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sitcom

[sit-kom] / ˈsɪtˌkɒm /


NOUN
situation comedy
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Backshall recalled it as a "crazy version" of the TV sitcom The Good Life.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Haskins — best known for playing Principal Richard Belding on the classic ‘90s teen sitcom “Saved by the Bell” — died Sunday night, after an eight-year battle with Parkinson’s disease, among other health issues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“It’s my Cheers,” Haskins said, referring to the fictional Boston bar from the 1980s sitcom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Although Allen and the original series’ head writer, Susan Fales-Hill, shaped the show into the version considered a sitcom classic, Bill Cosby’s creator credit tainted its reputation.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

That's how Park's dad came home every night, like the dad in a sitcom.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell

At a time when other sitcoms occasionally tackled social issues in “very special” episodes and “The Cosby Show” hewed to its namesake star’s dedication to respectability politics, “A Different World” regularly confronted harder topics.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

While her parents worked, she and her brother watched a lot of TV, sitcoms like “Diff’rent Strokes” and “Small Wonder” and soaps like “Dynasty” and “Dallas.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Cregger then made a living as a reliable funny guy delivering smarmy punchlines in a series of short-lived sitcoms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Actor Richard O'Sullivan, whose roles included Robin Tripp in 1970s TV sitcoms Man About the House and Robin's Nest, has died aged 82.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Everything I think of when I think of really living, living to the full—all my ideas are just the opening credits of sitcoms.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson




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