed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

In the late 1960s, the screenwriter Norman Lear produced a television sitcom pilot for a show called All in the Family. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like I would be acting in a sitcom or something. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

All three of them crashed in front of the television when they got home, and watched a sitcom about a family with twelve kids. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The rest of the day I watched three hours of sitcom reruns on television until my head started to hurt. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He managed greater stealth than usual and sneaked past his father, who was absorbed in some sitcom rerun. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

It was like a moment from a television sitcom. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I just parked myself on the sheet-covered couch, smack in the center of the room, and surfed between bad music and bad sitcoms and bad movies and bad commercials and bad war. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

"The great sitcom writers of the past didn't think jokes were remotely important." ITV sitcom Vicious is cliched and outdated, says Barry Cryer 2013-06-17T23:05:02Z

Gary Goldberg, who created “Family Ties,” a sitcom about hippie parents from the ’60s and their children in the ’80s, including a conservative son, had no television experience when he arrived at MTM. Grant Tinker, Former Chairman of NBC, Dies at 90 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

She uses the bright, peppy context of a classical sitcom structure to do so, along with that genre’s shortcuts to resolution. Review: In ‘The Hot Wing King,’ a New Recipe for a Family 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z

The average sitcom, however, is both better written and directed. Theater Review | 'The Female of the Species': She?s So Under the Gun, She Can?t Leave Her Desk 2010-03-01T05:40:00Z

Yes, he says, the film contains a lot of racist abuse – but these were terms normalised by primetime sitcoms of the day. Kate Beckinsale on her role in Farming: 'If the parent is 100% evil, it's almost less damaging' 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

However, he remains best known for his portrayal of the Fonz in the 1970s American sitcom, Happy Days, which ran for 10 years and 11 series. Henry Winkler to play a porn star on Broadway? Exactamundo 2012-07-27T13:09:32Z

Alas, reality is less fabulous than 1960s sitcom, at least in the first two “Beekman Boys” episodes, Wednesday on Planet Green. | 'The Fabulous Beekman Boys': Two City Slickers Become Farmers on Planet Green 2010-06-15T22:41:00Z

It is executive produced by sitcom veteran Bill Lawrence, who created "Scrubs," "Cougar Town" and "Spin City." NBC renews 'Undateable' for an all-live third season 2015-05-09T04:00:00Z

His half-hour, single-camera sitcoms, with their deep ensemble casts and tonal blend of cringey awkwardness and heart, offered viewers the easy reliability of the best multicamera comedies but without the one-liners and studio audiences. With ‘Upload,’ Greg Daniels Takes a Leap Into the Great Unknown 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

Eclipse's smart twist here is to stage the play as a studio-set TV sitcom with canned applause and recording gear. This week's new theatre 2013-01-12T06:00:19Z

Certainly he has many drunken adventures to draw on for his storytelling – his first sitcom Legit, based on his experiences, has just aired in the US. Comedy gold: Jim Jeffries' Contraband 2013-04-11T15:38:00Z

The New York native also was a regular on the sitcom "Meet Millie," which first aired on radio and was also seen on television from 1952-55. Actor Marvin Kaplan, a diner patron on 'Alice,' dead at 89 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z

A popular winner in the best comedy series category would be the Canadian sitcom Schitt’s Creek, about a rich family forced to move to a small town. Hazmat tuxedos and video calls to feature at first all-virtual Emmys 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z

Offbeat and capricious, and a perversion of classic sitcom series, “WandaVision” seems like it will give its superheroine the space to power up and unravel in ways that she couldn’t in the overstuffed “Avengers” films. 11 Things Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2021 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z

But “Undateable” nevertheless clings tightly to some of the more hoary sitcom conventions, including raucous laughter at every punch line. ‘Undateable’ Keeps a Sitcom Formula Alive 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

The correct response to any questions regarding Bill Cosby’s legacy, or any future enjoyment of a family-friendly sitcom from the eighties is this: It doesn’t matter. How not to talk about Bill Cosby: This week’s edition 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z

"Rules of Engagement," now airing Monday, will pair with sitcom sibling "The Big Bang Theory" on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. CBS announces midseason changes, adds 3 rookies 2010-12-22T02:31:20Z

What seemed to vex critics almost immediately was how “The Big Bang Theory” only skimmed the surface of nerd life, and relied upon well-trodden sitcom forms for laughs. How “The Big Bang Theory” Normalized Nerd Culture 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

It's supposed to be a sitcom, but there was a lot of flailing, with neither enough situation or comedy to warrant the commission. Bridget Christie Minds the Gap; Our Woman in Norton Tripton: radio review 2013-03-15T07:00:05Z

I thought, how interesting to do sitcom, sitcom, sitcom, and then shatter that and be in a different genre. How the ‘WandaVision’ Creator Brought Her Vision (and Wanda’s) to Life 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z

Fox and NBC are working on a sitcom inspired by her. The Cult of Marie Kondo 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z

The TV show helped establish a lasting template for future generations of sitcoms, including “The Flintstones,” “All in the Family,” “Roseanne” and “The Simpsons.” Ralph and Alice and Ed and Trixie (and Song and Dance) 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z

Most successful is the sitcom element, which could be titled “Trish’s,” an Oakland bar where everybody knows your name. Review: In ‘This Land Was Made,’ Huey Newton Walks Into a Bar 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z

It is an unusual sitcom for the Twitter age. Mackenzie Crook unearths metal detector sitcom 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z

It’s either meta or melancholy that the show built around that premise is an entirely traditional sitcom. A Chill in the Air? Stay Inside and Watch TV 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

If that title suggests a sitcom populated exclusively by surreal, wafting cross–dressers, you'd be barking up the wrong monkey tree. TV highlights 20/02/2013 2013-02-20T07:00:01Z

Peg was the creator and star of an early radio and TV sitcom. The day Vida Wayne vanished, wearing a quarter-million dollars in jewels 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

By the time Lewis was 14, she had an agent, and began booking sitcoms. Juliette Lewis, an ‘Imagination Freak Fairy,’ Knows Her Worth 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z

If the fate of the world, and the heavens too, weren’t at stake, their humbled status might be the premise for a sitcom: not The Golden Girls but The Golden Gods. Wrath of the Titans: The God-Fathers, Part II 2012-03-29T15:11:23Z

Why didn’t that friction make it into their sitcom? Riff: The Divorce Delusion 2011-07-08T04:00:45Z

“It was kind of the ‘Friends’ of circus,” Ms. Snider said, citing the popular TV sitcom. Theater: A Circus That Lets Its Freak Flag Fly 2011-02-13T01:06:22Z

Echoed Tracey Gold, who played daughter Carol on the long-running sitcom “Growing Pains:” “It’s an honor being identified with a character.” Vintage stars return for real-life ‘Heartbreakers’ 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z

That next year Reynolds got his Hollywood break in the sitcom Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place. Ryan Reynolds: ‘I’m good at being the butt of the joke’ 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z

The performances were strong, the comic timing impeccable, the direction sharp, the idea – a sitcom about a dysfunctional workplace family of hairdressers – a nice one. Hollywood Me; Quick Cuts – TV review 2013-06-20T05:59:01Z

They were cast in the 1994 ABC sitcom “On Our Own,” as siblings whose parents had died, and were left to fend for themselves. The Smollett Family Business: Acting and Activism 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z

But the single-room sitcom brings another benefit to the medium in a time of budget cutbacks. TV Matters: Miranda and Peep Show 2010-12-23T07:59:02Z

Carlock left to join the writing team on Friends – a completely different way of working, given that it followed the model of the traditional sitcom. Enter stage write 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z

But we stayed in the zone of aspirational family sitcoms and that helped us find the focus of the show. How the ‘WandaVision’ Creator Brought Her Vision (and Wanda’s) to Life 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z

When James eats four fake hamburgers off-screen in a sitcom, it’s hilarious. Kevin Can Wait: is Kevin James an acting genius or a one-trick pony? 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z

There have been a lot of sitcom analogies made in this election, especially by Mitt Romney, who has called Newt Gingrich “zany” and likened him to Lucy in the candy factory. The Morning After: To the Moon! 2012-01-27T15:29:37Z

“The world then was not friendly toward sitcom actors,” she said. From Blossom to Amy but Still Always Mayim 2012-09-21T22:45:54Z

It has popped up in sitcoms and animated series and been written into dramas such as "V for Vendetta" along with genre favorites like "Doctor Who." Why "Yakety Sax" makes anything funny and has morphed into the soundtrack of political failure 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z

The odd mauling aside, a general feeling of festivity prevails on the set, with the crowd, crickets and flickering fires coalescing into something more akin to a summer-camp talent show than a network sitcom. ‘Abby’s’ Takes the Sitcom Somewhere New: Outdoors 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z

The conventions of modern television lead us to expect that even sitcoms have seasonal arcs and relationships that change over years. 'The Comedians' works as star vehicle, 'Louie' as thought play 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z

The broadcaster is reviving the 1990s sitcom with original series star Craig T. Nelson. NBC Is Putting 'Coach' Back in the Game 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

The network made comedy its development priority, and is opening Tuesday and Friday to sitcoms next fall. Comedy is king again on network television 2012-05-21T11:20:10Z

The sitcom captures both families living side by side, which is fine with almost everyone — except Calvin. What’s on TV Monday: ‘The Neighborhood’ and ‘Queen of the World’ 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z

Attempting to combine a convincing exploration of practical moral philosophy with sitcom wit and narrative drive was always likely to lead to the odd wheelspin. The Good Place: was this the most devastating TV finale ever? 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

Will Arnett voices the titular character, a washed-up actor who starred in a popular sitcom called Horsin’ Around 20 years ago and has done nothing of note since. 26 Streaming Shows You Should Get Addicted to This Winter 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z

In that case, you might get a sitcom. "So simple it’s revolutionary": On the increased variety of black male characters on TV 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

Crews, one of the stars of the sitcom “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” wrote that he “called their bluff by releasing their threats online. They blinked.” The National Enquirer’s tactics have been revealed. But they’re not new. 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z

Taxi Rappers love sitcoms and smooth jazz kingpin Bob James. Wale's Seinfeld tribute mixtape 2010-08-13T23:06:00Z

The NBC sitcom failed to win a single prize this time, despite receiving 15 nominations, tied for fourth among all contenders. "30 Rock" crushed at Emmys 2010-08-30T07:11:00Z

“We met with him and came back to L.A. sky high” about creating a Foxx-centered sitcom, Lear said in an email exchange. ‘Sanford and Son’ at 50, ‘double-edged’ Black sitcom pioneer 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z

Ms. Cummings said she had earned herself the nickname “Chick Lorre,” a play on Chuck Lorre, who oversees three sitcoms for CBS and is the dean of the multicamera comedy. 2 Networks Pin Their Hopes on One Comedian 2011-05-20T23:25:40Z

There is that in sitcoms, it’s just different in theater. 'That '70s Show's' Debra Jo Rupp on her new 'Cake' and breaking the rules — in baking and in life 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z

Natalie Zea and Jason Jones star as the parents in what sort of seems like a family sitcom — but is actually a giddy, filthy and often surprising saga about being on the lam. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z

She wrote for conventional sitcoms like “2 Broke Girls” and “Hot in Cleveland” while hosting her own “gay-mazing” YouTube series, “This Just Out,” from her kitchen table. Review: In ‘Dead to Me’ on Netflix, Widows Make the Best BFFs 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z

Or a better way to put it is to say that they are encased in more immediate realities that shut out conditions — beyond friends, work, clothes, cars, pop music, sitcoms, Facebook. Millennials will save us! 2013-02-16T19:00:00Z

If you thought sitcoms were 22 minutes long, think again. This Hilarious Ad Perfectly Captures the Awkwardness of Puberty 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

In fact, it’s time to stop it with the obsession of reuniting old sitcoms altogether. Friends reunion: let it go, it's never going to happen 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

That said, a model agency might be a promising setting for a sitcom, or at least more promising than a suburban family home on a Friday night. Rewind TV: South Riding; The Model Agency; Friday Night Dinner; Silk 2011-02-27T00:05:40Z

The Wright Way is a sitcom that would have looked and felt badly dated in the 1970s. The Wright Way; Edward VIII's Murderous Mistress; Keeping Britain Alive: A Day in the NHS – TV review 2013-04-24T06:00:10Z

There’s lots of easy, familiar humor about ashy ankles, McRib sandwiches, church and the unreliability of men — ordinary in a Black sitcom, but not so common at the Brooklyn Academy. Review: Kyle Abraham’s Theatrical Love Letter to Social Dance 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z

Is it really such a stretch to imagine some future historian crediting a sitcom — instead of actual people — with changing perceptions? ‘The Normal Heart’: Then and now, a relevant outrage

While it sometimes can veer into familiar territories of sitcom schmaltz, Better Things offers essential fresh takes on motherhood, Hollywood and the vagaries of teenage life. Better Things and Atlanta: FX delivers fresh new comedy voices 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

NBC says Aguilera is going on the road to support her new album, while Green is developing new music and a sitcom based on his life. Usher, Shakira to join NBC's 'Voice' in spring 2012-09-18T01:31:05Z

Bob Saget, the comedian and actor known for his role as a widower raising a trio of daughters in the sitcom “Full House,” was found dead Sunday in Florida. Comedians, friends, co-stars react to death of Bob Saget 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z

You can have a good sitcom–nay, a great one–filled with awful people: besides a vast body of British comedies, think Married With Children on Fox two decades ago. TV Tonight: I Hate My Teenage Daughter 2011-11-30T14:33:42Z

The boy’s inability to find a real-world equivalent to the synthetic love he experiences watching sitcoms seems to have driven him mad, a promising idea the film never fully develops. DVDs: Jim Carrey as the Id Unleashed a Bit Before Its Time 2011-02-25T20:14:20Z

Can I finally admit that my role model was a sitcom character? ‘Making It on My Own,’ With Mary Tyler Moore as a Guide 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

FIlming for series two of Channel 4's mega-succesful sitcom is underway. Catch-up TV Guide: From The Thick Of It to Blue Peter's Big Olympic Tour 2012-05-25T23:05:12Z

The 31-year-old actress stars in the Fox sitcom "New Girl" and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance. Actress Zooey Deschanel files for divorce in LA 2012-01-05T02:27:14Z

The reality show and sitcom each posted ratings of 2.2 in the demo. TV ratings: Fox wins with World Series; ABC, CBS tie for No. 2 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

The still popular, and very white middle-class, Good Life sitcom, 1975. Pass notes No 2,834: The sitcom 2010-08-22T19:00:00Z

Fans of this sitcom — a remake of Norman Lear’s original — were up in arms last year when Netflix canceled the show after three seasons. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘One Day at a Time’ and ‘Council of Dads’ 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z

“It’s the first mainstream UK sitcom to cast a transgender actor in a lead transgender role,” Root says, as we sit down with our coffees. Rebecca Root interview: ‘I’m not fighting myself any more’ 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z

It makes sense that TV, something we spend so many childhood afternoons and sick days with, is such a nostalgia trigger–see the reaction when any beloved sitcom character dies. Robo-James’ Time-Machine: The Unbearable Sadness of Levi’s 2012-08-22T12:26:38Z

ABC recently weathered an online uproar over a sitcom episode that didn’t even air. When Off-Camera Opinions Eclipse the Comedy 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

OWN's partnership with Perry, a prolific writer-producer-director often accused of trafficking in negative stereotypes, also includes the soap "If Loving You Is Wrong" and the sitcom "Love Thy Neighbor." OWN's 'The Haves and the Have Nots' returns to big ratings 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

Claim to fame: Mr. Goodman is an actor and writer best known for “Big Mouth,” an adult animated sitcom on Netflix about preteens surviving puberty. Brandon Kyle Goodman, a Nonbinary Voice of ‘Big Mouth’ 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z

What I actually spotted was a quite funny workplace-based sitcom starring the politically incorrect bloke from Channel 4's The 11 O'Clock Show. The Office ? still doing the business 2011-07-08T10:12:30Z

Martin Skegg We've had four years of wondering when a British broadcaster would buy this, one of America's finest sitcoms, and here it is. TV highlights 06/03/2013 2013-03-06T07:00:07Z

Back in the 1950s and 1960s, sitcom dads tended to be serious, calm and wise, if a bit detached. Why are sitcom dads still so inept? 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z

But The Office as much as any TV show was responsible for making so-painful-it’s-funny humor standard procedure on network sitcoms. Six Ways The Office Mattered 2013-05-16T09:45:58Z

And now this popular stand-up performer, sitcom star and digital host is offering New York audiences the opportunity to see as much of him as they can take. Jerry Seinfeld Gets a Regular Gig at the Beacon Theater 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

Sitcoms, and family sitcoms in particular, occupy fewer prime-time slots now, but streaming and reruns mean that the gap persists. Kevins Can Score Improbably Attractive TV Wives 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

Debuting Thursday on Peacock, “Rutherford Falls” will in some ways feel familiar to fans of its creators’ past work — a single-camera sitcom with a warmhearted style and a charismatic ensemble. Sierra Teller Ornelas on the Roots of ‘Rutherford Falls’ 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z

The police report details the extent to which Mueller was hurt and tells how Sheen, star of hit sitcom "Two and a Half Men," reacted when being questioned by police. Charlie Sheen's wife feared for life during assault 2010-08-09T23:32:00Z

I will definitely keep imagining 1970s sitcom stars emerging from breadstuffs. Total Recall: A Reader’s Guide to Memory Gain 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z

The aim is both to entertain and to motivate, albeit in the blunt, disaffected manner of the sitcom’s blue-collar household. Live episode of ‘The Conners’ takes on New Hampshire primary 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z

"The Story Behind" the sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond" is told in the premiere of this series. TV This Week Jan. 11 - 17: 'Whitney' 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

In the past I had always "acted" character roles – but it's essential, for a sitcom to work, not to try to be funny; you have to be an ordinary person to whom funny things happen. How we made: Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles on To the Manor Born 2013-04-15T16:30:09Z

On the ’70s sitcom, Oscar made his ex-wife Blanche a running ball-and-chain joke and was a wolf when it came to chasing a pair of sisters who lived in the building. Review: Matthew Perry in an ‘Odd Couple’ Refitted for a New Century 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

Mara grew up middle class in Los Angeles and Kansas City, Mo., and upon graduation from Northwestern, worked as a production assistant on the Fox sitcom “The Sinbad Show.” The Black Sitcom Steps Out of the ’90s and Gets Real 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

Such are the woes of the housemates in “What We Do in the Shadows ,” a macabre sitcom that premieres Wednesday on FX. ‘Shadows’ sucks comedy from the everyday lives of vampires 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

It is also ugly, shot with all the visual grace of the cheapest sitcom. Jack and Jill: What An Awful Drag 2011-11-10T20:33:21Z

The production’s strange combination of comic shtick and existential weariness makes it feel rather like a long-running sitcom being filmed before a live audience that knows its characters’ signature tics and flourishes by heart. Theater Review: ‘Glengarry Glen Ross,’ by David Mamet, With Al Pacino 2012-12-09T03:00:00Z

The gains were across the board in dramas, sitcoms, reality and Web-based TV, according to data released Tuesday by the nonprofit FilmL.A. L.A. television production booms in second quarter, agency says 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z

If you spend even a few hours with the Williams family, you’ll see the blueprint for the sitcom. How Ms. Pat overcame drugs, prison and abuse — and rose to comedy stardom 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z

Retta tells me about why she abandoned her medical school plans and chased her dream of starring in her own sitcom instead. Retta on why she’s “So Close to Being the S**t, Y’all Don’t Even Know” 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z

Not only was it arguably the greatest sitcom of all time, but it wouldn’t have been able to exist at all had Torn not nailed his part. 'Raw, sad, hilarious': how Rip Torn lit up TV with The Larry Sanders Show 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z

Wittels joined Parks and Recreation at the beginning of season two, bringing his quirky sensibility to what was then an almost blandly traditional sitcom. ‘Harris Wittels was the funniest person I ever met’ – Amy Poehler, Sarah Silverman and Aziz Ansari on a lost comic genius 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z

If commissioned for a full series, Giant Baby will be the comedian's first regular role since the short-lived sitcom The Michael Richards Show aired on NBC in 2000. Seinfeld star cast in new sitcom 2012-12-05T09:24:41Z

This one skewered the awkward moralism of nineties sitcoms. “S.N.L.” Both Mocks and Exploits the Streaming-Media Landscape 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z

Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian Seinfeld star Michael Richards could be back on the small screen next year, after being cast alongside former Cheers actor Kirstie Alley in a US sitcom pilot. Seinfeld star Michael Richards cast in US sitcom pilot 2012-12-05T14:34:18Z

So it’s tough to understand what happened to “Romantically Challenged,” an ABC sitcom that begins on Monday, with a title that is almost too apt. | 'Romantically Challenged': Alyssa Milano as a Lovelorn Single Mom With Pals 2010-04-18T22:48:00Z

On one side was the wayward star, on the other was TV's most successful and highly lucrative sitcom, an enduring hit for CBS and a moneymaker in the hundreds of millions for Warner. Sheen files $100 million lawsuit against Warners 2011-03-10T19:53:57Z

"I'm a child of the classic pop song and classic sitcom," he says, chuckling. George Shaw 2011-02-13T00:05:02Z

Advertisement Advertisement Often, though, their teasing doesn’t feel different from the family raillery of many a sitcom. Review: In ‘A Moon for the Misbegotten,’ Audra McDonald Is Front and Center 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z

Quirky women make for a tidy foil for more straightlaced or average characters, especially in the sitcom or cable television format. The most authentic part of "Happiest Season" is Jane, who conquers the "quirky woman" trope 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z

Traditional comedies are struggling for oxygen at the box office, caught between superheroes and a vast buffet of stand-up specials, sitcoms and amateur pranks on digital services like Netflix and YouTube. The Man Behind Winnie the Pooh Speaks Up, Gently 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z

As Norman Lear created him and Hemsley brought him to life, George was an example of how the same things that make sitcom characters outsized and hilarious can make them believable and real. Sherman Hemsley, Jeffersons Star, Dies at Age 74 2012-07-25T00:56:05Z

When sitcoms stereotype fathers, they seem to suggest that men are somehow inherently ill-suited for parenting. Why are sitcom dads still so inept? 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z

“The Carmichael Show” owes its title, its format and its tenability as mainstream sitcom to “The Cosby Show,” and the episode is completely aware of it. “The Carmichael Show’s” definitive take on Bill Cosby’s legacy: How Jerrod Carmichael became the most important comedian in America 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

Then there's the dialogue – so sitcom stylised that this time it begins to grate. Doctor Who: Amy's Choice ? series 31, episode seven 2010-05-15T18:10:00Z

Outside in the corridor, a sitcom actress – due to be one of Letterman's guests on the same show – passes by the open door. The girl with the mighty mouth 2011-03-27T00:02:01Z

Penelope’s veterans’ support group, for instance, recurs frequently as a sounding board, one of the rare instances of a sitcom’s paying close attention to the emotional and practical challenges of vets. Review: ‘One Day at a Time’ Still Standing and Being Counted 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z

That book was developed into a sitcom about Huang’s early life with his family that debuted this winter. “Fresh Off the Boat” will never make everyone happy — and it shouldn’t have to try 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

After the singer's touching performance, some humor shortly followed when co-hosts actor David Mann of Tyler Perry's sitcom "Meet the Browns" and Christian comedian Chonda Pierce took the stage. Jason Crabb wins gospel music artist of the year 2012-04-20T02:41:14Z

But ratings gradually increased – that year's Christmas special was watched by 6 million viewers, and it won best sitcom at last year's Bafta awards. Mrs Brown's Boys proves festive TV ratings hit 2013-01-04T15:35:00Z

But here we are five years later, with Mr. Samberg still leading the zany and diverse sitcom through high jinks all over Brooklyn. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Instinct’ and ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z

But her sitcom, “Ellen,” was canceled one season after her revelation. A Gay Icon From Reality TV’s Early Years Makes a Hesitant Return 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z

"The Simpsons" first aired in 1989 and is now the longest-running U.S. sitcom in history and is broadcast in more than 100 countries. "Family Guy" MacFarlane adds his voice to 'Simpsons' gig 2012-12-01T01:58:17Z

“I couldn’t do any more sitcoms, and not only that, I couldn’t be seen,” she says. Perspective | Sally Field, on Broadway and on a mission 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z

It's a very traditional studio sitcom setup, made watchable by its stars and enjoyable by a waspish script. ITV's gay sitcom fails to impress 2013-04-30T10:12:43Z

We also review the last episode of Channel 4 conspiracy thriller Utopia, and look forward to the new sitcom from Sue Perkins, Heading Out, and the latest series of Robert Winston's Child of Our Time. Media Talk podcast: Richard Briers remembered, and Radio 5 Live changes 2013-02-22T09:06:04Z

NBCUniversal, the parent company of the network that ran this iconic '80s sitcom, is mentioned in the suit, along with the production companies. Bill Cosby and two "Cosby Show" actors face new sexual assault lawsuit 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z

The comedian recalls his life and career through selected bits of his favorite jokes and material over the course of 45 years, from stand-up to sitcom. New & Noteworthy Audiobooks, From Jack Kerouac to Black Lives Matter 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

If the answer was “no,” I’d turn into a 1980s sitcom kid and say something like, “What is your problem?” Michael Jackson Cast a Spell. ‘Leaving Neverland’ Breaks It. 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

You might be getting it confused with Everybody Hates Chris, the autobiographical sitcom based on the formative years of Chris Rock. How celebrity childhood sitcoms are taking over TV 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z

From 2017-21, he was a writer and producer for the hit animated sitcom “Big Mouth” and voiced the character Devon. Jak Knight, Known for ‘Big Mouth’ Netflix Series, Dies at 28 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z

The harmless, frothy satire is nothing you wouldn’t see on a fairly average episode of ABC’s gay teen sitcom “The Real O’Neals.” Harvey Weinstein’s evil genius playbook: How he got LGBT people to support one of the year’s most controversial films 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

He becomes her husband in a sitcom fantasy world of her own creation. "WandaVision" echoes myths of Isis, Orpheus and Kisa Gotami to explain how grief and love persevere 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z

Bloom, who cocreated the sitcom “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” sees this new sensibility as an opportunity rather than a curb or a cause for angst. In ‘Reboot,’ Everything Old Is New, to Streaming 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z

I kind of thought, a couple of years ago I was on a sitcom that got canceled, and my manager and producing partner said, "What's your dream job? What would you want to create?" Kal Penn on why Democrats are losing and what constitutes a patriotic comedy 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

With a hit rate of about one in 20 gags, the sitcom from these YouTube sensations is considerably less likely to grab the 40-odd million views it has had online. TV highlights 26/07/12 2012-07-25T19:00:01Z

The actress won three Emmys for her role as Edith, the long-suffering, unsophisticated, but understanding wife of the reactionary and often racist Archie Bunker, played by the late Carroll O'Connor, in the hit TV sitcom. Jean Stapleton, who played TV's Edith Bunker, dies at age 90 2013-06-02T01:01:19Z

He devoted his weekly column in Haaretz to telling “the Palestinian story,” and he is the creator of “Arab Labor,” a popular sitcom that is a sendup of problems experienced by Israel’s Arab citizens. An Exchange Between Etgar Keret and Sayed Kashua 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

Cheers was the perfect sitcom, and the elements that made it perfect would easily translate to the stage. Sitcoms that should and shouldn't be turned into Broadway musicals 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

Despite Lear’s example, television immediately filled that void with yuppified sitcoms in which characters lived inwardly, in apathetic bliss and enviable creature comforts. Perspective | Rebooted Roseanne is a proud ‘deplorable.’ Can she be the Trump era’s Archie Bunker? 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z

“Or,” Ms. Farley added, “just have a reality show and say it’s a scripted sitcom.” Stars of MTV’s ‘Snooki & JWoww’ Enjoy the Attention 2012-06-27T12:00:00Z

In a classic moment of entertainment mythology, Barbara suddenly finds herself the star of Britain’s most popular sitcom. From the author of ‘About a Boy,’ a comic novel set in the 1960s traces the rise of a sitcom star 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

Their sitcoms made ours seem lacklustre in comparison. A life in books: Lauren Child 2010-10-04T07:00:00Z

For the past few years, networks have been trying to replicate the success of ABC's sitcom "Modern Family." Espionage, comedy veterans touted for upcoming TV season 2013-05-16T21:20:31Z

Jokes, Served Up Over a Meal It’s all knishes and kibitzing in “Lunch,” Donna Kanter’s charming documentary about a Hollywood institution more enduring than most sitcoms. Movie Review: ‘Lunch,’ Donna Kanter’s Documentary About Comedians 2012-11-09T00:47:39Z

Women can be raunchy on sitcoms, but they cannot be uninspiring. Television Review: ‘Broad City’ Brings a Female Twist to Failure 2014-01-21T21:57:40Z

The best sitcom ever has to be Mind Your Language from the late 1970s. Notes & Queries: What was the funniest TV comedy? 2012-08-01T11:41:48Z

Before Ali G, Morris was pranking the public. also ran excerpts of a reality sitcom called The Office, seven years before Ricky Gervais did his show of the same name. 'Four Lions' Review: Finding Comedy in Suicide Bombers 2010-11-19T14:15:00Z

His sitcom “Family Ties” offers a prime example. A Very Special Episode, but Maybe Not So Precious 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

Corden, known for presenting the Brit Awards and starring in sitcom Gavin and Stacey, was confirmed as the new Late Late Show presenter in September and made an appearance on the programme on Wednesday. Ferguson bows out of US talk show 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z

Reiner had developed a sitcom, “Head of the Family,” based on his experience on Sid Caesar’s “Your Show of Shows.” At 95, Dick Van Dyke is still the consummate showman. And he’s desperate to get back onstage. 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z

And while NBC’s sitcoms may be sparse in the fall, there is at least one new show that promises an intriguing experiment and ideally some laughs: Neil Patrick Harris’ variety show Best Time Ever. Upfronts Watch: NBC's Schedule, Not Much to Laugh About 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z

Most often we play sitcom parents who stand as the last defense between civil order and the techno-narcissism that awaits. Perspective | These TV shows have figured out Gen X’s greatest gift to society: Grouchiness 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z

It will add two comedies this fall, turning Tuesday into a sitcom night, and one drama. Fox has 3 new shows on fall schedule 2012-05-14T14:24:14Z

And when TV opportunities dried up despite her award-winning résumé, which also includes “Dawson’s Creek” and “ER,” she created the equivalent of her own personal sitcom on Instagram. Busy Philipps Has Flourished by Being Herself 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

The Hockley Motel in the Canadian town of Mono, Ontario, was a key filming location throughout the six seasons of the hit CBC sitcom. Schitt's Creek motel for sale – minus the 'Rosebud' sign 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z

CBS' entertainment president defended his network's efforts to air more inclusive series even as it introduces a fall slate of new sitcoms and dramas with white male stars. 'MacGyver' update won't be gun-free zone; more Colbert live 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer will return in the pilot of a studio sitcom called House of Fools, and there's a new Matt Lucas silent comedy with the working title Mr Pompidou. BBC's Shane Allen: 'I'm doing the job of comedy gods' 2013-03-24T18:15:01Z

The medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" and football sitcom "The Game" dominate the TV categories with six nominations each. `The Help' leads nominees at NAACP Image Awards 2012-02-17T20:29:08Z

“The Night Alive” might register as a sitcom uncomfortably spliced into a tragedy, except for that underlying and connective sense of the numinous. Theater Review: Conor McPherson’s ‘The Night Alive,’ With Ciaran Hinds 2013-12-13T03:00:09Z

Here, we see footage of him bestowing a trophy—supposedly won for “I Spy,” by Bill Cosby, and plundered from him—on black sitcom stars of bygone lineups. At the Emmys, the TV Industry Runs Past Schedule to Reckon with Its Past 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

Subplots involving black-market sneakers and the indignities of the gig economy echo innumerable sitcoms at this point. In ‘Woke,’ Waking Up to Racism Is a Lot Like Going Crazy 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z

Once you get past the usual annoying sitcom trappings – obnoxious laugh track and the rather tepid one-liners – the show gets interesting about 10 minutes in. Here is Salon's curated guide to Thanksgiving weekend TV 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z

Classic black sitcoms like ‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ and ‘Living Single’ are finally streaming. Review | Let’s make it rain for Starz’s ‘P-Valley,’ an evocative and entertaining series about a Southern strip club 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

ABC’s newest sitcom, Man Up!, debuting tonight, proves this principle by negative example. Review: The Descent of Man Up! 2011-10-18T16:46:00Z

I'm writing a new sitcom that we just signed the deal to, but we'll see what happens with it. D.L. Hughley: The ultimate Black superhero would have the power "to make white people believe him" 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z

Wherever she appears, Ms. Pat commits to a bracing level of realness; even her family-friendly sitcom is wonderfully laden with F-bombs. Ms. Pat on embracing life's darkness and friend Joe Rogan using the n-word: "We all make mistakes" 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z

Q: When stand-up comedians land a sitcom, they usually end up playing a version of their stage persona. Chicago sound familiar to 'Mike & Molly' star 2011-06-02T15:16:00Z

Of course, sitcoms we watch when we're young teach us about comedy. "I watched 'Night Court' with my grandmother": Melissa Rauch on reviving the comforting '80s comedy 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z

It feels right to start at the end because Catastrophe was always capsizing our expectations of what a sitcom, and indeed a relationship, could be. The 50 best TV shows of 2019: No 9 – Catastrophe 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

The reason was her rewarding work on television, namely the popular sitcom Julia, in which she played a widowed middle-class single mother. Diahann Carroll obituary 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z

“The Prince,” is the brain child of Gary Janetti, creator of the outlandish animated hit show “The Family Guy” and groundbreaking sitcom “Will & Grace.” Animated British royal comedy 'The Prince' to make debut on HBO Max 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z

But really this sitcom, whose first 10 episodes appear Friday on Netflix, is a country song all the way through. Review: In ‘The Ranch,’ Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson Reunite as Cowboy Siblings 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

Take a show that’s built as expansive a universe as Parks & Rec and you’re looking at a very, very crowded finale–a situation which can often make final sitcom episodes into weird, hurried affairs. Parks and Recreation Watch: Chopped! 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z

It might be that or an inoffensive sitcom with big tent ambitions that takes a few episodes to organize its approach. With "Young Rock," is Dwayne Johnson starting his presidential campaign 10 years early? 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z

Toast of London, which is currently on its second series, is nominated in the best sitcom, best new comedy and best comedy moment of 2014 categories, with three of its stars getting acting recognition. Matt Berry toast of comedy awards 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z

For its part, Fox, which trails CBS in overall ratings, added nine shows, including three sitcoms, two dramas, three reality/game shows, and one animation show. And the winner is? The sitcom, as networks add new shows 2012-05-17T18:57:45Z

A sitcom is like a delicately spiced soup. TV commissioning is just a bad joke 2013-06-30T17:30:01Z

Here was Tuesday’s dehumanizing-rhetoric scorecard: a sitcom disappeared with uncommon haste. Much Like a Trump Rally, the End of “Roseanne” Felt Both Shocking and Inevitable 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

ABC’s new sitcom Fresh Off the Boat — the first Asian-American family sitcom in 20 years — is a loose adaptation of the memoir by restaurateur Eddie Huang, who’s profiled in the new issue of TIME. 'Fresh Off the Boat Star': I Don't Need to Represent Every Asian Mom Ever 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

In June, Yahoo renewed to the television sitcom "Community" for a sixth season. Yahoo to release Weinstein film 'One Chance' before theatrical debut 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z

The sitcom, however, with its simplistic plot line, fast-pace and pliability, is what she prefers to work with, artistically. At Hammer Museum's 'Made in L.A.' biennial, Martine Syms makes her moment 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z

Focusing on the lives of messy, weird and ordinary characters, Insecure brought the black sitcom into the mainstream without compromising its integrity. Streamadelica: the 30 best box sets to watch before you die 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z

There are so many bad examples of multicam sitcoms and I get why people’s image of it is a bit distorted or negative. Lil Rel Howery and Jerrod Carmichael Think You’re Wrong About Multicamera Sitcoms 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z

It was an awfully convenient resolution even by sitcom standards. It Was ‘Roseanne’ vs. ‘Roseanne,’ in a Polarizing Revival 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z

I’m not exactly sure why, but we’re currently experiencing a smattering of sitcoms about people left behind by fame. The Other Two: could this be 2019's funniest new TV show? 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

That's the paradox facing Flight of the Conchords, "New Zealand's fourth most popular folk parody act", as they used to call themselves before their hit sitcom and now tour of Britain's enormo-domes. Flight of the Conchords 2010-05-11T20:35:00Z

“All marriages are based on a sitcom premise,” he said recently: “What if you and I tried to stay together for the rest of our lives?” Television: A Show About Something: Marriage 2010-02-27T06:47:00Z

Lopilato made her name as a model and in Argentine sitcoms and soap operas, including "Rebel Way," ''Little Girls," ''Married With Children" and "Pirate Soul." Michael Buble weds Argentine TV actress Luisana Lopilato 2011-03-31T17:43:00Z

Not only is there no laugh track, but also missing are the rhythms of a sitcom: the setup/punch-line structure, the episode arc. Television Review: ‘Short Poppies,’ a Mockumentary, on Netflix 2014-04-02T20:34:27Z

Fields is best known as a star of two long-running TV sitcoms: “The Facts of Life” and “Living Single.” ‘The Upshaws’ Is a Throwback Sitcom With Modern Views 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z

The exact dollar figure he will be paid is not known, but a source says Kutcher is getting a ''huge payday'' to join the hit sitcom. Sources: Ashton Kutcher to replace Sheen on 'Men' 2011-05-13T00:58:00Z

Cummings grew up on a steady diet of television and honed her comedic chops by watching sitcoms like "Three's Company" and "The Cosby Show." Whitney Cummings juggles 2 shows this season 2011-09-21T22:38:11Z

To find her own equilibrium in parlous times, Sally Fischer, a Manhattan publicist in her 60s, turns not to literature, she said, but to vintage sitcoms. The Three A.M. Club 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z

When Alvy visits his friend Rob, now a sitcom producer, he is so revolted by the fake laughs added to the show’s soundtrack that it makes him physically ill. Annie Hall at 40: ranking the film's funniest moments 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

Scranton is the setting of nine seasons of “The Office,” the beloved sitcom that may well flourish forever in streaming and syndication. Scranton became shorthand for the past. Its reality is far more complicated. 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z

Beverly’s outrageousness recalls that of innumerable stock characters from Tyler Perry’s plays, Black sitcoms of the 1970s and Chitlin’ Circuit farces. Review: In ‘Chicken & Biscuits,’ a Sweet but Dated Comedic Recipe 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z

