In this new Routledge Television Guidebook, Jeremy Butler studies our love–hate relationship with the durable sitcom, analyzing the genre’s position as a major media artifact within American culture and providing a historical overview of its evolution in the USA.Read more…
21st-Century Comedies Centered on Unmarried Women
I just put together a table of 21st-century comedies that are woman-centered and was surprised to see just how many of them had women creators, showrunners, and/or executive producers. Even if you drop out the EP’s that are just vanityRead more…
The Andy Griffith Show Wiki
The Big Bang Theory- Live Show Taping
How Do Laugh Tracks Work? Video
The Brain Stuff show put together a pretty useful overview of how laugh tracks work, including a bit of scientific data. They cite many of their sources, which is quite handy (see below). Published on June 23, 2014. The source they cite:Read more…
Larry Gelbart on “The Interview” Episode of M*A*S*H
Julia Interviews
Several interviews related to Julia (1968-71): http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/shows/julia
Norman Lear on All in the Family
Interview with the Creators of the First US TV Sitcom: Mary Kay and Johnny Stearns
Lots of Old-Time Radio Episodes Are Online
The amount of old-time radio recordings online is a bit intimidating. There are thousands of hours of shows that have slipped into the public domain. As I’ve been working on a radio-sitcom section of my book, I’ve often used archive.org forRead more…