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30 Rock
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The American Invasion
Ten Sitcoms Every Comedy Writer Should Watch (Plus Three I Couldn’t Leave Out)
Where Are the Women? Comparing Female Representation in UK and US Comedy
A
Abbott Elementary
Top Ten Comedies That Spoke to Us - Literally
Top Ten TV Comedy Mockumentaries of the 21st Century
Where Are the Women? Comparing Female Representation in UK and US Comedy
Absolutely Fabulous
Top Ten Female Sitcom Characters of All Time (the Brit Edition)
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The Brit Edition
Ten Sitcoms Every Comedy Writer Should Watch (Plus Three I Couldn’t Leave Out)
Where Are the Women? Comparing Female Representation in UK and US Comedy
Stop Smiling: On Women, Comedy, and Being Done With Making Myself Smaller
The Myth of "Relatable" Comedy: Why Truth Matters More Than Realism (coming soon)
Alma's Not Normal
When You Just Wanted to Laugh: Ten 'Comedies' That Left Us Emotionally Wrecked Instead
Amandaland
One Year of Write to Comedy: Comedy Is Dead. Again. Apparently.
And Just Like That
Cosmopolitans, Curveballs & Connection: Friendship in Sex and the City & And Just Like That
Arrested Development
Top Ten Comedies That Spoke to Us - Literally
Top Ten Smartest Comedies That Still Managed to Be Funny
Reboots, Revivals, and TV’s Favourite Habit: Coming Back Like Nothing Happened
B
Baby Reindeer
When You Just Wanted to Laugh: Ten 'Comedies' That Left Us Emotionally Wrecked Instead
Back to Life
When You Just Wanted to Laugh: Ten 'Comedies' That Left Us Emotionally Wrecked Instead
Barry
When You Just Wanted to Laugh: Ten 'Comedies' That Left Us Emotionally Wrecked Instead
Why Some Sitcoms Feel Instantly Cosy (And Others Feel Like Work)
The Bear
When You Just Wanted to Laugh: Ten 'Comedies' That Left Us Emotionally Wrecked Instead
Beef
When You Just Wanted to Laugh: Ten 'Comedies' That Left Us Emotionally Wrecked Instead
The Big Bang Theory
The Top Ten Sitcom Theme Tunes
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The American Invasion
Do Sitcom Casts Really Like Each Other? What We Know, What We Assume, and Why It Matters (coming soon)
Big Mood
When You Just Wanted to Laugh: Ten 'Comedies' That Left Us Emotionally Wrecked Instead
Blackadder
Top Ten Smartest Comedies That Still Managed to Be Funny
Nearly Not Funny: The Sitcoms That Were Rescued at the Last Minute
This Time Next Year… We’ll Still Be Quoting Sitcoms
Black-ish
BoJack Horseman
When You Just Wanted to Laugh: Ten 'Comedies' That Left Us Emotionally Wrecked Instead
Why Some Sitcoms Feel Instantly Cosy (And Others Feel Like Work)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Ten Comedy Moments That Stepped Out of Line (and Changed Everything)
C
Cheers
Norm: Why Norm Was The Best Character on Cheers
Eight Sitcom Heroes Who Haven’t Aged Well
The Top Ten Sitcom Theme Tunes
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The American Invasion
Ten Sitcoms Every Comedy Writer Should Watch
Nearly Not Funny: The Sitcoms That Were Rescued at the Last Minute
Reboots, Revivals, and TV’s Favourite Habit: Coming Back Like Nothing Happened
Do Sitcom Casts Really Like Each Other? What We Know, What We Assume, and Why It Matters (coming soon)
Chewing Gum
Where Are the Women? Comparing Female Representation in UK and US Comedy
Community
Ten Comedy Moments That Stepped Out of Line (and Changed Everything)
Top Ten Smartest Comedies That Still Managed to Be Funny
Do Sitcom Casts Really Like Each Other? What We Know, What We Assume, and Why It Matters (coming soon)
Community: Six Seasons, Several Disasters, and Still Waiting for a Movie (coming soon)
The Comeback
Reboots, Revivals, and TV’s Favourite Habit: Coming Back Like Nothing Happened
One Year of Write to Comedy: Comedy is Dead. Again. Apparently
Coupling
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The Brit Edition
Cunk on Earth
Top Ten TV Comedy Mockumentaries of the 21st Century
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Top Ten Smartest Comedies That Still Managed to Be Funny
Ten Sitcoms Every Comedy Writer Should Watch
D
Dad's Army
The Top Ten Sitcom Theme Tunes
This Time Next Year… We’ll Still Be Quoting Sitcoms
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The Brit Edition
Daddy Issues
One Year of Write to Comedy: Comedy is Dead. Again. Apparently
Derry Girls
Top Ten Female Sitcom Characters of All Time (the Brit Edition)
The Myth of "Relatable" Comedy: Why Truth Matters More Than Realism (coming soon)
Detectorists
Top Ten Smartest Comedies That Still Managed to Be Funny
Why Some Sitcoms Feel Instantly Cosy (And Others Feel Like Work)
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The American Invasion
Dinnerladies
Victoria Wood: The Standard We’re Still Trying to Reach
Drop the Dead Donkey
Eight Sitcom Heroes Who Haven't Aged Well
E
Early Doors
Battle of the Comedies: British Precision vs American Heart
Why Some Sitcoms Feel Instantly Cosy (And Others Feel Like Work)
Ever Decreasing Circles
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The Brit Edition
Everybody Loves Raymond
Do Sitcom Casts Really Like Each Other? What We Know, What We Assume, and Why It Matters (Coming Soon)
F
Fawlty Towers
Where Are the Women? Comparing Female Representation in UK and US Comedy
Laughing at the Past: The Problematic Legacy of British Sitcoms
Stop Smiling: On Women, Comedy, and Being Done With Making Myself Smaller
Too Smart to Laugh? Are We Too Media Literate for Sitcoms Now?
