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It's the perfect setting for a sitcom because conflict is comedy.
"We used to talk about how cellphones killed the sitcom because no one ever goes to anyone's house anymore," said Abraham Higginbotham, a writer on the show.
I never wanted to do a regular sitcom because I'd be incredibly bored doing the same character week in, week out.
If we did it now, we wouldn't be able to write some lighthearted sitcom because I find the child abuse stuff so depressing.
This is a great engine for a sitcom because the consequences are extreme and the fixes easy and predicated on being good so that everyone can hug their kids and tell them the world is beautiful before sending them off to bed.
You don't have to write a family-based, multi-camera, studio sitcom because you read somewhere that's what they're looking for.
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"Germany hires lots of American writers for TV sitcom shows because, as one executive told me, it's hard for most German writers to make you laugh four times a minute, which is the average number of laughs in a show like 'Seinfeld' or 'Friends,' " Mr. Horton said.
Sure, she wouldn't be able to make any more sitcoms, because the sight of her cold, dead eyes made everyone involuntarily burst into tears and run away, but that was probably the point (see also: Broadchurch).
WB has had to run ads three times to promote a new block of Friday sitcoms because the premieres were moved from Sept. 14 to Sept. 21 and then to Oct. 5.
I admire "30 Rock" and "Parks and Recreation," but in general I don't think it's a good idea to watch other sitcoms because a). a great joke or scene has a way of worming its way into your brain and influencing you in a bad way, and b).
But it is most noticeable on sitcoms because it was not long ago that the genre was dominated by strong, funny women and especially by strong, funny women who made fun of men, from "Roseanne" and "Murphy Brown" to "Ally McBeal" and "Sex and the City".
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