situation comedy

Example Sentences

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“Not everything was a funny situation. We weren’t a situation comedy, a lot of it was dreadful.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

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

Lane is not an actor who has ever lacked for work, but the one thing that has evaded him in his much-laureled stage and screen career is a starring role in a successful situation comedy.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

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