She served as host for more than a decade before stepping aside to concentrate on her new sitcom "Malibu Country." Luke Bryan to join Blake Shelton as ACMs co-host 2013-01-08T22:46:04Z

It doesn't much rely on physical comedy or the stagey quippiness of Mack's current sitcom, Not Going Out. Does everybody really love Raymond? 2013-05-09T13:29:00Z

The 37-year-old Berkley is best known for the sitcom "Saved by the Bell" and for playing an exotic dancer in the movie "Showgirls." Elizabeth Berkley writing self-help book 2010-04-13T16:56:00Z

In this new sitcom, George Lopez stars as a recently divorced man trying to juggle two cultures and modern family life. March 20 TV Picks: FX’s ‘Saint George’ with George Lopez 2014-03-19T20:06:39Z

As well as Two and a Half Men, Lorre has created several other successful sitcoms including The Big Bang Theory and Dharma and Greg. Burt and Elvis head for Broadway 2013-05-08T15:54:35Z

A sitcom that was barely noticed by the general public when it was first on the air now claims the biggest audience ever for an original situation comedy episode on ad-supported cable. 3 comedies score biggest weeks ever on primetime 2011-01-19T22:15:32Z

Kenya Barris has consistently managed to push things right up to the line on Black-ish, while making a fundamentally relatable sitcom for a broad base of American viewers. Atlanta: Donald Glover's show is the smartest – and funniest – on TV 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

“It’s really entertaining compared to other sitcoms, and it addresses universal issues,” Ms. Konus, 29, said by telephone from her home in Monterey, Calif. “The themes, if you ask me, speak to everyone.” How ‘Friends’ Helps People Around the World Learn English 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z

“The Back-Up Plan” is innocuous and unmemorable, and pretty much looks like a lot of sitcoms do. Movie Review 'The Back-Up Plan': Jennifer Lopez and Alex O?Loughlin in Rom-Com 2010-04-22T21:53:00Z

Season 2 of this zany sitcom is filled with culture clashes and chaotic shenanigans, including the Derry Girls’ first encounter with Protestant boys. The Best Movies and TV Shows New to Netflix, Amazon and More in August 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

It was an emotional whirlwind: On May 10, Fox announced that it was canceling the police sitcom “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” and the outcry came swiftly. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ and the Billboard Awards 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z

The Scots have cried foul at a new BBC sitcom set on the battlefields of Afghanistan – because it plagiarises the Beeb's own Gary: Tank Commander, a popular hit north of the border. Les Dawson set for a posthumous return, and an abundance of outrage 2013-02-27T11:44:08Z

Feldman worked steadily, progressing from adverts to sitcoms and finally movies. Corey Feldman: 'The biggest problem in Hollywood is paedophilia' 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z

With Friday's announcement that Kutcher will be replacing Charlie Sheen, viewers could begin to wonder how he will be plugged into the hit sitcom's tight little world. Can Kutcher man up and keep 'Men' a hit series? 2011-05-14T11:49:08Z

Despair is a turn off for sitcom seekers, even if a show is well-written and anchored by a major star. Don’t get weird, OK? Let new comedy “People of Earth” take you to a better place 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z

“WandaVision,” by contrast, was a half-hour sitcom parody; the most significant fights of the show were marital squabbles, leavened by an eerie laugh track. How Elizabeth Olsen Came Into Her Powers 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z

Cue the wizened locals ready to fleece them, the natural and man-made catastrophes, and you have all the makings of a bad sitcom, with Monocle meets Fawlty Towers as the log line. In Ireland’s ‘Forgotten County,’ a Tiny Inn Does It Right 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z

The most popular new sitcom of the 2011-12 season, Fox's "New Girl," was not nominated for a series award. ArtsBeat: Major Networks Shut Out of Best Drama Category in Emmy Nominations 2012-07-20T14:30:29Z

The sitcom was widely loved for its sophisticated writing, inspired casting and insightful view of the inner workings of the then-new medium of television. Actress Rose Marie of ‘Dick Van Dyke Show’ fame dies at 94 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

One of the country's most popular sitcoms is a comedic satire about an Israeli-Arab journalist trying to fit into Jewish society whose attempts frequently backfire. Arab singer captures Israeli hearts 2012-04-05T12:23:11Z

"To see her in the context of a network sitcom as a major player is just really fantastic," he said days before "Reiser" was canceled. Landecker stays in focus 2011-04-27T21:13:00Z

We're the perfect sitcom double act, trapped in this column together with nothing in common and no hope of escape. Pass notes No 2,834: The sitcom 2010-08-22T19:00:00Z

Geoffrey Owens and Cynthia Nixon both became famous after starring on beloved sitcoms, which means that their work had value for millions of people. The Shaming of Geoffrey Owens and the Inability to See Actors as Laborers, Too 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z

Thus he avoided the classic teen anxieties, only to reenact them as the George-Michael Bluth, the cult sitcom's awkward but articulate youngster. Scott Pilgrim Vs The World 2010-08-13T23:06:00Z

He cites sitcom star Mary Tyler Moore's dramatic transformation in "Ordinary People" as part of his inspiration for casting Aniston. Taking risks in the indie 'Cake' is paying off for Jennifer Aniston 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

Norman Lear, who created sitcoms like “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons,” and his wife, Lyn, a Sundance trustee, are providing funding. ArtsBeat: Sundance Institute to Look at the Little Picture 2014-03-19T18:30:57Z

She starred in the TV sitcom “Reba” for six seasons, has more than 10 movies to her credit and performed on Broadway in “Annie Get Your Gun.” In Kennedy Center Honors first, ‘Hamilton’ to be awarded prestigious arts prize 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z

ABC’s The Neighbors, which debuts tonight, is a sitcom about space aliens living in the suburbs. TV Tonight: The Neighbors Is Bad, But Not for the Reason You Might Think 2012-09-26T13:09:57Z

She could add two more to the mantel this year, with nominations here and for her work on the CBS sitcom "Mom." Emmys 2014: Who will prevail in the guest-acting categories? 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z

Ms. White will continue to star in “Hot in Cleveland,” a sitcom on TV Land, and she will also be an executive producer of “Off Their Rockers.” ArtsBeat: Betty White to Host a Prank Show 2011-03-31T18:46:30Z

To the Emmys, the future of TV is a network sitcom best watched passively. A backward-looking Emmys honor “Modern Family” and CBS comedies — again 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

I thumbed through channels of French sitcoms from the '80s, watching lithe and leggy women strut around cardboard set apartments in sea-green workout gear. How I made my peace with "I Think You Should Leave" – a cringe comedy I was one reluctant to watch 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z

But “Hope” proved how sitcoms can still matter; even in a time of fragmented audiences, they can connect. With Police Brutality Episode, ‘black-ish’ Shows How Sitcoms Can Still Matter 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

She was prominent in the “Carry On” series and the sitcom “Terry and June” in the ’80s before playing a vital role in “Absolutely Fabulous.” Longtime British comedy star June Whitfield dies at 93 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z

As well-regarded as the sitcoms are, I still think there might be even better ratings in a show that’s nothing but one old theme song after another, performed by special guest singers and bands. Review | ABC’s live ‘Good Times’ and ‘All in the Family’ try again to rekindle the magic of yesterday’s sitcoms 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z

Her seamless transition between perky if put-upon sitcom wife and a woman on the verge of losing her mind signals a versatility that's only begun to be tapped. On "Kevin Can F**k Himself," a horrible man has eclipsed the show's true hidden potential 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z

There are no scouts in the audience, no one looking for the star of their next sitcom or a comedian to perform on “Conan.” After quitting his day job, comic has a new role: Building a comedy scene 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

It is a big, smart swing-for-the-fences sitcom about a down-and-out Harvard professor forced to teach biology to high-school students after an “incident”. Tired of rewatching Fleabag? Here are 30 TV hidden gems to stream 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z

As a young critic in England in the 1970s, James made his name by reviewing television dramas and sitcoms, then took up broadcasting. Clive James’s ‘Last Readings’ review: A critic’s final homage to literature, life 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z

For as long as it lasts it’ll be just another sitcom about friends who get on one another’s nerves, and ours too. Television Review: CBS’s ‘Partners’ From David Kohan and Max Mutchnick 2012-09-23T21:48:54Z

The footnote-worthy cultural references provide the laughs in this new sitcom. TV Watch: ?Don?t Trust the B?- in Apartment 23? ? Postmodern Prime-Time? 2012-04-12T17:44:07Z

Jimmy Fallon is the executive producer of “Guys With Kids,” and some of the jokes are amusing, but the show is a traditional sitcom that looks slightly dated. Television Review: ‘The New Normal’ and ‘Guys With Kids’ Begin on NBC 2012-09-10T21:56:20Z

The brothers reunite on Wednesday's episode of the ABC sitcom "The Middle," in which they play — you guessed it — squabbling siblings. Brothers Dick and Jerry Van Dyke clash in 'The Middle,' bond off-screen 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z

Innovative projection technology and video editing software merged the faces of nonwhite characters with the white sitcom stars they used as vocal models. The Ones We Left Behind 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

The good news is you have the sitcom; the bad news, you have the sitcom. Lewis Black returns to the home town that sparked his political fire 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

It aired years before meta sitcoms like Community and Episodes and certainly before the sitcoms-as-reality-show convention we see with The Office, Parks and Recreation and Modern Family. The Comeback comes back: Lisa Kudrow's prescient show returns to TV 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

Goofy family sitcom "1600 Penn," set at the White House, debuts Jan. 10. NBC's Greenblatt rebuilds network long in disarray 2013-01-04T14:02:13Z

The programming schedule, which is bookended by the music video blocks "Uplifting Urban," "Uplifting Pop" and "Uplifting Country," includes repeats of dramas and sitcoms including "Touched by an Angel" and "Moesha." GMC TV changes name to UP to reflect programming 2013-05-31T18:55:09Z

We also watched Community again, which was probably my favourite sitcom when it came out. Richard Herring: 'The Simpsons should stop now' 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

“Like all good sitcoms, it reflects current trends,” he says. How The Big Bang Theory became the Friends of the iPhone generation 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

Whether the latest version of the sitcom will manage to define its times, even for those who resolutely refuse to watch, remains to be seen. The secret of Birds of a Feather: why female friendship is the key to sitcom success 2013-06-29T11:35:14Z

One observer refers to the two friends, out in the New England Airbnb they rent, as characters in a sitcom, “Lucy and Ethel Do Euthanasia.” Sigrid Nunez Follows ‘The Friend’ With a Sorrowful, Funny Novel About Death 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z

There will be plenty of argument about why Sheen is in another TV show, but at least Anger Management reminds us of one reason: that he’s a gifted sitcom actor with sharp timing and delivery. TV Tonight: Anger Management 2012-06-28T11:43:48Z

The top networks will air eight sitcoms that night alone, with ABC promising two more in January. Comedy is king again on network television 2012-05-21T11:20:10Z

"Hot in Cleveland" debuted last month to 4.8 million viewers, which TV Land touts as the most-watched sitcom telecast in cable TV history. "Hot in Cleveland" renewed for second season 2010-07-08T01:45:00Z

The Hollywood Reporter cited a statement from executive producer Robert L. Boyett about the absence of the 28-year-old twins in the sequel to the popular sitcom "Full House." Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen will not appear in Netflix's 'Fuller House' 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z

You made the podcast kind of the spine of the sitcom. Marc Maron promises an emotionally scary (and funny) new season on IFC 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

Reviving “Roseanne,” even with its hallowed status in the realm of TV sitcoms, was particularly tricky given the mercurial nature of its star and announced political leanings on its central figure. Without Roseanne, who are “The Conners” now? 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z

The Ladies have been a favorite of film and television producers and were used in the opening shot for the sitcom "Full House." Rock, bridge, bay: San Francisco's movie landmarks 2012-10-01T20:08:16Z

Her taste for the subversive extends to ABC’s “Fresh Off the Boat,” a dyspeptic sitcom about an Asian-American family. For Margaret Cho, Nothing Is Too Private for a Punch Line 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z

The rest is history: "Halloweentown" movies for Disney, a recurring role in the sitcom "Will & Grace," more TV movies and, in 2012, a role in the feature film "One for the Money." Actress Debbie Reynolds, known for 'Singin' in the Rain,' dies at age 84 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z

The structure of the classic sitcom is schmaltz. Golden oldies: The Golden Girls was Sex and the City on HRT 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z

Doesn’t he know that everyone is calling this a comeback season for the sitcom and that Ms. Deschanel’s show is one of the most popular around? Television: ?New Girls,? ?2 Broke Girls,? ?Last Man Standing?: New Season for Old Jokes 2011-11-23T14:30:42Z

“Like a lot of sitcom dads, he’s a little deplorable, but he puts a human face on it,” Mike Hale wrote in his review for The Times. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Sidewalk Stories’ and ‘Space Force’ 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z

It’s an NBC sitcom on Thursday about a fictional first family that the network is promoting as a blend of “Modern Family” and “The West Wing.” Television Review: ‘1600 Penn,’ on NBC, With Pullman, Gad and Elfman 2013-01-09T18:12:03Z

There were two awards for BBC3 – for supernatural drama In the Flesh and sitcom Him & Her: the Wedding. Broadchurch wins Bafta hat-trick 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z

He frequently texts with the producers, offering input on the opening images which initially had a 1970s sitcom feel and now feature the women in nude tones and sleek, silvery poses. Keeping Up With the Kardashian Cash Flow 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z

Not bad for a show that stretches the definition of sitcom to snapping point. British comedy awards: worthy winners? 2012-12-13T09:33:46Z

And he may be familiar to NBC viewers from his 2015-17 sitcom, “The Carmichael Show,” or from his turn as host of “Saturday Night Live” last year. The Golden Globes: How to Watch the Show’s Rehabilitation Attempt 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z

The series is in many ways a typical family sitcom. You should be watching “Black-ish” with your kids 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

Second proof positive, the character of Josh, who has been wedged into Jamie's Ohio River Valley existence on the slimmest of sitcom pretenses. Love & Other Drugs: Anatomy Lessons with Anne Hathaway 2010-11-24T07:00:00Z

He played the obnoxious, poetry-writing anarchist Rick in The Young Ones alongside his friend Adrian Edmondson before the duo later went on to star in their sitcom Bottom. Actor and Comedian Rik Mayall dies at 56 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

Yet this version somehow plays like a sentimental sitcom, perhaps a low-rent “Modern Family.” Theater Review: ‘Orphans,’ With Alec Baldwin, at the Schoenfeld Theater 2013-04-19T02:00:01Z

But among comedy fans, Rosenthal Jr is building an impressive reputation, courtesy of his work with Simon Bird in Robert Popper's acclaimed sitcom Friday Night Dinner. This week's new comedy: Edinburgh special 2011-08-19T23:09:54Z

Toast of London, starring Matt Berry as eccentric middle-aged actor Steven Toast, won Channel 4 the sitcom award. Gogglebox wins Rose d'Or TV award 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

In the world outside sitcoms and Old Spice commercials, the bearers of Y chromosomes worry about a lot of things — money, health, marriages, raising our kids. High Manxiety 2011-05-26T07:10:00Z

The first time I heard about “Black-ish,” ABC’s new sitcom about an affluent black family in Los Angeles, I was skeptical about its premise. Heady Stakes for ‘Black-ish’ on ABC 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

Maybe the people who watch sitcoms at 11 p.m., when “Teachers” is slotted, will embrace its lowbrow humor. Review: ‘Teachers,’ Expanded From Web to Television 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z

Once a sought-after acting coach to the stars, he now makes his living teaching Hollywood wannabes how to audition for sitcoms and shampoo commercials. Michael Douglas Refuses to Age Gracefully in ‘The Kominsky Method’ 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z

Inside the TV business, “Roseanne” is equally recalled as an exemplar of the sitcom’s Versailles period, a time when writing staffs were large and the jobs flowed. ‘Last Man Standing’ Uses an Experienced Stable of Writers 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

She was the Huxtable kid, our wacky sitcom neighbor, the black girl who’d whirl into class, toss off a few sassy catchphrases, and then exit with the applause sign going. My one black friend 2012-07-04T16:00:00Z

She also starred in ITV sitcom Girls on Top, before emigrating to the United States. Tracey Ullman returns in BBC comedy 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

The network said Wednesday that its fall lineup will include a new sitcom from Chuck Lorre that stars Billy Gardell, who co-starred in “Mike & Molly.” Falco, Perrette, Chuck Lorre sitcom set for new CBS season 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z

I am still baffled that Mindy Kaling was not nominated for her show, certainly one of the better "sitcoms" on mainstream TV. Golden Globe Awards Winners Include ‘Boyhood’ and ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

Ms. Marcus was 40 and had worked as a journalist and actress before she wrote for sitcoms like “Dennis the Menace” in the 1960s. Ann Marcus, Writer for ‘Mary Hartman,’ Dies at 93 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

My wife and I have just been rewatching 30 Rock, since in lockdown we’ve gone back to watching sitcoms that we really like. Richard Herring: 'The Simpsons should stop now' 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

The news can barely keep up with the news these days; how can a sitcom? Review: ‘Our Cartoon President’ Misses a Huuuge Target 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z

His Emmy was awarded for his performance in sitcom My World and Welcome to It, based on the work of cartoonist James Thurber. Actor William Windom 'dies at 88' 2012-08-20T12:03:02Z

ABC's new sitcom "How to Live With Your Parents" had a strong debut with 8.4 million viewers, helped by following the popular "Modern Family" on the schedule. A country music upset in the Nielsen ratings 2013-04-09T21:31:05Z

Not that it’s boring: on the contrary, talking with this old-fashioned film star and modern-day sitcom god, this part-time Trump antagonist and full-time schmoozy showbiz personality, is an entirely pleasant experience. Alec Baldwin: 'You naughty English could fold sex into dentistry' 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z

The Muppets sitcom was an all-time low, a tone-deaf shriek of a project that almost irreparably tarnished the brand. Save Kermit! Why the Muppets debacle is so devastating 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z

The sitcom, now in its third season, averages a disappointing 5 million to 8 million viewers a week. Prince, a ‘New Girl’ fan, guest on post-Super Bowl episode 2014-01-30T19:45:08Z

More recently she played the mother of Sofia Vergara’s character on the hit ABC sitcom “Modern Family,” even though she was only 13 years older than Ms. Vergara. Elizabeth Peña, Actress on the Big and Small Screens, Dies at 55 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

A cousin of sorts to the sitcom “Superstore,” “Wally World” hits its mark much better than the Off Broadway musical “Walmartopia” did. In Four Audio Plays, No Stages but Lots of New Voices 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z

Arrested Development creator Mitchell Hurwitz, a former writer on sitcom classic Golden Girls, was planning a film adaptation when the call came from Netflix to return it to the small screen. Arrested Development reboot reflects new viewing habits, says Netflix 2013-05-24T18:59:24Z

Louis CK received an acting nomination but no series nod for the abrasive Louie, which is that rare thing: a genuinely groundbreaking sitcom. Emmy nominations 2012: Downton dominates, despite its flaws 2012-07-19T16:04:00Z

But these story lines were significantly less textured in 1990s black sitcoms. The Black Sitcom Steps Out of the ’90s and Gets Real 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

But unlike sitcoms today, these are things that neither define her nor bother her. The Mary Tyler Moore Show: box set review 2013-07-18T14:00:01Z

Louis-Dreyfus, 57, has built a sitcom career on playing boldly neurotic single women. Julia Louis-Dreyfus to receive the 2018 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z

So it’s no surprise that the family sitcom “Roseanne” gets a comeback. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Roseanne’ and ‘Splitting Up Together’ 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z

Ms. Khan previously created another ABC sitcom, “Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23,” and also worked on Seth MacFarlane’s “American Dad.” Submit Questions for Nahnatchka Khan of ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z

Yet the show also addresses questions of class, race and gender most sitcoms seem disinclined to address, or even to notice, and from all corners there is energy to spare. TV Picks: 'Jane the Virgin,' 'Cristela,' 'Uncle,' '50-Year Argument' 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

Despite The Conners’ mature handling of Roseanne’s departure and the gameness of its lead cast, the rest of the show proves to be a standard sitcom in every way. The Conners: how does Roseanne survive without Roseanne Barr? 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

With a check of that watch, he's back thinking about tonight's performance of Chicken Soup With Barley, itself a job landed via the sitcom. Tom Rosenthal: 'I'm quite sort of talented' 2011-08-14T20:45:00Z

Perhaps even stranger, after leaving the music business Sweet went on to write and produce TV sitcoms, including “2 Broke Girls” and “The Goldbergs.” 12 Forgotten Classics by Women-Led New Wave Bands 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z

The nods to different sitcom eras and the examination of Wanda’s grief after “Avengers: Endgame” make this show one of the most fruitful dives into the M.C.U. 10 Ways I Fed My Fandom(s) 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

Yeah, it's a really famous sitcom premise of this guy who has four wives. "Doubt is healthy": "Ramy" will make you question everything about monogamy and spirituality 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z

In the field of character comedy and sitcom, he scores successes for fun. Steve Coogan: older, wiser, but as for his alter ego… 2013-07-27T23:05:40Z

So, some things that The Fall is not: a sitcom, a musical, a cooking show presented by men in distressed leather moccasins, a panel quiz, a thing about whales, a police procedural. The Fall is one of the best BBC dramas in years 2013-05-11T05:00:00Z

This revival of the beloved teen sitcom sounded like a terrible idea — but it’s actually bright and charming. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z

Despite the awards recognition, Willard had more range than those sitcoms suggest. Best in Show: Watch Fred Willard’s Most Memorable Roles 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z

Mr. Simon was regarded as a master of sitcom script structure and punch-line setups and helped shepherd “The Simpsons” through its formative years after it launched on Fox in 1989. Sam Simon, co-creator of ‘The Simpsons,’ dies at 59 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z

It's a familiar variety of upscale Indiewood sitcom, not especially distinguished as cinema, and so on. Pick of the week: A stoner comedy with heart and smarts 2011-08-26T00:30:00Z

As proof that this sitcom business isn’t easy, we offer “Retired at 35.” Television Review: Moving in With the Folks, Who May Not Be Thrilled 2011-01-19T00:30:03Z

In success, FX will pick up an additional 90 episodes under a unique syndication model crafted by Debmar-Mercury for multiple Tyler Perry sitcoms and Revolution’s and Ice Cube’s Are We There Yet? Charlie Sheen to Have Sitcom on FX, Possibly Until the End of Time 2011-10-28T11:26:19Z

The opening episode of a sitcom is always tricky, but Friday Night Dinner is particularly underwhelming so far, like a less interesting version of Simon Amstell's Grandma's House. TV review ? First Cut: Teen Horse Whisperers and Friday Night Dinner 2011-02-26T07:01:00Z

This bleakly funny portrayal of life as a suddenly single fortysomething is in some ways a reaction against the traditional sitcom format. Offensive charm 2011-03-19T00:04:00Z

He's the star of his own show again – an as yet untitled NBC sitcom about a middle-aged father of three who, conveniently, also suffers from Parkinson's. Pass notes No 3,233: Michael J Fox 2012-08-21T19:00:01Z

I knew our whole dynamic was threatening to move from sitcom territory into an actual problem, a problem that could be fixed, or at least de-escalated, by my just getting on with it. After giving birth to my first child, I wondered: would I ever want sex again? 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

A reworked version of the Big Star song “In the Street,” recorded by the power-pop band Cheap Trick, reached millions of listeners as the theme song to the Fox sitcom “That ’70s Show.” Alex Chilton, Influential Rock Singer, Dies at 59 2010-03-19T04:41:00Z

This meant the sitcom existed in the real world, hilariously echoing the type of watercooler conversations taking place in workplaces up and down the country. Six to watch: workplace comedies 2011-08-04T14:08:03Z

The newspaper claimed that the sitcom's depiction of "binge-drinking English-haters suffering from a permanent hangover" had been accused of racism by "members of the community" – but produced only one tweet to support that claim. Jim Carrey takes aim at NRA – and Rowan Atkinson's brother isn't amused 2013-03-26T17:02:03Z

Like a lot of sitcom dads, he’s a little deplorable, but he puts a human face on it. ‘Space Force’ Review: Steve Carell, in a Familiar Orbit on Netflix 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z

Admittedly BBC1 sitcoms such as My Family and Outnumbered are more defined by their focus on middle-class London families and middle-class worries – Outnumbered's middle-classness is, in fact, quite often the joke. TV comedy: is it really a class issue? 2011-01-24T15:42:09Z

No: I “completed” Seinfeld, having spent most of the summer watching every one of the sitcom’s 169 – or 180, depending on how you count it – episodes, from pilot to finale. Seinfeld and chill: why the classic sitcom can help beat lockdown anxiety 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

I always thought My Family was consistently funny and well written, while every other reviewer used it as a benchmark for all things bad about sitcom. Casting a critical eye over the TV critics 2011-07-20T13:55:00Z

It also lays bare a common family sitcom cliché: a husband who can appear infinitely schlubby and a wife who must remain incontrovertibly hot. Kevins Can Score Improbably Attractive TV Wives 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

"An Act of God" opened after Memorial Day because the creative team was set on Parsons for the lead role and the actor was available only in summer during hiatus from his sitcom, Finn said. Summer promises to be hot on Broadway with three big openings 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z

It always felt like more of a live performance than a fully realised sitcom, and so it might turn out that Broadway might well be its natural home. Sitcoms that should and shouldn't be turned into Broadway musicals 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

Long before it became fashionable for a TV show to change setting and storyline between seasons, Richard Curtis and Ben Elton’s historical sitcom visited the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. The Sopranos to Blackadder – what are the definitive series of the best TV shows? 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z

In voicemails that Harmon released last year, Chase called "Community" a "mediocre sitcom." 'Community' reunited with creator Dan Harmon 2013-06-11T01:32:16Z

The sitcom was a smash, though, and they stayed in California for nearly ten years. Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka Invite AD Inside Their New York City Home 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

The original hook for the Norman Lear sitcom "Maude" was that it was "All in the Family" with a liberal feminist as its center instead of a right-wing chauvinist. Chris Rock lights up 'Top Five,' a smart addition to comedian's act 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z

The sitcom alum has weighed in on Lifetime's planned TV movie about the original series and the Olsen twins' involvement in "Fuller House." John Stamos on 'Full House' tell-all: 'Yeah right, good luck with that' 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z

Davies expresses the hope in his statement that Bialik will host "as many weeks as she can manage with her other primetime commitment to 'Call Me Kat,'" her Fox primetime sitcom. "Jeopardy!" sticks with basic flavors: Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik named co-hosts 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

You sense O'Carroll has diluted his own show's essence for wider multiplex consumption: while the sitcom could be broad, it was often clever with it, and never this bland. Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie review – 'a flatly indifferent cash-in' 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

A bit like Custer losing horses at Pickett’s Charge, Mr. Walton keeps getting sitcoms shot out from under him, only to be recast as a likable cad in the next. Television Review: NBC Rolls Out ‘About a Boy’ and ‘Growing Up Fisher’ 2014-02-21T23:28:58Z

Photograph: Stuart Clarke/Rex Features In the week we lost , one of the all-time TV greats, confirmation of a new – and intriguing – addition to the UK's sitcom pantheon. RIP Richard Briers, Hynes's new sitcom and Gervais and Cleese – oops 2013-02-19T16:02:37Z

I want it make it abundantly clear that its conservative skew doesn't make it a terrible sitcom. "Last Man Standing" bids farewell, while Tim Allen keeps on truckin' with his right-wing shade 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

That’s close to a deal-breaker, but I found myself coming back to “Call Me Kat,” a show that doesn’t break any ground but occasionally locates some wiggle room for genuine feeling amid the sitcom formulas. When a Break From TV Brings More TV 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z

In the same way they're better at soft rock, gas-guzzling cars and fast food, it appears that Americans are also better at sitcoms. Is this a golden age for sitcoms? 2010-05-27T14:26:00Z

For a half-hour absurdist sitcom, there’s a lot of plot, involving a health inspector who carries a torch for Linda and a busload of foodies eager to try human flesh. | 'Bob?s Burgers': This Family Restaurant Is All About the People 2011-01-06T22:55:57Z

In August, the comedian closed a lucrative deal to produce and star in a family sitcom for NBC, but the network scrapped the project in November amid a deluge of allegations. Bill Cosby issue flares anew after 2005 deposition is released 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

Television trends constantly re-evaluate our relationship with sitcoms and the laugh track, just as TV sitcoms grapple differently with life's sadness from era to era. "Kenan," "WandaVision" and the case against forcing laughter into grief 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z

The actor will perform in an episode of ABC’s sitcom The Goldbergs as “Boy in the Police Station,” a role he made famous in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Charlie Sheen Will Reprise 'Ferris Bueller' Role on 'The Goldbergs' 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

Granted, some of the sitcom’s plots are outlandish and require a suspension of disbelief. More Than Shirley: Cindy Williams’s 6 Best Moments Onscreen 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z

The pilot is for a sitcom with songs, a concept Suttie has been peddling for years. Isy Suttie interview: 'I'd love to work with Victoria Wood' 2012-06-03T17:30:01Z

Staff hosted a watch party for the return of the sitcom “Will & Grace,” featuring custom cocktails. Perspective | The screen scene in D.C. 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

By contrast, Gervais achieved prominence as a stand-up only after his sitcoms were successful. Ricky Gervais Would Like to Non-Apologize 2012-01-11T15:17:22Z

It’s hard to be both a cultural trailblazer and a traditional sitcom everyman, and Steve ends up registering as deracinated and neutered in the bargain. Television Review: ‘Sullivan & Son’ With Steve Byrne on TBS 2012-07-18T21:22:24Z

It's still the most consistently hilarious sitcom in prime time. Emmy predictions: Who will reign supreme? 2011-09-15T20:33:04Z

And, to be fair, there are a lot of female-led sitcoms on the broadcast networks these days. Does the Fall TV Lineup Finally End the ‘Are Women Funny’ Debate? 2012-10-03T12:00:32Z

It's the season finale for this retro sitcom starring Emmy nominee Betty White. Your best arts and entertainment bets for the week ahead 2011-08-24T21:57:04Z

Reprising her Broadway performance, sitcom star Fran Drescher plays Madame, the evil stepmother, who married Cinderella's father for his money and turned his daughter into her household slave after he died. Enchanting 'Cinderella' brings happily-ever-after to Ahmanson 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

On a sitcom where a character actor with Pedrad’s chops gets more screen time and more lines, you might assume that Pedrad would finally break out, too. “Mulaney” doesn’t know what to do with Nasim Pedrad 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z

The interplay of fact and fiction, live and recorded, news and sport means that a report about a stabbing may be followed by a sitcom. Bafta TV awards strike balance between popularity and risk 2012-05-28T10:08:36Z

Even if Louis-Dreyfus didn’t create “Seinfeld,” her nine seasons on the hit established a new kind of sitcom actress on a new kind of sitcom. How Julia Louis-Dreyfus quietly became the most successful sitcom star ever 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

It is in the respectable, nay the proud, tradition of the goofy, fantastical sitcom: the comedy about what happens when regular people end up living next door to witches, genies, monsters and, yes, aliens. TV Tonight: The Neighbors Is Bad, But Not for the Reason You Might Think 2012-09-26T13:09:57Z

But there are also instances of glib, shortcut exposition you associate with sitcom pilots. Theater Review: ‘Grace,’ With Paul Rudd and Michael Shannon, at Cort Theater 2012-10-05T02:00:00Z

The film explores Fox’s career from its earliest beginnings, when the actor was 16, but playing 12, in the Canadian sitcom “Leo and Me.” Making a Michael J. Fox Movie With Michael J. Fox’s Movies 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z

One of NBC's new sitcoms, "Animal Practice," centers on a veterinarian who likes animals better than people and whose best friend is a monkey. 'SNL' to air prime-time election spoofs this fall 2012-07-25T18:16:04Z

The network last Tuesday aired the first episode of a new fourth season of the sitcom about professional athletes and their relationships, and it was seen by about 7.7 million viewers, Nielsen said. 3 comedies score biggest weeks ever on primetime 2011-01-19T22:15:32Z

It’s a spin-off of a beloved television show, “Breaking Bad”; and unlike “Friends” or “Cheers,” which both spawned spinoffs, “Breaking Bad” isn’t a feel-good sitcom with a happy ending. “Better Call Saul” humanizes the smooth-talking “Breaking Bad” sidekick in a surprisingly solid spin-off 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z

Since then, he has written screenplays, sitcoms and stage shows, including 2016’s one-man show My Family: Not the Sitcom. The 50 funniest films… chosen by comedians 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z

Mr. Jones’s long association with the Walt Disney Co. began after he received an unexpected call from Walt Disney himself, who praised his work on the NBC sitcom “Ensign O’Toole.” Dean Jones, boyish-looking leading man of Disney films, dies at 84 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z

A few years later NBC coined the phrase “Must See TV” for its Thursday sitcoms like “Cheers” and “Friends.” Guarded Pals In a Critical TV Rivalry 2010-10-06T22:05:00Z

It’s a sitcom about politics that works, in part, because of how its characters put friendship over politics–or at least aside from politics. Knope and Change: The Politics of Parks and Recreation 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

Originally intended as a mix of Seinfeld's standup material and off-stage life, the show went on to become one of the most critically and financially successful sitcoms in modern TV history. Six to watch: Standups in sitcoms 2011-07-06T13:16:26Z

At times gently comic — though no one would mistake it for a Chilean version of the British television sitcom “Vicious” — the movie is, among other things, about adjusting to the present by confronting the past. Review: In ‘Shining Moon,’ Two Gay Chilean Actors Confront the Past 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z

In his downtime between seasons of his show, Andre played supporting roles on network sitcoms like “Don’t Trust the B—— in Apartment 23” and “2 Broke Girls.” Eric Andre Isn’t a Prankster, He’s a ‘Benevolent Attacker’ 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

After graduation, she was hired as a writer on the sitcom “Mama’s Family.” Actors head out of the theater and into the stable to prepare for ‘Equus’ 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z

The next 30 seconds gave this new sitcom much hope. Grandma's House; True Stories: Digging for Grandad's Gold; Who Knows Best: Getting a Job 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z

There's always something more absurd about the supporting cast in a sitcom, some funky wiring going on upstairs. New Girl: move over Jess, Schmidt is the real star 2012-06-29T23:05:00Z

“Northern Exposure” was a television sitcom about whimsically eccentric people in Alaska. Television Review: ‘Fargo,’ a TV Series Riffing on the Film, Begins on FX 2014-04-14T21:28:35Z

This reimagining of the 1970s comedy revived a staid genre — the socially conscious, three-camera family sitcom — by updating the characters and their problems. The Best TV Shows of 2017 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z

PROVO, Utah — Gary Coleman, the pint-size child star of the smash 1970s TV sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes" who spent the rest of his life struggling on Hollywood's D-list, died Friday of a brain hemorrhage. Obituary: Gary Coleman, 42, star of '70s sitcom 'Diff'rent Strokes' 2010-05-29T04:31:00Z

ABC's "Modern Family" breathed new life into the sitcom, and now networks consider comedy a priority. Comedy and fairy tales upcoming in television 2011-05-22T00:28:07Z

As befits a novel about a popular sitcom, this novel packs in lots of laughs, but it’s also got more heft than Mr. Hornby’s readers may expect. Nick Hornby’s ‘Funny Girl,’ About a 1960s BBC Sitcom Star 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

The trend was immortalised in the sitcom Only Fools and Horses for the block of flats the Trotters lived in. Controversy street 2011-07-29T10:55:08Z

And so began the first episode of a sitcom about six friends, written by New York City playwrights David Crane and Marta Kauffman. 'Jennifer Aniston cried in my lap': the inside story of Friends 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z

Lloyd's father, David, was one of the most celebrated writers in the medium, the author of dozens of superb episodes of classic sitcoms like "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Taxi" and "Cheers." Christopher Lloyd's award-winning funny bones 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z

Then there’s Daphne’s father, Tom, once a principal at Pickering High, now a widower, who moves to New York and embraces big-city living with the wholesome glee of a sitcom character. In This New Caper Novel, a Yearbook Reveals Family Secrets 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z

So how has The Big Bang Theory come to dominate the sitcom field? More buck for your Big Bang Theory 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

The medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" and football sitcom "The Game" ruled the TV categories with six nominations each. 'The Help' leads NAACP Image Award nominees 2012-01-19T19:16:04Z

Conversely, the foppish image of the wine connoisseur as suggested in the old sitcom “Frasier” is simply a device for banishing a deeply seated fear of the unknown and the intellectual. In Wine and Critics, Populists Find an Easy Target 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z

With women's comedy chops again being questioned, we take a look at the history of female-led sitcoms up to the present. Does the Fall TV Lineup Finally End the ‘Are Women Funny’ Debate? 2012-10-03T12:00:32Z

But at the same time we wanted to be really authentic to what those sitcoms looked and felt like. Sam Esmail on ‘Mr. Robot,’ His Special Guest Star and That Opening Segment 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

I watched this one twice and enjoyed it just as much second time round; that's a good sign in a sitcom. TV review: The Hospital, Grandma's House 2010-08-23T23:05:00Z

The first time I saw you was as a lovesick teen in the TV sitcom “The War at Home.” Rami Malek on his dual role in “Buster’s Mal Heart”: “Acting is a cure for my own personal deficits” 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z

So I didn’t – I put it in the sitcom instead. How we made The Inbetweeners 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z

He laughs ruefully and admits he was a fan of The Partridge Family, the 70s sitcom that made a star of David Cassidy. Selena Gomez, tween queen 2011-07-21T21:13:00Z

Though his Fox sitcom Mulaney has received a less than stellar reception, it’s not because of this comedian’s lack of material. The 13 best standup specials on Netflix 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

And yet one of the most famous, and most famously difficult, showrunners of the century is best known for an NBC sitcom. Dan Harmon: “I don’t feel like an underdog” 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z

A social media-addict gets a "Pygmalion"-style makeover, and George Bernard Shaw spins in his grave, in the new sitcom "Selfie." TV This Week Sept. 28 - Oct. 4: 'Reign' on KTLA 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

A teen explores his identity after discovering his jellyfish parents adopted him in this animated sitcom from rapper Tyler, the Creator. TV highlights: ‘The Walking Dead’ returns with its 100th episode 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z

In an even more radical cost-cutting move Mr. Johnson did not order full pilots for the CMT sitcom scripts — all domestic comedies — he was considering, including “Working Class.” Make It Funny, Make It Work, Make It Quickly 2011-01-23T02:30:15Z

The tweets became a book, “The Last Testament: A Memoir,” which, in turn, became a Broadway vehicle for the sitcom star Jim Parsons. Cultural Clicks: Tweets from God, the Songs of Summer, and Soccer Art 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

Clearly, this was no longer the cute kid from the TV sitcom "3rd Rock From the Sun." 5 favorite Joseph Gordon-Levitt performances 2012-09-27T23:08:13Z

