situation comedy
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The late Carl Reiner, who created the series and based Van Dyke’s TV writer on himself, called his star the single most talented man in situation comedy.
From Salon • Dec. 13, 2025
It is, in short, your basic “High School Musical”-“Glee”-“Smash”-“Waiting for Guffman”-type community-theater situation comedy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
The first time was in 1997 when “Roseanne,” the situation comedy that introduced us to the tight-knit but combative working class family from Lanford, Ill., came to a close after nine seasons.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2025
But they’ll be friendly before long and living together by the end of the second episode, amplifying the situation in the situation comedy.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024
Together we resembled the cast of a dopey situation comedy, something called Grin and Bear It, or Hello, Dolly.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
