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sitcom

[sit-kom] / ˈsɪtˌkɒm /


NOUN
situation comedy
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The inspiration: the character Tony Micelli from the 1980s sitcom “Who’s the Boss?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

After nearly a decade away from the TV series scene, Saint James returned in CBS’ unconventional sitcom, “Kate & Allie.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The sitcom creative explained how that instance inspired him to work hard to make it in Hollywood.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

This one is very real: a kind of Vision 2.0, rebuilt by the intelligence agency tasked with saving the New Jersey town Wanda took hostage to shore up her classic family sitcom simulation.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

She looked at the television screen, a sitcom that she’d muted with the remote control when the phone rang.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

One of Lorre’s most popular sitcoms, “Two and a Half Men” was located in a fictional oceanfront property in Malibu, Calif.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Ray Galton and Alan Simpson went on to create the sitcoms Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe and Son.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Both “WandaVision” and “Agatha” were meditations on grief, trauma and motherhood, by way of sitcoms and magical escape rooms, respectively.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

At the same time, they have become progressively vitriolic toward anyone who notes that the era’s realities were much harsher than what was shown on Nick at Nite sitcoms.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

He took more time eating and looking at nature and wasted no time in front of TV sitcoms or “Movies of the Week.”

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom


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