One such enthusiast is Adam Goldberg, the creator and producer of “The Goldbergs,” a sitcom. ‘Bootleg Toys’ Are Their Own Kind of Collectibles 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z

Adgate also was not a fan of ABC's new sitcom "The Neighbors," about an alien family living among humans, which the network plans to air after its hit "Modern Family" on Wednesday nights. And the winner is? The sitcom, TV networks hope 2012-05-18T06:50:26Z

The melodrama "Deception" ranked 46th place, while sitcom "1600 Penn" debuted in 80th place. CBS scores big weekly win in prime-time TV ratings 2013-01-15T23:46:03Z

I can’t think of a sitcom character who dresses with such high fashion accuracy. TV style icons of 2020: Schitt's Creek's absolutely fabulous fashion overload 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z

Briers, who began his acting career at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1956, will probably be best remembered for his sitcom work but was also feted for his classical stage roles. Richard Briers dies aged 79 2013-02-18T13:36:00Z

Ali Catterall The shadow of The Office looms over this new sitcom, set in Brownall Job Centre in the West Midlands, and it largely delivers, thanks to a cracking script and some winning performances. TV highlights: 29/4/2013 2013-04-29T06:00:07Z

"I want to bring some money, hope, faith and healing to the area," said Sheen, the former star of the sitcom "Two and a Half Men." Charlie Sheen tours tornado damage in Alabama 2011-05-03T11:06:12Z

The landmark 1970s sitcom came from one of Perenchio's production companies. Plans for a new LACMA seem to be aligning, but first some questions 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

The only two freshman scripted ABC shows that didn't get renewed for a second season — sitcom "Christela" and the procedural police drama "Forever" — came from outside suppliers. TV networks 'on the defensive' as online video outlets take market share 2015-05-09T04:00:00Z

It was how he made a living after that: Wheaties commercials, movies, sitcoms, infomercials, sportscasting and everything in between. The forgotten history of Bruce Jenner: How the all-American hero of the 1970s ended up here 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

Its star, Mindy Kaling, who plays a romantically challenged obstetrician in a New York hospital, became the first woman of color to create, helm and star in a successful sitcom on a major network. Mindy Kaling finds herself held to higher standard on diversity 2014-04-03T19:07:04Z

He attributes the critical response in part to the fact that he was a sitcom actor directing a film. Josh Radnor Is ‘Existentially Restless.’ And That’s O.K. 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z

On Wednesday, Comedy Central is premiering “South Side,” their amiable new sitcom set in the working-class Chicago neighborhood of Englewood. ‘South Side’ and ‘Sherman’s Showcase’: Two Flavors of Nostalgia 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z

Perhaps because the only notable British sitcom about a non-white family was The Crouches in 2003, which followed the lives of a black working-class south London family as imagined by a white middle-class Glaswegian screenwriter. Pass notes No 2,834: The sitcom 2010-08-22T19:00:00Z

In this sitcom, which has been available on Amazon Prime since September, Ms Waller-Bridge plays a 20-something woman — never named, just Fleabag — with an insatiable sexual appetite. Being ‘Fleabag,’ From Stage to TV and Back Again 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

It will attempt to unseat four-time winner "Modern Family," ABC's dysfunctional family sitcom. Big screen stars bring new shine to Emmys, TV's top night 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” was originally made for NBC, the home of “30 Rock,” but as that award-winning show proved, it’s becoming harder for networks to nurture and sustain even the best sitcoms. Review: ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ Features a Midwestern Fish Out of Water 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

The exact dollar figure he will be paid is not known, but a source says Kutcher is getting a "huge payday" to join the hit sitcom. Ashton Kutcher to replace Sheen on "Men": sources 2011-05-13T01:03:26Z

She tries to “Trojan horse” some feminist commentary into a bad network sitcom; she foolishly gives up a role to a Sarah Silverman, who sends her on a scavenger hunt to win it back. Maria Bamford’s Melancholic, Hallucinogenic, and Very Funny “Lady Dynamite” 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z

Everything began to change in 2011, when she was cast as one half of a couple who meet at Overeaters Anonymous in the sitcom Mike & Molly. The making of Melissa McCarthy: how Bridesmaids star kept it real and cleaned up 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z

“I look forward to bringing our beloved NBC sitcom to a larger audience by moving it online,” Harmon said in a statement. Yahoo Brings Community Back From the Dead 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

You might wonder then whether it was a good idea to take on the same kind of part in “Sons of Tucson,” a new sitcom beginning Sunday night on Fox. Television Review | 'Sons of Tucson': What a Charming Loser on New Fox Sitcom 2010-03-12T00:40:00Z

The sensibility of the sitcoms owes a lot to the style of FX, Comedy Central, and Adult Swim. It’s Not TV, It’s Amazon; What Do the Site’s New Pilots Offer That the Networks Don’t? 2013-04-26T12:00:22Z

“The challenge that we presented to them was, ‘Hey, can you write this where it plays funny as a straightforward sitcom but still has the Tim and Eric sensibility in it?’” On ‘Beef House,’ Family Sitcoms Get the Tim and Eric Treatment 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z

And then there's the theory that the entirety of the 1980s sitcom "Newhart" was actually a dream in the mind of Bob Newhart's character from his 1970s sitcom, "The Bob Newhart Show." 'Simpsons' fan theory says the series takes place in Homer's mind 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

It’s a glorified sitcom that turns serious family trauma into shameless one-liners. In Defense of Ghost: The Musical 2012-05-08T10:45:30Z

I mean, we all found him hilarious, and refreshingly raw, and uncompromising as the creator of a daring show plopped into a turbid sea of sitcom mediocrity. Salon’s Sexiest Men of 2012 2012-11-14T13:22:00Z

Debuting Thursday, “How We Roll” feels anachronistic: It’s a classic multicamera sitcom shot before a studio audience — feel-good entertainment from a classic entertainer, where the jokes come right on cue. In ‘How We Roll,’ Pete Holmes Looks to Bowl Over Mainstream America 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z

The show itself is not easily dismissed, consistently ranked as TV's No. 1 sitcom and the sitcom leader in syndication. Deadline looms for `Two and a Half Men' decision 2011-04-30T01:26:14Z

The site has spawned a book and a sitcom which begins airing in the US this autumn and stars Star Trek legend William Shatner as the cantankerous lead. Twitter's biggest star is a man in his 70s 2010-07-03T08:42:00Z

Franklin earlier this year appeared on the daytime drama "The Young and the Restless" and last year made a guest appearance on the on TV Land cable channel's sitcom "Hot in Cleveland," co-starring Bertinelli. Actress Bonnie Franklin diagnosed with pancreatic cancer 2012-09-25T01:31:05Z

That's why people get divorced and kill each other, because there are sitcoms like that. Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan on their 'brutally honest' rom-com 'Catastrophe' 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

He watches the sitcom “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and has admitted to a guilty fondness for Guns N’ Roses. A Scrappy Makeover for a Tweedy Literary Fixture 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z

Mo'Nique, an Oscar winner who formerly starred in a sitcom and hosted her own talk show for a short time, can't seem to get arrested these days. John Boyega spoke out against racism, but Hollywood has punished actors for that in the past 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z

The actor publicly expressed unhappiness at working on a sitcom and feuded last year with the show's creator and former executive producer, Dan Harmon. Chevy Chase is leaving NBC's sitcom 'Community' 2012-11-22T01:42:07Z

In November, Amazon released a pilot for a sitcom that was unlike anything seen before. I Love Dick, Lady Dynamite and the death of 'quirky' comedies 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z

The 1960s sitcom music is a brilliant touch, and the strains of "Tara's Theme" say it all at the end of the first act. SIS Productions sends up stereotypes, American dream 2010-04-05T21:59:00Z

But, on the other hand, plenty of other veteran Muppet performers were upset with the sitcom. Save Kermit! Why the Muppets debacle is so devastating 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z

Baldwin said he watches most of his sitcoms on airplanes, and the flights he takes only show NBC and CBS shows. Alec Baldwin says `30 Rock' Emmy run couldn't last 2010-08-31T01:11:00Z

However, the channel is still investing in comedy and recently commissioned its first sitcom in front of a live studio audience, Up the Women, starring Jessica Hynes. Review Show moves to BBC4 monthly slot in arts revamp 2013-02-26T13:26:00Z

Mr. Whitehead’s stodgy figure in “Back to School” was the archetype for many of his later sitcom roles. Paxton Whitehead, Actor Who Found Humor in the Stodgy, Dies at 85 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z

So for those who left Gervais behind two or three sitcoms ago, this will not win them back. After Life: Ricky Gervais continues to not be as funny as in The Office 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z

But, in that classic sitcom way, fumbling Stewart needs some of Dean’s charisma and narcissistic Dean needs some of Stewart’s groundedness. Grandfathered and The Grinder: John Stamos and Rob Lowe's mid-career triumphs 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

Here are three sitcoms that deserve a musical, and three that absolutely do not. Sitcoms that should and shouldn't be turned into Broadway musicals 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

Sheen's desire to exit the sitcom was reported by People magazine online Thursday. Source: Charlie Sheen wants to bow out of sitcom 2010-04-02T07:02:00Z

Let’s just earnestly present this as if it were a sitcom back in the day. Sam Esmail on ‘Mr. Robot,’ His Special Guest Star and That Opening Segment 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

The whole business captured a strange paradox of CBS sitcoms, of which Two and a Half Men was the most brazen example. Review: Two and a Half Men Stays True to Its Wicked Heart 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

Mitchell, the widow of Oscar-winning composer Jay Livingston, played Lucy's friend Marion Strong in three episodes of Lucille Ball's 1950s sitcom. I Love Lucy actress Mitchell dies 2013-11-14T09:19:59Z

Though a conventional network sitcom, “Will & Grace” was a milestone for queer representation, and it allowed Messing to refine her gift for dizzy, kinetic physical comedy. Debra Messing Can Age 90 Years Easily. It’s Baking That’s Hard. 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z

But let me caution that I have been known to dissolve into incontinent giggles while watching episodes of “Curb” or of “Seinfeld,” the fabled sitcom of which Mr. David was a co-creator. Review: ‘Fish in the Dark,’ Larry David’s Antic Broadway Debut 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

“The Big Bang Theory,” a show revolving around the lives of perhaps the most socially inept characters ever to populate a sitcom, is consistently the No. 1 show on television. Welcome to the golden age of social awkwardness 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z

Mitchell is deep in rehearsal for the stage adaptation of Ben Elton’s Shakespearean sitcom The Upstart Crow, in which he plays the lead. David Mitchell: ‘I see myself as a coward’ 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

Perhaps they should go their separate way, into a separate sitcom. 'Selfie,' 'Manhattan Love Story' — ABC's seasonal love potion 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z

She cautiously broke the mould and made it OK to suddenly burst into song or wink at the camera in the middle of a prime-time sitcom. From Hunderby to It's Kevin: how TV comedy learned to be silly again 2013-03-19T12:52:00Z

Hiding one’s own wild teen antics from one’s children is practically a sitcom trope. My not-so-maternal instinct: I refuse to lie to my kids 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z

The networks take turns broadcasting the program, and this year it fell to Fox, a network without a late-night host or sitcom star who seemed a natural fit for the job of host. 2019 Emmy Awards: ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Fleabag’ Win Top Prizes 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z

The season opener, written by Ms. Kauffman and Mr. Morris, uses a time-honored sitcom device, the sudden medical emergency, to complicate the action and delay a resolution. Review: ‘Grace and Frankie’: Fonda and Tomlin Continue to Shine 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

Caspe is best known for creating the cult favorite sitcom “Happy Endings” — his wife Casey Wilson, one of the stars of that show, also stars in “Black Monday.” ‘Black Monday’ Mines ’80s Excess for Comedy and Commentary 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z

CBS’ show—the most-watched sitcom in America—is also one of television’s most frustratingly retrograde, a bizarre play-act of caricatured “nerd” behaviors that, it often seems, exists for other people to laugh at. “Well, I enjoyed that more than I thought I would”: For all its faults, “The Big Bang Theory” gets Sheldon and Amy’s big night right 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z

Short is easily the best thing in the sitcom, and the egocentric old-showbiz Cannon is written straight to his type. Review: Mulaney Does Its Homework Too Well 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z

People say that the iPad is useless, and it is, unless you're into sitcoms and a lot of train journeys, and I tick both those boxes. Watch television with Tom Rosenthal 2012-07-27T23:06:00Z

"Girl Meets World," the Disney Channel's sequel to the popular 1993-2000 "TGIF" ABC sitcom "Boy Meets World,"  attracted 5.2 million total viewers in its premiere Friday evening on the cable network. Premiere of Disney Channel's 'Girl Meets World' scores solid ratings 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z

Those kinds of dads do not exist anymore, not at least among the sitcom writers in Hollywood, who are evidently immersed in prenatal co-parenting and Lamaze class couvade. Television Review: ‘Surviving Jack,’ With Christopher Meloni as a Crusty Dad 2014-03-26T21:50:31Z

In an episode of the ’90s sitcom “Martin,” a plumber dies suddenly while fixing Martin’s toilet. When Black Performers Use Their ‘White Voice’ 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z

If you’re married, or about to get married—even if you’re single and think you want to get married someday—the last thing you should be doing is watching a TV sitcom. The “Everybody Loves Raymond” effect: Why TV gets marriage all wrong 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z

A reboot of the sitcom “Coach” is moving forward at NBC, Showtime is bringing back “Twin Peaks” and Fox’s short-run sequel to the “X-Files” will begin in January. Lifetime Commits to ‘Unauthorized’ Movie Franchise 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z

Drama may morph to dramedy, but "The Mysteries of Laura" is not a sitcom, and too often Messing is allowed to forget that, playing, big, as if to a live audience. Debra Messing's talents misfire in 'The Mysteries of Laura' 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

So I tried to get a job in publishing or book selling but couldn't, then finally I wrote a draft of a sitcom and sent it to Curtis Brown. Top 10 tips for being a literary agent 2014-05-10T00:21:16Z

Ms. Ross also brings welcome nuance to the relationship between Jo and Francine, which at first seems like a sitcom setup: Daughter plays nagging mother to her own mother. Review: In ‘Nice Girl,’ a Sudden Ray of Hope in a Dead-End Life 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

“Nine-Nine” is likely to draw new viewers, thanks to the wealth of attention from the Globes, which was watched by more than five times as many people as typically tune in to that sitcom. ‘Nine-Nine’ and Fox Enjoy Upset at Globes 2014-01-13T22:42:35Z

“Fuller House,” a spinoff of the ABC sitcom about a widower raising three daughters with help from his brother-in-law and best friend, will have its debut on Netflix next year. Lifetime Commits to ‘Unauthorized’ Movie Franchise 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z

ABC's newest manxiety sitcom is about men estranged from their masculinity, and it will never let you forget that. Review: The Descent of Man Up! 2011-10-18T16:46:00Z

This seminal sitcom, which also starring Julia Louis Dreyfus and Jason Alexander, remains a pillar of mainstream entertainment 19 years after its final episode. Preeetty good. Larry’s back and still misanthropic after all these years 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

With a five-year run as the No. 1 rated sitcom in the country, “The Cosby Show” normalized blackness for white America. My one black friend 2012-07-04T16:00:00Z

The segment closed with a video wall of the cast, conveying just how vast the show’s reach has been, not just in late-night comedy but sitcoms, movies and ideas in general. Jon Stewart Bids Farewell With a Small Treat for Himself 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

Stars from current sitcoms Mike & Molly and The Big Bang Theory will be in attendance as well. First Look at 'Friends' Reunion on NBC Special 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z

That makes it the second hit sitcom for Mr. Galecki, who also spent five years on “Roseanne,” another show Mr. Lorre worked on. ArtsBeat Blog: Emmys Watch: Johnny Galecki of 'The Big Bang Theory' 2011-09-15T17:15:07Z

In 2013 they sold a sitcom, “Girls Without Boys,” about their time at the all-girls school to ABC, though the show never made it into production. Why a Spielberg and a Goldwyn Passed Over Their Dads’ Hollywood for Snapchat 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

We’re looking at a couple of franchise extensions from CBS, a reboot of a beloved sitcom from ABC and shows with echoes of proven properties like “Glee” at Fox and “This Is Us” at NBC. The Fall TV Season Is Back, Smaller Than Ever 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z

Watching “Mulaney” in its current disoriented state, you find yourself thinking that a sitcom like this shouldn’t happen to a nice guy like that. Fox’s ‘Mulaney’: When a bad sitcom happens to a great guy

Six weeks before she died, as the two of us sat watching a BBC sitcom on PBS, she turned to me and said, “Don’t you think this show is cheerful?” The Battle Hymn of the Papier-Mâché Mother 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

I imagined that she really enjoyed sticking around and being in these sitcoms. Kathryn Hahn Talks About Her Insidious, Perfidious Role on ‘WandaVision’ 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z

In a fun touch, every now and then a stretch of dialogue, or a stage picture, would archly echo 1950s sitcoms and advertisements. Brace for fun in Source Festival’s new plays 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z

But he’s drawn to the floppy 1970s writ large — its music, films, fads, cults, sitcoms, bumper stickers, best sellers and bad juju. Books of The Times: Carter, Reagan and Freaky Times 2011-02-15T22:00:07Z

This is the type of ridiculous scene that's more appropriate to a cheesy rom-com or sitcom – not with real people whose lives are involved. A look at the bizarre legal documents incident between ex-couple Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z

There's clips from White's most famous television roles along with a lost episode from White's early 1950s sitcom. Five ways to celebrate Betty White's 100th birthday, from catching a new film to eating cheesecake 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z

The great sitcoms posited this bonding in the trenches as a salvation from the drudgery of the day-to-day. Office lol-itics: the evolution of the workplace sitcom 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

Spoilers for last night’s season 3 finale of Louie follow:  Some sitcoms have ideas behind them. Louie Watch: Yin and Yangtze 2012-09-28T19:03:18Z

One standout episode sees a production team scrutinise her eligibility for a role in a new sitcom. Pamela Adlon: how Louis CK's sidekick became the star 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

Making the talk show rounds in anticipation of his aptly named new sitcom "Anger Management" and his Monday evening Comedy Central roast, the Vatican assassin is revealing a more sedate side of himself this week. Charlie Sheen's latest role: Acting normal 2011-09-16T19:17:00Z

On paper, Reiser's series would seem an OK fit for Thursday, a night stocked with improv-driven, often acutely self-aware sitcoms: "Community," "The Office," "Parks and Recreation," "30 Rock" and "Outsourced." Could Paul Reiser destroy NBC? 2011-03-23T14:01:00Z

And sometimes, life just seems to suck, and only reading poetry, wandering through a garden center or watching a few episodes of my favorite sitcom will lift me up. Perspective | Ask Amy: Adult kids’ fights always involve the folks 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z

But how true-to-life are the sitcom versions of these partners? Sitcom creators mine laughs from their real lives 2012-07-30T15:55:08Z

The sitcom “Arrested Development,” which was very good, wasn’t popular enough to survive under the old network-TV model. What Was, Is and Will Be Popular 2013-09-06T22:52:30Z

It’s had its success lately with a mix of serials, with a female-skewing audience, sitcoms about families and dancing and dating reality shows. Upfronts Watch: ABC: Once More, With Feelings 2012-05-16T12:32:28Z

Mamet plays Diana’s dilemma with the right mix of pathos and discomfort, while the writer and director Sophie Brooks crafts emotional stakes high enough to prevent the story from veering into sitcom territory. ‘Skate Kitchen,’ ‘Night Moves’ and More Streaming Gems 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z

November’s Ebony magazine featured a splintered family portrait from “The Cosby Show” and a cover story that grappled with the sitcom’s legacy. For some black women, the Cosby indictment is painfully complex 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z

As can all those American sitcoms where the cupcake-making mommy still wears a negligee to bed and is still hot for the daddy. Life after lust – the appeal of sexless marriage 2012-06-01T21:28:27Z

He argued that his sitcoms didn't rely on cheap laughs. 'Gilligan's Island' Creator Sherwood Schwartz Dies 2011-07-12T17:25:26Z

The network begins a night of premieres with this sitcom, inspired by the childhood of the creator and executive producer Tim Doyle. What’s on TV: ‘The Kids Are Alright’ and ‘The Blair Witch Project’ 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

It's classically formulaic sitcom stuff, but the twist — an ex-jock suddenly learning to raise his gay, biracial, Bravo-watching kid — gives it freshness. Comfort food for your eyes: Here are 7 easily bingeable sitcoms you haven't seen 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z

As it turns out, it’s a Netflix sitcom that premièred less than two months ago, and it’s your new Golden Globe winner for Best Television Musical or Comedy. The 2019 Golden Globes Recap: A Thankful Sandra Oh and a Mighty Glenn Close 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

It’s hard to beat a sitcom as a satirical target, and the bland, bathetic “House” is wide open, with its cloying “Three Men and a Three-Daughter Family” premise. Review: ‘Full House! The Musical!’ Lampoons a Ripe Sitcom Target 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z

Time to revisit this exemplary sitcom if you are unfamiliar. From Friends to the Office: TV’s 10 best love triangles 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z

Kutcher's publicist confirmed Tuesday that the independent film "Jobs" will begin production in May while he's on hiatus from the CBS sitcom "Two and a Half Men." Kutcher to play Steve Jobs in biopic 2012-04-02T23:18:11Z

Cho, for example, became the first Asian American to headline a broadcast sitcom. "Archetypes": Meghan Markle would like to have a word, but the media circus won't hear it 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

To use a metaphor Ben Wyatt would appreciate, Parks is the last of NBC’s great sitcoms to journey to the Grey Havens and pass into The West. NBC Announces Plans to Burn Off Final Parks and Recreation Season 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z

You don't need to be a student to appreciate hit sitcom Fresh Meat, for example. This week's new film events 2013-02-02T05:59:01Z

"Above all, she didn't want it to be sitcom fluff - she wanted it to deal honestly with the struggles and truths of raising two teenagers as a single mother." Bonnie Franklin, 'One Day At a Time' star, dies 2013-03-01T18:38:09Z

They would seem precious, more appropriate for fops like Frasier and Niles from the old sitcom “Frasier,” whose connoisseurship was used to connote fastidious vanity. Red Wine Is the Drink of Choice on ‘Scandal’ and ‘The Good Wife’ 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z

A person familiar with the situation said Wednesday the British film actor was in negotiations to join the sitcom as its new leading man. Hugh Grant weighed as Charlie Sheen TV replacement 2011-05-11T20:41:15Z

She was seen on the sketch show “In Living Color” and the sitcom “Thea” and in movies including “Friday,” “Poetic Justice” and “House Party III.” Yvette Wilson, Actress on TV’s ‘Moesha,’ Dies at 48 2012-06-16T04:46:30Z

But a few years before the sitcom ended, Coleman began to get restless. Gary Coleman obituary 2010-05-28T23:57:00Z

There’s a reason that “meeting the parents” is such an often-used sitcom trope. Dear “Mindy Project”: It’s time to introduce Mindy Lahiri’s parents 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z

But it's not just a funny sitcom joke from the mid-2000s. The enduring legacy of "30 Rock's" night cheese 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z

The show won several other accolades, including the Peabody Award for "pushing boundaries of the sitcom format and using new modes of storytelling." Returning to 'The Wonder Years' world 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z

But all of these shows speak to a common theme: television wives, whether on sitcoms or dramas, are refusing to continue on as wallflowers. From "Sex/Life" to "Kevin," TV offers new answers to whether women can “have it all” 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z

Mr. Bare directed virtually every episode of the long-running rural CBS sitcom “Green Acres,” as well as several episodes of “The Twilight Zone.” Richard L. Bare, Director of ‘Green Acres,’ Dies at 101 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z

In the 1970s, when Norman Lear was revolutionizing prime time with such politically charged sitcoms such as “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons,” Mr. Marshall deliberately offered light, often nostalgic family entertainment. Garry Marshall, creator of TV’s ‘Happy Days,’ director of ‘Pretty Woman,’ dies 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

Quite the opposite – Paul Turp, the vicar of St Leonard's church in Shoreditch, where the sitcom was filmed, says the portrayal is spot on. Meet the Rev 2010-07-22T19:30:00Z

He told Variety that he would like to continue writing his own material, and that “in the second half of my life, I don’t want to do your standard sitcom television.” Matthew Perry Has a 'Recurring Nightmare' About a 'Friends' Revival 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

If there is such a thing, after only three years of giving these awards, as a classic Cincy, this CBS sitcom is not it. Vacation Robo-Post: The 2011 Cincy Awards 2011-12-27T13:58:58Z

The cancellations leave "Undateable" as the only returning comedy at the network, once known for its blockbuster sitcoms "Friends," "Seinfeld" and "Cheers." NBC cancels 'Marry Me,' 'About a Boy' and 'One Big Happy' 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

She also making a second season of "The Ms. Pat Show" on BET+, one of the hilarious and criminally underrated multi-camera sitcoms on TV, along with hosting her podcast "The Patdown with Ms. Pat." Ms. Pat on embracing life's darkness and friend Joe Rogan using the n-word: "We all make mistakes" 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z

Advertisement But the show more closely resembles a laugh-tracked sitcom of yesteryear, like “The King of Queens,” rife with campy caricatures and double entendres. ‘Shear Madness,’ Detoured by Success, Is Ready for Its New York City Debut 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z

On the other hand, Olympics sitcom Twenty Twelve was not quite the success of the sporting event itself, nominated four times and not leaving with a single gold. British comedy awards: worthy winners? 2012-12-13T09:33:46Z

Look at this clip, for example, of him railing against the lazy sitcoms of the 1970s. The Wright Way: the sitcom that proves Ben Elton is no longer remotely funny 2013-04-22T13:13:54Z

But with the sitcom entering the home stretch—its final episode airs on May 16—some of those fans have been returning to see how it all ends for the employees of Dunder Mifflin. Cheat Sheet: Catching Up With the Last Two Years of The Office 2013-05-15T09:45:01Z

“A Different World” didn’t create the topical sitcom — Norman Lear blazed that trail in the 1970s — but the show was groundbreaking in its own way. How ‘A Different World’ dealt with the L.A. riots and set the stage for a more political TV 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

She published her only New Yorker story, “How to Give the Wrong Impression,” in 1992, at 25, and the story, included here, remains cutely absurd enough to have the makings of a sitcom. Review: ‘Single, Carefree, Mellow,’ Except for That Illicit Affair 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

Ms. Poehler’s Leslie Knope was always an improbable sitcom heroine, a fiercely ambitious, hardworking, happy and, by Season 5, happily married city bureaucrat who actually wants to help people, and is pilloried for it. ‘Parks and Recreation’ Finale Ends Show’s Run, Sunny as Ever 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z

Kato becoming that celebrity house guest and showing up on sitcoms and hosting Talk Soup. How the OJ Simpson Bronco Chase Affected the Kardashian Kids 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z

This is no shapely sitcom with memorable, freestanding episodes; the camera shakes, colors are muted, there is no soundtrack, scenes interrupt each other, time advances by skips and jumps. “Looking,” Marriage, and the New Gay Sadness 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z

“Louie” is in a class by itself, but beyond Louis C.K.’s ambitious existential sitcom, there’s a lot of room for argument. Emmys 2014: What Is Your Pick for Top Comedy? 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

ITV soap Coronation Street was crowned best continuing drama, while hospital sitcom Getting On won best TV comedy. Silk wins Writers' Guild drama award 2013-11-14T12:46:31Z

Landing a part on a popular sitcom that lasts for 12 seasons and 279 episodes is a stroke of luck most actors will never experience. "I watched 'Night Court' with my grandmother": Melissa Rauch on reviving the comforting '80s comedy 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z

He has one request: Please don’t do standup in the show — every comedian who gets a sitcom does that! Review: ‘Lady Dynamite’ Finds Surreal Humor in Mental Illness 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

There’s a bronze statue of Samantha from the sitcom Bewitched in one of its prominent parks. Which way for Witch City? Is Salem losing its spookiness? 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

How many sitcoms would cut away from a scene on someone saying, “That’s not the ‘Rashomon’ I remember,” trusting you to get the joke? ArtsBeat Blog: Channel Surfing: 'Bored to Death' 2011-10-10T11:00:29Z

Fans of the TV family sitcom "The Brady Brunch" will be able to watch actress and TV talk show host Florence Anderson, 76, who played Carol Brady in the popular 1970s show. Bristol Palin, Hasselhoff join "Dancing With the Stars" 2010-08-31T03:54:00Z

Dave Madden, a comic actor who played the child-hating agent on the hit 1970s sitcom “The Partridge Family,” died on Thursday in Florida. Dave Madden, of ‘The Partridge Family,’ Dies at 82 2014-01-17T01:57:02Z

That show first presented itself as a careful and pleasing homage to the TV sitcom, bewitching and bewildering viewers in doing so. "Loki" is an enjoyable, aesthetic romp that feels smaller than the God of Mischief deserves 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

Rudolph is too big to contain in a half-hour sitcom, he said. Maya Rudolph looks to spice up NBC with a variety show 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

With his career in the ascendancy, Argent subsequently produced many sitcoms, while continuing to direct some. Douglas Argent obituary 2010-12-06T17:59:00Z

After the 2016 election, I kept noticing people playing out a particular thought experiment: guessing which of their favorite old sitcom characters would have voted for Donald Trump. It Was ‘Roseanne’ vs. ‘Roseanne,’ in a Polarizing Revival 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z

Slyly but surely, “The Good Place” has achieved something not many would have thought possible for a prime time half-hour sitcom. None of us are getting in The Good Place: NBC's comedy exposes the impossibility of virtue today 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

“Last Man Standing,” a Fox family sitcom starring Tim Allen, decided to skip ahead two years between seasons. How the Pandemic Is Coming to Prime Time (or Not) 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z

Over the past decade she’s shepherded two beloved and acclaimed sitcoms, “Pulling” and “Catastrophe,” and signed a deal with Amazon Studios. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘The Big Bang Theory’ and ‘Safe’ 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z

Now, I know that everything that is or was once beloved — cable sitcoms, Starbucks coffee, sun-dried tomatoes— is susceptible to public blowback. IPA: Why the love-it-or-hate-it beer is here to stay 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z

The premise isn’t terrible, and Mr. Sheen looks at ease in the part, but the show is a strikingly subdued version of his old sitcom. Television Review: Charlie Sheen in ‘Anger Management’ on FX 2012-06-27T22:29:26Z

Others delve into the dreams of multiple characters, parody serial killer cliches or are filmed in the style of a 60s sitcom. Your next box set: Medium 2012-08-23T15:00:02Z

The network late Thursday officially ordered "Dr. Ken," a family sitcom with Ken Jeong as a brilliant physician with a less-than-stellar bedside manner. ABC orders comedies 'Dr. Ken,' 'Real O'Neals,' 'Muppets' reboot 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

Reiner plays White's boyfriend Max on the TV Land sitcom "Hot in Cleveland" and turned 90 Tuesday. Betty White wishes happy 90th to Carl Reiner 2012-03-20T22:28:08Z

But in the main it functions as a droll workplace sitcom with a low-stakes mystery of the week. "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" returns with an appropriate awkward hello to its farewell season 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

If you skipped “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” in the fall because it sounded like a lame, conventional sitcom that would get canceled after four episodes, this would be a good time to get on board. “This is a dark, feminist, f*cked-up, romantic comedy”: Rachel Bloom celebrates her first Golden Globe nod for “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

Audiences accept this, though when roles are reversed — when a show, sitcom or otherwise, pairs an absolute hunk with a less glamorous woman — some viewers lose their minds. Kevins Can Score Improbably Attractive TV Wives 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

Ms. Handler may have seemed ahead of her time when “Chelsea Lately” had its premiere, in 2007, but her new sitcom has to catch up with other series already raking in the ratings. The TV Watch: ?Are You There, Chelsea?? Enters Female Sitcom Fray 2012-01-10T21:08:56Z

“Atlanta” is nothing like other shows, which, given Glover’s experience with conventional sitcoms — first as a writer on “30 Rock,” before co-starring on “Community” — is intentional. Fearless, fresh “Atlanta”: Donald Glover’s dreamy, surreal series is infused with peculiar magic 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z

Yesterday's episode of the sitcom, from 2002, was silly and marvellous, and it's a real treat to hear both her writing and her voice again. Radio review: Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting 2010-12-09T08:00:00Z

Under Matt, the show became more of a sitcom. How we made The Sooty Show 2012-08-06T16:52:55Z

And about two dozen other sitcoms you never watched. A thumbnail sketch of NBC's plans for fall season 2013-05-13T00:38:07Z

Lou Grant also set the standard for a generation of sitcom secular rabbis that followed. Ed Asner helped usher in the secular rabbi, making America warmer and a little more Jewish 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z

On the TV front, we recommend "No Heroics," a British sitcom that takes place in a world similar to ours except that superheroes, or "capes," are an accepted part of reality. Scarecrow suggests ... Like 'Kick-Ass'? Look for 'Defendor,' 'Miragemen' and 'Watchmen' on DVD 2010-04-15T20:43:00Z

Next to “Modern Family” and “The Middle,” it’s the one that’s run the longest, perhaps because it’s a distillation of the best parts of the ABC family sitcom formula, combining heartfelt sentiment and cranked-up farce. Comfort Viewing: Why I Still Love ‘The Goldbergs’ 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

PASADENA, Calif. — The head of the FX network said Sunday he still hasn't seen a script for Charlie Sheen's new sitcom "Anger Management," which is due to premiere in June. FX network's big risk with Sheen 2012-01-15T22:01:04Z

“Lady Dynamite,” whose first season lands on Netflix on Friday, is a layered, surreal sitcom of mental illness that takes up residence in her hilarious and unsettling psyche. Review: ‘Lady Dynamite’ Finds Surreal Humor in Mental Illness 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

"Glee," about a group of teenagers in a high school singing club, will now be followed on Tuesdays by sitcom "Raising Hope" and a new relationship comedy, "Mixed Signals," Fox said in a statement. Fox moves "American Idol" to Wednesday 2010-11-20T00:56:00Z

The degree of difficulty in sustaining that mock cinéma vérité layered over the bones of a classic sitcom was proven once again this year. The TV Watch: Another Dose of Neurosis 2011-07-07T22:07:48Z

Expect “Murphy Brown,” another reborn 20th-century sitcom, to be consistently faithful to its own roots. ‘Murphy Brown’ is ‘back to make some noise’ 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

Stevenson had signed a deal with NBC, and Henry was written off in affectionate sitcom style, with goodbyes and a party. ‘M*A*S*H’ at 50: War Is Hell(arious) 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z

“Ted Lasso,” a sitcom about an American football coach sent to manage an English Premier League soccer club, is a mostly male show. In ‘Ted Lasso,’ Juno Temple Makes Nice 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

Another absentee, Mrs Brown's Boys, won the best sitcom prize last year. Bafta TV awards to honour Doctor Who, Clare Balding and Michael Palin 2013-05-10T17:55:56Z

Wanda Maximoff created her sitcom bubble to escape dread and sadness, the same reason we turn to those brisk and digestible shows in times of distress. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe comedy is a woman's work 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z

“Roseanne” did what a lot of effective sitcoms do: explore a major cultural issue and show how everyday people are grappling with it. Why did the television reboot become all the rage? 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z

Delpy and Rock are naturally funny and the stuff good, lightweight sitcoms are made of. 2 Days in New York ? review 2012-05-19T23:05:44Z

Thematically speaking many of the series aped the classic family sitcom structure or sought to recapture the magic of “Friends.” "The Big Bang Theory" of evolution: The show honored smart misfits and let them grow 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z

She compared Laura Winslow, one of the main characters on “Family Matters,” a sitcom Henderson worked on in the 1990s, to Calliope Burns. In ‘First Kill,’ Hunter and Prey Fall in Love 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z

For the second year the winner in the category was Jim Parsons, a star of a third CBS sitcom, “The Big Bang Theory.” ?Modern Family? Takes Home Five Emmys 2011-09-19T04:28:15Z

“American Cornball” discusses off-color postcards, gag gifts, animated cartoons, newspaper comic strips, old comedies, comic books, humor magazines and sitcoms. ‘American Cornball: A Laffopedic Guide to the Formerly Funny,’ by Christopher Miller 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z

Despite some exaggerated claims to the contrary, the sitcom never died. Television: In Bear Times, a Bull Market for Sitcoms 2010-04-17T21:50:00Z

We started visiting it around the time “F Is for Family” is set, when “All in the Family” et al. made the besieged American patriarch a sitcom staple. Review: ‘F Is for Family,’ Netflix’s Ribald Portrayal of a ’70s Household 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z

A lot of people who are younger just sort of write it off as this dated sitcom with a laugh track. ‘Friends’ Is Older Than Some of Its Biggest Fans 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

This is quite a feat, because “Black-ish” is a family sitcom on network television, and racially influenced police violence is not particularly family-oriented. “Black-ish” is fearless: Its brilliant take on police brutality mixes heartbreak and hope 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

The hit-making producers of the sitcom “Designing Women” crafted his swooning biographical film for the campaign; Fleetwood Mac, only a few years removed from their chart-topping days, reunited to play his inauguration. The golden age of the White House correspondents’ dinner (yes, there was one) 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

The 64-year-old Sinbad, born David Adkins, is known for his stand-up work and appearances in the sitcoms “A Different World” and “The Sinbad Show.” Family: Comedian Sinbad recovering from recent stroke 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z

I was thinking to myself, he is going to get a sitcom for his performance on “Hollywood Game Night.” Q&A: Jane Lynch, ‘Hollywood Game Night’ 2014-01-31T23:48:54Z

In Boston, as the theme song for the American sitcom Cheers famously claims, “everybody knows your name”. From West Wing to east Lincs, Rob Lowe is the new sheriff in town 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z

Most of the great sitcoms of the 20th century were set in living rooms and workplaces, and they moved around sparingly. Why New TV Comedies Are Choosing Plot Over Jokes 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z

She's co-starring in the new TV Land original sitcom, "Hot in Cleveland," which airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Betty White: Calendar Girl 2010-07-07T22:33:00Z

Producers said Thursday the singer, who starred on the UPN sitcom "Half & Half," will be onstage when the tour opens at Sidney Harman Hall in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29. Michelle Williams joining tour of 'Fela!' 2013-01-03T17:16:08Z

A sitcom for the 21st century then, and that's rarely a successful thing. PhoneShop; Dara O Briain's Science Club - TV review 2013-07-25T21:30:01Z

Writing in The New Republic, David Grossman recently argued that Fox’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine, under its smiley exterior, is a conservative sitcom with the agenda of glossing over police brutality in New York City. No, Brooklyn Nine-Nine Isn’t Conservative Propaganda 2013-11-20T12:22:19Z

