Television Sitcom

Author : Brett Mills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005-11-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015063652583

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Television Sitcom by Brett Mills Pdf

Despite its global reach, longstanding popularity, and immense profitability, sitcom has been repeatedly neglected in theoretical work on television and media. This book demonstrates that this lack needs to be sorely addressed, by dragging analysis of sitcom up to date, with a wealth of contemporary examples, a range of new approaches to the genre, and examination of the roles sitcom and comedy play within society. The book takes as its starting point the variety of ways in which sitcom has traditionally been explored. A chapter on genre examines the history and development of sitcom, and the institutional structures which produce it. There is also analysis of differences between sitcoms produced in a range of countries, and what happens when a programme gets sold abroad and remade. A chapter on representation explores the debates about the ways in which sitcom chooses who to make jokes about and why, and whether this matters. And a chapter on performance argues that this is a vital, and underexplored, aspect of sitcom's funniness, and interrogates the ways in which comic actors make their performance funny. With specific case studies on Will and Grace, The Office, and The Cosby Show, as well as analysis of a broad range of contemporary and historical examples throughout, this book will be of interest to students of sitcom and comedy, as well as those of television and popular culture.

Author : Rick Mitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Situation comedies (Television programs)
ISBN : OCLC:1391552909

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The Great TV Sitcom Book by Rick Mitz Pdf

Author : Holly Willson Holladay,Chandler L. Classen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781040086339

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Television Sitcom and Cultural Crisis by Holly Willson Holladay,Chandler L. Classen Pdf

This volume demonstrates that television comedies are conduits through which we might resist normative ways of thinking about cultural crises. By drawing on Gramscian notion of crisis and the understanding that crises are overlapping, interconnected, and mutually constitutive, the essays in this collection demonstrate that situation comedies do more than make us laugh; they also help us understand the complexities of our social world’s moments of crisis. Each chapter takes up the televisual representation of a modern cultural crisis in a contemporary sitcom and is grounded in the extensive body of literature that suggests that levity is a powerful mechanism to make sense of and cope with these difficult cultural experiences. Divided into thematic sections that highlight crises of institutions and systems, identity and representation, and speculation and futurism, this book will interest scholars of media and cultural studies, political economy, communication studies, and humor studies.

Author : Evan S. Smith
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781101151624

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Writing Television Sitcoms (revised) by Evan S. Smith Pdf

This new edition of Writing Television Sitcoms features the essential information every would-be teleplay writer needs to know to break into the business, including: - Updated examples from contemporary shows such as 30 Rock, The Office and South Park - Shifts in how modern stories are structured - How to recognize changes in taste and censorship - The reality of reality television - How the Internet has created series development opportunities - A refined strategy for approaching agents and managers - How pitches and e-queries work - or don't - The importance of screenwriting competitions

Author : Crispin Tennant
Publisher : Richards Education
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Lights, Laughter, Action: A Comprehensive Guide to Writing a TV Sitcom by Crispin Tennant Pdf

"Lights, Laughter, Action: A Comprehensive Guide to Writing a TV Sitcom" is your ultimate companion on the journey to crafting comedic gold for the small screen. Whether you're a seasoned writer or a budding humorist, this book offers invaluable insights, practical advice, and insider tips from industry professionals. From developing unforgettable characters to pitching your sitcom to networks, each chapter is packed with actionable strategies and creative exercises to help you bring your sitcom vision to life. Get ready to tickle funny bones and leave audiences roaring with laughter as you embark on your sitcom-writing adventure.

Author : Jeremy G. Butler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317530992

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The Sitcom by Jeremy G. Butler Pdf

In this new Routledge Television Guidebook, Jeremy G. Butler studies our love-hate relationship with the durable sitcom, analyzing the genre’s position as a major media artefact within American culture and providing a historical overview of its evolution in the USA. Everyone loves the sitcom genre; and yet, paradoxically, everyone hates the sitcom, too. This book examines themes of gender, race, ethnicity, and the family that are always at the core of humor in our culture, tracking how those discourses are embedded in the sitcom’s relatively rigid storytelling structures. Butler pays particular attention to the sitcom’s position in today’s post-network media landscape and sample analyses of Sex and the City, Black-ish, The Simpsons, and The Andy Griffith Show illuminate how the sitcom is infused with foundational American values. At once contemporary and reflective, The Sitcom is a must-read for students and scholars of television, comedy, and broader media studies, and a great classroom text.

Author : Chris Cowlin
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-15
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781908382832

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The British TV Sitcom Quiz Book by Chris Cowlin Pdf

The sitcom has proved to be one of the most enduring genres in British TV history, reflecting the social changes and national concerns of the time, and has brought many memorable and much-loved characters to our screens. Who can forget iconic figures like Frank Spencer, Basil Fawlty and Reggie Perrin or the antics of the Trotters, the Meldrews and the staff of Grace Brothers' department store, to name but a few? The 1,000 questions in The British TV Sitcom Quiz book will test your knowledge of your favourite series from yesteryear to the current day. From Steptoe and Son, Dad's Army and Porridge to Absolutely Fabulous, The Office, and My Family, this book is bulging with facts that will refresh your memory and help you to recapture some of those magical moments in situation comedy. With a fitting foreword by Brian Murphy from the hilarious ‘70s TV show George and Mildred and Nicholas Parsons OBE, this is a must-have book for all sitcom fans.

