Sentence examples for build a sitcom around from inspiring English sources

Now he wants to build a sitcom around Stine, as a put-upon Everyman.

For decades, the trajectory of a successful comedy career in New York had involved doing standup, winning a spot on a late-night talk show, and hoping that a network executive would build a sitcom around you, as happened with Jerry Seinfeld and Ray Romano.

For his part, Sen. Reid said that the Senate Democrats accepted CBS' offer for the detainees after turning down a competing bid from NBC, who had hoped to build a sitcom around them in the style of "The Office".

Every time the Moviefone guys decided that the voice was truly excessive and needed replacing, some TV sitcom like "Seinfeld" would build a plot around it, and company types came to view the voice like Lazarus.

Could he build a business around it?

Film's Not Dead (You): New Efforts buildn a Return To Analog Photography.

Letterman, Burnett and Robert Morton, Late Show producer at the time, had been discussing the possibility of creating a sitcom around a stand-up comic, á la Seinfeld.

The series did not become a breakout hit, but it lasted for four seasons and helped CBS build a new lineup of sitcoms.

A sitcom from award-winning comedian Josie Long about a young woman trying to build a new, more fulfilling life for herself in Glasgow.

She built a summer around both.

It's not the worst sitcom around by any means, but it could so easily have been a lot better.