Feel Good
Laughing Towards Progress: How Comedy Has Shifted LGBTQ+ Perceptions on Screen
Film Club
One Year of Write to Comedy: Comedy is Dead. Again. Apparently
Fleabag
Fleabag: Ten Years On & It Still Feels Like a Quiet Revolution
Top Ten Comedies That Spoke to Us - Literally
Top Ten Smartest Comedies That Still Managed to Be Funny
Ten Sitcoms Every Comedy Writer Should Watch
Where Are the Women? Comparing Female Representation in UK and US Comedy
Stop Smiling: On Women, Comedy, and Being Done With Making Myself Smaller
The Myth of "Relatable" Comedy: Why Truth Matters More Than Realism (coming soon)
Frasier
Battle of the Comedies: British Precision vs American Heart
Reboots, Revivals, and TV’s Favourite Habit: Coming Back Like Nothing Happened
The Joke That Shouldn't Work (But Does)
The Top Ten Sitcom Theme Tunes
Ten Sitcoms Every Comedy Writer Should Watch (Plus Three I Couldn’t Leave Out)
Top Ten Smartest Comedies That Still Managed to Be Funny
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The American Invasion
Do Sitcom Casts Really Like Each Other? What We Know, What We Assume, and Why It Matters (coming soon)
The Myth of "Relatable" Comedy: Why Truth Matters More Than Realism (coming soon)
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Top Ten Sitcom Theme Tunes
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The American Invasion
Friday Night Dinner
Battle of the Comedies: British Precision vs American Heart
This Time Next Year… We’ll Still Be Quoting Sitcoms
Friends
Battle of the Comedies: British Precision vs American Heart
Eight Sitcom Heroes Who Haven’t Aged Well
The Joke That Shouldn't Work (But Does)
The Top Ten Sitcom Theme Tunes
Ten Sitcoms Every Comedy Writer Should Watch (Plus Three I Couldn’t Leave Out)
This Time Next Year… We’ll Still Be Quoting Sitcoms
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The American Invasion
Why Sitcoms Love a Halloween Special
Do Sitcom Casts Really Like Each Other? What We Know, What We Assume, and Why It Matters (coming soon)
G
Gavin & Stacey
Top Ten Female Sitcom Characters of All Time (the Brit Edition)
This Time Next Year… We’ll Still Be Quoting Sitcoms
Do Sitcom Casts Really Like Each Other? What We Know, What We Assume, and Why It Matters (coming soon)
The Golden Girls
The Top Ten Sitcom Theme Tunes
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The American Invasion
Do Sitcom Casts Really Like Each Other? What We Know, What We Assume, and Why It Matters (coming soon)
The Good Life
Top Ten Female Sitcom Characters of All Time (the Brit Edition)
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The Brit Edition
What I Learned from Watching a Fifty Year Old Sitcom
The Good Place
Goodnight Sweetheart
Eight Sitcom Heroes Who Haven’t Aged Well
H
Hacks
One Year of Write to Comedy: Comedy Is Dead. Again. Apparently.
Happy Days
Eight Sitcom Heroes Who Haven’t Aged Well
Here We Go
One Year of Write to Comedy: Comedy Is Dead. Again. Apparently.
