Are sitcoms unrealistic because they depict people having a lot of time in the day to do things besides working, sleeping, and choring?
Or are they realistic because their runtime is less than 30 minutes, approximately the amount of time most people have remaining after working, sleeping, and choring?
Season two of the Night Court reboot is horrible and tonight's episode was unwatchable.
It had to be said.
I'm not sure if it is the actors or the actors coaching, esp with guests actors.
I've noticed the same mannerisms across several sitcoms which leads me to think it might be a pattern.
Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel need to stick to comedy and voice acting & away from sitcoms. Acting sucked. Scheer did good on Star Trek Lower Decks. Same for Huebel in Bob's Burgers. #tv#sitcoms#NightCourt
"Hogan darling, are you gonna kiss me now or latter?"
The one and only Russian Femme Fatale, always asigned to seduce the German staff, but who also loved to practice the seduction game with Hogan. Shown here on the picture with Putsy, after a regular sabotage mission
Matt Baume celebrating the life and works of Norman Lear who helped create many iconic American Sitcoms including the queer representation that make them great. A celebration of a man who was labeled the “No. 1 enemy of the American family” by Jerry Falwell and made it onto Richard Nixon’s “Enemies List”.
The actress (Zoe Perry) that plays Mary Cooper on Young Sheldon is the real-life daughter of the actress (Laurie Metcalf) that played the same character, Mary Cooper, on The Big Bang Theory.
I got tired of seeing "Seinfeld" and 'Friends" (two shows I never liked) treated as the be-all and end-all of sitcoms made within the last 30 years. That and a ton of sitcoms starring Black people I rarely or never see mentioned in articles about what's streaming/on video (or just 90s/00s nostalgia).
That said, "a ton" was right. When I set out on this article, even after paring down a bunch of stuff (animation, one-season sitcoms, etc.), the list of Black sitcoms is long enough I'll have to make a separate follow-up post for 2000s sitcoms.
I am Paco, a #Journalism associate professor at Complutense University in Spain
I come from Twitter, and I used to talk, mostly, about my daily experiences as teacher and researcher. I also shared text (mine and others’) about #propaganda, #mediahistory, #socialmedia,#polcomm, meta-research, and whatever I found interesting or appealing
Beyond the academic stuff, I am a #metalhead, I love fantasy literature (huge fan of Terry Pratchett), #cooking, #comics and #sitcoms
Hi! New instance, new #introduction :ablobwob: I'm Kal, a queer filipino with chronic Just-A-Lil-Guy-ism. If I must be perceived I'd like to be thought of as "good uncomplicated company", but honestly I might be unhinged? I'm prone to making text walls and playlists when I have brainrot. I enjoy talking to new people about the things we care about, and I love to rage as much as I love to hope.
Expect a lot of boosting, personal blubbering, and fandom excitement.
Mary Tyler Moore was one of the all-time comedy greats. Documentary "Being Mary Tyler Moore" builds a portrait of her as a feminist icon who didn't always want to identify as feminist, and a public star who wanted to remain private. Here's a review of the two-hour film, which lands on HBO today.
Norman Lear & the Power of Television (www.youtube.com)
Matt Baume celebrating the life and works of Norman Lear who helped create many iconic American Sitcoms including the queer representation that make them great. A celebration of a man who was labeled the “No. 1 enemy of the American family” by Jerry Falwell and made it onto Richard Nixon’s “Enemies List”.