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situation comedy |
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situation comedyor sitcomRadio or television comedy series that involves a continuing cast of characters in a succession of episodes. Often the characters are markedly different types thrown together by circumstance and occupying a shared environment such as an apartment building or workplace. Typically half an hour in length and either taped in front of a studio audience or employing canned applause, they are marked by verbal sparring and rapidly resolved conflicts. |
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| Tonally, though, the movie keeps bouncing between emotional realism and broader situation comedy. But others suspect that reality TV has altered the business model to such an extent that the situation comedy, as millions of viewers know it going back to the days of "I Love Lucy" and "Father Knows Best," is becoming an endangered species. On one hand, it's a situation comedy With a not-for-prime-time premise. |
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