Sitcom

Definition

sitcom /'sÇtkɒm/ n ( infml ) = SITUATION COMEDY

Examples

1. ‘This was a so-so sitcom with ambitious but unconvincing dance numbers and wrestling action.’
2. ‘Radio Scotland's comedy writing initiative has produced pilots of three brand new sitcoms.’
3. ‘Paul has taken to his first sitcom like bingo's two little ducks to water.’
4. ‘The series had a robust energy but was just too sour and downbeat to really work as a sitcom.’
5. ‘This was a laboured sitcom peopled by stereotypical characters in unlikely plots.’
6. ‘She has a diploma in dramatic writing and has also written a sitcom.’
7. ‘There are just too many comedies
8. sitcoms
9. realty TV shows and then some that all seem to blur into one big mess.’
10. ‘With the declining health of sitcoms
11. television has had to look in new directions to reel in viewers.’
12. ‘It was a sitcom
13. a workplace ensemble comedy set in a police station.’
14. ‘Worryingly
15. children are viewing a lot of what is not meant for them
16. especially the sitcoms and soaps.’
17. ‘During the daytime there's the usual mix of American soaps
18. chat shows
19. dated sitcoms with the occasional old film thrown in.’
20. ‘It's always struck me that most successful sitcoms say great things about America.’
21. ‘He has directed and written since 1979 and is about to appear in a new sitcom for BBC Scotland.’
22. ‘Not to mince words
23. this was an appalling sitcom
24. and how it lasted for four series beggars belief.’
25. ‘She is currently editing an anthology of critical essays about television sitcoms.’
26. ‘Predictability is still the reason sitcoms draw big audiences and big advertising dollars.’
27. ‘Certainly when Carla started out writing in the Sixties
28. there were very few women writing comedy or sitcoms led by women.’
29. ‘Will the sounds of those delightful Sichuan sitcoms be silenced forever?’
30. ‘The producers experimented with a US sitcom style and the first two series of the new show were shot on film.’
31. ‘Thus
32. American television has moved away from expensive sitcoms and on to cheap thrills.’