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21st-Century Comedies Centered on Unmarried Women

Jun 21, 2018By SitcomAdmin

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…

Jun 21, 2018SitcomAdmin

TV Ratings: 1950-1999

May 25, 2016By SitcomAdmin

When researching the impact of sitcoms, it’s often handy to refer to the Nielsen ratings for specific years. The Website, Classic TV Hits has compiled them for 1950-1999. Thanks! http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/index.htm

May 25, 2016SitcomAdmin

Fascinating Charts Show IMDb Ratings of Sitcoms

Sep 2, 2015By Jeremy Butler
Sep 2, 2015Jeremy Butler

Where/When Did “Situation Comedy” and “Sitcom” Originate?

Jan 9, 2015By SitcomAdmin

Tracking down the etymology of the phrase “situation comedy” and its abbreviation to “sitcom” is difficult. The Oxford English Dictionary points us to a 1964 Life magazine article by David Martin and the sentence, “Even Bing Crosby has succumbed to seriesRead more…

Jan 9, 2015SitcomAdmin

AmericanRadioHistory.Com

Oct 6, 2014By Jeremy Butler

Holy crap! AmericanRadioHistory.com has “two million pages of AM, FM & TV Broadcasting history online”! Tons and tons of cool PDFs of both radio and TV trade magazines. A terrific resource for radio/TV scholars. via AmericanRadioHistory.Com – Documenting the HistoryRead more…

Oct 6, 2014Jeremy Butler

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