situation comedy

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It’s part situation comedy, part reality show, part prank show.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

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

Tracy Morgan has fetched up in a multicamera, filmed-before-a-live-audience situation comedy, “Crutch.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 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