The word "sitcom" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a situation comedy, which is a type of television show that typically follows the everyday life of characters and often includes comedic moments. For example, "Friends is a popular 90s sitcom."
A film adaptation was released in 1971, and the show placed fourth in a BBC poll to find Britain's best sitcom in 2004.
BBC2's new sitcom, Episodes, could not have been more impeccably timed.
Cavaliero is more used to appearing as someone's wife in a sitcom; she was superb in Hunderby, Jam & Jerusalem, Saxondale and a zillion others.
These turned the story of the band into a surreal sitcom, casting them as a hapless odd couple – Spinal Tap meets Men Behaving Badly.
What next I'm judging Britain's Got Talent and beyond that, I have a sitcom for the BBC called Big Top coming up.
Some years ago I was auditioned by the BBC to take over the part of Joey in the hit sitcom Bread.
She was in Coronation Street, appeared in Cabaret and The Sound of Music on the West End stage, and she's particularly fond of the character Laura West, the glamorous granny in 1990s sitcom The Upper Hand.
I wouldn't have been opposed to seeing more of Salem Rogers, a snarky, single-camera sitcom about an off-the-rails ex-model.
As comparatively snappy and sophisticated as the likes of 30 Rock and The Office are, there's clearly such a demand for reliable, traditional sitcom formats that people will watch any old rubbish to get it.
The top 10 was dominated by the BBC, with the penultimate episode of Miranda Hart'sthe sitcom Miranda seen by 6.7 million people, a 27.6% share, and the Doctor Who Christmas special seen by 6.3 million.
And this aspect of the festivities is perfectly caught in The Worst Christmas of My Life, the three-part seasonal special tied to a brilliant sitcom, The Worst Week of My Life, written and directed by Mark Bussell and Justin Sbresni.