There were acting jobs as well, on sitcoms including "Gary, Unmarried" and "Free Agents," but none of the shows stuck. Al Madrigal of 'Daily Show' goes solo in special 2013-04-25T19:03:11Z

Marshall starred in the 1970s sitcom "Laverne and Shirley" and went on to direct such big screen hits as "Big" and "A League of Their Own." Penny Marshall has book deal with Amazon.com 2011-10-11T15:39:38Z

Sheen told ABC that he had never lost "a day that cost anybody any money" during filming of the sitcom, apart from missing rehearsals. Charlie Sheen interview: 'You can't process me with a normal brain' 2011-03-01T00:30:00Z

Poehler has said that she wanted to give audiences a deeper understanding of the couple, their creativity, their tumultuous relationship and their groundbreaking sitcom “I Love Lucy.” New this week: Plenty of Dolly Parton and ‘Lucy and Desi’ 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z

Poised somewhere between a saucy indie film, a soap opera and a "complications ensue" sitcom, it was an escapist fantasy in which teens carried themselves like seen-it-all rock stars. "Skins'" salacious teen thrills 2011-01-18T16:53:00Z

For Novak, “Vengeance” is an ambitious attempt to step out of his sitcom comfort zone and see if he can make it as an Albert Brooks-like leading man. B.J. Novak Went to Texas Looking for ‘Vengeance’ and Found America 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z

Snap judgments on the first few episodes of Mitch Hurwitz's revived sitcom were less than positive, with suggestions that the show was missing its usual sharpness. Catch-up TV guide: from Arrested Development to Strange Hill High 2013-06-01T05:00:00Z

From there he joined a new NBC sitcom called “Cheers,” where he was staff writer for its ascendant first three seasons. ‘Simpsons’ co-creator finds the funny in cancer 2013-08-28T22:35:38Z

His own show-business career was varied and long, writing Hollywood screenplays and scripts for some of television’s most popular sitcoms. Arthur Marx, Who Wrote About Groucho, Dies at 89 2011-04-15T01:17:54Z

In an article in The Times, Mike Hale called the show a “high-energy, low-subtlety sitcom.” What’s on TV Wednesday: The Kennedy Center Honors and ‘Nova’ 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z

He joined the writing staff for "Black Bart," a short-lived attempt to make "Blazing Saddles" into a weekly sitcom, which reunited him with his childhood inspiration, Mel Brooks. "Head of the Class" and the man behind the '80s comedy's progressive, even radical agenda 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z

I know it’s a sitcom and people think their own shows are so important, and they talk about their characters and everyone yawns. David Spade: Happily Sold on Selling Out 2010-02-19T20:13:00Z

The 22 minutes she takes to get the story out amounts to the time most sitcoms last without commercials. The Best Performances of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

And it fit the themes of his sitcom, Two and a Half Men, about the bachelor-pad exploits of his alter ego Charlie Harper. High Manxiety 2011-05-26T07:10:00Z

And it’s done that without losing the towel-snapping interplay of the rival coaches, who now exist both as legit performers and sitcom characters. The Voice Watch: And the Winner Is… 2012-12-19T14:22:31Z

The series will still be made by the UK branch of Endemol, the Dutch company that had the internationally lucrative idea of merging a sitcom plot – tense flatmates – with a gameshow format. Big Brother returns with celebrity special after move to Channel 5 2011-04-06T18:28:40Z

Last year, he was fired from his hit sitcom "Two and a Half Men" before seeming to regain his footing and earning a spot in a new show, the currently airing "Anger Management." Ex-Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash honored with Hollywood star 2012-07-11T01:40:39Z

She recently appeared on the Fox sitcom "New Girl." Swift not worried about connecting with fans 2013-06-13T15:13:14Z

The economic messaging of the time is way more similar than I'd realized because I was spending those years watching sitcoms. 'Girls on Fire' author Robin Wasserman sees parallels between '90s and today in politics and women's empowerment 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

From its earliest incarnation, the family sitcom has served as both mirror and model. A Very Special Episode, but Maybe Not So Precious 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

As you’re wincing your way through “Suburgatory,” an unpalatable sitcom that has its premiere on ABC on Wednesday night, ponder the question that no studio executives apparently did: Who is the audience for this show? Television Review: ?Suburgatory? on ABC ? Review 2011-09-27T16:18:22Z

The play is structured around Eddie’s increasingly fraught attempts to get everybody to sit down to a meal together, like a happy clan in a 1950s sitcom. Samuel D. Hunter’s ‘Pocatello,’ With T. R. Knight 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z

If the Internet demonstrates what we’d like to receive on demand—attention, Thai food, episodes of old sitcoms—one of those things, clearly, is excessively bad vibes. How We Came to Live in “Cursed” Times 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z

On the surface, Mr. Sayre, a sitcom writer and a fixture of the nightclub scene, doesn’t cut an especially romantic figure. Review: ‘Love’s Refrain’ Has a Stargazer Looking Inward 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z

And it’s a far cry from the sad but heartwarming final scene of the 10-season sitcom. The Creepy Alternate Ending for 'Friends' That's Gone Viral 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

He slinks through those bright sitcom sets radiating darkness. Why Charlie Sheen is still winning 2011-09-20T16:20:00Z

But when he stepped into the acting field, he adopted the identity of his late father, Rubén Amaro Sr., on the ABC sitcom "The Goldbergs." 11 actors who played their own relatives 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z

But whether it takes place in a loft in Los Angeles or a gynecological office in Manhattan, these are both fundamentally sitcom rom-coms. What “Mindy Project” and “New Girl” can learn from each other about the pitfalls of sitcom romance 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

You don’t usually use “beautiful” to describe a sitcom pilot, but this is one beautiful postapocalypse. Review: The Last Man on Earth Is One of a Kind 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

Opposite baseball, the sitcom averaged almost 10 million viewers.  TV ratings: Fox wins with World Series; ABC, CBS tie for No. 2 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

Or was their starting point simply this: Wouldn’t it be funny to do a standard macho-divorced-dad sitcom in which the dad carries a broadsword and wears a loincloth to the office? Review: In ‘Son of Zorn,’ the Dad’s Dense, and Drawn That Way 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z

The sitcom, which aired on NBC from 1990 to 1996, was set in the Banks’ mansion, to which Smith’s character was sent from Philadelphia when things got tough in his own neighborhood. Actor James Avery, Uncle Phil on ‘Fresh Prince,’ dies at 68 2014-01-02T03:21:57Z

And although there is no formal exhibition — do preview performances count as a vernissage? — the stage is lavishly decorated with artworks that happen to also be for sale, many by nostalgia-inducing sitcom actors. Art by Jan Brady? Wally Cleaver? Lando Calrissian? See It Off Broadway 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

Seeing it all again on box set, it's easy to forget that Father Ted initially brought a bit of controversy to the sitcom scene. Your next box set: Father Ted 2011-01-28T08:00:01Z

Gervais and Merchant went on to write and star in the sitcom Extras. Ricky Gervais to take hit comedy The Office to China 2010-08-13T17:06:00Z

These days, they stay up all night texting one another, making phone calls, playing video games and watching reruns of sitcoms on their computers. 2010-01-20T00:22:00Z

Judith Light, known to television audiences for the sitcom Who's the Boss, but also an acclaimed stage actor, won her second consecutive Tony, for The Assembled Parties. Lauper and Kinky Boots sweep Tonys 2013-06-10T04:25:56Z

But those shows were network sitcoms, hidebound by censorship, marooned in studio sets with the baying sound of the laughter of captive audiences. Lena Dunham’s Girls: the show that turned TV upside down 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z

Like the original "Merry Wives," OSF's mock-up is at heart a lusty sitcom but with fewer laughs than its prototype. Myth and mirth take the stage at Oregon Shakespeare fest 2012-07-19T21:29:02Z

This heartwarming multicamera sitcom, a modern take on Norman Lear’s 1970s classic, returns for Season 3. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ and ‘One Day at a Time’ 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z

His work as the creator of musical earworms for sitcoms proved one of his most lucrative legacies. Alan Thicke, mainstay of TV comedy and star of sitcom ‘Growing Pains,’ dies at 69 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

When they say, “Do you want a seminormal structured job, and a sitcom that’s fun to do and you can have a nice time?,” David Spade: Happily Sold on Selling Out 2010-02-19T20:13:00Z

This time around, as Louis C.K. reinvents the classic sitcom in his own elliptical, cerebral style, he seems to be in his absurdist theater phase, or his surrealist short-story phase — Kafka on the Hudson. Louis C.K.’s ‘Louie’ Returns for Season 5 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z

Tia Mowry, Coby Bell and Pooch Hall star in this sitcom revolving around the world of professional football players and their wives. Tuesday TV Picks: 'The Game' on BET 2011-03-21T23:16:04Z

The effect is less like documentary than a socially minded network-TV sitcom, in the mold of “black-ish” or the new “Wonder Years.” Review: ‘Colin in Black & White’ Finds Kaepernick Before He Took a Knee 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z

It was the second week in a row atop the ratings for the sitcom, whose 12-season run ends May 16. ‘Big Bang’ tops ‘Thrones’ in ratings race of fading shows 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z

Running Wilde was a sharply written, intricately plotted sitcom that starred Arnett as the self-centred heir to a fortune. Arrested Development: meet the people who brought the Bluths back to life 2013-05-25T05:00:00Z

The classic '90s sitcom – starring Will Smith as a street-smart teen who goes to live with his wealthy aunt and uncle in Los Angeles – returns this year with a reboot, simply titled "Bel-Air." "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" gets flipped-turned upside down ... as a drama: Watch the trailer 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z

Mary Tyler Moore, the award-winning actor and star of two of America’s best-loved sitcoms, died on Wednesday age of 80. Mary Tyler Moore, groundbreaking television actor, dies aged 80 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

First, it's time to state the obvious: Most new sitcoms are awful. In search of this year's "30 Rock" 2010-10-02T23:01:00Z

It’s something that I really liked about doing a sitcom and when I was doing theater. Sons of Anarchy’s Katey Sagal Talks About Her New Album — and Singing Backup for Bob Dylan 2013-11-15T18:03:11Z

There are, classically, the long and short arcs of the sitcom or the drama, the hour or half-hour that seems to occur in a vacuum, complete unto itself until the next week. Film: An Old Pairing: Summer and Movie Sequels 2010-06-11T04:28:00Z

"Full House" star Dave Coulier reunited a handful of the sitcom's cast at his wedding to fiance Melissa Bring on Wednesday. 'Full House' family reunites to chronicle Dave Coulier's wedding 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

The polarizing version of the classic sitcom that returned on ABC this spring was really two shows. It Was ‘Roseanne’ vs. ‘Roseanne,’ in a Polarizing Revival 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z

Just a small taste of the bizarre world of , the cult sitcom that became a cause célèbre after its cancellation in 2006 and is now the most keenly awaited TV comeback in years. Arrested Development: meet the people who brought the Bluths back to life 2013-05-25T05:00:00Z

"I've managed to get everything in my life that I ever dreamed of," says Paul Reiser in a trailer advertising "The Paul Reiser Show," his first sitcom since "Mad About You." Could Paul Reiser destroy NBC? 2011-03-23T14:01:00Z

The Guys in This Group Know How to Honeymoon Here are two things you don’t see very often: an hourlong television comedy and a scripted sitcom on Saturday night that is worth watching. Television Review: ‘Wedding Band,’ a New Comedy on TBS 2012-11-09T23:25:56Z

The ABC sitcom “Modern Family,” on the other hand, won again for best comedy, and that wasn’t a record, it was just repetitive. The TV Watch: Cable Television Rules the Emmys 2012-09-24T04:27:57Z

I wanted to see how they could stretch it out for so long and if it was any good, but it just seems like a sitcom from the 90s. Richard Herring: 'The Simpsons should stop now' 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

The show helped launch Fox's career and they also worked together on the 1990s political sitcom Spin City. Emmys honour Gandolfini and Monteith 2013-09-17T10:42:36Z

Alena Smith, who’s written for “The Newsroom” and “The Affair,” created the show, with its high-low, deadpan spoof of both melodrama and sitcom conventions. Apple TV Plus: More Than ‘The Morning Show’ 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

Names Have Been Changed to Protect the Innuendoes Just about everyone who grew up with a rabbit-eared television set in the 1970s harbors an abiding, possibly mortifying affection for one of the era’s signature sitcoms. Theater Review: ‘3C,’ by David Adjmi, at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater 2012-06-25T02:00:00Z

"People kept asking me why they couldn't get this season or that season," Reiser wrote of the sitcom distributed by Sony. Fallout from Sony hack may alter how Hollywood conducts business 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z

Shakman has previously directed shows like “Game of Thrones,” “Succession” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and was himself a former child actor on TV sitcoms like “Diff’rent Strokes” and “Just the Ten of Us.” Marvel’s Latest Frontier? In ‘WandaVision,’ It’s the Suburbs 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z

One of your first roles was as a transgender barmaid on a Scottish sitcom. David Tennant Stars in ‘Broadchurch’ on BBC America 2013-08-02T19:02:15Z

In the 1950s he appeared on “Lux Video Theater,” “The Philco Television Playhouse,” “The United States Steel Hour” and “Kraft Television Theater” and starred in and occasionally directed two sitcoms. Jackie Cooper, Film and Television Actor, Dies at 88 2011-05-04T23:30:04Z

For one thing, this feelgood sitcom isn’t even set in our world, but in a non-denominational afterlife you might call “Heaven”. Forking hell! Is The Good Place the ultimate TV show for our times? 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z

Late in his career, he held his own with Dustin Hoffman as a mobster’s empathetic confidante in HBO’s Luck, and one of his last roles was a comic turn in Fox’s sitcom New Girl. Dennis Farina Dies at Age 69 2013-07-23T09:45:52Z

This British sitcom gives me a feeling of being backstage or being at the bar after the play. Lauren Ambrose Just Wants to Go to French Clown School 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z

Linehan, who turned 44 last week, is irked by the persistence of the idea that the sitcom that brought him and Arthur Mathews to the attention of millions has canned laughter on it. Graham Linehan: Twitter has made me 2012-05-27T18:00:01Z

NBC has given “Whitney” a prime-time slot, 9:30 on Thursday night, right after the network’s most popular sitcom, “The Office.” 2 Networks Pin Their Hopes on One Comedian 2011-05-20T23:25:40Z

I chose one of the plays and turned the sitcom down. How we made: Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles on To the Manor Born 2013-04-15T16:30:09Z

Unsurprisingly, the cost of producing the sitcom has spiralled. More buck for your Big Bang Theory 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

He eventually left Rutgers, enrolled in acting school and nabbed recurring roles on “Mr. Robot” and the Scott Baio sitcom “See Dad Run” before starting stand-up in Los Angeles. Comedian Ramy Youssef is still figuring out life as a Muslim millennial. So he made a show about it. 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z

“I feel like that was a challenge for us to see if we could get that close to the insanity that is a sitcom.” On ‘Beef House,’ Family Sitcoms Get the Tim and Eric Treatment 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z

He notes that hearing an audience laugh would not be alien for a play, which, with its living room sets and emphasis on setup-joke banter, is what the multicam sitcom most resembles. New Sitcom Tries Old Form: Laughs Allowed 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z

But understanding funny – and knowing how to weave it into the complex emotional tapestry of a sitcom script – is a rare talent. TV commissioning is just a bad joke 2013-06-30T17:30:01Z

“BoJack Horseman” is back for its third season, this one even more committed to letting its main character — an anthropomorphic horse who was a TGIF-esque sitcom star in the 1990s — behave horrendously. What to Watch This Weekend: ‘BoJack Horseman’ and ‘Looking: The Movie’ 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

After those early years of clerical liftoff in a sitcom, though, Field had no place to land. Perspective | Sally Field, on Broadway and on a mission 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z

As this phase of the pandemic nears its end, do they plan to turn their unlikely social-media fame into a family sitcom or reality TV show? Scenes From a Marriage, Patinkin-Style 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z

“Would you ever consider doing another sitcom? Either writing or acting?” a fan asked. Jerry Seinfeld Says He Wouldn't Consider Another Sitcom 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z

The Little Britain star said he was "delighted to be back at the BBC writing and acting in a new sitcom". Walliams to create new BBC sitcom 2012-08-24T15:33:01Z

Though Danny represented a departure from the typical sitcom father, he didn't exactly spearhead a new trend. What made Bob Saget’s Danny Tanner so different from other sitcom dads 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

It is truly one of the best sitcoms TV has offered in 2022, and without a doubt one of the year's best shows. The joy of "Abbott Elementary" is in its lesson about working hard for a fulfilling purpose 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z

The pilot isn’t wildly funny, but it has moments that feel real and genuinely touching, which is rare these days for a mainstream sitcom. Amazon Posts TV Pilots 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

And it was not a good sitcom to begin with–it was an odd, dissonant ’90s throwback. The 2014 Cincy Awards 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

The first episode of the sitcom “Wings” in 1990 used the device to set the whole series in motion: A father’s will brings together two estranged brothers, who become the show’s lead characters. Television Review: ‘The Goodwin Games,’ With Beau Bridges, on Fox 2013-05-19T19:37:35Z

Betty White’s death at 99 on New Year’s Eve prompted not only national mourning, but also renewed nostalgia for “The Golden Girls,” the NBC sitcom White starred in that aired from 1985 to ’92. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

CBS' "All in the Family" was an often splendid update of the British sitcom "Till Death Us Do Part," but it ran eight years, had many bum stretches, and grew weak near the end. The problem with American remakes of British shows 2011-02-09T15:01:00Z

Once a kitchen staple, bedside companion and plot device on sitcoms such as “Sex and the City” and “Seinfeld,” the landline phone has all but been replaced by its newer, smarter wireless counterpart. Too Much Screen Time? Landline Phones Offer a Lifeline. 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z

The Job Lot is a perfectly serviceable sitcom, though one can't help feeling it could and should be even better than it is. TV highlights 20/05/2013 2013-05-20T06:00:13Z

It was filmed with three cameras in front of an audience like a classic sitcom, and was essentially a “King of Queens” with black humor and blue jokes. | 'Louie': Louis C.K.?s New Comedy on FX 2010-06-28T22:37:00Z

In the seven years since their last film together, “Baby Mama,” they each produced long-running, critically beloved sitcoms and became best-selling authors. Amy Poehler and Tina Fey: When Leaning In, Laughing Matters 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

Topics: , , Melissa Leo appeared in all of 15 minutes of last night’s episode of “Louie” as the indelible Laurie and I am already desperate for her to have her own sitcom. Was Louie date-raped? 2012-07-06T13:56:00Z

Malcolm Tucker isn't Basil Fawlty or Alan Partridge, and The Thick of It is immeasurably stronger for being an ensemble piece rather than the traditional 'one monstrous comedy character terrorising his subordinates'-style British sitcom. Alan Davies eats humble pie over Hillsborough, BBC lifts lid on comedy 2012-09-25T17:29:44Z

“And we used those as issues to wrap this sitcom format around.” “Halal in the Family”: The Sitcom We Need 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z

Kamala Jones, best known for showcasing her comedy chops in US sitcom The Middle says it was her first foray into . The horror, the horror: women gather in LA for Viscera film festival 2012-07-12T15:35:53Z

This year produced some stiff competition with a number of horrible new sitcoms from Animal Practice to Neighbors. From Game of Thrones to Revolution: the best and worst of US TV in 2012 2012-12-31T16:19:34Z

A Full House reboot didn’t need to exist; the days of feelgood sitcoms for the whole family would seem to be long gone in the smartphone era. How old-school sitcoms made their triumphant return 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z

This sitcom “takes characters normally written off or romanticized and treats them as full, flawed people,” James Poniewozik wrote in The Times. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Cardinal,’ ‘The Ranch’ and ‘The Great British Baking Show’ 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z

Dripping with talent, it is consistently riotously funny and as structurally solid as any sitcom can be. Forget Friends! The 25 greatest overlooked sitcoms – from Lovesick to Younger 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

The lullaby “Soft Kitty” from The Big Bang Theory is such a popular part of the sitcom that it’s been used to sell tee-shirts and spur fan contests. Lawsuit: Big Bang Theory's 'Soft Kitty' Infringes Copyright 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z

In fact, if you ever want to make the case against marriage, tuck into a network TV sitcom—it will make a cynic out of you yet. The “Everybody Loves Raymond” effect: Why TV gets marriage all wrong 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z

Its unique brand of entertainment jargon, known as "slanguage," has even crept into the wider popular vernacular after words like "sitcom" and "soap opera" originated in the pages of Variety. Showbiz magazine Daily Variety goes out of print after 80 years 2013-03-20T00:41:03Z

This is not a sitcom, it's not a huge show. "I love weird characters": Iliza Shlesinger on creating Cashew Albacore & her Netflix sketch show 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z

It was 180 beautiful, precision-engineered pieces of sitcom, whose glory will outlast us all and continue to unite, inspire and prostrate with laughter all those who watch it. Jerry Seinfeld the highest-earning comedian? You have to be kidding me 2013-07-14T18:30:00Z

For ordinary life is not the smooth glide of a television sitcom. AA is not a fraud: Why haters are afraid to listen 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z

Cusack starred in a stage adaptation of the popular sitcom “Designing Women.” Up, Up and Away: The Trippy Tales Behind ‘Flying Over Sunset’ 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z

James Spader, who plays the boss’s boss on “The Office,” will not be in charge next season, creating a new measure of uncertainty for the NBC sitcom. ArtsBeat: Spader to Depart From 'The Office' 2012-02-28T18:35:16Z

And the sound reverberating from inside the casting room as he waited to read for “The Cool Kids,” the new sitcom from Charlie Day of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” made him downright nervous. Martin Mull Has a Few Thoughts About Aging 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

Another ABC sitcom considered a front-runner for best comedy series, five-time category winner “Modern Family,” sustained just one minor nomination this year - for sound mixing. Returning hits 'Will & Grace,' 'Roseanne' shut out of best comedy... 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

Instead we can turn to them, as we do to the sitcom father or the reality-show housewife, for predictable comforts. Sugar and Spice and Vicious Beatings 2011-03-10T22:21:21Z

On that note, the show is very much a sitcom, not only in its multi-camera/studio-audience format, but in its absolute faith in the form. Review | ‘Will & Grace’ are back, mostly to snark about life in Trump’s America 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z

The youngest daughter on the 1970s television sitcom "The Partridge Family" has died. Suzanne Crough, child star on 'The Partridge Family,' dies at 52 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z

And maybe inevitably, the finale recognized that the sitcoms was always his, for better or worse, even after he left it. Review: Two and a Half Men Stays True to Its Wicked Heart 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

But it’s worth remembering, however much we’re used to the show’s style and comedy now, that network-TV sitcoms were a different breed when the American version of the show came on the air in 2005. Six Ways The Office Mattered 2013-05-16T09:45:58Z

Of course the guy who played Barney Miller in one of TV’s smarter sitcoms knows how to drop dry punchlines into the prevailing inanity. Review | Hal Linden is right for ‘The Price’ at Arena Stage 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

Netflix teamed up with Ms. Feacher to recreate the opening scene of the sitcom “Girlfriends” when the show debuted on the streaming platform. YungBBQ Can Be Almost Anyone. Just Watch. 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z

But most often, sitcom revivals, trying to have a nostalgic good time, turn unintentionally awkward. Are We Having Fun Yet? ‘Party Down’ and the Sadness of the Sitcom Revival 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z

There’s also an homage to the sitcom “Designing Women,” including a shallow former ex-beauty queen like the one played by Delta Burke. The TV Watch: Kristin Chenoweth and Annie Potts in ABC?s ?GCB? 2012-03-01T23:09:54Z

Mrs. Jones, whom I'd had junior year as well, had a smile like moms on classic sitcoms. Pseudonym: On vision loss and hiding in plain sight from my high school classmates 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z

For someone whose personal appearances were relatively infrequent — on variety shows and talk shows, in a handful of sitcom guest shots and movie roles — his face was surprisingly familiar. Satirist Stan Freberg, ad man and comic, dies at 88 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z

Once there, she worked her way up the TV industry, starting as an assistant to the executive producer of the long-running, highly rated sitcom Girlfriends. Master of None's Lena Waithe: 'If you come from a poor background, TV becomes what you dream about' 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

Ms. Dunn, 47, is also the creator and executive producer of the popular sitcom “American Housewife” and the author of two previous novels. Sarah Dunn on the Anatomy of an Open Marriage 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

If he does and the series sticks, he could end up playing a dead man on one show and a live one on another: he is in the just-announced CBS sitcom “The Millers.” Television Review: ‘The Goodwin Games,’ With Beau Bridges, on Fox 2013-05-19T19:37:35Z

On TV, she co-starred in the British comedy series Two’s Company and had frequent guest-starring roles in American sitcoms, most recently as Alec Baldwin’s hard-bitten mother in 30 Rock. Elaine Stritch: How to Be a Broadway Diva 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

In the revamped sitcom, he played the small-town North Carolina mayor Andy Sawyer, dealing with local eccentrics between spending time with his family. Same role, different show: what happens when TV actors get stuck in a rut 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

This includes perhaps the greatest of all sitcoms, “Cheers,” which also happens to be the series against which all other bar comedies will be measured. ‘Abby’s’ Takes the Sitcom Somewhere New: Outdoors 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z

Yet sitcoms that have tried to co-opt that fascination, like ABC’s “Man Up!,” have mostly failed. Television Review: ‘The New Normal’ and ‘Guys With Kids’ Begin on NBC 2012-09-10T21:56:20Z

His best-known roles included criminal Harry Grout in the 1970s prison sitcom “Porridge.” Peter Vaughan, venerated character actor of British stage, TV and film, dies at 93 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

"It's a scratch-and-sniff collage of my life; there's a bit of sitcom, surreal sketches and me doing stand-up." Kerry Godliman: 'We're cracking up on stage for your entertainment' 2013-04-27T23:05:02Z

Perhaps he was alluding to his satire “3C,” which brought on a legal battle with the copyright holder of the sitcom “Three’s Company.” Misery and Megalomania: How David Adjmi Became a Playwright 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z

“Louie” forces harmony from its many disparate elements—stand-up, sketch comedy, character drama, family sitcom. “Louie” returns, as hapless and sublime as ever 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z

But this is not a fictional scene from Tina Fey’s legendary and, in this building, seemingly omnipresent sitcom. Seth Meyers: ‘I couldn’t have asked for a better target than Trump’ 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z

The comeback season of “Roseanne” caused some contention with an episode involving the sitcom family’s Muslim neighbors and references to other ABC shows featuring Asian- and African-American families. When Off-Camera Opinions Eclipse the Comedy 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

No contest in the award for the most misanthropic character of the century: Dylan Moran wins hands down for his bile-flecked bookshop owner Bernard Black in this delightfully silly sitcom. The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

We celebrate our stand-up comics, we adore our TV sitcoms, and we export our comic movies, but for some reason our funny novels must subsist on a diet of thin praise. Perspective | Finally, a comic novel gets a Pulitzer Prize. It’s about time. 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

On one side was the wayward star, on the other was TV's most successful and highly lucrative sitcom, anchoring Monday for CBS and making hundreds of millions of dollars for Warner. Without 'Men,' is Charlie Sheen winning or losing? 2011-03-08T13:46:04Z

She made her acting debut aged nine in the ABC sitcom My Wife and Kids and went to theatre camp and appeared in school productions during her teens. Rising star Beanie Feldstein: ‘Lady Bird opened my eyes to what film can do’ 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z

Enlisted, a charming and sneakily funny sitcom premiering on Fox tonight, is not one of those comedies. TV Tonight: Enlisted 2014-01-10T10:30:48Z

But sitcoms were already undergoing an even more dramatic evolution. 4 reasons why we’ll never see another show like "Friends" 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z

Then her agent put her up for Rev, a gently irreverent sitcom starring Tom Hollander as an inner-city vicar. Olivia Colman in Rev 2010-06-19T23:05:00Z

On a set that resembles an entertainment exec’s lair or maybe one of Dante’s lesser-known rungs, Mr. Roberts plays Jack Story, a strychnine-bitter television writer with a hit sitcom about to break into syndication. ‘Enter at Forest Lawn,’ From the Amoralists 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z

In my research, I found that single sitcom dads with full child care responsibilities were shown interacting with their children more often than married sitcom dads. What made Bob Saget’s Danny Tanner so different from other sitcom dads 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

Ms. Skandan was best at pouting, and her portrayal of a girl complaining about rumors felt remarkably American, like a scene from a teenage sitcom. Review: In ‘The Art of Abhinaya,’ Bragha Bessell Dances With Masterly Range 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

Every action movie is a workplace sitcom in disguise. Even Superheroes Punch the Clock 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

The stories are the standard stuff of television dramas, sitcoms and soap operas. Netflix’s ‘Shtisel’ Is Binge-Worthy TV on a Strict Form of Judaism 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

Joining the expected nominees in the best comedy category for the first time was “The Big Bang Theory,” a hugely popular CBS sitcom. ArtsBeat: Emmy Nominations are Announced 2011-07-14T13:00:25Z

Last year NBC canceled “The Carmichael Show,” an inspired throwback to the era of politically charged Norman Lear sitcoms like “All in the Family” and “Good Times,” after three seasons. Lil Rel Howery and Jerrod Carmichael Think You’re Wrong About Multicamera Sitcoms 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z

As a genre, soap opera offers plenty of opportunities – a fine tradition that goes back to US sitcom Soap and Victoria Wood's now-classic Acorn Antiques. Top TV spoofs: 'Don't I know you from Lark Pies To Cranchesterford?' 2012-10-11T14:27:05Z

As if uneasy at being left behind by the competition, this Disney near classic wades into the DreamWorks style of sitcom gags and anachronistic sass. 'Tangled' Movie Review: Disney Excels with Rapunzel Remake 2010-12-01T16:55:00Z

An American cable network says it has cast former Seinfeld star Michael Richards in a pilot for a new sitcom. Seinfeld star cast in new sitcom 2012-12-05T09:24:41Z

The scenes of them together are set to the classic sitcom laugh track and upbeat music. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Katrina Babies’ and the MTV Video Music Awards 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z

The introduction of Kaling, a sitcom stalwart, as the “new girl” is itself a play on the idea of the tired TV show trying to freshen itself. The Comforts of Watching “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” Eat Itself 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

From his start as a goofy, G-rated rapper and sitcom star through his carefully managed rise as a blockbuster action hero, Will Smith has spent decades radiating boundless likability. A Slap Could Sting the Smith Family Brand 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z

Built on unbelievable situations and uninspired jokes, the script holds enough humor to sustain a sitcom. Theater Review: ‘Collapse’ at City Center 2013-04-25T12:50:07Z

Pain, war, alcoholism, attempted suicide, self-dismemberment, unfunny sitcoms, the sheer relentlessness of human futility. TV review: Horizon: The Secret World of Pain, Outside the Court, Episodes 2011-02-01T08:00:03Z

"He's not just a huge star to people here; they have grown up with him," said Kiesewetter, who first interviewed Clooney when he was on the TV sitcom "The Facts of Life" in 1985. Clooney filming brings out his Ohio hometown fans 2011-02-24T12:39:12Z

These include the premiere of "2 Broke Girls," the fortunate sitcom that followed the "Two and a Half Men" blockbuster. As a new season begins, CBS claims the first win 2011-09-27T18:10:09Z

Franklin directed some episodes of the show and also later directed an episode of the sitcom "Charles in Charge." Actress Bonnie Franklin of TV's "One Day at a Time" dead at 69 2013-03-02T02:00:01Z

Every episode amounts to a weekly reunion of the sketch comedy and sitcom worlds. Salon video exclusive: Check out Allison Tolman guest star turn on truTV’s “I’m Sorry” 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z

“The Addams Family,” a musical adapted from the macabre Charles Addams cartoons that also tried to leverage nostalgia for the 1960s sitcom, was buried on Broadway but has toured widely. Ralph and Alice and Ed and Trixie (and Song and Dance) 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z

After The Office introduced the trope of sitcoms posing as cinéma vérité film-making, a bunch of critically acclaimed shows such as Modern Family and Parks and Recreation jumped on board. Mocking the mockumentary: Will Ferrell gets meta in HBO baseball special 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

The estate’s representative, Tonja B. Carter, had contended that some of the proposed new dialogue made Atticus sound “more like an edgy sitcom dad in the 21st century than the iconic Atticus of the novel.” After Dispute, ‘Mockingbird’ Blends Novel’s Spirit and Sorkin’s Voice Onstage 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z

The series is a reminder of an earlier, gentler age, a time when a sitcom wasn't a sitcom unless its cast waved daffily, unselfconsciously to the audience over the closing credits, as hers does. Queen of uncool 2010-12-02T08:00:00Z

However, both her divorced parents, mother Doria Ragland, a clinical therapist, and father Thomas Markle, a former TV lighting director for soaps and sitcoms, will play “important roles” on the day. When Harry weds Meghan: A week until Britain's royal wedding 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z

And I tend to doubt it will ever become the kind of great sitcom that I make an appointment for every week; I’m not sure it has the depth of characters for that. The Morning After: Life?s a B?- 2012-04-19T14:39:44Z

Whatever their attempts to add authenticity, there seems little risk that “Beef House” will slide into the unfunny conventions of actual multicamera sitcoms. On ‘Beef House,’ Family Sitcoms Get the Tim and Eric Treatment 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z

The Apple TV+ sitcom “Ted Lasso” is up for 20 awards, including for best comedy and for best actor in a comedy for its lead, Jason Sudeikis. 2022 Emmy Winners: Updating List 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z

That anecdote, expanded to sitcom length, became the first episode of the original show. Television Review: Two Men Hang Out on a Couch. But One Appears to Be a Dog. 2011-06-22T22:14:46Z

The sitcom was going out on top after nine seasons having drawn devoted viewers by creating a contained yet vast universe with hundreds of characters, and each Thursday, their humdrum interactions escalated into comforting ridiculousness. Seinfeld's bland new book "Is This Anything?" is $35 dollars' worth of ambivalence and old jokes 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z

It’s not so much a grand science-fiction saga, or even a series of action-adventure movies, as a very expensive, perpetually renewed workplace sitcom. Review: In ‘Captain America: Civil War,’ Super-Bro Against Super-Bro 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

He went over to do a sitcom, “The Harvey Korman Show” for ABC, so I certainly didn’t blame him. Carol Burnett talks showbiz’s evolution, gut instinct and what TV shows she’d binge on 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

People like Mr. Lorre are particularly in demand this spring, amid a renaissance of sorts for the network TV sitcom, which not too long ago was pronounced terminally ill. Television: In Bear Times, a Bull Market for Sitcoms 2010-04-17T21:50:00Z

Mr. Hyde Pierce, who is best known for portraying Dr. Niles Crane on the sitcom “Frasier,” channels a darker version of the unabashed snob in the movie, which opens in limited release tomorrow. Q&A: David Hyde Pierce Will Be Your Host 2011-06-29T22:29:21Z

The sitcom also has form when it comes to musicals: its sixth series featured an episode entitled My Musical, which saw characters breaking into song. Scrubs to be revived as a Broadway musical 2012-09-28T14:14:31Z

In other news, One Foot in the Grave creator David Renwick has walked out on a sitcom he was developing with ITV. Where are all the right-wing comedians when you need them? 2013-03-12T15:03:25Z

I published my first quantitative study on the depiction of sitcom fathers in 2001, focusing on jokes involving the father. Why are sitcom dads still so inept? 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z

The plots contained some of the expected sitcom fodder: misunderstandings, silly deceptions, crises that turned out no big deal. Why "All in the Family" still matters 2011-01-12T15:01:00Z

Ms. Kelly made her professional acting debut on the sitcom “Married With Children” in 1992. Lisa Robin Kelly, Actress on ‘That ’70s Show’ Sitcom, Dies at 43 2013-08-16T01:32:43Z

So, like "WandaVision" which used the sitcom format as a jumping-off point, this is an interesting experiment for the Marvel brand. 5 lesser-known Marvel characters coming to the onscreen MCU 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z

Then, almost the same week, he was sought out and cast by My Name is Earl creator Greg Garcia as the lead in his sitcom The Millers. Will Arnett: 'I'm done with super-dumb' 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

“Happily Divorced,” her sitcom that begins on Wednesday on TV Land, is about a woman named Fran who is not fazed by her husband’s revelation and continues to live with him even after they split. Television Review : Life With a Gay Ex-Husband. It Happens. 2011-06-14T22:30:15Z

How do you take sitcoms and combine them with Wanda and Vision who, up to this point in the M.C.U., were such self-serious characters and dramatic characters with so much sadness surrounding them. How the ‘WandaVision’ Creator Brought Her Vision (and Wanda’s) to Life 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z

Hegar even broke the fourth wall in her ad, stopping the action to speak directly to the camera, as if in an edgy sitcom. Hugs, flags, tears, kids: Inside the heart-tugging world of today’s super-viral campaign ads 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z

After only a few months we went from sitcom to Lifetime Movie of the Week. The crime we committed for her 2014-03-10T00:00:00Z

Bearing all this in mind, it can’t have escaped fans of CBS’S popular sitcom How I Met Your Mother that the title of the show is just a little misleading. High (Concept) Anxiety: Are Big Ideas Bad for TV? 2012-11-14T15:40:09Z

So yeah – actual fake newscast are perfect stages for parody, as are fake reality shows, fake sitcoms and fake dramas. How can "Saturday Night Live" parody a farcical administration? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z

There are happy books and heavy books, sitcoms and zombie thrillers. Holiday Movie Warning: Descendants, Young Adult Are Not the Fun Family Escapes Advertised 2011-12-20T16:58:09Z

Unlikely as it seems, "Partners" is what Martin Lawrence and Kelsey Grammer are in this new sitcom about a mismatched pair of Chicago lawyers. TV This Week Aug. 3 - 9: 'Outlander' on Starz 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

I was on sitcoms, I was on “Fresh Prince” and “Martin.” Show runners examine the ever-changing television landscape 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets If you were looking to cook up a French chef for a 1970s sitcom, Raymond Blanc would be your man. Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets | TV review 2010-03-23T06:45:00Z

The teen sitcom tackled Rae’s complicated relationship with food with sensitivity, authenticity and cracking jokes – which weren’t disproportionately at Rae’s expense. Insatiable is just the latest example of Netflix not understanding teenagers 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z

The second borrowed the theme song from the 1980s sitcom “Perfect Strangers,” paying off a comic-dramatic story line about the survivor’s guilt of Mark Linn-Baker, the only “Strangers” cast member not to have been raptured. ‘The Leftovers’ Leads Television’s Musical Golden Age 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

When Drescher weighed whether to take on the show, a family sitcom that draws on generational conflict, she thought of her own family. Fran Drescher, Millennial Whisperer 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

