Sitcom

Two shows have already been cancelled. Can diversity fix the network sitcom? Jaime J. Weinman and Adrian Lee discuss.

It’s never been easier to make a quality comedy. So what gives?

I don’t usually notice shot-to-shot continuity errors. Not on first viewing, anyway. But this one really jumped out at me when I...

Here’s one idea I’ve been pondering when it comes to half-hour sitcoms: we (and I mean me) tend to fixate too much on jokes. A lot...

The hit show ‘Modern Family’ never bothers to explain who’s interviewing the characters

A decade ago, David Kohan and Max Mutchnick were the golden boys at NBC (remember them?) with their then-new creation, Will &...

Unlike other crime procedurals, this No. 1 show doesn’t waste time on how it happened

Supernatural does a lot of gimmick episodes, and last night’s episode was done as a parody of various types of TV shows: Grey’s...

One of my pet peeves, as a sitcom fan, is the inaccurate use of the term "laugh track." A laugh track is laughter added to a show...

I was asked on Twitter to clarify my reasons for saying that multi-camera comedies should stop hiring James Burrows to...