Author : Joanne Morreale
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2002-12-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0815629834

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Critiquing the Sitcom by Joanne Morreale Pdf

This is the first anthology that examines the TV sitcom in terms of its treatment of gender, family, class, race, and ethnic issues. The selections range from early shows such as I Remember Mama (George Lipsitz’s “Why Remember Mama? The Changing Face of a Woman’s Narrative”) to the more recent Roseanne (Kathleen Rowe Karlyn’s “Roseanne: Unruly Woman as a Domestic Goddess”). The volume also looks unflinchingly at major controversies; for example, the NAACP boycott of the stereotypical yet wildly popular Amos ‘n’ Andy and the queer reading of Laverne and Shirley. These diverse essays constitute a veritable history of postwar American mores. Some are classic, some forgotten, but all indicate the importance of considering text and subtext (social, historic, industrial) in the critical study of television. A final chapter by Joanne Morreale bids sitcoms adieu with the “cultural spectacle of Seinfeld’s last episode.”

Author : Brett Mills
Publisher : TV Genres
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : 0748637516

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The Sitcom by Brett Mills Pdf

This book offers an overview of the debates surrounding the sitcom genre.

Author : Antonio Savorelli
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786458431

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Beyond Sitcom by Antonio Savorelli Pdf

This book explores the mechanisms that have driven the evolution of televisual comedy from the classic sitcom, a genre deeply rooted in its theatrical origins, toward a more mature stage of television's history. It analyzes four comic series--Scrubs, The Office, The Comeback, and Ugly Betty--revealing how each separates itself from the traditional sitcom archetype and shows increased awareness of the comic genre. Throughout the author focuses on two cardinal themes: the relationship between comedy and euphoria; and the relationship between comic texts and reality.

Author : Dustin Tahmahkera
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781469618685

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Tribal Television by Dustin Tahmahkera Pdf

Tribal Television: Viewing Native People in Sitcoms

Author : Mary M. Dalton,Laura R. Linder
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005-10-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0791465705

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The Sitcom Reader by Mary M. Dalton,Laura R. Linder Pdf

Offers a variety of perspectives on the sitcom genre and its influence on American culture.

Author : Jonathan Bignell,Stephen Lacey
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005-10-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0719069335

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Popular Television Drama by Jonathan Bignell,Stephen Lacey Pdf

This collection of essays examines landmark British television programs of the last forty years, from Doctor Who to The Office, and from The Demon Headmaster to Queer As Folk. Contributions from prominent academics focus on the full range of popular genres, from sitcoms to science fiction, gothic horror and children's drama, and reconsider how British television drama can be analyzed. This book will be of interest to students and researchers in many academic disciplines that study television drama.

Author : Stephen Glynn
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783031412226

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The British Sitcom Spinoff Film by Stephen Glynn Pdf

This book constitutes the first full volume dedicated to an academic analysis of theatrically-released spinoff films derived from British radio and television sitcoms. Regularly maligned as the nadir of British film production and marginalised as a last resort for the financially-bereft industry during the 1970s, this study demonstrates that the sitcom spinoff film has instead been a persistent and important presence in British cinema from the 1940s to the present day, and includes (occasional) works with distinct artistic merit. Alongside an investigation of the economic imperative underpinning these productions, i.e. the exploitation of proven product with a ready-made audience, it is argued that, with a longevity stretching from Arthur Askey and his wartime Band Waggon (1940) to the crew of Kurupt FM and their recent People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan (2021), the British sitcom spinoff can be interpreted as following a full generic ‘life cycle’. Starting with the ‘formative’ stage where works from Hi Gang! (1941) to I Only Arsked! (1958) establish the genre’s characteristics, the spinoff genre moves to its ‘classic’ stage where, secure for form and content, it enjoys considerable popular success with films like Till Death Us Do Part (1969), On the Buses (1971), The Likely Lads (1976) and Rising Damp (1980); the genre’s revival since the late-1990s reveals a more ‘parodic’ final stage, with films like The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse (2005) adopting a consciously self-reflective mode. It is also posited that the sitcom spinoff film is a viable source for social history, with the often-stereotypical re-presentations of characters and events an (often blatant) ideological metonym for the concerns of wider British society, notably in issues of class, race, gender and sexuality.

Author : Tison Pugh
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780813591759

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The Queer Fantasies of the American Family Sitcom by Tison Pugh Pdf

The Queer Fantasies of the American Family Sitcom examines the evasive depictions of sexuality in domestic and family-friendly sitcoms. Tison Pugh charts the history of increasing sexual depiction in this genre while also unpacking how sitcoms use sexuality as a source of power, as a kind of camouflage, and as a foundation for family building. The book examines how queerness, at first latent, became a vibrant yet continually conflicted part of the family-sitcom tradition. Taking into account elements such as the casting of child actors, the use of and experimentation with plot traditions, the contradictory interpretive valences of comedy, and the subtle subversions of moral standards by writers and directors, Pugh points out how innocence and sexuality conflict on television. As older sitcoms often sit on a pedestal of nostalgia as representative of the Golden Age of the American Family, television history reveals a deeper, queerer vision of family bonds.