“For many years I was a sitcom wife,” Mr. Goreski says, describing his relationship, in which he is the younger partner. Television Review: ?It?s a Brad, Brad World? on Bravo - Review 2012-01-01T23:21:52Z

Later, I got a part on the ABC sitcom “Operation Petticoat.” ‘Halloween’ at 40: Their ‘Horrible Idea’ Became a Horror Classic 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

There was another one called ‘Mind Your Language,’ a sitcom about an English-as-a-second-language class. “Halal in the Family”: The Sitcom We Need 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z

In fact, sitcoms, in the last decade, have taken a hard turn toward absurdity: “30 Rock” and “Community” owe more to the spirit of “S.N.L.” and “The Simpsons” than they do to “Friends” or “Cheers.” Riff: ?The Hangover? and the Age of the Jokeless Comedy 2011-05-28T03:33:02Z

Gabe Wilson has a certain “sitcom dad” energy to him that Duke said was inspired by characters like Carl Winslow of “Family Matters” and Homer Simpson. With ‘Black Panther’ and now ‘Us,’ Winston Duke is on a roll 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z

Ms. Hooks’s first job after “S.N.L.” was a role on “Designing Women,” the long-running sitcom about women who run a design business in Atlanta. Jan Hooks of ‘Saturday Night Live’ Fame Is Dead at 57 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

The sitcom wrapped up in 2005 after nine seasons and is now widely seen in syndication around the world. Ray Romano to perform at Garden of Laughs event 2013-01-24T17:11:08Z

“I hadn’t really seen guys like me playing that kind of part in a network sitcom. So I was like: ‘Well, I’ll have fun auditioning but I don’t think they’ll go with me.’” William Jackson Harper on the end of the Good Place 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z

I've been approached by some dear friends who run `The Office' and `Ugly Betty' about doing a sitcom, being a part of an ensemble. Hasselhoff hopes for retro 'Knight Rider' film 2012-11-09T16:32:08Z

It's a family based sitcom that feels like it's from about 1983. TV review: Hunderby; Harry's Mountain Heroes 2012-08-28T06:49:03Z

Although Lorre’s “Two and a Half Men” found success as broadcast’s most popular scripted comedy that season, the sitcom genre was struggling in 2005. "The Big Bang Theory" of evolution: The show honored smart misfits and let them grow 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z

Although it wasn’t technically another sitcom, it sure feels like it sometimes. Is Ben Carson the worst or the best surrogate of all time? Yes. 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

I was just, like, “I'm not an aging sitcom star!” “I Was Never Really the Ingénue”: An Interview with Judith Light 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z

We knew there would be helper characters and I’m such a fan of their work in sitcoms and elsewhere. How the ‘WandaVision’ Creator Brought Her Vision (and Wanda’s) to Life 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z

Marla Gibbs took a break from her sitcom "227" to talk about the unexpected things kids were bringing to school, including bruises, drugs, and teen pregnancy. 10 memorable PSAs that attempted to save Generation X 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z

Bill Cosby's NBC sitcom debuted 30 years ago, for heaven's sake, and subsequent hit comedies about people whose ancestors do not hail from Western Europe can still be counted on two hands. ABC's 'black-ish' gamely takes on racial identity 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

After doing a three-hour-plus musical every day for almost a year and half, Mr. Diggs is finding life on a sitcom set relatively calm. Daveed Diggs Jets From ‘Hamilton’ Into the Future With Clipping 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

PG: This reminds me of your after-school life as a kid: cartoons and sitcom reruns, homework before dinner, then fighting for the TV remote all night. Barack Obama and Bryan Cranston on the Roles of a Lifetime 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

Each week’s adventure deployed the emblems of “Buck Rogers”–derived space operas in the service of an animated workplace sitcom about laboring through the future. “Disenchantment,” Reviewed: Matt Groening Makes the Most of Medieval Slapstick Pestilence 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z

In honor of the occasion, Ms. Khan recently fielded questions about the show’s cast, its hip-hop theme song and her previous work on the cult-favorite sitcom “Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23.” Nahnatchka Khan on ‘Fresh Off the Boat,’ Chinese New Year and Michael Chang 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z

The show feels quietly revolutionary because it triumphs over sitcom clichés. Amy Poehler’s Confidence Lessons 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z

Familiarity is the magnet of every decent American sitcom. ‘Friends’ Is Turning 25. Here’s Why We Can’t Stop Watching it. 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

If Sheen does exit, it will create a difficult-to-fill vacancy in the delicate balance of a popular broadcast sitcom. Report: Charlie Sheen wants to exit "Men" 2010-04-02T23:18:00Z

At the time, Arnaz was 21 and playing a teenager in her mother’s sitcom, “Here’s Lucy.” Lucie Arnaz, daughter of entertainment royalty, steps into her own circus in ‘Pippin’ 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

So numerous and so pronounced are the foibles of the modern celebrity chef that this sitcom manages to satirise most of them without ever making it seem as if it's going after a particular individual. Tonight's TV highlights 2010-10-05T06:59:00Z

To pay homage to the sitcom about six attractive pals in New York, various monthlong events marked the milestone, ranging from a worldwide orange couch tour to an elaborate pop-up experience in New York. Is there a risk of “Friends” anniversary overkill? 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z

“I think in a sitcom format, it’s actually really difficult to make it work; once the couple gets together, the tension of the show is lost,” says Variety’s Sonia Saraiya. 'Once the couple gets together, the tension is lost': how sitcom romance died 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z

She first found fame as star of the 1980s sitcom "One Day at a Time." 'Hot in Cleveland' star Valerie Bertinelli marries 2011-01-02T09:31:05Z

He exploited how much his sitcom really did matter — as much to America as for him. How to Think About Bill Cosby and ‘The Cosby Show’ 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z

But Othello's precipitous fall in dignity should leave us unsettled, not tittering like a sitcom laugh track. Old Globe's 'Othello' lays on the melodrama, but it works 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z

That is more than double the audience who tuned in for Ashton Kutcher’s recent debut on the hit sitcom “Two and a Half Men.” Critic?s Notebook: Sims Social Is an Astonishing Success on Facebook 2011-10-08T00:28:56Z

ABC is developing a sitcom about a group of aging men, Deadline . Male Version of Golden Girls Could Be Headed to ABC 2013-11-07T13:25:37Z

He also tried television in a number of sitcoms, but the medium was not his forte. Sir Norman Wisdom obituary 2010-10-05T00:01:00Z

That looks to be changing with Badults, a sitcom about young lads failing to grow up. Pappy's: the boys who never grew up 2013-07-20T05:00:00Z

It was his first sitcom, after 25 years of mostly dark dramas, from “Homicide” to roles on “House” and “Law & Order: SVU.” Andre Braugher in ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ 2014-01-31T15:00:02Z

Of course, the brass ring remains the starring role in a sitcom or solo hour=long specials produced by the likes of HBO, Netflix, Comedy Central and, yes, Showtime. “I’m Dying Up Here”: Showtime’s uneven drama flatlines 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z

The show’s acclaimed first season packed much of what’s driven classic sitcoms — office conflict, dating foibles, dishy friends — with much that is rarely, if ever, seen on TV. The real Issa tries to live with the fake Issa. Her ‘Insecure’ fans are watching. 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

In modern dating sitcoms, tragedy is only ever one misjudged text away. Netflix and chill: how TV relaxed its view of dating 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

Welcome to the meme-ification of the sitcom, a phenomenon in which the latest iteration of television comedy writing anticipates and includes the Internet as a secondary delivery vehicle right from the start. Television: ?Parks and Recreation? and Other Sitcoms? Hashtags and Memes 2011-12-09T22:31:54Z

Tracy Tofte, who was only 11 when she was chosen to play daughter Heather Owens on the 1980s sitcom "Mr. Belvedere," agreed that she didn't understand the enormity of what she was doing. Wallis a beast of an actress, but is 9 too young? 2013-02-13T13:44:11Z

Then she went back to talking about network sitcoms and the patriarchy. Cristin Milioti Is No One’s Accessory 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z

PASADENA, Calif. — The network said Saturday that the sitcom about two men who dress as women to look for work is off the schedule after only two episodes aired. ABC ditches 'Work It' sitcom 2012-01-14T17:58:07Z

Every time he does something outrageous Florence shakes its fist and shouts "Da Vinci!" in the manner of a long-suffering sitcom dad chastising an accident-prone but essentially loveable beagle. Da Vinci's Demons: forget historical accuracy and marvel at Leonardo 2013-04-27T05:00:00Z

Abbot, best known for his self-titled sketch show, which ran from 1986-91, with a brief return later in the 90s, also had a role in evergreen sitcom Last of the Summer Wine. Abbott to star in retirement comedy 2013-12-02T13:22:49Z

Although the “WandaVision” actors were given two weeks of sitcom boot camp before filming started, they did not require much training to get into the spirit of things. Marvel’s Latest Frontier? In ‘WandaVision,’ It’s the Suburbs 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z

This sitcom dad, Mike Baxter, is the marketing chief of a sporting goods company whose traditional attitudes are held in check by the women who rule his household as well as a liberal son-in-law. ‘Last Man Standing’ Uses an Experienced Stable of Writers 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

This refined man grew up in a sterile suburb in the Southwest and was raised entirely on sitcoms. First Crush: A TV Lover Grows Up to Be a TV Critic 2013-07-10T15:52:13Z

Nickelodeon said Wednesday that Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams will guest star in an episode of its new sitcom "Sam & Cat." 'Laverne & Shirley' stars reunite on Nick comedy 2013-06-26T12:44:59Z

Henry and Mel Brooks helped created the classic 1960s spy sitcom “Get Smart.” Prolific ‘Graduate’ writer-actor Buck Henry dies at 89 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

It is a sitcom, after all; if it can make people laugh, it may well make them forget. The Conners: how does Roseanne survive without Roseanne Barr? 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

A classic sitcom premise married to some timely 1990s nostalgia, where all the teens-go-mad action was flanked by the constant shadow of the Troubles. Partridge, politics and period pomp: the must-see TV shows of 2019 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z

Perhaps this sort of self-criticism is being reinforced by foolish and failing father portrayals in sitcom content. Why are sitcom dads still so inept? 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z

The film brings the sitcom, which delivered record ratings for E4, to an end after plans for two special episodes were ditched. The Inbetweeners Movie breaks UK comedy box office record 2011-08-22T10:42:45Z

Ben Falcone is an all-star on the That Guy team — familiar from too many sitcom roles and movie appearances to list here, even if you might not immediately attach the name to the face. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Ben Falcone on the Father-Son Bond 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z

As celestial talk shows go, the one Parsons hosts on Broadway will satisfy his fans and provide diversion enough for those who don’t count themselves worshipers of his sitcom. Hi, God. It’s me, Jim Parsons. Oh, wait: I AM God? 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

On the other hand, married sitcom father-child interactions were more likely to involve criticism and sarcastic humor. What made Bob Saget’s Danny Tanner so different from other sitcom dads 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

Still, Gervais is keen to establish distance between Cemetery Junction and the sitcoms for which he and Merchant are best known. Ricky Gervais's ballad of Reading jail 2010-04-08T21:00:00Z

You can certainly binge a sitcom as much as you can a drama–Netflix, for instance, is counting on you to do that in the new year with Friends. Time Is a Round Donut: The Graze-Watching Possibilities of Simpsons World 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

In retrospect, though, her comedy parts were often people feeling pain beneath the brave smiles: her main sitcom parts were all people who were either unhappily married or unmarried. David Tennant and Olivia Colman: the best actors on TV? 2013-04-25T11:07:42Z

Now he's essentially turning those real-life experiences into a sitcom, where he will play a sportscaster going back to work. A thumbnail sketch of NBC's plans for fall season 2013-05-13T00:38:07Z

In those 12 seconds, the first openly transgender child appeared as a transgender character in a mainstream sitcom. Young, Transgender and Acting on TV 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

Mr. Lorre, current king of the traditional sitcom with “The Big Bang Theory,” goes for some single-camera credibility in this melancholy eight-episode series. Fall TV 2018: New and Returning Shows to Watch 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

Often considered one of the most literate sitcoms of its era, “Mary Tyler Moore” was also one of the first sitcoms to have a single working woman as the lead character. Mary Tyler Moore, TV star who became symbol of women’s liberation, dies at 80 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

These days, if there is a vacuous parent on a sitcom, it’s likely to be a father. CBS’s ‘Mom’ Handles Issues Beyond Kissing Boo-Boos 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

The fact that he did this in standup comedy clubs, on late-night comedy shows and in the sitcom Taxi – and that people laughed – was supposed to be incidental. Comedy gold: Andy Kaufman on HBO Young Comedians Special 2013-03-28T15:23:00Z

A couple of years ago, I took a deep dive into a common TV trope that exists across the broadcasting spectrum, from prestige shows to sitcoms. From the ambitious to the everyday, cookbooks are a magical portal to our culinary futures 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

She's also a familiar face, having worked every corner of TV for decades, from sitcoms to talk shows to a Cover Girl spokesmodel contract. A Queen becomes "The Equalizer": What it means when Black women take on legacy superhero roles 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z

Now, according to a report in Deadline, the network will try to boost its sitcom ratings by going back into business with the leg-warmer era’s favorite dad, Bill Cosby. Why NBC’s New Bill Cosby Show Might Not Solve Its Sitcom Problems 2014-01-22T21:30:49Z

This fall, a new sitcom will debut on ABC called “Fresh Off the Boat.” ABC’s “Fresh off the Boat” could be a disaster for Asian Americans 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z

The sitcom "Modern Family" wraps its sixth season. TV This Week, May 17 - 23: 'I Love Lucy Superstar Special' on CBS 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Steve Tanner The pleasure of the original TV sitcom about a Shepherd's Bush rag and bone man was in his relationship with his middle-aged son, who dreamed of escape. This week's new theatre and dance 2012-07-20T23:05:00Z

The slovenly man-child paired with the attractive partner is old hat, and the sitcom dynamic between sad-sack husband and nagging wife feels unintentionally regressive. ‘Seven Deadly Sins’ Review: Pride and Pole Dancing Behind Glass 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z

“It’s the world of sitcom, but it’s streaming,” Reiser said in an interview, speaking of the move to streaming generally. In ‘Reboot,’ Everything Old Is New, to Streaming 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z

Such a tangible Hollywood success will likely send rival studios, and perhaps even Marvel themselves, scurrying to try and repeat the formula of “beloved sitcom star + second-string comicbook property = $$$”. After Chris Pratt’s galactic triumph, which other sitcom stars should become heroes? 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z

Given that "Roseanne" was ABC's first No. 1 show in 18 years, the network was eager to find a way to move the sitcom forward without Barr. Conan O’Brien joked about Trump not being invited to McCain’s funeral, but suggested an alter... 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z

"Who do you think should play me in the sitcom?" he asked. Twitter TV: A proving ground in 140 characters 2011-03-05T23:28:00Z

But also rare was the way a sitcom became embroiled in a real-world political debate — and addressed it through its fictional characters. ‘Murphy Brown’ once sparked a feud with Dan Quayle. Now the reboot is courting one with Trump. 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

Audiences had a similar choice when Showtime took a risk with “Queer as Folk,” arriving two years into the 11-season run of another groundbreaking show: the NBC sitcom “Will and Grace.” Watching ‘Queer as Folk’ but Craving ‘Heartstopper’ 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

Roberts won four Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Marie Barone on "Everybody Loves Raymond," receiving a total of seven nominations as best supporting actress for the sitcom, which ran for nine years. Actress Doris Roberts, who played the endlessly meddling mother on CBS' "Everybody Loves Raymond," was remembered Monday as a tireless actress, a loyal friend and someone who could make even a monster on TV be adored 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z

A second new sitcom, "The Exes," stars Knight as one of three divorced men who share an apartment across the hall from their divorce attorney, played by Kristen Johnston of "3rd Rock from the Sun." Sitcom vets returning in new shows on TV Land 2011-03-21T20:39:07Z

Parks is a genial enough sitcom that I suspect it will split the difference on that eventually. Parks and Recreation Watch: We Didn't Start the Fire 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

Silly and a bit too noisy but hard to dislike, this new sitcom stars Raven-Symone as Georgia, a confident aspiring actress, and Majandra Delfino as her best friend, a science geek. 10 promising new summer TV shows 2011-06-15T19:42:10Z

Two dimwitted siblings who have no business trying to break into the movie business try anyway in the new sitcom "Big Time in Hollywood, FL." TV This Week March 22 - 29: Katy Perry Concert on EPIX 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

Growing up in Columbus, Ohio, Mr. Boyer, a very boyish 32,  dreamed of starring in squeaky-clean sitcom roles, just as his idol Michael J. Fox did. Arts & Leisure: Steven Boyer Unleashes His Inner Demon in ?Hand to God? 2011-12-04T03:30:05Z

The actor, whose TV appearances include fantasy series Being Human and sitcom Him & Her, admits his "expressive face" lends itself to comedy, but says he is now looking for other kinds of roles. McGovern on story behind Banished 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

Add Frances de la Tour, a sitcom stalwart since Rising Damp in the seventies, and this show is an instant classic. ITV's gay sitcom fails to impress 2013-04-30T10:12:43Z

At heart a dotty look at oldsters struggling to adapt to an unwelcoming modernity, “Shadows” has the bones of an anarchic sitcom. Review: ‘What We Do in the Shadows,’ a Vampire Comedy 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

FOX is rattling through Louis CK's hugely inventive sitcom at quite a pace. TV highlights 16/04/2013 2013-04-16T06:01:35Z

In those earlier versions of you as a sitcom star, what were the angles? Marc Maron promises an emotionally scary (and funny) new season on IFC 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

Hence, a wish list for other sitcom stars who might try on the Bard: What if your favorite TV sitcom actors starred in Shakespeare roles?

On Tuesday, the network officially confirmed that the long rumored reboot of the family sitcom “Full House” will debut on the channel in 2016. ‘Full House’ Sequel Coming to Netflix 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

Lopilato made her name as a model and in Argentine sitcoms and soap operas, including "Rebel Way," "Little Girls," "Married With Children" and "Pirate Soul." Singer Michael Buble weds TV star Luisana Lopilato 2011-03-31T19:46:05Z

The golden girls of Sun City Grand, in Surprise, Ariz., are as frisky as their sitcom equivalents, and in some ways less stodgy. | 'Sunset Daze': Living It Up in the Golden Years, on WE tv 2010-04-27T19:57:00Z

While the family argument is a comedy staple, most sitcoms use it to bounce around a safe, fluffy if not downright silly subject. Lucky Louie: box set review 2013-07-04T14:00:01Z

Only Fools and Horses - starring David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst as south London brothers Del and Rodney Trotter forever trying to make a quick fortune - was regularly voted Britain's favourite sitcom. Only Fools creator Sullivan dies 2011-04-23T17:21:45Z

On Sunday Netflix will release 15 new episodes of the willfully absurd sitcom about the Bluths, a family of self-centered lunatics. ArtsBeat: The Final Countdown: Jason Bateman on the Return of ‘Arrested Development’ 2013-05-20T18:00:08Z

“Fuller House” begins as a sitcom family reunion. Review: ‘Full House’ Sequel Is a Forced March Down Memory Lane 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

“The closest analogy is probably TV sitcoms,” she said. Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Heart Goes Last’: A satire of unbridled capitalism 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

What a great premise for a sitcom, right? ArtsBeat: An Appraisal: Sherwood Schwartz's Modern Families 2011-07-13T19:00:02Z

“We don’t want a sitcom or a drama that is exclusively about anything we stereotypically attribute to a Latino family or household,” Mack says. US television wakes up to growing Latino audience with new options 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

It is reminiscent of the eccentric Aunt Ivy she played in the latest series of the bizarre British sitcom Cuckoo, earlier this year. ‘I’d ask my mum: why do you drink?’ Andie MacDowell on childhood and Hollywood 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

Further television work followed on Get Smart and Gunsmoke, before Mars took a regular role in 1967 playing a firefighter on the sitcom He & She. Kenneth Mars obituary 2011-02-15T18:47:58Z

“I do think there’s a type of regressive — that old wife — sitcom humor that persists somehow,” she said, adding that they have a shorthand in the cartoon department when they see a joke like that. At The New Yorker, the Cartoonists Draw, but the Vision Is Hers 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z

He has managed to distinguish himself from most other sitcom stars of his generation by taking the creative reins. Zach Braff moves on to a parental state in 'Wish I Was Here' 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

In 2013 she was reunited with all four of her female “Mary Tyler Moore Show” co-stars on an episode of the sitcom “Hot in Cleveland,” whose cast included Betty White and Georgia Engel. Mary Tyler Moore, Who Incarnated the Modern Woman on TV, Dies at 80 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

He went on to work on Three Of A Kind before fronting his own series and starring in the sitcom Chef! Lenny Henry's 'teen years' TV script 2014-02-28T16:25:15Z

Most bizarrely of all, the actor who played Martin Lawrence's wife in his noughties sitcom Martin is out here as well, issuing life advice to this crowd of young men. A$AP Rocky: 'We're grungy but we live like rock stars' 2012-06-01T23:04:00Z

He noted that TBS opted not to bid on the rights for television’s biggest sitcom, “Modern Family,” which will be broadcast on USA instead. CBS?s ?How I Met Your Mother,? Late-Blooming Hit 2012-04-08T19:08:15Z

Over the course of nine seasons and endless re-runs the show proved that sitcoms can make us laugh without lazily falling back onto cliché and stereotypes. Six to watch: Standups in sitcoms 2011-07-06T13:16:26Z

The power shift is most obvious in a new wave of sitcoms about young single women. | Television: ?Pan Am,? ?Playboy Club? and ?Whitney? New on TV 2011-09-16T15:26:17Z

But the Norwich-born actor also has a powerful background in comedy thanks to long-running stints in cult British TV sitcoms such as Peep Show, and could help return the long-running spy saga to light-hearted territory. It's time for Jane Bond: I spy seven potential 007 actors perfect for the role 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z

More recently Thicke was set to appear in "Fuller House," a remake of the popular 1990s family sitcom. Alan Thicke, actor, father of singer Robin Thicke, dead at 69 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

Which other sitcom cliché would you like to see “House of the Dragon” incorporate? ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 1, Episode 9 Recap: A Convenient Mistake 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z

Currently, he is developing “The Pink Marine” into a TV series with the sitcom legend Norman Lear. ‘American Veteran’ Honors the Many Faces of the U.S. Soldier 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z

"It was the right idea at the wrong time," said Seinfeld, who occasionally satirized his own dealings with the network's executives in his NBC sitcom. 2010-01-11T08:24:00Z

There would not be another Asian American sitcom for 20 years, when Yang’s son, Hudson, starred with Randall Park on “Fresh Off the Boat.” For Asian American Actors, Playing a Hot Mess Is Liberating 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z

What, after all, is a sitcom wacky neighbor but the id of the show, its chaos agent? ‘WandaVision’ Lives Inside TV. Just Like We Do. 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

She tried, for instance, to play a romantic heroine in the ABC sitcom “Super Fun Night,” but viewers weren’t interested. In a Body-Positive Moment, Why Does Hollywood Remain Out of Step? 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

As a pitch, and even in its earliest episodes, it felt a tad too twee — a half-hour sitcom about the notion of a karmic afterlife. Review | What did ‘The Good Place’ teach us? That even eternal bliss needs a happy ending. 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

In any case, the next day I called my agent and asked how I might get in touch with the comedian to discuss developing a sitcom for her. Modern Love: When Mixing Business and Pleasure Doesn?t Work 2010-07-08T19:15:00Z

JR Despite a few moments when the comic timing isn't quite there as the cast beds in, standup Jason Cook's new sitcom, a kind of Tyne and Wear Royle Family, looks like a winner. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 15-19 October 2012-10-15T07:00:00Z

Today, McKenzie, 41, and Clement, 44, look a little more grizzled than they did on their eponymous sitcom, which they walked away from in 2009. Flight of the Conchords: ‘We're retired sex symbols' 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

Finally, Shatner stars in his first sitcom whose title alone is sure to be noticed. CBS axes 7 shows to make room for fall newcomers 2010-05-19T14:46:00Z

First they seem to be part of a sitcom, then the object of commentary by unseen white voices. ‘Fairview’: Watching a Play in Black and White 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z

Although best known these days for the cosy sitcom My Family, he has a much more dangerous theatrical CV. Who should play Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell? 2013-01-24T14:32:00Z

The two went on to write for television sitcoms, including “McHale’s Navy,” “Petticoat Junction, “My Three Sons,” “All in the Family,” “The Jeffersons” and “Maude.” Arthur Marx, Who Wrote About Groucho, Dies at 89 2011-04-15T01:17:54Z

Headstrong, determined and the antithesis of the traditionally submissive sitcom wife, perfectionist Claire sits on the school committee and has previously run for city council. Modern Family: get up to speed with series four 2012-10-05T12:19:20Z

Currently Lives: In a four-bedroom loft in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn that “looks like it’s from a sitcom or something,” she said. From Transgender Activist to Runway Model 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

Although its origins are unclear, the concept was seemingly pioneered by the popular television sitcom Friends, in which the titular comrades for sit down for a yearly meal together. Don’t go home for the holidays: For some of us, Friendsgiving is more than a meal — it’s a lifesaver 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z

Competing against Twenty Twelve for the best sitcom prize will be The Thick of It, Episodes, and Sky Atlantic's Hunderby. Bafta TV nominations: BBC London 2012 Olympics coverage gets hat-trick 2013-04-09T11:00:02Z

The TV sitcom no longer needs the mid-season cliffhanger or something that will bring you back the same time next week, because streaming services will play us the next episode within 20 seconds. 'Once the couple gets together, the tension is lost': how sitcom romance died 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z

But despite this creepy premise and the menacing electronic music that is heard between scenes, “Wild Animals” almost immediately settles into the bouncy, hold-for-your-laugh rhythms of a network sitcom. | 'Wild Animals You Should Know': ?Wild Animals You Should Know,? by Thomas Higgins - Review 2011-11-21T03:01:27Z

Advertisement Advertisement “Master of None” satirizes the usual sitcom practice of ethnic casting in “Indians on TV,” the season’s best episode. Review: Aziz Ansari, in ‘Master of None,’ Negotiates Technology and Social Mores 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

Comparisons with his sitcom Coupling are inevitable when we reach the farcical centrepiece, in which the two-way love triangle between Grant/Lucy/The Ghost plays out. Doctor Who Christmas special 2016: The Return of Doctor Mysterio 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z

Four other pilots were given full runs last year, including political comedy Alpha House and Silicon Valley sitcom Betas. Amazon launches second pilot season 2014-02-07T14:27:32Z

“It’s not a show about a sitcom wife trying to kill her husband,” says Inboden. Sitcom wives are a tired trope. In her new role, Annie Murphy of ‘Schitt’s Creek’ is flipping the script. 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

Best pals share the trials and tribulations of middle school in the new sitcom "100 Things to Do Before High School." TV This Week Nov. 9 - 15: 'Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B' 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

Television declined comment on when production might resume on the Monday night sitcom that has filmed only 16 of the season's planned 24 episodes. Sheen: He's ready to work on `Two and a Half Men' 2011-02-15T00:13:08Z

The original show, which Radio Times declared the best British sitcom of all time in 2019 after a survey of comedy experts, ran for two seasons of six episodes each, in 1975 and 1979. John Cleese to Reboot ‘Fawlty Towers’ 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z

The sitcom’s characters open the segment with some sound one-liners about executives hoarding pay, and more importantly, establish a crucial tone of self-referential self-deprecation. 30 Rock: is the quarantine reunion worth the wait? 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z

Three episodes in, it’s the best broadcast comedy of the new season, a daring but good-hearted sitcom about the complexities of identity–about not only being different but being different from the different. Review: Fresh Off the Boat Has the Makings of an American Original 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

Fox’s “The Mindy Project,” the rare network sitcom with bite and idiosyncrasy. Great TV 2014: Not a List, Not in Order 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

“Quirky” — a word that is well-meaning, but also makes me think of middle-tier sitcoms, or the comic relief guy on a sports pregame show. Salon’s author questionnaire: “Figuring out that page-turning quality is tougher than it looks” 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

Along comes “3C,” a flat-footed black comedy by David Adjmi that tries to excavate the grime lurking underneath the sitcom’s perky, glossy veneer. Theater Review: ‘3C,’ by David Adjmi, at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater 2012-06-25T02:00:00Z

Television abounds with heartwarming sitcoms and other half-hours about Jewish and Christian families where faith is part of the storytelling fabric. Smart Watch: "Ramy" blesses us with a thoughtful, funny comedy about goodness 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z

Sunnier sitcoms like “Parks and Recreation,” from “The Good Place” creator Mike Schur, dealt with characters who were already decent, not striving to become that way. How ‘The Good Place’ Became an Antihero Antidote 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

Beatrice, who died in a care home in Torquay last Monday, declined to talk about the comedy sitcom for 30 years. Real-life Sybil Fawlty dies aged 95 2010-09-16T11:28:00Z

It's hard to think of a sitcom, American or otherwise, that was as immediately comfortable in its own skin. Does everybody really love Raymond? 2013-05-09T13:29:00Z

That’s when she booked a meeting with Norman Lear, the acclaimed sitcom creator and an expert at sneaking critical social issues into friendly half-hour formats. In ‘With Love,’ Gloria Calderón Kellett Comes Home for the Holidays 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

Vintage Warner Bros. sitcoms like “Friends” and “The Big Bang Theory” will sit alongside Warner Bros. films including the eight Harry Potter movies and DC Comics blockbusters featuring Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. Her Role at HBO Max? Challenging Netflix 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z

With “universal issues of parenthood” rather than race at the heart of The Cosby Show, it became one of the most popular sitcoms of all time. Bill Cosby: the downfall of ‘America’s dad’ 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z

Anyway, you know when presenters become a bit famous and they're invariably given a substandard sitcom which they spend the next few years struggling to make people forget about? Amstell delight 2010-08-06T23:10:00Z

The conversation between literature’s most famous spousal deserter and the nanny who was a mother both to her and to the children she abandoned 15 years ago, takes on the rhythm of sitcom repartee. Laurie Metcalf in 'Doll's House, Part 2': An acting marvel in one of the year's best plays 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z

This year's nominations for the Primetime Emmys were announced by Harris, who currently stars in sitcom How I Met Your Mother, and Breaking Bad actor Aaron Paul. Sir Elton to perform at Emmy Awards 2013-09-10T08:07:02Z

Community was one of the most restless sitcoms ever made. 'No one will ever try this again': the most daring hours of TV ever 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z

“I worked on a sitcom for, you know, 18 episodes, and then there was nothing for a year,” he said. Alan Ruck Is Ready to Leave the Roy Family 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z

A decade on, its mark remains in sitcoms that major on the humour of awkwardness. The Office ? still doing the business 2011-07-08T10:12:30Z

In fact, married sitcom fathers often made jokes at their children's expense. What made Bob Saget’s Danny Tanner so different from other sitcom dads 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

This is key to maintaining the possibility that the story’s old guys might actually fight, too — the will-they-or-won’t-they of this particular sitcom. ‘Karate Kid’ Revisited: This Rivalry Is Not Quite Ready for a Body Bag 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

As sitcoms are to TV and Pink Floyd is to vinyl, Kaufman’s film feels made for a more nostalgic medium and a more substance-enhanced viewing experience. Review: The Director Lloyd Kaufman Returns With a Shakespeare Spoof 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

Those American variations and especially their later descendants, like Lanford Wilson’s “The Hot L Baltimore,” often teetered on the brink of both melodramatic bathos and quippy sitcom humor, in which everybody’s armed with zingers. ‘Halfway Bitches’ Review: A Play as Unruly as Life Itself 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

The actor, who plays aerospace engineer Howard Wolowitz on the CBS sitcom, dropped a few hints about what to expect from Thursday night's season finale. Expect cliffhanger from 'Big Bang Theory' finale 2013-05-16T07:24:09Z

As an actor, the Bronx native broke through with his performance as Michael Stivic, better known as Meathead to his father-in-law, on the 1970s sitcom “All in the Family,” earning him two Emmys. ArtsBeat: Rob Reiner to Receive Film Society Honor 2014-02-19T03:57:46Z

His curiosity about performance grew from watching the physical antics and reaction shots in the television sitcom “Three’s Company.” Theater: Jim Parsons Prepares for His Lead Role in ‘Harvey’ 2012-05-23T15:00:21Z

We’ll start with the negatives first: Sea Oaks is a sitcom about a dead old lady, so it isn’t exactly a chortlefest. 'The most original thing I have seen in forever': do Amazon's new pilots deliver? 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

I was learning about it in a whole new way, because sitcom comedy is very different than other comedy. “I Was Never Really the Ingénue”: An Interview with Judith Light 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z

He ingratiated himself into the CBC and contributed comic material to sitcoms and hosted radio shows. Alan Thicke, mainstay of TV comedy and star of sitcom ‘Growing Pains,’ dies at 69 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

Modern Family, last year's top comedy series, was the most-nominated sitcom with 17 bids. Winslet US drama leads Emmy race 2011-07-14T15:26:52Z

More than 9m viewers regularly watch reality sitcom Duck Dynasty in the US. TV star suspended for anti-gay views 2013-12-19T10:00:51Z

Since that breakout debut, he has starred in sitcoms and movies, hosted talk shows and even gave the eulogy for Krusty the Clown on “The Simpsons.” Bob Newhart on His Secretly Sick Humor and Turning 90 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z

It's an inspired piece of writing and casting, as Veep moves the Yes Minister/The Thick of It political sitcom on from the standard format of blundering minister and devious, more intelligent, spin doctors. TV review: Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life; Veep; Walking and Talking 2012-06-25T22:00:01Z

Their adventures mostly consist of harebrained schemes and scrapes, and they transpire in the trauma-free neverland occupied by many sitcom denizens. “I’m not saying you’re wrong”: Why Abbi is the best part of “Broad City” 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z

Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll Denis Leary created and stars in this new sitcom about an aging musician looking to get back in the game. Thursday's TV highlights: 'Dates' and more 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

Jones’ long association with Disney began after he received an unexpected call from Walt Disney himself, who praised his work on the TV sitcom Ensign O’Toole, noting that it had “some good closing sequences”. Dean Jones, star of the Herbie films, dies aged 84 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z

In a recent interview, the regally elegant dancer Catherine Kirk characterized the show as a “Black love sitcom,” and that’s accurate. Review: Kyle Abraham’s Theatrical Love Letter to Social Dance 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z

The ladies are frequently furloughed from parental responsibilities, however, and do far more than lunch or work or stop at other acceptable locations in the female sitcom character canon. “Playing House” gets serious — and keeps us laughing 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z

It’s in their nonheroic rendering as people that his efforts fall short: they speak, for the most part, like sitcom simulacra of people, in sarcastic one-liners evoking thought bubbles filled only with a laugh track. The New “Avengers” Is Really About the N.S.A. 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

But I will say this for The Last Man on Earth: it does not seem like the sort of thing that would be a primetime network sitcom. Review: The Last Man on Earth Is One of a Kind 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

Jonathan Wright If he hadn't actually written this himself, you'd have assumed some sort of Ben Elton sitcom generator had done the job for him. TV highlights: 23/04/2013 2013-04-23T06:00:05Z

Meanwhile, her sitcom on cable network TV Land, "Hot in Cleveland," was renewed for a second season. Betty White to guest star on TV's "Community" 2010-07-14T23:01:00Z

While HBO’s “Succession” has smartly imbued its bad-business story with the regenerative powers of a sitcom, toppling and resetting its chess board every season, the limited series is beholden to its inflexible arc. Hollywood Bets Big on the Bad Entrepreneur 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z

NBC presents, for no good reason, condensed episodes of the bygone sitcom “Saved by the Bell.” How Snap Originals Beat Facebook and Instagram in Adapting TV to Social Media 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

This is a broadly targeted family show in the same way that their Fox sitcom "That '70s Show," had mass appeal despite being attached to a decade once commonly thought of as tacky. "That '90s Show" is here to remind Boomers, Gen X and Millennials that we're all alright 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z

The script, he says, was penned by Bill Persky and Sam Denoff, an up-and-coming writing team that wanted to break into this hit sitcom. Mary Tyler Moore featured in 'Van Dyke Show' set 2014-04-01T13:08:13Z

She subsequently led the respectable career of a character actress for three decades, appearing in television sitcoms, occasional films and theater productions on and Off Broadway. Marcia Lewis, Stage Actress and Singer, Dies at 72 2010-12-22T10:23:00Z

Most recently, as Gina, a kidney donor, in the Chuck Lorre sitcom “B Positive.” In ‘Sweeney Todd,’ Annaleigh Ashford Puts It All Together 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z

Hayes previously starred in NBC's sitcom "Will & Grace," for which he won an Emmy Award, and on Broadway in 2010 in "Promises, Promises." Sean Hayes to star in 'Act of God' in Los Angeles 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z

It’s a sitcom, at least in part, about the invigorating power of change. New Girl Gets It Together 2012-03-21T15:29:14Z

Four years after ushering in a wave of female-fronted comedies with New Girl, Fox is now betting on a trio of charming men to lead its newest wave of sitcoms. John Stamos Sitcom Greenlit as Fox Bets on Male Comedy Leads 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

There’s also more time per episode — up to 30 minutes, compared to the roughly 22 minutes allocated network sitcoms to allow time for commercials. 'One Day at a Time' gets a modern makeover on Netflix 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

The banjo player turned actor who was nominated for an Oscar for 1966′s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and worked into his late 80s on the ABC sitcom “The Goldbergs.” Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

My Family, that warhorse of ever-so-slightly risqué sitcoms, will reach its last corny punchline later in the year; the show following the travails of dentist Ben Harper is apparently just too long in the tooth. Why the writing was on the wall for My Family 2011-03-25T14:26:02Z

Boers-Kort said her father valued his time on the sitcom in part because it led him toward the career he favored over acting — directing. Frank Bonner, Herb on ‘WKRP in Cincinnati,’ dies at 79 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

"Silver Spoons" turns 40 in September, a benchmark worth noting only if you remember that "Silver Spoons" was a popular if middling early '80s sitcom. Reality bites: How reckonings and the post-truth age ruined pop culture anniversary nostalgia 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z

To a lesser extent, "Parks and Recreation" and "Brooklyn 99", Schur's other two network sitcoms, are also about becoming better people and fundamental decency. How ‘The Good Place’ Became an Antihero Antidote 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

If sitcom characters chat and characters in drama talk, then by extension, in the Rooney school, sitcom characters shag, and these characters, well, they do something other than shagging. Sex has as much meaning as words: how Normal People handles intimacy 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z

It’s a real shame, because “Dr. Ken” — after “Fresh Off the Boat,” now in its second season — is the first TV sitcom to portray an Asian-American family in, like, twenty years. Paging “Dr. Ken”: A TV show that should be one small step forward for Asian-Americans feels like two giant steps back 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z