I
I Love Lucy
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The American Invasion
Ten Sitcoms Every Comedy Writer Should Watch
In Sickness and in Health
Alf Garnett: The Bigot Who Wasn’t Meant to Win
Inside No. 9
Top Ten Smartest Comedies That Still Managed to Be Funny
Ten Comedy Moments That Stepped Out of Line (and Changed Everything)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Ten Comedy Moments That Stepped Out of Line (and Changed Everything)
It's Garry Shandling's Show
Top Ten Comedies That Spoke to Us - Literally
J
Jury Duty
When Is a Comedy Not a Comedy? Jury Duty and the Scripted Reality Sitcom
Top Ten TV Comedy Mockumentaries of the 21st Century
K
Kath & Kim
Theme Tunes That Stuck in Our Heads
Keeping Up Appearances
Top Ten Female Sitcom Characters of All Time (the Brit Edition)
Laughing at the Past: The Problematic Legacy of British Sitcoms
Kevin Can F**k Himself
When You Just Wanted to Laugh: Ten 'Comedies' That Left Us Emotionally Wrecked Instead
L
The Larry Sanders Show
Ten Sitcoms Every Comedy Writer Should Watch
Loudermilk
When You Just Wanted to Laugh: Ten 'Comedies' That Left Us Emotionally Wrecked Instead
Love Thy Neighbour
Laughing at the Past: The Problematic Legacy of British Sitcoms
M
M A S*H
The Top Ten Sitcom Theme Tunes
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The American Invasion
Malcolm in the Middle
Reboots, Revivals, and TV’s Favourite Habit: Coming Back Like Nothing Happened
One Year of Write to Comedy: Comedy Is Dead. Again. Apparently.
Mandy
One Year of Write to Comedy: Comedy Is Dead. Again. Apparently.
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Where Are the Women? Comparing Female Representation in UK and US Comedy
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The American Invasion
Mind Your Language
Laughing at the Past: The Problematic Legacy of British Sitcoms
Miranda
Top Ten Female Sitcom Characters of All Time (the Brit Edition)
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The Brit Edition
Modern Family
Battle of the Comedies: British Precision vs American Heart
Laughing Towards Progress: How Comedy Has Shifted LGBTQ+ Perceptions on Screen
Top Ten TV Comedy Mockumentaries of the 21st Century
Why Sitcoms Love a Halloween Special
Do Sitcom Casts Really Like Each Other? What We Know, What We Assume, and Why It Matters (coming soon)
Mr Bigstuff
Mrs Brown's Boys
Leave Mrs Brown’s Boys Alone: The Case Against Comedy Snobbery
One Year of Write to Comedy: Comedy Is Dead. Again. Apparently.
My Family
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The Brit Edition
N
New Girl
Newhart
Not Going Out
Battle of the Comedies: British Precision vs American Heart
Not Going Out: Putting the Sit in Sitcom Since 2006
One Year of Write to Comedy: Comedy Is Dead. Again. Apparently.
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The Brit Edition
O
The Office (UK)
Twenty-Five Years of The Office - The Sitcom That Changed Comedy Forever
Top Ten TV Comedy Mockumentaries of the 21st Century
Top Ten Comedies That Spoke to Us - Literally
Top Ten Female Sitcom Characters of All Time (the Brit Edition)
The Top Ten Sitcom Theme Tunes
Theme Tunes That Stuck in Our Heads
Nearly Not Funny: The Sitcoms That Were Rescued at the Last Minute
Ten Sitcoms Every Comedy Writer Should Watch
The Failure and Success of The Office (US) And What I (We) Can Learn From It
The Myth of "Relatable" Comedy: Why Truth Matters More Than Realism (coming soon)
The Office (US)
The Failure and Success of The Office (US) And What I (We) Can Learn From It
Top Ten Comedies That Spoke to Us - Literally
Eight Sitcom Heroes Who Haven’t Aged Well
This Time Next Year… We’ll Still Be Quoting Sitcoms
The Paper: Same Office, New Ink
When Is a Comedy Not a Comedy? Jury Duty and the Scripted Reality Sitcom
Do Sitcom Casts Really Like Each Other? What We Know, What We Assume, and Why It Matters (coming soon)
Only Fools and Horses
Laughing at the Past: The Problematic Legacy of British Sitcoms
Nearly Not Funny: The Sitcoms That Were Rescued at the Last Minute
The Top Ten Sitcom Theme Tunes
Theme Tunes That Stuck in Our Heads
This Time Next Year… We’ll Still Be Quoting Sitcoms
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The Brit Edition
Where Are the Women? Comparing Female Representation in UK and US Comedy
One Foot in the Grave
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The Brit Edition
This Time Next Year… We’ll Still Be Quoting Sitcoms
Only Murders in the Building
One Year of Write to Comedy: Comedy Is Dead. Again. Apparently.
