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sitcom

[sit-kom] / ˈsɪtˌkɒm /


NOUN
situation comedy
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So, we created a character named Tommy Tomlin — another hairdresser and longtime friend of Mickey’s who Valerie hires to step in and take Mickey’s place and be the hairdresser on her new AI-written sitcom.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Scott currently stars in the sitcom series “Shifting Gears,” which was recently renewed for a third season.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

Davis, the daughter of comedian Jasper Carrott, starred as the office receptionist in the groundbreaking sitcom, which ran from 2001 to 2003.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

The concept debuted in a 2013 promo for NBC’s coverage of the English Premier League, then launched as a full-blown sitcom during the angst and fear of the coronavirus pandemic seven years later.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 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

The mismatch—the strictures of the business world and a galloping imagination—launched Kafka and his innumerable artistic progeny, which continue all the way to today’s deadpan sitcoms detailing strange doings at the office.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Starting early in his career, sitcoms such as “Roseanne,” “Dharma and Greg,” “Two and a Half Men” and “The Big Bang Theory” had much of the action happening in the living room.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

The house played host to some iconic scenes through the Ruth Jones and James Corden sitcoms original three series run, and in later specials.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

If you love sitcoms, know that Burrows, who died Friday, June 19, at the age of 85, planted many seeds of that affection.

From Salon Jun. 20, 2026

But, as quickly became clear when these sitcoms became two of the most successful programs in television history, viewers didn’t actually hate them.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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