Sons of Anarchy is really not a sitcom. Sons of Anarchy’s Katey Sagal Talks About Her New Album — and Singing Backup for Bob Dylan 2013-11-15T18:03:11Z

Three months later, “Taxi,” a sitcom about a group of New York cabdrivers, had its premiere on ABC. Jeff Conaway, Actor in ?Taxi? and ?Grease,? Dies at 60 2011-05-27T20:02:15Z

Mr. Ferguson is a star of this season’s sitcom hit “Modern Family.” Shakespeare in the Park Returns to a Repertory Format 2010-06-11T18:31:00Z

A “Silicon Valley” writer later told me, “The more self-important these people are, the more likely they are to elide the difference between a sitcom and a documentary about their lives.” How “Silicon Valley” Nails Silicon Valley 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

She showed comedy potential in sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies and Polanski’s The Fearless Vampire Killers, but her most substantial role was in Valley of the Dolls, playing a starlet chewed up by Hollywood. From Quentin Tarantino to Hilary Duff: why Hollywood’s ‘Tatesploitation’ rush is wrong 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

Her gloriously old-fashioned, slapstick sitcom admittedly divides opinion but admirers defend it passionately. TV comedy: is it really a class issue? 2011-01-24T15:42:09Z

I wouldn’t bother writing at all about the idea of spinning off a sitcom I didn’t care about. Please Do Not Make a How I Met Your Mother Spinoff 2013-10-31T13:46:34Z

And they’re stuck in a way that underlines the show’s original mission of representing the kind of paycheck-to-paycheck life that other, more upscale sitcoms of the era left behind. Review: On ‘Roseanne,’ Times Have Changed, but They’re Still Tough 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An actor from the TV sitcom "Cheers" has helped swear in Ohio's new treasurer. 'Cheers' star helps at Ohio treasurer swearing-in 2011-01-10T23:33:08Z

But several episodes have since been colorized over the years to further bring the zany, pioneering sitcom to life. What’s on TV Friday: ‘I Love Lucy’ and ‘Split’ 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z

So naturally, I want to talk about sitcoms. Where Is God on the Small Screen? 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z

Their family life, however, was not the stuff of television sitcoms. Bill Cosby’s legacy, recast: Accusers speak in detail about sexual-assault allegations

However, on Tuesday the same character returns to television 27 years later in the sitcom Uncle Buck. Uncle Buck and 80s movie remakes: a trend that needs a pause button 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

She recognizes this moment as perhaps her best chance to “take away the cloak of Rachel,” she said, referring to her part on the sitcom “Friends.” Jennifer Aniston Has Something to Prove With ‘Cake’ 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

One of the traits of British humour is that we're self-effacing with a touch of melancholy and you can see that in all our post-war sitcoms from Rising Damp to The Office. Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth faces huge cock up 2010-08-19T14:10:00Z

When “Rap Sh!t” premiered in July 2022, the sitcom embraced Miami’s Black cultural landscape, as well as the recent female MC renaissance, with a rags-to-slightly-nicer-rags tale of two locals chasing a hip-hop dream. A Rap Comedy Hits the Road 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z

She captivated James Bond in “A View to a Kill” and appeared in the sitcom “That ’70s Show.” Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

There are bad-taste quips about midgets, prefiguring the subject of his forthcoming sitcom, Life's Too Short . The Office ? still doing the business 2011-07-08T10:12:30Z

ABC’s sitcom “Modern Family” won best comedy series for its fifth year in a row, tying the NBC sitcom “Frasier” for most Emmy wins as best comedy series. Explaining Status Quo at Emmy Awards 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

Now it’s just like a kids’ show, one of those three-camera sitcoms with a laugh track that explodes for no reason whatsoever and pre-pubescents find funny because they don’t know any better. Fuller House: Tanner family nostalgia doesn't make redundant sitcom better 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

Every Witch Way The supernatural sitcom returns for its fourth and final season, followed by the series premiere of the fantasy-comedy "Talia in the Kitchen." Monday's TV highlights: 'Chasing Life' and more 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z

For someone who is a rock star to then be on a sitcom to then do musical theater, these are not things that rock stars do even now. Rock legend Suzi Quatro on the secret to her success: "I never, ever did gender" 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z

He created and starred in the FX sitcom “Legit,” fronted a political talk show, hosted a podcast and acted in a low-budget zombie film. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Operation Thai Cave Rescue’ and Jim Jefferies 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

Even without the first four episodes, it didn’t take long to figure out that the show’s Rob was about to shoot a new sitcom and the show’s Patricia was opening a high-class male strip club. Review: Not the Real Rob Schneider, Just One He Plays on ‘Real Rob’ 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z

She got her start as a soap opera star on “Another World” and did stints on network dramas like “Ally McBeal” and sitcoms like “Save Me” and “The Michael J. Fox Show.” Anne Heche Onscreen: Wily and Funny but Also Unnerving 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z

This, after all, is the series that channeled the enforced inertia of the Writer's Guild strike of three years ago into an opportunity to do a staged version of the sitcom. "30 Rock's" ambitious, uneven live episode 2010-10-15T13:16:00Z

Hemsley frequently turned up as a guest on sitcoms like "Family Matters," "The Hughleys" and even, in a voice role, "Family Guy." Sherman Hemsley of TV's "The Jeffersons" dies 2012-07-25T03:38:08Z

ABC alone introduced three sitcoms this past fall that pivot on a cultural collision. ‘Jane the Virgin’ Ends a Strong First Season 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z

Weeks before the crash, FX had ordered a new sitcom that was to star Mr. Morgan and be produced by the stars of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” Tracy Morgan Is a Survivor. And ‘a Better Man Now.’ 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z

At its best, the movie has a sort of sitcom feel, with swift pacing and delivery, and the strong ensemble cast has a natural rapport. ‘The Little Tin Man,’ About a Quest for Acceptance 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z

But where a traditional sitcom would take five years to reach that number, “Anger Management” would produce it in two years, resulting in 100 episodes that can be shown in syndication starting in 2014. Television: Charlie Sheen Stars in ‘Anger Management’ on FX 2012-06-13T12:00:00Z

It's a gentle, low-key sitcom that projects its intention to go easy on you from the opening titles, as elderly joggers creep along the Weston-super-Mare seafront led by a man with a Zimmer frame. Who Do You Think You Are?; The Cafe – TV review 2013-07-25T06:00:05Z

He’s used this persona to find a niche in the currently ubiquitous genre of the biographical sitcom. Review: James Van Der Beek, From ‘Dawson’s Creek’ to an Alt-Diplo 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z

You sense in her a great affection for The IT Crowd but a restlessness, too, with the gag-pause-repeat cycle of sitcom work. Katherine Parkinson: 'I like stuff that's both harrowing and hilarious' 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z

Before “Ted Lasso,” he was probably best-known to American viewers as a creator and star of the cybersecurity sitcom “Intelligence,” streaming on Peacock. Nick Mohammed Has Been Faking It on ‘Ted Lasso’ 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

Doris Singleton played Lucy's neighbour in the black and white American sitcom, I Love Lucy. I Love Lucy actress dies aged 92 2012-06-29T16:20:14Z

"Kenan" looks like a multi-camera sitcom and follows the beats of one thereby enhancing our awareness of a live studio audience's absence and the omission of any manufactured punch-up. "Kenan," "WandaVision" and the case against forcing laughter into grief 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z

A live-action sitcom is just like a play in a proscenium, he told her. In ‘With Love,’ Gloria Calderón Kellett Comes Home for the Holidays 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

In sitcoms, it’s been the season of the embarrassing dad. Television Review: MTV’s ‘Faking It’ Stars Katie Stevens and Rita Volk 2014-04-21T21:55:24Z

The nostalgia network TV Land was set to air several marathons of the beloved ’80s family sitcom, but on Wednesday pulled all re-runs of the show from its schedule, according to the Hollywood Reporter. TV Land Pulls 'The Cosby Show' From Its Lineup 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

He isn’t angling for a sitcom, nor does he seem overly concerned about the ethics that inspired him to walk away from $50 million a decade and a half ago. What happened to Dave Chappelle: The cruelty of "Sticks & Stones" is a sign of the times 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

Later in his career, he found small-screen success as the star of the hit sitcoms "Spin City" and "Two and a Half Men." Sheen kicks off 'Torpedo of Truth' tour in Detroit 2011-04-02T15:17:22Z

A federal judge in New York ruled on Tuesday that the Off Broadway play “3C,” a darkly comic reimagining of the TV hit “Three’s Company,” did not infringe the copyright of that decades-old sitcom. Play Reimagining ‘Three’s Company’ Wins Case 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z

She also acted on television, most recently on popular sitcoms like “Community” and “Scrubs.” Eve Brent, Played Jane in Tarzan Movies, Dies at 81 2011-09-07T22:51:46Z

Melissa & Joey The romantic sitcom returns for its final 10 episode with the summer premiere. Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'Melissa & Joey' on ABC Family 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z

For instance, animation evolved from “Rocky and His Friends” to “South Park”; variety shows moved from “The Ed Sullivan Show” to “Saturday Night Live”; and family sitcoms grew from “I Love Lucy” to “Modern Family.” What’s on TV tonight? An astonishing number of great shows. 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z

It’s when kids get a little older that the quality choices dry up, the Disney Channel sitcoms multiply, and you find yourself searching for reruns of Malcolm in the Middle. REVIEW: An Amazon Kids' Show Far Better Than Normal 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

An actor best known for playing Screech on the hit ’90s sitcom “Saved by the Bell.” Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

Brad Adgate, the director of research for Horizon Media, a firm that buys commercial time for advertisers, noted that sitcoms had a history of success in syndication, breeding continued success in first run. “ ‘Seinfeld,’ CBS?s ?How I Met Your Mother,? Late-Blooming Hit 2012-04-08T19:08:15Z

Practically every light-hearted comedy or TV sitcom makes me feel like I should be drinking wine every night with my best friend while one of us tries on clothes from a massive walk-in closet. You’re not alone in feeling alone: Why it’s so hard for adults to make friends 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z

When the sitcom first aired, Cole was 49. Vibrators and chill: how Netflix is targeting older viewers 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

Yet the show has a sweet center — very sweet, like a Dairy Milk dipped in honey — and its adoption plot refreshes the family sitcom. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z

Neither "Ghosts" nor "Not Dead Yet" take much of the fear out of dying; that would be asking the impossible of any sitcom. Between "Ghosts" to "Not Dead Yet," it's starting to look like TV is having a season full of spirits 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z

The new wave of sitcoms moved network TV beyond its familiar comfort zone of cornpone comedy and polite shows about doctors and suburban family life. Bud Yorkin, innovative TV producer and director, dies at 89 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z

A former office temp, who worked as a PA for Comic Relief, she rose to fame with her television sitcom Miranda, in which she plays a hapless heroine who is hopeless with men. AUDIO: Miranda Hart on her comical life 2012-10-09T08:47:07Z

Smith pounded the pavement for two years in search of an agent while getting day work in TV and film, parts like the pizza delivery guy on the sitcom “Angie.” Kurtwood Smith adds a little life to ‘Resurrection’ 2014-03-28T18:59:33Z

The actress is currently enjoying the success of her new sitcom "New Girl," in which she plays a quirky single girl named Jess. Zooey Deschanel separates from Death Cab frontman 2011-11-01T23:28:20Z

An ABC family sitcom this isn’t: Rather than sunny little lessons about pulling together, Better Things favors Sam’s hard-won sense that she got through the day only blowing up at her kids twice. Here Are the Best Pilots of the Fall Season 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z

In an example of cross-pollination between network and cable, Mr. Hornsby recruited a director of photography from “Sunny” for the sitcom. David Hornsby Juggles Multiple Jobs on Multiple Networks 2011-09-29T00:06:15Z

What you do is, you take an old sitcom idea, and put it in a new location – you change the sit bit. Rev and The Interceptors 2010-06-29T07:00:00Z

When her contract with “SNL” ended in 1991, she joined the cast of the sitcom “Designing Women,” about women who run a design company. Jan Hooks, comic actress on ‘Saturday Night Live,’ dies at 57

He’s still the singularly recognizable stand-up, the star and co-creator of his eponymous TV sitcom and the host of a Netflix talk show, “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.” Jerry Seinfeld on Louis C.K., Roseanne and Tense Times in Comedy 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

We keep hearing these messages, and we keep getting married anyway, much as the sitcom husband keeps leaving the socks on the floor. People Are Still Getting Married, and This Book Is Here to Help 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z

He noted that the writers’ strike three years ago further hampered sitcom growth. Television: In Bear Times, a Bull Market for Sitcoms 2010-04-17T21:50:00Z

Nor is our journey in motherhood and middle-class angst and bliss told in cutesy books or on network sitcoms about modern family. Motherlode Blog: Hollywood to Black Mothers: Stay Home 2012-06-19T01:02:47Z

Late Show/Late Night with David Letterman,' NBC's beloved sitcom "Friends," precinct drama "The Shield," Gene Roddenberry's sci-fi saga "Star Trek" and David Lynch's "Twin Peaks," the murder mystery recently rebooted by Showtime. 'Americans,' 'Empire,' 'Thrones' to face off during 2015 TCA Awards 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

He played the incorrigible rich kid Jean-Ralphio in the sitcom “Parks and Recreation,” and a pushy spin doctor in the management consultant drama “House of Lies.” Ben Schwartz, the Voice of ‘Sonic the Hedgehog,’ Hits the Arcade 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

One of the strongest new sitcoms of the past year, this new series airs episodes first on NBC before debuting Peacock, where you can binge at your leisure. From "MacGruber" to "Dr. Death," here are 11 shows to watch on Peacock besides the Olympics 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z

Or at least the nicer guy on his new ABC sitcom, Dr. Ken, which premieres Oct. Ken Jeong: 'Dr. Ken' Is a 'Nice Departure From Crazy' 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

"Eleven years ago, I thought I was ready to be on a sitcom," he says. On the "Modern Family" set with Eric Stonestreet 2010-04-13T03:29:00Z

Like you were saying, that energy from the audience is so important and it really informs so much of the rhythm of comedy when you're doing a multi-camera sitcom. "I watched 'Night Court' with my grandmother": Melissa Rauch on reviving the comforting '80s comedy 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z

The premise of the sitcom was based on Mac’s own life, and he incorporated it into a legendary routine in the very popular stand-up comedy film “The Original Kings of Comedy.” “I’ll bust you in the head till the white meat shows”: Stand-up comedy, black families and corporal punishment 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z

Instead, CBS made Sheen the highest paid comedy actor on TV and kept the sitcom on the air. Broadcast audience aging faster than population 2010-08-16T11:07:00Z

But it’s also a clever riff on the family sitcom, as the establishment’s proprietor is the patriarch of a decidedly oddball family; most surprisingly, it treats that family with genuine affection, peccadilloes and all. The Best Movies and Shows on Hulu Right Now 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

The fact that the parking space is at the mosque doesn't make it any more interesting I'm afraid – perhaps even highlights what a pity it is that the BBC's first Asian sitcom is so safe. TV review: Hunderby; Harry's Mountain Heroes 2012-08-28T06:49:03Z

During a podcast conversation with comedian Norm Macdonald, Mr. Allen wondered aloud if ABC had soured on his sitcom character, Mike Baxter, known for jokes at the expense of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. When Off-Camera Opinions Eclipse the Comedy 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

Adding to the confusion is an abrasively jolly musical soundtrack whose function is to streamline everything in the direction of a television sitcom. Movie Review: ?Late Bloomers,? With William Hurt and Isabella Rossellini 2012-04-12T21:52:54Z

“It’s just like with a hit sitcom or drama, I guess,” Mr. Hough said in a telephone interview. ?Dancing With the Stars? Is Turned on Its Head 2011-09-25T17:43:06Z

That also happens to be the premise of most sitcoms. | 'Uncle Vanya': Chekhov?s Slugfest, With Pratfalls 2011-08-07T21:36:44Z

What it is going to be, instead, is the six of them standing together on a stage talking about how much they adore beloved sitcom director James Burrows in a two-hour special about him. Friends reunion: let it go, it's never going to happen 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

Here’s what the Internet dug up about our favorite sitcom when viewed in the cold harsh light of 2015: “Chandler’s treatment of his gay father is appalling”: Everything critics realized while watching “Friends” in 2015 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

Partial though I'm not to the word "quirky", Channel 4's new midweek sitcom, The Mimic, made a special plea for it, perhaps along with "gentle" and also, at times, "funny". Shetland; Toughest Place to Be a … Taxi Driver; The Mimic – review 2013-03-16T22:45:01Z

But on Wednesday, the story of the beloved sitcom dad and accused serial sexual predator finally took a turn some thought it never would. Bill Cosby still wins 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

Marital discord may affect Charlie Sheen's chances of repeating as a nominee for the sitcom "Two and a Half Men." Newbie `Glee,' late-night shows add Emmy suspense 2010-07-08T08:52:00Z

But the series bears very little relation to the typical comedian-driven sitcom. "Louie's" hilarious, poignant return 2011-06-23T11:24:00Z

Despite the trauma of his accident Mayall continued to act and had appeared in the drama series Jonathan Creek, and the recent Channel 4 sitcom Man Down. Rik Mayall happy and healthy moments before death, says friend 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z

Michael Schur, the creator of “The Good Place,” is otherwise known for “Parks and Recreation” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” sitcoms grounded with a specific sense of place. Review: In Season 2, ‘The Good Place’ Blows Itself Up, Hilariously 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z

There is clever writing on even some of the most anodyne sitcoms, but it’s still almost impossible to find a network series that doesn’t celebrate the sunny side of human weakness. The TV Watch: Lena Dunham’s ‘Girls’ Returns to HBO 2013-01-10T19:50:36Z

Her acting career in the ’80s changed the family’s fortunes, for a time, but her mother’s drug addiction and instability outpaced her sitcom earnings. Jenny Lewis Keeps Finding the Magic 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z

By 2012, Ms. Goldwyn had graduated from Stanford and was working as a writer’s assistant on the short-lived NBC sitcom “Up All Night.” Why a Spielberg and a Goldwyn Passed Over Their Dads’ Hollywood for Snapchat 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

In films and television series, from the 1960s sitcom Bewitched to Sabrina the Teenage Witch, the aim is laughter rather than shivers down the spine. Blake Morrison: under the witches' spell 2012-07-20T21:55:10Z

Anna Holmes first realized that Jezebel, the online women’s magazine she founded in 2007, had become culturally significant when it was parodied on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock. Ten years of Jezebel: the website that changed women's media forever 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z

Universalism Very eagle-eyed viewers have spotted small references to Schur’s sitcoms taking place in the same universe. Forking hell! Is The Good Place the ultimate TV show for our times? 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z

Grande was responsible for the show's innovative decor - the first time a TV sitcom was based in an apartment that genuinely felt "lived-in". Looking back at Friends 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

It’s not that masculinity is a bad subject for a sitcom. Review: The Descent of Man Up! 2011-10-18T16:46:00Z

A midstream change like this one isn’t unprecedented in the sitcom realm. Meet "The Conners": Life goes without Roseanne 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

Though critics have recently scolded David Adjmi's "3C," a mordant take on the sitcom "Three's Company" now at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, this dark comedy boasts the best entrance of the season. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Making An Entrance 2012-07-05T16:52:58Z

No matter what her sitcom or any other show tries to sell them, Trump’s supporters will have to determine for themselves on which side they belong. The downfall of “Roseanne”: How ABC’s attempt to normalize Trump-era racism backfired 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

But a funny thing happened after biding all of that time: “WandaVision,” a sitcom spoof about Wanda and her android husband, became an unexpected phenomenon when it made its debut early last year on Disney+. How Elizabeth Olsen Came Into Her Powers 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z

But Hyatt can't deny the current enthusiasm surrounding "Glee" and its genre-bending use of music, wit and drama, and "Modern Family," which he calls a "fresh twist on the family sitcom." Rookie TV shows have strong shot at Emmy glory 2010-08-13T08:59:00Z

It firmly established “black-ish,” if there was any doubt, as a sitcom that’s not just timely but up to the challenge of its times. With Police Brutality Episode, ‘black-ish’ Shows How Sitcoms Can Still Matter 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

In the States, we hear of a new sitcom starring Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence as a pair of mismatched lawyers. TV executives stifling new comedy, says veteran producer 2013-06-25T13:38:37Z

In the wake of the Rodney King trial, several sitcoms took on police brutality. Black-ish takes on police brutality in a 'very special episode' 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

Advertisement Advertisement If they run to “Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life,” debuting the same night on Fox, they’ll find a less offensive but more mundane sitcom masquerading as an inventive one. Review: ‘Bordertown’ and ‘Cooper Barrett’ Debut 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z

What’s strange about “Married” is that it would never want to be as uncool as a conventional sitcom in which all manner of hurts and insults are swept away with a tender and conclusive hug. ‘Married’ and ‘You’re the Worst’: Pushing boundaries on the dark side of sex and relationships

We talk about the sitcom Girls, which is set in their old Greenpoint neighborhood, and they claim to be fans of the show. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: they wear it well 2013-04-12T23:01:00Z

The tone is like a skewed sitcom, like Edward Albee if he wrote plays when he was three. Transgender Playwrights: ‘We Should Get to Tell Our Own Stories First’ 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

The show he had actually been offered a writing job on was Seinfeld, which would become the most popular sitcom in US history. Last exit from Brooklyn 2010-04-23T23:16:00Z

She was set to appear in the upcoming Hulu sitcom "Future Man." Glenne Headly, Star of 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels', Dies at 63 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z

Entitled Sea Oak, the sitcom had abnormal pedigree. I Love Dick, Lady Dynamite and the death of 'quirky' comedies 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z

When the CBS sitcom “The Big Bang Theory” had its premiere in 2007, the lead characters were unworldly, “Star Trek”-obsessed university scientists. The TV Watch: Nerds Get Their Due on ‘Silicon Valley’ and ‘Veep’ 2014-04-04T00:00:25Z

Also on the comedy front, BBC1's Mrs Brown's Boys won the sitcom category, beating competition including Rev and Fresh Meat. Baftas 2012: Surprises and celebrations 2012-05-28T02:50:59Z

When Ad.ly got Charlie Sheen to tweet for Interships.com in March, the actor was in the midst of getting fired from his sitcom "Two and a Half Men" over accusations of hard partying and drug use. Twitter changes business of celebrity endorsements 2011-11-03T13:08:15Z

The veteran actor is to star in BBC1 sitcom The Royal Bodyguard, a show about an ex-guardsman who is mistakenly put in charge of royal security. David Jason returns to BBC with his first comedy series in 20 years 2011-04-13T10:39:00Z

Yet it’s less surprising these days to see, say, two Carys in the same law firm on The Good Wife than two black dudes who happen to be friends on a network sitcom. New Girl, Brooklyn 9-9, and Breaking the “One Black Friend” Pattern 2013-11-07T14:39:15Z

People with Down syndrome star in movies, pop stars pretending to be in wheelchairs are on sitcoms, and, for the first time, people kinda maybe know what cerebral palsy is. How I friended Oprah Winfrey and Stephen Colbert: Zach Anner on comedy and cerebral palsy (“The sexiest of the palsies”) 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z

Like Netflix’s “Fuller House,” “The Ranch” is reviving a defunct style of multicamera comedy, in this case the kind of rural sitcom that used to be common before networks started chasing the upscale Ross-and-Rachel demographic. Review: In ‘The Ranch,’ Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson Reunite as Cowboy Siblings 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

And in Kaling's other sitcom, "The Mindy Project," her gynecologist character attempts to distance herself from another Asian female candidate going up for the same job. "Never Have I Ever" explores complexity of sharing space among women of color 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z

On “Whitney” an NBC sitcom having its premiere on Thursday, the comedian Whitney Cummings plays a version of herself, and that Whitney is not in the least bit adorkable. Television Review: Three New Sitcoms Put the Focus on Young Single Women 2011-09-18T22:09:46Z

True to the manifesto of alternative comedy, The Young Ones took a conservative format – the flatshare sitcom – and made it dark, anarchic and dangerous. Rik Mayall: dangerously funny 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

Alternately, they become scary and saintly; grotesque mutants and smooth doo-wop singers; chipper domestic souls who banter to the accompaniment of a sitcom laugh-track and hounds of hell. Review: The Unspeakable Pain of an African-American Afterlife 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z

Similar power struggles inform the Blackadder saga, the gold standard of historical sitcom. How Plebs gets laughs from the past 2013-03-26T10:59:00Z

It’s a crowded field to be sure, but Schitt’s Creek is almost definitely the best sitcom you haven’t quite got around to watching yet. Schitt's Creek: the funniest sitcom you're (probably) not watching 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

“Crime and Punishment” was something different in a primetime network sitcom, in a way that wasn’t entirely about its characters race and wasn’t entirely not about race either. black-ish Whips Up a Conversation About Spanking 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

The year after leaving Coronation Street for good, Alexander made a guest appearance in the BBC’s long-running sitcom about northern gents in their dotage, Last of the Summer Wine. Jean Alexander obituary 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

He pointed out that programmers are putting all kinds of shows on — dramas, sitcoms, reality — and getting generally encouraging results so far. Broadcast networks encouraged by better than expected ratings 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

The result will most likely be an even greater flourishing of sitcoms next season. In a Gloomy Economy, TV Sitcoms Are Making a Comeback 2011-10-23T23:40:12Z

The release of Garry Shandling's legendary naturalistic sitcom will delight fans, and it's heartily recommended to those new to the low-key adventures of the neurotic talkshow host and his gently dysfunctional backroom staff. This week's new comedy 2010-10-01T23:06:00Z

Though this was a trick employed by George Burns when Shandling was younger, all the characters on the show knew that they were on a sitcom. Garry Shandling: the standup who changed the sitcom forever 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

Indeed, The Comeback’s own fake sitcom, Room and Bored, enabled the show to satirise the crummy comedies that were once the mainstay of American broadcast TV. Lisa Kudrow on The Comeback’s groundbreaking satire 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z

One of the first corrections I ever had to make in this newspaper, and still the best, involved my review of the 2015 ABC sitcom “The Muppets.” Muppet Meta Mania, Revived for the Streaming Era 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

Nearly two decades later, a reboot of the sitcom for HBO Max still represents a TV scarcity. New this week: ‘The Garcias,’ Jewel music and Barack Obama 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z

As well as Family Guy, a surreal, often crude cartoon sitcom about the dysfunctional Griffin family, MacFarlane devised its spin-off The Cleveland Show and the satirical series American Dad. MacFarlane croons Broadway tunes 2012-08-28T08:24:20Z

Just an hour earlier, my partner and I wrangled them from the warmth of their rooms and the sweet oblivion of their rerun streams of ’90s sitcoms to this moment. On a New York Underground Railroad Tour, Lessons in Resistance 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

There's never been a narrative sitcom coming out of Houston. "You have to outwork everybody": Mo Amer on his Netflix immigrant comedy about hustling in Houston 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

Sky Comedy A sitcom about a disgraced Harvard professor forced to teach high school biology. Forget Friends! The 25 greatest overlooked sitcoms – from Lovesick to Younger 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

So for sitcoms, nostalgia cuts two ways: It’s fruitful as a subject, limiting as a stylistic choice. ‘Girls5Eva,’ ‘Rutherford Falls’ and the Nostalgia Trap 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z

"House of Cards" and "Orange Is the New Black" didn't invent the binge — movie marathons and "24 hours of..." syndicated sitcom blocks have been a staple of television for decades. Why I'm resolving to quit binge watching TV 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z

But, of course, it wouldn't be a sitcom if there wasn't an unforeseen snow storm that tanks even the most well-placed holiday plans. If entertaining is a domestic performance, let Thanksgiving be camp 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z

With shows like “A Different World,” “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” “Family Matters,” “Living Single,” “Sister, Sister” and “The Steve Harvey Show,” it was the golden age of the black sitcom. The Black Sitcom Steps Out of the ’90s and Gets Real 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

The cliché of the bumbling sitcom dad, as well as every Kevin James movie ever made, relies on this principle. How I Explained the Election to My Six-Year-Old Daughter 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z

The last year of Robin Williams' professional life was a microcosm of his larger career — a mix of independent drama, animated voice work, studio comedy and even a television sitcom. Robin Williams' image won't fade from multiplexes soon 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

“You would be shocked at what has been laughed at on network sitcoms for years — we don’t reinvent the wheel here.” In a New AMC Satire, a Sitcom Wife Gets the Last Laugh 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

Comfort is often sought in the familiar: sitcom reruns, well-worn books, family recipes, even an old relationship. You Don’t Need Whiskey for an Old-Fashioned, or Vodka for a Cosmo 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z

Chalk up the great popularity of “Look Who’s Back” to its author’s basic act of provocation and to the highly polished sitcom sensibility that works so well here. Review: In ‘Look Who’s Back,’ Hitler Returns and He’s Amusing 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z

Will & Grace, the hit sitcom about the romantic highs and lows of two New York friends, is reportedly returning for 10 episodes on US network NBC. Will & Grace reportedly returning for new series 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z

He wrote a play called “If Memory Serves,” about an aging sitcom star. “I Was Never Really the Ingénue”: An Interview with Judith Light 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z

Which explains Brick, the kid on ABC’s current sitcom “The Middle.” When the Boy Next Door Was Evil 2011-03-06T01:44:59Z

He is a writer, director and producer who champions television diversity with other classic hit sitcoms such as “The Jeffersons” and “Sanford and Son.” Golden Globes to honor legendary TV producer Norman Lear 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

Not only is she a comedy legend, she's also deadly at the ad-lib, and a thoroughly familiar face and name to long-time prime time sitcom fans and prestige comedy nerds alike. Don’t let the Oscars go host-less: There are better ways to revive a struggling awards show 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z

Bias: The ideal show for anyone who loves sitcoms and has panned “True Detective.” I Love Top Ten Lists 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

White, known for such sitcoms as "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Golden Girls," this year became the oldest person to host "Saturday Night Live." 'Listen Up!' Betty White has 2-book deal 2010-08-18T14:45:00Z

There was a certain excitement when she started the treatment, like the third season of a sitcom, when the characters face serious challenges but still fire off hilariously biting one-liners. The crime we committed for her 2014-03-10T00:00:00Z

This is work as it is imagined in When the Whistle Blows, the cheesy fictional sitcom in Gervais's TV series Extras – but enlarged to glossy, emotionally supercharged feature length. Cemetery Junction: Film review 2010-04-15T11:30:00Z

He’s like a reality twist on a sitcom trope, the sidelined patriarch who is dragged to cooking lessons and finds out from the local news that his stepdaughter is engaged. The forgotten history of Bruce Jenner: How the all-American hero of the 1970s ended up here 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

I grew up in an era of social commentary on sitcoms. You should be watching “Black-ish” with your kids 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

“Remember ‘Welcome Back, Kotter’?” he asks the Colorforms collector, as if it were some kind of obscure nugget, rather than a well-known 1970s sitcom. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Oh Sit!’ on CW, and ‘Toy Hunter’ on Travel Channel 2012-08-14T21:42:20Z

Perhaps British sitcoms are still superior to their American counterparts. Is this a golden age for sitcoms? 2010-05-27T14:26:00Z

The simple thing to say is that since a working class doesn't exist in the form it did 40 years ago, sitcoms depicting it as if it did aren't to be expected. Whatever happened to the working-class sitcom? 2011-01-24T20:29:01Z

This season it has been the most popular sitcom in reruns, beating out "Family Guy," "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "Seinfeld," he said. Have TV viewers seen last of Charlie Sheen? 2011-02-26T00:05:31Z

“The sitcom, up until then, was always three cameras,” Marshall continues. “Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind”: 10 things we learned from new doc 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z

Forget truly black comedy: Michael can't even be vilified and tenderized à la David Brent, because that's not the American sitcom way. Why NBC should close "The Office" 2011-03-02T16:11:00Z

It's also really suggestive; beyond the obvious hints that Nick Clegg is some kind of love cheat, you can imagine their whole lives as a kind of pledge-breaking sitcom. Tulisa N-Dubz, Reece Shearsmith, Tim Vine and other celebs hit us up with lists of the year 2010-12-18T00:07:34Z

For all the profanity and naughty behavior, it has the timid, ingratiating vibe of a television sitcom, sticking to safe and familiar emotional territory. Review: In ‘Landline,’ the Family That Strays Together 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

Black sitcoms during that time period, there was absolutely nothing better. Tig Notaro, Action-Hero Heartthrob, Gets Her Blasts From the Past 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z

He is also working on an American sitcom, commissioned by NBC, about a group of men who meet in a weight-loss clinic. Chris O'Dowd: from The IT Crowd to Hollywood 2012-05-18T22:01:08Z

This includes "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee", stand up special "23 Hours to Kill" and the exclusive streaming rights to his eponymous, classic sitcom. What's the deal with Jerry Seinfeld's $70 million Pop-Tarts movie? 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z

Ellen DeGeneres had been in limbo five years at that point, ever since ABC had canceled her sitcom a year after her groundbreaking announcement that she was gay. Ellen DeGeneres, a Signature Star of the Obama Era, Says Goodbye 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z

Yet with the exception of an opening fire safety announcement, the sitcom's meta-ness has been dialled back. Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie review – 'a flatly indifferent cash-in' 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

BA The second series of this sitcom has intimations of a soap; despite being set in the world of espionage, this takes a back seat to day-to-day romantic and family intrigues. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 15-19 October 2012-10-15T07:00:00Z

The show feels like an antidote to the historical trappings of the network sitcom—here, life feels real, the characters feel real. Michaela Watkins on Breaking Out With 'Casual' and Surviving the Third-Life Crisis 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z

A great deal of that agenda came from series co-creator Michael Elias, a political activist and an underappreciated artist with a body of work that encompasses much more than a single sitcom. "Head of the Class" and the man behind the '80s comedy's progressive, even radical agenda 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z

After beginning his career as a writer for sitcoms in the 1970s, Mr. Shandling turned to stand-up comedy and got a major break when he appeared on NBC’s “Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson in 1981. Garry Shandling, who parodied TV’s conventions in two hit comedy shows, dies at 66 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

The rhythms of that scene riff on the recipe for a traditional sitcom. 6 Ways ‘Girls’ Changed Television. Or Didn’t. 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

Think of every female-centered fairy tale, makeover show and sitcom in which a skittish librarian type finally ditches her glasses and lets her hair down. Look at him: Why can’t straight guys acknowledge male beauty without freaking out? 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z

"When we started 'Mother,' people were, like, 'Sitcoms are dead. The format is going away.' Now, everybody wants to do a sitcom." Four actors who light up the TV screen in small roles 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

Where the sitcom shines — and, like early “Parks,” shows a promising upward trajectory — is in fleshing out the Minishonka community. ‘Girls5Eva,’ ‘Rutherford Falls’ and the Nostalgia Trap 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z

While “Champions” specializes in of-the-moment allusions, part of why it gels so quickly is that its character mix is borrowed from the sitcom bible: “Cheers.” Review: Mindy Kaling’s ‘Champions’ Is Off to a Winning Start 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

However it’s defined, it is a discussion I have been asked to listen to too many times — in sitcoms, movies and novels. ‘Lungs’ Review: Claire Foy and Matt Smith Chase Love in the Dark 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z

There was also the question of whether she would be busy filming episodes of the sitcom “Sean Saves the World.” Mr. Silver took a gamble on that. “ ArtsBeat: Linda Lavin to Star in New Nicky Silver Play 2013-12-10T16:39:03Z

Get his a*s on the show and let's destroy his a*s on a sitcom. Why Jo Koy gave up on appealing to Middle America 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z

If anybody told me 20 years ago that Ice Cube would be in a cable ad for his new family sitcom, I would have thought they were crazy. Q&A: Rapper and Documentary Filmmaker Ice Cube 2010-05-11T16:35:00Z

The sitcom will move to Sundays at 9:30. TV highlights: ‘Crowded’ premieres on NBC 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

Martin Lawrence was the cornerstone from which Fox built its succession of Black sitcoms, and the network used Def Comedy Jam as its casting call. Jon Stewart, Louis C.K., Chris Rock, Stephen Colbert, Conan O’Brien and the behind-the-scenes secrets of comedy’s ’90s glory days 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z

The original sitcom followed a hapless World War II Home Guard platoon. Dad's Army film cast announced 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

Interestingly, fathers were shown in fewer parenting situations in more recent sitcoms. Why are sitcom dads still so inept? 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z

They were in boy bands or on sitcoms or in cricket teams. My day at the fertility clinic: I’m 35, single and want to know my options 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

For Rayner, the choice of his enviable trade for a sitcom seems a natural fit. Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are reunited... to do lunch 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z

The HBO sitcom, which ran for six seasons from 1992 to 1998, took viewers backstage to see just how awful and bumbling the people behind the talk show’s velvet curtain can be. Garry Shandling: the standup who changed the sitcom forever 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

Despite starting out with the questionable title “Scrotal Recall,” this British sitcom has been described as a pleasant “How I Met Your Mother” for millennials. What’s on TV Monday: ‘The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin’ and ‘Lovesick’ 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z

All of these portrayals have brought DID into the mainstream to the extent where we have even had a primetime sitcom with a twist. From Split to Psycho: why cinema fails dissociative identity disorder 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

At 93, Betty White - best known for her role in the "Golden Girls" sitcom - was named favorite TV icon, accepting her award amid a standing ovation. Superheroes triumph at People's Choice awards 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso medical examiner's office says Sherman Hemsley, who played George Jefferson in the television sitcom "The Jeffersons," died of natural causes and that no autopsy will be performed. Coroner: Hemsley died of natural cause; no autopsy 2012-07-25T17:43:08Z

Speaking of sitcoms, The Thick of It star Rebecca Front has been telling the Belfast Telegraph that she lifts much of her comedy material from her kids. TV executives stifling new comedy, says veteran producer 2013-06-25T13:38:37Z

The sitcom moves to Sundays at 9 p.m. this weekend. TV highlights: The Season 2 finale of ‘American Crime’ on ABC 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z

The excellent "Broad City," "Inside Amy Schumer" and "Girls" get all the headlines, but USA's sitcom "Playing House" is every bit as sharp, even though it's less edgy. 'Slow West' speeds up to a funny, exciting frontier gunfight 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z

She starred in the network's sitcom "The Golden Girls" for seven seasons and won an Emmy last year as host of "Saturday Night Live." Betty White to host new NBC reality show 2011-03-31T19:24:13Z

According to his wife, Mr. Flicker had developed a show proposal called “My Husband the Detective” when his agent urged him to work with the producer Danny Arnold to develop the idea into a sitcom. Theodore J. Flicker, Sitcom Creator, Dies at 84 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

But it was that sitcom, which ran for seven seasons from 1985 to 1992, that made him a household name in the U.S. Growing Pains Star 'Alan Thicke' Dies Age 69 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