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The Paper
The Paper: Same Office, New Ink
Parks and Recreation
Top Ten TV Comedy Mockumentaries of the 21st Century
Top Ten Comedies That Spoke to Us - Literally
This Time Next Year… We’ll Still Be Quoting Sitcoms
Nearly Not Funny: The Sitcoms That Were Rescued at the Last Minute
Party Down
Reboots, Revivals, and TV’s Favourite Habit: Coming Back Like Nothing Happened
Peep Show
People Just Do Nothing
Top Ten TV Comedy Mockumentaries of the 21st Century
Platonic
One Year of Write to Comedy: Comedy Is Dead. Again. Apparently.
R
Red Dwarf
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The Brit Edition
Theme Tunes That Stuck in Our Heads
Roseanne
Ten Comedy Moments That Stepped Out of Line (and Changed Everything)
Why Sitcoms Love a Halloween Special
Reboots, Revivals, and TV’s Favourite Habit: Coming Back Like Nothing Happened
Where Are the Women? Comparing Female Representation in UK and US Comedy
The Royle Family
Top Ten Female Sitcom Characters of All Time (the Brit Edition)
This Time Next Year… We’ll Still Be Quoting Sitcoms
S
Schitt's Creek
The Genius of Moira Rose - And the Woman Who Gave Her a Voice
Laughing Towards Progress: How Comedy Has Shifted LGBTQ+ Perceptions on Screen
Scrubs
Reboots, Revivals, and TV’s Favourite Habit: Coming Back Like Nothing Happened
One Year of Write to Comedy: Comedy Is Dead. Again. Apparently.
Sean's Show
Top Ten Comedies That Spoke to Us - Literally
Seinfeld
The Sitcom About Nothing: Why 'Nothing' Is Doing All the Work
This Time Next Year… We’ll Still Be Quoting Sitcoms
Nearly Not Funny: The Sitcoms That Were Rescued at the Last Minute
Ten Sitcoms Every Comedy Writer Should Watch
Do Sitcom Casts Really Like Each Other? What We Know, What We Assume, and Why It Matters (coming soon)
Sex and the City
Cosmopolitans, Curveballs & Connection: Friendship in Sex and the City & And Just Like That
Top Ten Comedies That Spoke to Us - Literally
The Simpsons
Why Sitcoms Love a Halloween Special
This Time Next Year… We’ll Still Be Quoting Sitcoms
Ten Sitcoms Every Comedy Writer Should Watch
Small Prophets
Why Some Sitcoms Feel Instantly Cosy (And Others Feel Like Work)
One Year of Write to Comedy: Comedy Is Dead. Again. Apparently.
Spaced
Top Ten Female Sitcom Characters of All Time (the Brit Edition)
Top Ten Smartest Comedies That Still Managed to Be Funny
Ten Sitcoms Every Comedy Writer Should Watch
Steptoe and Son
Laughing at the Past: The Problematic Legacy of British Sitcoms
Do Sitcom Casts Really Like Each Other? What We Know, What We Assume, and Why It Matters (coming soon)
Superstore
T
The Thick of It
Top Ten Smartest Comedies That Still Managed to Be Funny
This Country
Top Ten TV Comedy Mockumentaries of the 21st Century
Where Are the Women? Comparing Female Representation in UK and US Comedy
Till Death Us Do Part
Alf Garnett: The Bigot Who Wasn’t Meant to Win
Laughing at the Past: The Problematic Legacy of British Sitcoms
Too Much
One Year of Write to Comedy: Comedy Is Dead. Again. Apparently.
Twenty Twelve
Top Ten TV Comedy Mockumentaries of the 21st Century
Two and a Half Men
Do Sitcom Casts Really Like Each Other? What We Know, What We Assume, and Why It Matters (coming soon)
V
Veep
Top Ten Smartest Comedies That Still Managed to Be Funny
The Vicar of Dibley
The Vicar of Dibley: Curly Wurlys, Kindness and a Quiet Comedy Revolution
Top Ten Female Sitcom Characters of All Time (the Brit Edition)
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The Brit Edition
Laughing at the Past: The Problematic Legacy of British Sitcoms
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
Victoria Wood: The Standard We’re Still Trying to Reach
W
W1A
Top Ten TV Comedy Mockumentaries of the 21st Century
What We Do in the Shadows
Top Ten TV Comedy Mockumentaries of the 21st Century
Top Ten Comedies That Spoke to Us - Literally
Will & Grace
Laughing Towards Progress: How Comedy Has Shifted LGBTQ+ Perceptions on Screen
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The American Invasion
Reboots, Revivals, and TV’s Favourite Habit: Coming Back Like Nothing Happened
Y
Yes, Minister
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