situation comedy
noun
Examples of situation comedy in a Sentence
Jamie Malanowski, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2023
And without Louie, there would have been no Atlanta or Dave or so many series that blurred reality and situation comedy, hilarity and discomfort.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2024
More than anyone before him, Norman used situation comedy to shine a light on prejudice, intolerance, and inequality.
—Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2023
The tension between the two makes for some of the best culture-specific jokes — and universal situation comedy — around.
—Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2022
The plots are the usual stuff of mainstream situation comedy.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2022
And the second, The Mary Tyler Moore Hour, was a hybrid of situation comedy and variety that featured guest appearances by some of the Eye net’s then current stars.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
His new film Being the Ricardos, an account of the backstage drama at television’s first great situation comedy, I Love Lucy, might have gone either way.
—Jason Bailey, Vulture, 21 Dec. 2021
The charming, conventional situation comedy, based on a British original, is set in a haunted mansion full of bickering roommates, some dead, some alive.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2021
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1932, in the meaning defined above
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