“His extensive experience with the multi-cam sitcom was vital to our decision to cast him.” ‘United States of Al’ puts war buddies on sitcom footing 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z

He stars in and produces “The Neighborhood,” the CBS sitcom returning Monday for its fourth season. Emmy host Cedric the Entertainer says stuffiness is banned 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z

On television he had recurring roles on the sitcoms “Hot in Cleveland” and “Two and a Half Men” and guest-starred on “Parks and Recreation,” “House” and other series. Carl Reiner, Multifaceted Master of Comedy, Is Dead at 98 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z

Transparent is undoubtedly a show that benefits from witty writing, but it feels unfair to compare it to other sitcoms up for awards. SAG predictions: who will win – and who should win 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

Pandora and Edison are showbiz kids: their father starred in a 1970s sitcom called “Joint Custody.” Books of The Times: Lionel Shriver Addresses Obesity in ‘Big Brother’ 2013-06-23T19:20:39Z

When it came to sitcoms, her favourites included Are You Being Served? and Fawlty Towers – emerging from her boarding-school bubble in the early 1990s, she found new sitcoms speaking that same silly, slapstick language. Queen of uncool 2010-12-02T08:00:00Z

It is a far cry from traditional sitcoms that take everyday life to the extreme. ‘Barry’ Joins a Long Line of Sensitive Assassins 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z

TV and 20th Century Fox Television are top producers of sitcoms and dramas. Media analyst makes case for 21st Century Fox-Time Warner deal 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

The second season of the hit ABC sitcom, “Fresh off the Boat,” found the Chinese-Floridian Huang family struggling to properly celebrate the Lunar New Year in Orlando. “It was like watching home”: “Fresh Off the Boat” makes history with funny and moving Chinese New Year episode 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z

Louis CK, on a date to the gallery in his sitcom Louie, offers a sharp portrayal of existing art gone wrong. From I Love Dick to Louie: can TV shows help people understand art? 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

Movies, sitcoms and video games targeted toward nerds too often teach men that women are status symbols, a thing to be earned, he notes. Arthur Chu nerdsplains entitlement: Stop trying to “win” girls 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

Its premise has taken a thousand and one shapes over the years by way of sitcoms, Lifetime women-in-peril flicks or dystopian trifles. Dark comedy "Made for Love" is HBO Max's "Black Mirror"-lite tale of bad romance turned sociopathic 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z

The recent Fox sitcom “Brothers” was quickly pulled from the schedule after disappointing ratings. Television: ?Are We There Yet?,? New Sitcom From TBS 2010-05-29T02:36:00Z

"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" began life last fall as a fast, funny sitcom about a precinct of New York detectives adjusting to life under a newly appointed, no-nonsense captain. An Andy Samberg roll call on 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' cast 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z

The path for the title character, a washed-up sitcom star voiced by Will Arnett, was unclear — but he may or may not have a teenage daughter. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘BoJack Horseman’ and ‘Mysteries of the Abandoned’ 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

Indeed, NBC is making the biggest bet of any network on comedies, scheduling sitcoms on four out of five nights next season. And the winner is? The sitcom, as networks add new shows 2012-05-17T18:57:45Z

It’s not the likeliest comparison: Friends was a hangout comedy and Modern Family, well, a family comedy, which would suggest comparisons to a whole other genre of sitcoms. The Morning After: I?ll Be There for You 2012-02-16T14:06:31Z

But once we got in the writers’ room, we stayed with family sitcoms and sitcoms that were on the brighter, optimistic side of the spectrum because it is a fantasy. How the ‘WandaVision’ Creator Brought Her Vision (and Wanda’s) to Life 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z

There was a sitcom quality in some, and conversely, a bitterness crept in at times. Author brings Wendy Wasserstein's complexities, gifts to light 2011-08-24T22:32:03Z

An authentic comedy genius and a prince among men” The Young Ones also starred Mayall's comedy partner Ade Edmondson, who he also met at Manchester University and later created cult slapstick sitcom Bottom with. Mayall's death unexplained, says wife 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z

Sometimes just one character can lift a conventional sitcom to a higher plane and add zest or a bit of surprise. ‘Undateable’ Keeps a Sitcom Formula Alive 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

It plucks elements from sitcoms, gritty crime shows, supernatural television, and period pieces and knits them together into six fast-paced episodes. In Netflix's "Ghost Bride," a woman marries a dead man, and then things get wonderfully weird 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

Saget was best known for his role as beloved single dad Danny Tanner on the sitcom “Full House” and as the wisecracking host of “America’s Funniest Home Videos.” Report: Bob Saget found dead lying in hotel bed, no trauma 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z

He and Kevin Brown, as the character Dot Com, appear as the two-man entourage for a hapless comedian played by Tracy Morgan on the "30 Rock" sitcom. '30 Rock' actor speaks up for organ donation 2010-08-04T19:33:00Z

Bobby Moynihan, playing Christie in a skit, asked, referring to the star of the outer-borough sitcom “King of Queens,” as he shrugged like a Soprano in his pin-striped suit. “Saturday Night Live” Takes on the Midterm Elections 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z

The comedy tackled such taboo sitcom subjects as mental illness — Maude was diagnosed as bipolar — alcoholism and racism. Bea Arthur took 'Maude' out of 'Family's' shadow 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z

Unlike small-screen sitcom characters, who can change slowly over seasons or not at all, the protagonists of movie comedies must grow, learn, change and forgive. Review: Amy Poehler and Tina Fey Come Home in ‘Sisters’ 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

I wondered whether Dylan Witter, the forlorn, the heart-on-his-sleeve protagonist of sitcom Lovesick was a Pisces when I first started watching the show. 'Can Tony Soprano make me a better parent?': the lessons we've learned from lockdown TV 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z

But she was most indelibly known as the incomparably spunky Mary Richards on the CBS hit sitcom “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” Mary Tyler Moore, Who Incarnated the Modern Woman on TV, Dies at 80 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

He found an ally in fellow Saturday Night Live star Tina Fey, who wrote Morgan into her sitcom 30 Rock, playing an exaggerated version of himself, called Tracy Jordan. Tracy Morgan critical but responsive 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

Instead of 's gleamingly bright photography, which made a bedroom look like a sitcom set, he favored sultry tones: a noir palette for lust in the shadows. Penthouse's Bob Guccione: The Dark Prince of Porn 2010-10-21T08:45:00Z

Then and now, though, it was the same show — a collection, like so many workplace sitcoms, of the ways that human contact can be sustaining and maddening. You Can Stream, but You Can’t Hide 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z

The new ABC sitcom “The Mayor,” is about a young rapper who runs for office to promote his music but ends up in city hall. Rap Disrupted Music First. Now It’s TV and Film. 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

The Internet and premium cable were making so many innovations – and inroads – that any conventional primetime sitcom seemed doomed to irrelevance. The TV Watch: ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Ends With Twists Expected and Sweet 2014-04-01T04:10:26Z

And though we don’t exactly see how it works, we’re told that they create a sitcom so fresh and timely that all of Britain is riveted to the telly. Nick Hornby’s ‘Funny Girl,’ About a 1960s BBC Sitcom Star 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

She was filming Girls On Top, a sitcom she'd written with Dawn French and Ruby Wax, about four women sharing lodgings. Going for an Indian with Jennifer Saunders 2012-12-09T00:09:00Z

Like Netflix’s “The Ranch” and “One Day at a Time,” it’s structurally an old-fashioned broadcast sitcom. Review: ‘Disjointed’ Is One Buzzkill of a Pot Comedy 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z

ABC has a midseason show called “Work It,” which is a recession redo of the 1980s Tom Hanks cross-dressing sitcom, “Bosom Buddies.” Television Review: ?Last Man Standing? and ?Man Up!? on ABC - Review 2011-10-10T22:14:23Z

There's some sitcoms which do character development brilliantly. Nate is a "troubled soul": "Ted Lasso" star Nick Mohammed on his character's dark turn 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z

A few years later, my agent told me he'd rejected another new sitcom with Penelope because I was committed to Rumpole of the Bailey. How we made: Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles on To the Manor Born 2013-04-15T16:30:09Z

This was episode 167 - marking the point where The Simpsons overtook The Flintstones as the longest-running animated sitcom on US television. 2010-01-14T11:04:00Z

A black actor and a white actor splitting top billing in a sitcom is enough of a rarity to be noted approvingly. 'Partners' misuses Kelsey Grammer, Martin Lawrence 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z

“Superstore” does indeed adhere to all of the standard tones and beats of a broadcast sitcom, hitting its broad punchlines with a reliable rhythm. Best of 2016: From “The Crown” to “Superstore,” here are the 15 best series of the year 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z

When "Servant of the People" briefly aired in Russia, for example, its ratings outperformed Russian sitcoms. Why Zelenskyy's background in comedy really matters 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z

FX on Tuesday set the premiere date for Sheen's new sitcom, which returns him to weekly TV after his noisy exit last season from the CBS hit "Two and a Half Men." Charlie Sheen's new sitcom to debut June 28 on FX 2012-02-28T20:29:11Z

He wrote an episode of the sitcom “Married… with Children” and in 1994 wrote and directed his own small film starring Judd Nelson, “Every Breath.” Film producer, wealthy heir, political donor Steve Bing dies 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z

The ABC sitcom beat out the casts of “30 Rock,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “Glee” and “The Office.” 'The Help' cast takes top SAG honor 2012-01-30T02:58:00Z

White's currently so busy with Off Their Rockers and her successful sitcom Hot In Cleveland that she's constantly turning down work. Betty White: TV's golden girl on 63 years in showbusiness 2012-11-10T00:05:00Z

On broadcast networks comedies have more leeway, though it is interesting that one of the most ambitious, self-centered sitcom heroines in the 1980s and ’90s was a high-powered Washington journalist, Murphy Brown. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Prime Time’s Other Women in Power 2014-05-02T12:00:01Z

It will be Mr. Baldwin’s first TV project since the NBC sitcom “30 Rock,” for which he won two Emmy Awards. Alec Baldwin Selected to Be Mayor of New York on HBO 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

In “WandaVision,” part of the mystery was the show itself: What were these weekly “sitcoms,” really, and who was in charge? TV’s Battle of the Binge: Why the Wait Can Be Worth It 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z

The Episodes star, 47, dropped by the The Graham Norton Show on Friday, where he and the talk show host relived some of their favorite moments from the beloved sitcom. Watch Matt LeBlanc Sing Joey's Songs From 'Friends' 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z

Before that, Pegg and Wright also collaborated on the Channel 4 domestic sitcom Spaced, which boasted a charm level to match its high I.Q. Paul Review: E.T. With a Potty Mouth 2011-03-17T16:05:00Z

Making a brand-new studio sitcom is not without its risks. Pappy's: the boys who never grew up 2013-07-20T05:00:00Z

And because this is a sitcom, this also involves her using a musical number about streaming service Peacock to force Moore to accept her apology. 30 Rock: is the quarantine reunion worth the wait? 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z

The 82-year-old, whose credits include Singin' In The Rain and TV sitcom Will and Grace, will receive her accolade at the SAG awards ceremony on 25 January. Reynolds to receive lifetime honour 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z

Basically every sitcom teenage daughter rolled into one. Modern Family: get up to speed with series four 2012-10-05T12:19:20Z

Foxx, who released more than 50 albums of his material, was among the first black comedians to find popularity with white audiences and to star in his own network sitcom. Andy Kaufman and Redd Foxx to Tour, Years After Death, as Holograms 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z

Ms. Silverman’s control of the tone in the first half, along with the hilarious but grounded work of the cast throughout — Ms. Skraastad needs her own sitcom, pronto — serves the play’s intentions beautifully. Review: In ‘Hurricane Diane,’ the Perfect Storm Hits Suburbia 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z

As the erstwhile sitcom star waxed poetic about his harem of "goddesses" and nefarious "Vatican assassin warlocks," we couldn't help but seeing shades of Frank T.J. Charlie Sheen wants $10 million for tell-all memoir 2011-02-26T16:27:00Z

It's been called the first promising network sitcom of the year by Time. Lake Bell on why New York and Nebraska need to laugh together over "Bless This Mess" 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z

The lives of the cast of "Friends" have always been closely followed even after the end of the sitcom, but none more than Jennifer Aniston's. Jennifer Aniston on "painful" comments about not having children 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z

Ever since Friends we've accepted that American sitcoms have to be happy and moralistic but It's Always Sunny proves that isn't true. TV from the outer limits of the EPG 2013-02-23T06:00:00Z

Her perpetual striving to seem smarter and different is self-defeating and self-renewing—the perfect sitcom premise. Review: "Odd Mom Out" is a Tough, Refreshing Summer Satire 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z

A writer for NBC’s “The Good Place,” Mande previously wrote for “Parks and Recreation” and appeared on several episodes of that sitcom as one of the residents of the fictional Indiana town of Pawnee. 5 Comedy Shows to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z

Valerie’s fictional sitcom Room and Bored, with its endless double entendres, looks and sounds a lot like Michael Patrick King’s current project 2 Broke Girls. The Comeback comes back: Lisa Kudrow's prescient show returns to TV 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

This hit sitcom closes its fourth season with a mini “Mary Tyler Moore Show” reunion. Wednesday TV Picks: ‘Hot in Cleveland’ season finale 2013-09-03T21:00:45Z

The veteran comedian is best known for playing Cliff Huxtable, benign patriarch of an African-American family in hit US sitcom The Cosby Show. Bill Cosby Netflix special postponed 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

He termed the musical “a singing sitcom” with “bland pop-rock music.” ‘First Date’ on Broadway: What did the critics think? 2013-08-09T22:58:15Z

ABC’s “Abbott Elementary,” the best new network sitcom of the season, is not a year’s supply of pencils. ‘Abbott Elementary’ Is Gifted and Talented 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

The intersection of sitcoms and Internet memes has a brief but notable history. Television: ?Parks and Recreation? and Other Sitcoms? Hashtags and Memes 2011-12-09T22:31:54Z

Returning for a second series, Getting On remains about as far removed from conventional sitcoms as it's possible to get. The Secret Life of the National Grid 2010-10-26T06:59:00Z

At the same time, Williams is working withdirector Lee Daniels on a sitcom about her life for Fox, which she’ll star in. How Ms. Pat overcame drugs, prison and abuse — and rose to comedy stardom 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z

Jason is the dopey dad on the sitcom of their life, despite not yet being a father. Why “Styling Hollywood” Is One of the Best Celebrity-Stylist Reality Shows 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z

But–as often happens with sitcom pilots–I wondered how the show would sustain the premise over a series. black-ish Whips Up a Conversation About Spanking 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

After Apple Pie, McClanahan worked with White for three years in the sitcom Mama's Family, a spin-off from The Carol Burnett Show. Rue McClanahan obituary 2010-06-04T17:24:00Z

The last woman to play Reiser's wife on a sitcom, Helen Hunt on "Mad About You," wound up winning four Emmys and an Oscar. Landecker stays in focus 2011-04-27T21:13:00Z

It's not even a crime, I suppose, to release a derivative sitcom that plagiarizes from your own past work. Netflix's "#blackAF" is Kenya Barris' wealthier, shallower, and meaner "Black-ish" 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z

The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney called the play "pure sitcom," also comparing it to the work of Neil Simon -- "classic boulevard comedy molded to fit the American Jewish family." 'Fish in the Dark,' with Larry David, gets mixed reviews on Broadway 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

One side effect of the boom in ambitious TV dramas–and for that matter sitcoms–has been location, location, location. TV Weekend: Low Winter Sun and Detroit as Urban Desert 2013-08-09T13:55:05Z

Related: Garry Shandling: the standup who changed the sitcom forever Los Angeles police officers were sent to his home Thursday in response to a report of a medical emergency, according to the Associated Press. Garry Shandling, groundbreaking comedian and actor, dies aged 66 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

“As you get older, you’ll probably be a judge in something or you’ll be dropping off a television to a handsome person in a sitcom.” Larger actors rarely get cast as romantic leads, says James Corden 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z

As this tip-off to a slam-dunk New York debut makes clear, the playwright Candrice Jones excels equally in sly, sitcom humor and in the swift-tongued rhythms of teenage and athletic talk. Review: ‘Flex’ Hits the Right Rhythms on the Court and Off 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z

But the show’s classic sitcom format, with recorded laughter and pauses between punch lines, is stifling — too much like “The George Lopez Show” and not tailored enough to Ms. Alonzo’s own brand of humor. ‘Jane the Virgin’ on CW and ‘Cristela’ on ABC 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

What channel controller wouldn't, given the ratings those sitcoms used to pull in? TV comedy: is it really a class issue? 2011-01-24T15:42:09Z

And like many sitcoms, it’s at base an ersatz family comedy, at its best when it concentrates on the unlikely relationship between Jonathan, George and Ray. Bored to Death Finale: Family Affair 2011-11-29T15:41:01Z

Lear, 90, famously created the 1970s sitcom All in the Family, which looked at matters of race and women's rights. Brits win at International Emmys 2012-11-20T12:32:28Z

They completed each other’s sentences like twins on a sitcom, until Phife moved to Atlanta and complained about being portrayed as the Tito Jackson of the group. Against all odds, A Tribe Called Quest delivers one final masterpiece 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

A trailer made by Spider One, a musician and host of an online show at FearNet.com, was expanded into a 12-minute pilot with the help of some FearNet colleagues before being turned into a 30-minute sitcom. Television Review: ?Death Valley,? Cops and Zombies on MTV - Review 2011-08-28T21:21:03Z

The middle classes are covered by every sitcom alive. Are TV sitcoms too middle-class? 2011-01-30T00:04:16Z

A new cartoon series from Stephen Colbert depicts the Trump White House as an ensemble sitcom. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Homeland’ and ‘Our Cartoon President’ 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z

He’s a successful actor who’s unsatisfied with his role on a mindless sitcom called “The Manny.” ‘This is Us’ twist revealed, plus 4 other things to know about the buzzy, new series 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

On the sitcom set, mock Time and Newsweek Murphy covers were replaced by real ones featuring Bergen. Rich in love: Candice Bergen’s sumptuous life 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z

Now, as the creator and star, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, calls time on her raved-about sitcom Fleabag, her next step is being eagerly anticipated by viewers and industry insiders alike. What Fleabag did next: future looks bright for Phoebe Waller-Bridge 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z

And that sitcom requires a lot of practice. What Do 525 Ventriloquists Do at a Convention? Ask Their Dummies 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z

He played a school principal on the 1970s sitcom "Sanford & Son" and a judge on "Law & Order." 'Sanford & Son' actor Graham Brown dies in NJ 2011-12-17T01:16:04Z

You were talking before about "The Neighborhood" being a traditional sitcom. Max Greenfield on why "The Neighborhood" endures and how Schmidt helped "New Girl" break rules 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z

It was a popular and critical success, acclaimed for its observations on life and its willingness to ditch the usual sitcom conventions, allowing few happy endings. Len Lesser obituary 2011-02-20T18:00:45Z

Others go after changes within the form of the sitcom itself. In ‘Reboot,’ Everything Old Is New, to Streaming 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z

On Monday NBC unveiled its hottest prospect for a new hit sitcom, a show called “Whitney,” created, produced by and starring Whitney Cummings. 2 Networks Pin Their Hopes on One Comedian 2011-05-20T23:25:40Z

Executives at three publishing houses say the former star of the CBS sitcom "Two and a Half Men" wants to tell his combustible life story. End of times? Charlie Sheen shopping memoir 2011-03-11T02:32:11Z

Indeed, NBC is making the biggest bet of any network on comedies, scheduling sitcoms on four out of five week nights next season. And the winner is? The sitcom, TV networks hope 2012-05-18T06:50:26Z

You will not find the caffeinated bounce and lightness of the standard half-hour here or see the usual sitcom ensemble recipe. Fearless, fresh “Atlanta”: Donald Glover’s dreamy, surreal series is infused with peculiar magic 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z

There are many things wrong with humanity but I'm fairly sure that funny sitcoms and cartoons about family life aren't among them. Homer Simpson isn't a positive role model for kids? Eat my shorts… 2013-06-15T23:05:26Z

Walt Disney himself had recruited him after being impressed by his performance in the title role of the 1962-63 NBC sitcom “Ensign O’Toole.” Dean Jones, Star of Disney’s ‘The Love Bug,’ Dies at 84 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z

While fine dining has historically been viewed as inaccessible — and indeed is, both culturally and economically, to many — TV shows, especially network sitcoms, are designed to appeal to the masses. You are what — and where — you eat: From the Lanford Inn seafood buffet to those “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” organic strawberry donuts 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

A new television sitcom is breaking the taboo of working with animals. TV stars on their Puppy Love 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z

CBS isn’t entirely immune to change, but it’s incremental: next fall, it will add one new drama and four sitcoms, as it expands its comedy night on Thursday. Upfronts Watch: At CBS, These Are the Good Old Days 2013-05-16T11:26:27Z

Another new sitcom about the romantic entanglements of some New York 30-somethings? 'The Best Years of Our Lives' tops Monday TV picks 2011-02-19T00:42:12Z

Lest you ever forget that this is a sitcom with something to say about what it means to be a man today, Man Up!’s pilot reminds you roughly every 30 seconds. Review: The Descent of Man Up! 2011-10-18T16:46:00Z

Baldwin, the Emmy-winning star of the hit sitcom "30 Rock," was once nominated for an Academy Award, for "The Cooler," but failed to win. Martin, Baldwin give stars comic one-two punch 2010-03-08T06:07:00Z

After a few years working on Saturday-morning cartoons, they landed their own animated sitcom in the early aughts, “Clone High,” wherein teenage genetic clones of historical figures attend the same high school. Lord and Miller, Directors With a Golden Touch 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z

After rising through the ranks of comedy with roles on “Saturday Night Live” and “30 Rock,” Tracy Morgan gets his own sitcom. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘The Last O.G.’ and ‘Legion’ 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z

Before professional wrestler Dwayne Johnson became a major box office attraction, he popped up on Fox's popular sitcom "That '70s Show" in 1999 playing his father, Rocky Johnson, a fan favorite wrestler in the 1970s. 11 actors who played their own relatives 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z

Still, it's often funny, which is more than many sitcoms manage, let alone those set in a war zone. TV highlights 09/04/2013 2013-04-09T06:00:01Z

He played her son-in-law in the 1970s hit sitcom All in the Family. Emmys honour Gandolfini and Monteith 2013-09-17T10:42:36Z

On Monday, Ms. White, the 88-and-a-half-years-young “Golden Girls” alumna, appeared on “The Daily Show” to promote her coming TV Land sitcom, “Hot in Cleveland.” The Not-So-Straight Dope From Betty White 2010-06-15T15:59:00Z

Maybe someday I’ll do another TV show where I play a character who’s designed to be the comic engine of a sitcom. ArtsBeat: Ricky Gervais, Will Arnett and Brad Pitt Are Coming to 'The Office'! (Rainn Wilson Made Up One of These Names) 2011-03-23T14:47:47Z

While the reboot of “One Day at the Time” sticks to the classic sitcom format, it’s not only played for laughs. Rita Moreno Mixes Up a Carnival in the Kitchen 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z

For the most part, however, Lorre’s sense of humor stings and zings, in ways that both honor and broaden his sitcom achievements. Review | Away from sitcoms, Chuck Lorre has something to say about old men and friendship 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z

Back then, before Hill Street Blues or the rise of HBO, it was dramas that were escapist and sitcoms–at least the best of them–that brought uncomfortable reality. All the Things That Make Us Laugh and Cry: Family Guy and When Sitcoms Kill 2013-11-26T15:14:22Z

The mockumentary, about a group of bloodsucking ancients navigating modern life in Wellington, New Zealand, was driven more by character than plot, much like a hangout sitcom. Review: In ‘Shadows,’ on FX, Laid-Back Vampires Return for Another Bite 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z

Now, he’s starring in this new ABC sitcom as an awkward 30-something single parent. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Single Parents’ and ‘Empire’ 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

Chef Eddie Huang, whose memoir “Fresh Off the Boat” served as inspiration for the ABC sitcom of the same name, criticized the successful show on Twitter last night. Eddie Huang blasts “Fresh off the Boat”: “An artificial representation of Asian American lives” 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z

But the sitcom Mary felt overworked and overthought, too self-consciously calling back to the past with its newspaper office full of pompous egotists. Same role, different show: what happens when TV actors get stuck in a rut 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

She normally works on a sitcom — appropriate, since “Landline” would make a pretty good one. In Rainbow Rowell’s ‘Landline,’ Magic May Fix Things 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z

Working together, Wu Ming produce books that read almost as if they were serial publications, or computer games, or multi-authored US television sitcoms, consisting of hundreds of silky sequences carefully stitched together. Altai by Wu Ming – review 2013-06-01T08:02:25Z

It was pompous and highbrow in a way that many of today’s mainstream sitcoms just aren’t, and often treated its episodes like a grand repertory stage farce. Shrinking returns: analysing the pros and cons of a Frasier reboot 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

Nick Nolte, on the new sitcom “Graves,” is a former President with underwater approval ratings who decides to right the wrongs of his Administration. Festival Spotlight: Playing the President 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z

There's more controversy in the offing regarding the BBC's new, assisted-dying sitcom, Way to Go, first reported in this column in November. Atheism gets funny, Victor Lewis Smith accused of joke-theft – and Michael Macintyre breaks box-office records 2013-01-08T15:11:48Z

ABC, the first home of "Last Man Standing," is corralling its sitcoms to one night, and all of them feature families that are working class or solidly middle class. "Last Man Standing" bids farewell, while Tim Allen keeps on truckin' with his right-wing shade 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

We’d like to see your best scenes that combine elements from two different sitcoms, current or past. ArtsBeat Blog: Think You're Funnier Than a Sitcom Writer? 2011-11-23T12:01:22Z

A son from her first marriage, Andrew Gold, a singer and songwriter whose hits included the theme song of the sitcom “The Golden Girls,” died in 2011. Marni Nixon, uncredited star of Hollywood musicals, dies at 86 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z

He then smiles as he breaks into a chorus of the theme to 1980s sitcom The Golden Girls, realising he has echoed its lyrics. The Voice 'is building careers' 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

Triumph's insult-comic-dog-bites-man on the street bits are built into the throwback sitcom format of "Jack & Triumph," which premieres Friday. 'Jack & Triumph Show's' McBrayer game for rude Comic Dog adventures 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

It begins as a parody of the opening credits of a sitcom from the late '80s and early '90s, something from the "Full House" and "Growing Pains" era of TV. 'Too Many Cooks' takes social media by storm 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

He appears in the TV sitcom "Two and a Half Men" and starred last year in the movie "Jobs." Hollywood's Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher engaged: reports 2014-02-28T16:10:50Z

The showstopper "It's the Hard Knock Life" has bounded through commercials, sitcoms and was sampled in a hit by Jay-Z. Bet your bottom dollar that NBC's "Annie Live!" will usher in a new inclusive era for an old classic 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

TV has become more cinematic recently, but its hallmark is the one-set sitcom. Perspective | The best movies about isolation that speak to our moment, from ‘Rear Window’ to ‘Cast Away’ 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z

It’s an excellent example of one of my personal favorite sitcom tropes, the “failed Thanksgiving dinner.” Why the "failed Thanksgiving dinner" is actually the best sitcom trope 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z

The sitcom was called Madman of the People, and it was cancelled after one season after reviews called it “impoverished” and “noxious”. Could it BE any funnier? The 25 best Friends episodes 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z

While the occasional sitcom still receives that coveted 22-episode order, others get considerably less, and this includes those with a proven track record. 4 reasons why we’ll never see another show like "Friends" 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z

It’s a kind of TV-comedy mosaic: chunks and shards of sitcom commonplaces—the wisdom of the child, the redemption of the overgrown juvenile—are spackled together by moments of sincerity. With “Turn Up Charlie,” Idris Elba Makes a Charming Foray Into Sitcoms 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z

That is down to McElhenney’s determination to keep subverting expectations, not least with his own physical transformations that make a mockery of the idea that sitcom characters enter a form of stasis. Rob McElhenney: 'I was fuelled by privilege, ignorance and testosterone' 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z

“The difference between the stand-up and the sitcom is you’re going from the least collaborative medium there is to the most collaborative,” Mr. Seinfeld says. | Television: Comedians in Two Realms 2014-04-11T21:14:59Z

The producer swung his neck and hips, wagging his finger left to right, rolling his eyes like a character from the sitcom "Martin" in an attempt to imitate Hall standing up for herself. Tamron Hall, TV host and now mystery novelist, created a heroine to be "the reporter I wish I was" 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z

It was the possible warping of time accompanied by audience guffaws; the old sitcom format skirting the edge of a black hole. Perspective | So long to ‘The Big Bang Theory,’ which was smart about being dumb about being smart 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z

"Brilliant to see female comedy talent scoop the big sitcom prize and also delighted for Harry & Paul with their richly deserved sketch show award," Shane Allen, controller of BBC comedy commissioning said. Whitehall named 'king of comedy' 2013-12-13T16:58:15Z

On television in this era, rich white sitcom families vacuumed up little black boys, on “Diff’rent Strokes,” on “Webster.” Why Do the Oscars Keep Falling for Racial Reconciliation Fantasies? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z

The troubled star appeared on dueling morning show interviews Monday to continue an attack on CBS and producers of his hit sitcom for shutting down the show because of his off-set behavior. Sheen says he wants a raise to return to show 2011-02-28T13:57:11Z

The sitcom tells the story of the spoiled, wealthy Bluth family who lose everything when their father is sent to prison - and the one son who tries to hold them together. TV Bluth family reunited on set 2012-08-08T10:20:47Z

This is a sitcom, then, that keeps the outtakes in. Mrs Brown's Boys: how the 'worst comedy ever made' became a smash hit 2013-01-29T16:57:30Z

And not even a single, sustained sitcom, but a medley of them. | 'Wild Animals You Should Know': ?Wild Animals You Should Know,? by Thomas Higgins - Review 2011-11-21T03:01:27Z

Lear, who had roiled network waters the year before with the topically driven CBS sitcom “All in the Family,” said serendipity led to “Sanford and Son.” ‘Sanford and Son’ at 50, ‘double-edged’ Black sitcom pioneer 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z

The girl with famous brothers who was in his first failed sitcom, "A New Kind of Family," turns out to be Janet Jackson. Rob Lowe on the high road 2011-04-29T20:35:00Z

The two-hour special, slated to air Feb. 21 on NBC, will honor Burrows, who created sitcom and helmed episodes of the other shows that will be featured. First Look at 'Friends' Reunion on NBC Special 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z

The first episode is a carefully crafted pastiche of a classic domestic sitcom. Does Vicious mark the end of gay TV characters being invisible? 2013-04-29T17:24:49Z

Why You Should Watch: The sitcom avoided the will-they-won’t-they cliché by breaking up its core couple in just the second season. 16 TV Shows That Deserve a Second Chance This Fall 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z

If you look closely enough, the set-ups and jokes and comic business aren’t just there for their own sake, as they would be in almost any other sitcom. Critic?s Notebook: ?Community? Resumes Its Study of Friendship 2012-03-14T22:39:24Z

To make money, the two tried to sell to TV producer Norman Lear the idea of a musical special gathering together sitcom characters in a hospital setting, with TV doctors tending to the various emergencies. 'Into the Woods' reunion shows Sondheim can still cast a spell 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

“I didn’t want to be a sitcom or film actor. That’s not what I do or who I am,” Maher reflects. Bill Maher is smug, outspoken and just might get a congressman voted out of office

“People are used to seeing an annoying mother-in-law in a sitcom, but that’s not what I signed up for,” Drescher said. Fran Drescher, Millennial Whisperer 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

Harris Wittels, a producer and writer for the NBC sitcom “Parks and Recreation” who also performed occasionally as a stand-up comic and musician, died on Thursday. Harris Wittels, Television Comedy Writer, Is Dead at 30 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

A truly great sitcom combines clowning with a weightier undertow. Mrs Brown's Boys: mainstream comedy for the middle-aged 2011-03-01T12:19:30Z

Actor Todd Bridges says the episode of the 1980s sitcom Diff’rent Strokes featuring then-First Lady Nancy Reagan helped him when he hit rock-bottom. 'Diff'rent Strokes' Star Says Nancy Reagan Helped Him Recover 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z

It's an environment that can make the mundane pleasures of a silly sitcom or murder-of-the-week procedural seem too ridiculous to be enjoyed. At New York Comic Con, horror TV shows strength and stamina 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z

We cast our eyes over six of the best standup-fronted sitcoms – come and heckle us in the comments section and let us know what you think of our selection. Six to watch: Standups in sitcoms 2011-07-06T13:16:26Z

The new shorts will be directed by Matthew O’Callaghan, and produced by Sam Register, Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone, who also produce the Cartoon Network’s animated sitcom “The Looney Tunes Show.” ArtsBeat: New Looney Tunes, With an Assist From Mel Blanc, Are What's Up, Doc 2011-06-10T14:15:40Z

By election night 2008, George Bush’s former strategist Karl Rove was claiming the sitcom had paved the way for a black family in the White House. Bill Cosby: the downfall of ‘America’s dad’ 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z

That’s because before “Family Feud,” there was “Hogan’s Heroes,” a popular sitcom about captives in a German prisoner-of-war camp in World War II. ArtsBeat: The Many Masks of Richard Dawson 2012-06-04T18:30:27Z

Those two actors were introduced to America as men of average musculature through office sitcoms; they are now covered in all kind of inflated ’ceps. Kumail Nanjiani and the Twilight of the Schlubs 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

Berry, who rose to fame in The IT Crowd, is also nominated for his roles in BBC sitcom House of Fools and his internet short Lone Wolf. Matt Berry toast of comedy awards 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z

To appeal to broad audiences, sitcoms often rely on the shorthand assumptions that form the basis of stereotypes. Why are sitcom dads still so inept? 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z

The sitcom, which features the former Dawson's Creek star as a fictionalised version of himself, was pulled from TV schedules earlier this week, 11 episodes into the season. Van Der Beek blasts ratings system 2013-01-24T17:38:40Z

In the voicemail, Chase calls "Community" a "mediocre sitcom" that "is not my kind of comedy." Leaked voicemails depict rift on 'Community' 2012-04-10T21:29:48Z

As an actor, Schneider starred in the ABC hit sitcom Head of the Class. Heeeeeere’s Jimmy: Fallon Will Bring Carson’s Magic Back to Tonight 2014-02-13T00:41:13Z

The show was recently nominated for 14 Emmy Awards, the most of any sitcom. Cast of 'Modern Family' sues over contract 2012-07-24T19:52:11Z

When you co-wrote the sitcom Pulling, people loved it because it was one of few programmes to portray women in their 20s as they really were. Sharon Horgan: 'There is a black streak in everything I've done' 2012-12-16T00:05:12Z

It's not really a spoof of the sitcom format, I guess, because the sitcom format is being as much honored and appreciated by the show as it is sometimes rattled by the show's energy. An interview with the dean of "Community" 2011-09-28T22:30:00Z

Rather than glance over its main characters’ religion, the drama intersperses Jewish culture heavily throughout the series, departing from the nebbish neurotics popularized in sitcoms like “Seinfeld” and “Friends.” ?Magic City,? Jewish Power Brokers in 1950s Miami Beach 2012-03-30T21:10:08Z

The Apple TV+ comedy is a “traditional, well-done, single-camera sitcom,” he said — a description that sounds hauntingly like “Ghosts.” Boo! Sitcom ‘Ghosts’ combos misfit spirits, feel-good charm 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

The show survived a rocky period for sitcoms after its premiere in 2005. CBS?s ?How I Met Your Mother,? Late-Blooming Hit 2012-04-08T19:08:15Z

It’s not just the story of a plant, it’s likely the only story of a plant that includes an escape from Nazi Germany, the sitcom hero named the Fonz and the acclaimed Amazon series “Transparent.” How the Fonz takes care of a plant smuggled out of Nazi Germany 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z

Shows like “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy” are essentially sitcoms with very different production values. Cartoon magic for grown-ups: “BoJack Horseman” imbues the cynical TV industry with zoomorphic soul 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z

Factory to do right by this 1970s-1980s sitcom , which in its original form was scored by real rock songs that are expensive to license. 'Begin Again' uses music to heal the hurt 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z

It is no wonder that the insufferable romantic comedy “Happythankyoumoreplease,” set in New York, looks and sounds like a flop pilot for a television sitcom. | 'Happythankyoumoreplease': Singles, City and Child 2011-03-03T23:35:39Z

For Lucy fans, the well-known tincture made famous on her long-running TV sitcom needs no explanation. "Lucy" look-alikes honor Lucille Ball's 100th birthday 2011-08-06T22:49:25Z

Nicky Silver’s play is a shameless laugh machine, in which Lavin delivers sitcom zingers to her dying husband and two dysfunctional kids, all of whom appear to hate each other for no good reason. TIME?s Not-the-Tony Awards 2012 2012-05-01T15:50:28Z

When "Dancing With the Stars" ends, ABC will add two new sitcoms on that night in January for a total of four. ABC orders 10 new series for upcoming season 2012-05-15T20:01:03Z

The sitcom's parents, whether that refers to Red and Kitty, or Donna's parents Bob and Midge, are stodgy, grizzled, intimidating or simply embarrassing. "That '90s Show" is here to remind Boomers, Gen X and Millennials that we're all alright 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z

She got the idea for the play, a blend of historical fiction and sitcom conventions, when she learned that Newton’s rise to prominence began with an unsolved mystery. For Her New Play, Tori Sampson Revisited Her ‘Black Power Household’ 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z

"Man of the House": The man of the house evolves from being the man in control in family sitcoms of the 1950s to a more-conflicted figure in modern series. Sunday TV Picks: AMC's new 'Hell on Wheels' 2011-11-02T23:38:04Z

Kimmy is structured like a typical network sitcom–more or less 22 minutes an episode, no swearing–with one notable difference. Review: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Is Must-Stream Comedy 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z

The sitcom, which sat on the shelf for what seemed like a thousand years, stars Paul Reiser as a fictionalized version of Paul Reiser. Is NBC's Thursday night lineup doomed? 2011-04-15T14:15:00Z

Right now he's working on another sitcom for the BBC – he's coy about what, precisely. Graham Linehan: Twitter has made me 2012-05-27T18:00:01Z

Another relayed the plot of the 1980s sitcom Different Strokes. In case you missed them: the Guardian's unsung heroes of 2020 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z

It’s enjoyable to poke around on, whether your taste runs to off-the-wall foreign fare or mainstream sitcoms like “30 Rock.” NBC’s Seeso Looks to Be Must-See TV 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

“Laverne & Shirley” helped fine-tune a certain type of sitcom convention — the female duo, the “hangout” comedy — but if you want to do a deep dive, stick with Seasons 1 to 5. More Than Shirley: Cindy Williams’s 6 Best Moments Onscreen 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z

“Bless This Mess” — a marriage sitcom for Fox about New Yorkers who move to Nebraska — was co-written by Ms. Meriwether and the actress and filmmaker Lake Bell, who will also star. From a ‘New Girl’ to the Next One’s Champion 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z

She’s done TV before; she even starred in a sitcom back in 1994, but it takes a minute for her to remember its name. Gaby Hoffmann, the Eloise of the Chelsea Hotel 2013-07-08T18:56:11Z

This animated sitcom on Fox is as subtle and amusing as a brick border wall. Review: ‘Bordertown’ and ‘Cooper Barrett’ Debut 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z

If Mulaney the sitcom figures out a way to adapt the voice of Mulaney the comic, it could become something more than an homage. Review: Mulaney Does Its Homework Too Well 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z

BBC2's Sue Perkins sitcom Heading Out, which was also given a rough ride by critics and finished its run with fewer than 1 million viewers, has also been dropped. BBC axes Ben Elton's The Wright Way after Twitter mauling 2013-07-09T15:33:13Z

Last week saw the premiere of Miracle Workers, a new sitcom from master of all things high-concept Simon Rich. Holy joke: how God became an unlikely TV comedy staple 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z

The group was the subject of a long-running and still oft-quoted story line in the sitcom “Arrested Development,” along with being referred to in countless other movies and shows. Blue Man Group Is Bought by Cirque du Soleil, With Plans to Expand 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

Even as the firestorm over "The Interview" continues, Park is already looking ahead to his next major role as the patriarch of a Taiwanese American family in the upcoming ABC sitcom "Fresh Off the Boat." 'The Interview's' Kim Jong Un actor, Randall Park, knew it was 'insane' 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z

The pirate business is pulled straight from Pirates of the Caribbean and the teen tantrums feel ripped from a Nickelodeons sitcom. Ice Age: Continental Drift: Franchise is Officially Frozen 2012-07-12T14:00:56Z

This was the Sixties, long before prestige TV, when sitcoms were a cathode ray-tube prison, “the small screen” a slap. Sally Field’s relentless quest for respect: ‘The roles I cared about deeply I had to fight for’ 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

On the surface the imports are quite different from each other: “The Capture,” from BBC, is an hourlong, tightly wound conspiracy thriller while the workplace sitcom “Intelligence,” from Sky, is a 22-minute goof. Can’t Match Netflix? At Least You Can Buy Some British Shows 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z

Together, the pair went on to create the Comedy Central sitcom Detroiters. Sam Richardson: ‘I love characters that are optimistic and sweet’ 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z

“Taxi Brooklyn”: This cop sitcom features Chyler Leigh as a detective who hires a recent immigrant to be her personal driver after the boss takes her keys away. 14 TV shows worth watching this summer 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

The reboot of Roseanne Barr’s family sitcom stormed to the center of the country’s culture war last week, as the first episode drew huge ratings and earned a congratulatory call from the president. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ and ‘The Child in Time’ 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z

Adgate also wasn't a fan of ABC's new sitcom "The Neighbors," about an alien family living among humans, which the network plans to air after its hit "Modern Family" on Wednesday night. And the winner is? The sitcom, as networks add new shows 2012-05-17T18:57:45Z

How did you decide which sitcom eras and which shows you wanted to pay homage to? How the ‘WandaVision’ Creator Brought Her Vision (and Wanda’s) to Life 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z

It may not have been the first mockumentary or sitcom without a laughter track, but who could not love a show which featured staplers being put in jelly to relieve the existential tedium? The Office ? still doing the business 2011-07-08T10:12:30Z

Hugh Laurie, who switched accent and genre, became a superstar in House, while Stephen Fry, staying close to his home persona, flopped in the sitcom The Great Indoors. Morecambe & Wise in America: how the duo made it in the US 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z

If these jokes don’t land with you, “Will & Grace” was probably never your sitcom to begin with. Review | ‘Will & Grace’ are back, mostly to snark about life in Trump’s America 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z

After graduating from Northwestern University, he landed an acting job in 1963 on the popular sitcom Car 54, Where Are You? Kenneth Mars obituary 2011-02-15T18:47:58Z

We began thinking it would work well as a series and decided on an online sitcom. Why black British drama is going online, not on TV 2012-07-02T19:30:01Z

They're not just superficial characters that you might find in a poor sitcom. Nate is a "troubled soul": "Ted Lasso" star Nick Mohammed on his character's dark turn 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z

He began show business as a nightclub comic and landed his first acting job on the short-lived sitcom “Camp Runamuck” in the mid-1960s. Dave Madden, actor who played agent for ‘Partridge Family’ dies 2014-01-17T00:22:21Z

“You could be watching a sitcom like ‘Friends,’ but instead of the ‘Friends’ kitchen table, the characters are all sitting around your kitchen table,” Ms. Burnett said. At Snapchat, Redrawing the Bounds of Reality 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

Participants were dressed as characters from the bawdy sitcom “Three’s Company.” At Mrs. Roper Romps, the Caftan Is Queen 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z

In other words, the woman is sitcom royalty. Tweet your Feelings: YouTube meets boob tube in a buddy comedy for all ages 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z

Cohen also revealed that for the first time, BBC1 will air a series of improvised dramas and four sitcom pilots in a bid to "supercharge" comedy on his channel. BBC1 'to do more for older viewers' 2011-08-27T16:23:29Z

There was plenty of sex in Season 2, particularly for a sitcom. ‘Insecure’ Season 2 Finale: Prentice Penny on Issa, Lawrence, Safe Sex and Narrative Swerves 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z

Even his gentler sitcom was titled, justly, “Difficult People.” ‘Bros’ Review: Boy Meets Boy Meets Multiplex 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

But as sitcom comfort food goes, it’s not the worst either. | 'The Exes': ?The Exes,? With Donald Faison and Wayne Knight - Review 2011-11-25T23:33:17Z

But he also had a wild sense of humor — he began his career as a stand-up comedian — and for more than 50 years he was primarily a scene-stealing supporting player on sitcoms. Dick Gautier, Who Played a Rock Star in ‘Bye Bye Birdie,’ Is Dead 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z

It’s an extended family made to sitcom order, no one saying more than two or three sentences at a time, everyone on the prowl for the next rimshot-worthy line. Review: ‘Crowded’ Disrupts Life in an Empty Nest 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

She voiced Mrs. Potato Head in the 1999 animated blockbuster “Toy Story 2” and played the recurring character Muriel in the popular Disney Channel sitcom “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody,” among other roles. Estelle Harris, ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Toy Story’ actor, dies at 93 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z

“The Soup” and star of recently canceled NBC sitcom “Community,” wrapped up the event by joking, “Yes, this is exactly the upfront I thought I would be at this week.” Upfronts 2014: Kim Kardashian, Joan Rivers turn out for NBCU Cable 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z

Lloyd Pack, who played roadsweeper Trigger in the sitcom, died of pancreatic cancer on Thursday aged 69. AUDIO: Boycie actor pays Lloyd Pack tribute 2014-01-17T11:30:13Z

His private life became the focus of global media coverage in 2011 after he had a drug-fueled public meltdown and CBS shut down production of his hit sitcom “Two and a Half Men.” Amid Tabloid Reports, Charlie Sheen Plans ‘Revealing Personal Announcement’ 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

Hanks and Scolari starred together in the 1980s sitcom "Bosom Buddies," which depicted male roommates posing as women to gain entry to a budget-priced apartment building which admitted only female residents. Tom Hanks to reunite with an old buddy on Broadway 2012-12-12T22:37:10Z

Everybody Loves the Weird Kid BURBANK, Calif. THE set of the ABC sitcom “The Middle” had a last-day-of-school vibe one Friday afternoon in March as the cast and crew worked on the season finale. Television: Peculiar on and Off Set: Atticus Shaffer of ?The Middle? 2010-05-08T03:09:00Z

He’s right, network sitcoms haven’t changed that much since the days of Married…With Children and Will & Grace. Bland Emmys Proudly Award The Status Quo 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

She became the young star of a network sitcom, “Blossom,” in 1990. Mayim Bialik wants the ‘Jeopardy!’ job. Is she ‘neutral’ enough? 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

It’s a balky production, with abrupt edits and occasional tangents that belong more to the green room than the stage, like an extended gripe about doing promos for her sitcom. Three New Stand-Up Specials, Three Very Different Approaches 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z

For it soon becomes clear that “The Performers” is going to the planet of second-tier sitcoms. Theater Review: ‘The Performers,’ With Henry Winkler and Cheyenne Jackson 2012-11-15T03:07:21Z

The bad news is that it’s a real shame; Fresh Off the Boat wasn’t just an important sitcom in terms of authentic diversity, but it was also capable of being very funny. From The Good Place to Homeland: what to expect from TV shows ending in 2020 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z

Both of Mr. Perry’s shows, and Ice Cube’s, spring from that most comforting of television traditions, the family sitcom. Television: ?Are We There Yet?,? New Sitcom From TBS 2010-05-29T02:36:00Z

A few seasons ago, a spate of network sitcoms were premised on what I then called “manxiety” — the idea that men were losing their place in a de-masculinized world. White Guys, Grappling With a New Reality on TV 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

Smith set out to create a cartoon sitcom in the vein of “Moesha” — one that centered a Black girl’s life and experiences. A Groundbreaking Cartoon Family Returns, ‘Louder and Prouder’ 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z

All three sitcoms have stirred a lot of advance attention, mostly because their stars have industry cachet, and so do the women who are calling the shots behind the scenes. Television Review: Three New Sitcoms Put the Focus on Young Single Women 2011-09-18T22:09:46Z

Playing a character in a sitcom named Garry Shandling, he often addressed the audience directly, breaking the so-called “fourth wall” between performers and audience. Garry Shandling, who parodied TV’s conventions in two hit comedy shows, dies at 66 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

Instead, there it was: that artificial sitcom feeling. At American Ballet Theater, New Romantics Can’t Beat a Greek God 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

But it also has something in common with recent ABC sitcoms like Suburgatory and even alien comedy The Neighbors–it’s an outsider comedy that gives us a new perspective on the majority. Review: Fresh Off the Boat Has the Makings of an American Original 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

The sitcom “Designing Women,” set in Georgia, was a staple in the Nielsen Top 10. When John Grisham Movies Were King 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z

Traditional multi-camera sitcoms aren’t supposed to do this, save for the Very Special Episode or two networks used to save for sweeps back in the day. What to watch this week: "One Day at a Time" returns and "Boomerang" premieres 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z

Louie is that sitcom, and last night’s season finale, “New Year’s Eve,” encapsulated the hilarious, surreal, openhearted ways this season has pursued that quest. Louie Watch: Yin and Yangtze 2012-09-28T19:03:18Z

Staring at spreadsheets all day, she finds that a book quiets her mind better than any TV sitcom or reality show. Books: If you love a book, let it go 2011-09-21T17:04:04Z

Struggling in the primetime ratings, the network was going to move away from niche sitcoms like Community and Parks and Recreation and aim for “broader” comedies with more mass appeal. Upfronts Watch: NBC Tries to Turn Around Its Turnaround 2013-05-13T18:04:02Z

It's one thing to cancel a sitcom; it's another to give up on your father. Can Charlie Sheen be saved? 2010-10-27T15:20:00Z

Then I was on another sitcom called I’m a Big Girl Now, which was about a think tank in Washington – but then, suddenly, by episode 12, we’d become a newspaper. Martin Short’s Big Fat Funny Autumn 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

Hayes is best-known from eight seasons on the sitcom “Will & Grace.” Sean Hayes joins cast of CBS sitcom ‘The Millers’ 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

More likely, many of Kaling’s followers are big fans of “The Office,” the irresistibly awkward NBC sitcom that is in its eighth season. A Long Day at ?The Office? with Mindy Kaling 2011-09-25T04:30:05Z

Watch any recent episode of The Big Bang Theory and you’ll see that it is barely even a sitcom at this point. The Big Bang Theory is ending – our long nightmare is finally over 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

You wouldn't pitch it as a sitcom, but as reality TV, it just sells itself. Capsule reviews of midseason shows

Friends differed so much from the other big US sitcom of the 90s, Seinfeld, that it seemed at times like they defined themselves in opposition to one another. Still Friends after all these years: the one about the 20th anniversary 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z

Cox rose to fame on 1980s TV sitcom "Family Ties" and went on to star as Monica Geller in the smash hit comedy "Friends." David Arquette files for divorce from Courteney Cox 2012-06-12T23:12:05Z

"The movie business is tough, and it's tougher now than ever," said Baldwin, who largely stepped out of film to star in Tina Fey's acclaimed sitcom "30 Rock." At Cannes' movie palace, talk of TV's rise 2013-05-24T12:32:08Z

There was a sense that after only three seasons, the sitcom had been cut short in its prime by a network that did not understand its genius. Can the onslaught of TV reboots and revivals survive in 2017? 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

People never used to talk about infertility and now we're seeing it in movies and seeing it in TV shows — multiple sitcoms and dramas. "Hilariously Infertile": Karen Jeffries on finding the comedy in reproduction 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z

No one could have predicted that Judge would deliver one of the most nuanced family sitcoms of its era. The Best Movies and Shows on Hulu Right Now 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

On the one hand, she was a throwback to the early days of TV sitcoms, when housekeeper and maid characters were more commonplace, from Hazel to The Jetsons’ Rosie. Somehow Forming a Family: Why We Loved The Brady Bunch's Alice 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

And it would be like a sitcom: her mother would say, “‘You get right back upstairs young lady, you’re not leaving the house dressed like that.’ My boobs, my burden 2014-02-24T01:00:00Z

If you want a sitcom the whole family can watch, you've got it. Did You Watch ‘Stranger Things’? Let’s Talk About It 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

The deeply neutered “All-American Girl,” in effect “apologized for the Asianness of this family,” Mr. Yang said, by filtering it through the lens of traditional white sitcom values. In ‘Fresh Off the Boat,’ Jostling Cultural Legacies 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

Former "Saturday Night Live" star Rob Schneider plays a bachelor who marries into a Mexican-American family in a proposed CBS sitcom. Which TV pilots will take flight? 2011-03-12T01:30:06Z

Mr. McKellen pointed to the venerable British sitcom “Are You Being Served?,” which originally ran in the 1970s and ’80s and can still be seen on PBS. ‘Vicious’ on PBS Follows Two Gay Characters 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

The Brady Bunch debuted in 1969 and aired for five years, with Davis as Alice, the mainstay for the blended sitcom family. Brady Brunch Actress Ann B. Davis Dies in Texas 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z

The scripted drama was dead, the sitcom was dead, the family hour was dead. How TV's age of exploration took off in a huge way 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

She wants more answers so goes to meet his friends — and they are a delightful bunch who should probably star in their own sitcom. The Bachelorette Season 13, Episode 8 Recap: Home Town Dates 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z

The coalition, the eurozone crisis, devolution – there's plenty of material for the writers to blend into the familiar sitcom format. TV review: Yes, Prime Minister 2012-11-27T00:46:12Z

The first is Vicious, which stars Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi as a pair of gay old queens sharing their lives and a crepuscular flat that looks like a relic from a 1970s sitcom set. Rewind TV: Vicious; The Job Lot; Dave Allen: God's Own Comedian; The Repo Man – review 2013-05-04T09:45:01Z

The sitcom about a deliciously dysfunctional family won its second consecutive trophy for outstanding series and four other awards, including honors for onscreen husband and wife and . 'Modern Family,' 'Mad Men' win big 2011-09-19T05:08:01Z

Even for a preternaturally sweet sitcom, the hourlong final episode tilted into treacly, a cascade of damp-eyed goodbyes. We’ll Always Have Pawnee 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

At school in suburban Los Angeles we took TV show residue and dumped it on the playground, recreating sitcoms and cartoon plots during recess. Arts & Leisure: ?All-American Muslim? on TLC: Life in Dearborn, Michigan 2011-11-10T18:31:22Z

It continues through a career during which Seinfeld became arguably the greatest stand-up comic of his era and the pivotal figure of the funniest TV sitcom of its time. Jerry Seinfeld digs into 45 years of his jokes for new book 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z

So let me say instead that “Hat” is a sort of contemporary, scabrous variation on “The Honeymooners,” that classic sitcom about blue-collar friends and spouses getting on one another’s nerves, starring Jackie Gleason. | 'The ___________ With the Hat': A Love Not at a Loss for Words 2011-04-12T06:30:20Z

The Inbetweeners, the acclaimed UK sitcom about a quartet of teenaged losers, is set to graduate to the big screen with a feature-length spin-off due in cinemas this summer. The Inbetweeners get set for big-screen summer outing 2011-02-07T16:32:37Z

This was a year of new sitcoms featuring strong female leads and strong women behind the camera — notably “Whitney” and “2 Broke Girls.” 2011 TV: ?Homeland,? ?Parks and Recreation,? ?The Hour? 2011-12-17T18:10:32Z

The premiere, in typical Community style, is mainly about being the season premiere of a sitcom. Review: Community Comes to Yahoo, the Same But Different 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

His original vision was for it not to be like a usual sitcom. How we made Men Behaving Badly 2013-03-18T18:30:00Z

What could possibly make this groundbreaking sitcom better? Best TV of the week: fall series premieres are finally upon us 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z

It was watered down by network and studio notes to the point of being like dozens of other bland sitcoms. Mike Birbiglia’s 6 Tips for Making It Small in Hollywood. Or Anywhere. 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

That missed connection makes it into the final episode of the second season of “Derry Girls,” the hit sitcom that streams on Netflix from Aug. 2. In ‘Derry Girls,’ the Lighter Side of Life in a Conflict Zone 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z

It was onscreen, though, that he did his most creative work to repair the world, establishing — with his legendary character Lou Grant — a cultural archetype that defined a sitcom generation. Ed Asner helped usher in the secular rabbi, making America warmer and a little more Jewish 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z

“Moone Boy” is at heart a standard chaotic-family sitcom, with Martin under the thumb of his terminally blasé sisters and the siblings mortified by their bumbling, well-meaning parents. ‘Moone Boy,’ a Comedy Series With Chris O’Dowd, on Hulu 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z

In the process, though, he sets the wrong tone — a sitcom tone, with everything but a laugh track. Review: Look Up! It’s Amy Schumer in ‘Meteor Shower’ 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

How do you balance the specificity of the experience of growing up Chinese- American with the constraints of a sitcom? Nahnatchka Khan on ‘Fresh Off the Boat,’ Chinese New Year and Michael Chang 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z

With direction from old pro James Burrows, “Will & Grace” proves that a good, old-school sitcom is still a worthy and engaging endeavor, depending ineffably on chemistry and timing. Review | ‘Will & Grace’ are back, mostly to snark about life in Trump’s America 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z

It would seem just as undeniable that any show Mr. Seinfeld puts on NBC now cannot hope to recreate the ratings results he had with his sitcom. Television: A Show About Something: Marriage 2010-02-27T06:47:00Z

The suburban and socially unaccomplished sitcom quartet hit the well-travelled holiday road, attempting to large it and lose it in Crete. This week's new films 2011-08-19T23:07:27Z

More than a decade before scoring as the Bradys’ loyal Alice, Davis was the razor-tongued secretary on another stalwart TV sitcom, “The Bob Cummings Show,” which brought her two Emmys. 'Brady Bunch' actress Ann B. Davis dies in Texas

The character was in many ways the prototypical '80s sitcom kid, all wisecracks and brightly colored clothes and misadventures. "I am the biggest kid of all": Soleil Moon Frye on the return of "Punky Brewster" & being a survivor 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z

And within weeks of each other, Peacock added two new sitcoms from the makers of Michael Scott’s former schedule-mates “30 Rock” and “Parks and Recreation.” ‘Girls5Eva,’ ‘Rutherford Falls’ and the Nostalgia Trap 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z

A musical sitcom, it stars Ms. Miller as Kacey Simon, a popular girl who is rejected by her perfectly coiffed clique — a group of girls called “the Perfs” — after she gets glasses and braces. Nickelodeon Turns to Cymphonique Miller in ?How to Rock? 2011-12-26T22:20:04Z

Then you’ll hate yourself for liking a sitcom that stars an advertising executive, and a moderately annoying one at that. Review: Donny Deutsch’s ‘Donny!,’ a Crass, Infuriating Talk Show Host 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

From the dancefloor to the sitcom theme … Franz Ferdinand at Field Day. Field Day – review 2012-06-03T15:48:36Z

Me being on a network sitcom … streamers and cable are really what the Emmys are about, the more avant-garde things. Cedric the Entertainer Wants to Make the Emmys More Accessible 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z

In it, she played Valerie Cherish, a formerly successful sitcom actress returning to television both in a new situation comedy and a linked reality show about her returning to television in a new situation comedy. Lisa Kudrow and 'The Comeback' clock in again at dream factory 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

The sitcom that celebrates "all things geek" has become quite a hit on Thursday night. Thursday TV Picks: 'The Big Bang Theory' on CBS 2012-05-02T22:07:04Z

First, it's important to remember that Hollywood stars won't appear on any old sitcom. Ricky Gervais mines his Hollywood contact book by casting Johnny Depp 2011-03-24T14:34:22Z

Matt King and Oli Lansley's slightly offbeat country kitchen sitcom is up there with Rev as one of the best comedy debuts of the year. The Secret Life of the National Grid 2010-10-26T06:59:00Z

Four years ago, it seemed unthinkable that Mr. Morgan, the 49-year-old comic actor, would be performing, speaking or walking again, let alone starring in his own sitcom. Tracy Morgan Is a Survivor. And ‘a Better Man Now.’ 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z

With Cameron, the stay-at-home half of the gay couple in this sitcom, the show sometimes walks a line in characterizing him as a shrill drama queen. Dead Tree Alert: Daddy Issues; Plus, What Shows Do Right By Dads? 2012-06-07T13:50:34Z

He was like, seeing you in the sitcom portion of the show, I saw the you that I saw in college. Kathryn Hahn Talks About Her Insidious, Perfidious Role on ‘WandaVision’ 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z

The first, a short-lived sitcom broadcast in 1990, was disappointing, in Mr. Howard’s estimation. Television: Once More Around the Sandbox 2010-02-20T00:44:00Z

Jason Murray took inspiration from the cult 80s sitcom The Young Ones when he named the bottle palm outside his study. Tree of the week: 'It looks a bit of a hippy so I named it after Neil from The Young Ones' 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z

Producers of the show announced Tuesday that the star of the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" and a stage veteran would be back at Manhattan's Beacon Theatre for the ceremony honoring Broadway's best. Neil Patrick Harris to host his 3rd Tony Awards 2012-04-03T16:46:04Z

And even Roseanne eventually had to adapt to sitcom expectations, getting a job and taking loving care of her family. Television Review: ‘Broad City’ Brings a Female Twist to Failure 2014-01-21T21:57:40Z

Will they be able to do so without tripping over cumbersome sitcom clichés about learning to get along and being honest with themselves? Review: Hip-Hopping With the Stars in ‘Half Time’ 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

Louis’ ultimately successful speech is very funny, as is “Fresh Off The Boat,” an homage-filled rap-music driven sitcom set in the ’90. Living the Halloween dream: The fragile beauty of trick-or-treating, the last of our great compulsory community acts 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z

It’s a clever conceit, though the execution flounders in part because Parsons, who had a 12-season stint on “The Big Bang Theory,” can’t shake the sitcom off himself in the serious sequences. ‘Spoiler Alert’ Review: Perfect Strangers Form Family Ties 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

Had the Pill ever been mentioned in a sitcom script before “Mary Tyler Moore”? If so, the moment has been lost to history. Sex and That ’70s Single Woman, Mary Tyler Moore 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

But whereas comedies on other networks are experimenting with content and format, “CBS’s sitcoms are sliding into a warm bath of retro,” he said, adding “you’ve seen this blueprint executed before.” What’s on TV Monday: Matt LeBlanc in ‘Man With a Plan’ and ‘Beyond Borders’ 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

Does the casting of an actor with cerebral palsy to play a character with cerebral palsy on the ABC sitcom “Speechless” seem manipulative? A Wheelchair on Broadway Isn’t Exploitation. It’s Progress. 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

“Abbott Elementary” — a straight-up, joke-packed broadcast sitcom that makes a bunch of episodes a year and is actually good — is coming back on ABC in September, just as the framers of the Constitution intended. ‘Fall TV’ Is Dead. But Buzz Will Always Be With Us. 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z

Scott called the film “an indigestible Christmas pudding” that is “more like a record label’s greatest-hits compilation or a ‘very special’ sitcom clip-reel show than an actual movie.” What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Deepwater Horizon’ and ‘Europa Report’ 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

For years,  its Monday-night lineup was anchored by a two-hour sitcom block, but the network began to change up its formula last season by introducing freshman drama "Scorpion" at 9 p.m. CBS thumps chest, teases 'noisy' new shows for 2015-16 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z

Since then, British sitcoms have been set in houses, offices, hospitals, prisons, buses and, on occasion, space. Pass notes No 2,834: The sitcom 2010-08-22T19:00:00Z

PST to discuss playing a sitcom mom based on a real person in the period comedy.  Emmy Contenders: Wendi McLendon-Covey live Wednesday at 11 a.m. PST 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

At times, the network made a loss on the show, according to the Los Angeles Times - which may have influenced their decision to replace the sitcom with the much cheaper reality series The Apprentice. Looking back at Friends 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

She imitates the broad, hammy choreography of the network sitcom expertly, transitioning seamlessly between that side of Allison's life and the one where the giggles never show up. On AMC's ambitious "Kevin Can F**k Himself," Annie Murphy is a dutiful sitcom wife who goes rogue 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z

He starred in the Fox time-travel sitcom “Making History,” which was canceled after one season. Adam Pally Is Very, Very Nervous 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

It was while touring the show that Hemsley was approached by Lear about playing a character on the sitcom that would become "All in the Family." Sherman Hemsley of TV's "The Jeffersons" dies 2012-07-25T03:38:08Z

So you shot the segment as if it were an actual three-camera sitcom. Sam Esmail on ‘Mr. Robot,’ His Special Guest Star and That Opening Segment 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

Reagan made 1,200 appearances to promote her campaign, and did a cameo on the sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes” to talk about drug abuse. Melania Trump discusses the opioid epidemic, media coverage and those red Christmas trees 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z

Two years ago, Jezebel did a terrific take on the sitcom cliché of the "skinny glutton" – the quirky Liz Lemons and Grace Adlers whose svelte forms belie their seemingly bottomless appetites. Hollywood's obsession with tiny women, big meals 2011-02-17T21:01:00Z

The star of the 1980s BBC1 sitcom was surrounded by friends and family in a hospice in his home town of Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Hi-de-Hi! star Paul Shane dies, aged 72 2013-05-16T19:55:25Z

In an early episode of the Peacock sitcom “Rutherford Falls,” a source asks a reporter why he went into journalism. With ‘Younger’ and ‘The Bold Type’ Ending, Will TV Turn the Page? 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z

A lot of people probably think of “The Simpsons,” with Homer sitting mindlessly on the couch, with a beer, watching the tube, as an animated sitcom, but it’s actually a documentary. Critic’s Notebook: NickMom, a Late-Night Programming Block on Nick Jr. 2012-11-08T22:51:46Z

ABC’s canceled series include sitcoms “The Beauty and the Baker,” “Bless This Mess,” “Schooled” and “Single Parents,” the drama “Emergence,” and the Tiffany Haddish reality show “Kids Say the Darndest Things.” ABC’s fall TV schedule is set, but virus has say on timing 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z

But the creators — especially Lawrence — are sitcom guys, and structurally, “Shrinking” works like a sitcom. ‘Shrinking’ Review: On the Couch With Harrison Ford 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z

Since it’s scheduled around Modern Family and Fresh Off the Boat, is this another one of ABC’s family sitcoms? The Real O’Neals: gay Catholic sitcom has more than a prayer 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

“M*A*S*H” stepped into, and outside of, a tradition of military sitcoms. ‘M*A*S*H’ at 50: War Is Hell(arious) 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z

It’s as if “Disjointed” wants credit for not being a predictable sitcom yet uses the spoofs to keep a predictable sitcom’s act structure and beats. Review: ‘Disjointed’ Is One Buzzkill of a Pot Comedy 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z

How many producers, after all, would peg the premise of their sitcom to a mystery? ‘How I Met Your Mother’ is set for ‘ambitious’ series finale 2014-03-27T17:57:53Z

He also appeared as himself in another sitcom, “Spin City,” which starred Michael J. Fox as an adviser to a fictional New York City mayor. ‘Game to do it all’: From TV to WWE, Trump the showman set the stage for Trump the candidate 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z

The McCarthys This now-canceled sitcom offers up its final unaired episodes. Saturday's TV highlights, weekend talk: 'Family for Christmas' and more 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

Mr. Harris ends the call by saying that he’ll fly home the next day; he has final episodes of his sitcom to tape. Neil Patrick Harris Prepares for ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ 2014-02-19T13:00:18Z

One day we will wake up and realize this was the best sitcom of the decade and on that day, Rob Lowe will say for the last time, “The Grinder rests.” The week's best TV: Divorce, Timeless and The Mindy Project 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z

The crucial new series will be Sean Hayes’s and Michael J. Fox’s sitcoms, which will be asked to prop up a whole night. TV Networks Prepare for Upfronts 2013-05-12T22:24:33Z

Curious to examine various taxonomies of dramas, sitcoms and variety shows? “It was kind of fun to play Darwin”: Tracing TV’s evolution in “The Platinum Age of Television” 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z

The sitcom, as devised by the duo, centered around the daily travails of three guys on New York’s Upper West Side. How Julia Louis-Dreyfus quietly became the most successful sitcom star ever 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

NBC recently faced criticism for omitting a tribute to victims of the 2005 London bombings from its coverage of the Olympic Games opening ceremony and for pausing the closing ceremony to air a sitcom. NBC defends 9/11 silence omission 2012-09-12T08:58:51Z

But it’s a perfect fit with the authenticity we demand from television now — even in sitcom land. Controversial sitcom ‘The Real O’Neals’ is a charming ‘family, I’m gay’ story 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z

This is a sitcom for everybody, and it's through that medium, the sitcom, that I'm saying, "This is what humanity has been to me, for 38 years." An interview with the dean of "Community" 2011-09-28T22:30:00Z

So on Thursday morning, these revered British actors, who appear together in the PBS sitcom “Vicious,” were wondering what awaited them beyond an afternoon of waving to fans and onlookers. Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi, in a Gay Pride March Debut 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

Such is his following that no one batted an eyelid at the prospect of him starring in front of the camera in a new web sitcom, Husbands. Comic-Con 2012 draws to an end, and Whedon whets the appetite 2012-07-16T14:30:19Z

According to Deadline, the US sitcom Community may return after its recent cancellation, thanks to a deal with on-demand TV streaming service Hulu. Community may live again on Hulu – but should it stay dead? 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

Most of “Blended” has the look and pacing of a three-camera sitcom filmed by a bunch of eighth graders and conceived by their less bright classmates. Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore in ‘Blended’ 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

While Alexander’s flopped sitcoms and Richards’ standup meltdown supported that theory, Seinfeld continued being one of the best standups without missing a beat, and “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” has been wonderful. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, greatest of all time: The “Seinfeld” and “Veep” star is the best TV comedy actor, hands down 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z

She now stars in the NBC sitcom "Parks and Recreation" and is up for an Emmy for lead actress in a comedy series. Amy Poehler, Will Arnett separate after 9 years 2012-09-06T23:32:11Z

On television, she appeared in “Perry Mason” and “Law & Order,” as Murphy Brown’s aunt on the sitcom starring Candice Bergen, and as Mr. Big’s mother on “Sex and the City.” Marian Seldes, celebrated stage actress and interpreter of Albee, dies at 86

But co-star Ben Foster, who also worked with Harrelson in "The Messenger", said the former sitcom star is humble about his talent and the work he puts into bringing a character to life. "Rampart" star Harrelson tries to avoid Oscar buzz 2011-09-12T18:25:13Z

A recent study, alcohol industry critics and even a risqué parody on the animated sitcom South Park echo Romo’s skepticism. The alcohol industry doesn’t want you to drink responsibly 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z

We’d entertain each other playing PlayStation and telling stories of our youth, so we decided to scratch an itch and write a sitcom about being teenagers trapped in suburbia. How we made The Inbetweeners 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z

And thus was born the legend of Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who would become one of the greatest sitcom stars in modern television history. How Julia Louis-Dreyfus quietly became the most successful sitcom star ever 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

In her review for The New York Times, Margaret Lyons called the sitcom “energetically political and progressive,” one that “radiates delight.” What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ and ‘One Day at a Time’ 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z

A good segue to breaking the mold of the sitcom moms in "I'm Sorry." Andrea Savage on "I'm Sorry" season 2: "Your whole life turns to s**t when your kid learns to read" 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z

The sitcom centers on a black family in Los Angeles, the Johnsons, struggling with prosperity. ‘black-ish,’ a New ABC Comedy, Taps Racial Issues 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

The plausibility factor is also what makes “Louie” unlike almost any other sitcom: For a show that contains actual bits of stand-up comedy, it is remarkably unconcerned with laughs. Is Louis C.K. even a comedian? 2012-06-28T18:49:00Z

The award for best sitcom saw The Thick of It, Rev and Twenty Twelve all lose out to Julia Davis's Sky show Hunderby, which was also named best new comedy programme. British comedy awards: The Thick of It actors lead winners 2012-12-13T01:39:59Z

Now, the sisters are seeking damages from one of the most-watched sitcoms of the last decade. Lawsuit: Big Bang Theory's 'Soft Kitty' Infringes Copyright 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z

Alas, the first episode is “quirky and pleasant but not terribly funny, and the comic situations are standard office sitcom.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Training Day’ and ‘Powerless’ 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

One of the dozen is “Next Caller,” a sitcom starring Dane Cook as a misogynist shock jock forced to work with a female co-host. Don Draper?s reckoning nears 2012-05-21T12:45:00Z

A fake English Heritage-style blue plaque has since been put on a bench in Hammersmith, west London, in tribute to the comedian, as the sitcom Bottom was filmed in the borough. Rik Mayall happy and healthy moments before death, says friend 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z

Maybe it’s a sitcom set in New York but featuring only straight, white characters. Perspective | Love-struck hero or creepy harasser? Suddenly we’re seeing our favorite rom-coms in a new light. 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z

“You watch sitcoms and you’re like, how did we ever get away with that? But strangely with Shaw, his sensitivities are so profound that you don’t feel that.” The Problem With Broadway Revivals: They Revive Gender Stereotypes, Too 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z

After serving as an executive producer on the CBS sitcom “Rules of Engagement,” he took over “Last Man Standing” in 2012. ‘Last Man Standing’ Uses an Experienced Stable of Writers 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

Maybe it's the effect of familiarity, or the way Ricky Gervais's spoof sitcom When The Whistle Blows seemed weirdly reminiscent of Wood's Dinnerladies, but she seems to be pigeonholed as cosy. This week's new comedy 2010-10-15T23:06:00Z

It was a good week for Whitney Cummings, who will star in a new NBC sitcom and co-produces "2 Broke Girls" with Michael Patrick King. Comedy and fairy tales upcoming in television 2011-05-22T00:28:07Z

Asner is a pro, with or without a studio audience, with or without a guarantee that “Bennie’s Gym” will become a long-running and beloved network sitcom. Three suburban guys had a crazy dream: To make a sitcom. Then Ed Asner signed on. 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z

Once I'd read it, I realised it wouldn't – but it would be a good sitcom. How we made Men Behaving Badly 2013-03-18T18:30:00Z

Taylor is apparently writing a sitcom "set in the music biz", and slated to star James Blunt. I'm a Celebrity: never mind Nadine, it's expolitative business as usual 2012-11-15T18:33:34Z

The tropes of the genre are so predictable that a whole workplace sitcom, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” is layered atop them. The Protests Come for ‘Paw Patrol’ 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z

Not even because it's one of the funniest sitcoms ever made. Six to watch: TV Tudors 2013-05-24T12:02:18Z

And, conversely, it’s just as hard to find a truly unpleasant heroine of a network drama or sitcom. | 'Body of Proof': Feisty Types? Try Looking in the Morgue 2011-03-28T23:02:39Z

In those days, the television was full of sitcoms about young people living in flat-shares, and so when she invited me to spend the day with her, I jumped at the chance. Family life 2012-02-11T00:05:34Z

Earlier this year, she branched out, recasting “The Shining” as a family sitcom in “Shining Vale” on Starz. ‘Bad Sisters’ Review: The Family That Kills Together (Maybe) 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z

I suppose it is a relief to see that a network sitcom cannot withstand the heat of its star and namesake making a flagrantly racist remark. Much Like a Trump Rally, the End of “Roseanne” Felt Both Shocking and Inevitable 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

As I explain in this article I think we’ve reached a sort of End of Comedy moment, where TV sitcoms are recycling the same topics and set-ups. ArtsBeat Blog: Think You're Funnier Than a Sitcom Writer? 2011-11-23T12:01:22Z

Mostly, Ms. Barks conducts herself like a peppy, tomboyish cutup from a sitcom. Review: Chasing Shopworn Dreams in ‘Pretty Woman: The Musical’ 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z

An old man who exists almost entirely to make gags about being an old man could have come straight from a bad 1970s sitcom. Count Arthur Strong; Howzat! Kerry Packer's War – TV review 2013-07-09T06:00:08Z

The FX comedy’s fifth season reveals a show that is as confident and distinctive as ever, a sitcom that is not quite like anything else on television. “Louie” returns, as hapless and sublime as ever 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z

But without the stylization and exaggeration of the traditional sitcom — like, say, “Scrubs” — they’re jarring and sometimes uncomfortable. ‘Shrinking’ Review: On the Couch With Harrison Ford 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z

But she was primarily considered one of television’s finest comic actresses because of her roles on two of the most popular sitcoms of all time. Mary Tyler Moore, TV star who became symbol of women’s liberation, dies at 80 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

After three years of "30 Rock" domination of the comedy series category, the sitcom may be challenged by the two freshman series that combine humor and sentiment - and nonstop music in the case of "Glee." Newbie `Glee,' late-night shows add Emmy suspense 2010-07-08T08:52:00Z

Web fame soon led to mainstream work on television: Jake earned a regular role on the Disney Channel sitcom “Bizaardvark,” playing — what else — a goofy young social media star. Is Jake Paul a Social Media Genius or a Jerk? 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

Ms. Price-Francis has no problem convincing us that King is the smartest cop in the room, and she easily dispatches the squad-room repartee, which strains for screwball but mostly lands on sitcom. Television Review: ‘King,’ on Reelz, Shows a Tougher Side of Toronto 2013-07-04T21:53:31Z