History Of The Sitcom
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39:53Season 1, Episode 8 - Movin' On of History Of The Sitcom was broadcast by SBS ONE on Tuesday 30 May 2023 at 14:00.
39:52Season 1, Episode 7 - Escaping Reality of History Of The Sitcom was broadcast by SBS ONE on Tuesday 30 May 2023 at 14:00.
39:53Season 1, Episode 6 - Freaks, Geeks & Outsiders of History Of The Sitcom was broadcast by SBS ONE on Tuesday 30 May 2023 at 14:00.
39:53This episode explores the revolution of sex in sitcoms. Since America has long found it easier to laugh about sex than talk seriously about it, sitcom humour has had a critical role ushering in a new era of openness, not just towards sex, but toward women's rights and gender identity.
40:00With cutting-edge humour, pioneering creators and sitcom stars have helped open generations of American minds to the intractable problems of racial injustice and representation. Icons like Norman Lear, Diahann Carroll, Red Foxx, and Freddie Prinze smash open doors with All In The Family and Chico And The Man, but with raci...
39:53Friends, Seinfeld, Living Single. So many of us know the characters in these shows better than most of our real friends. By the 90s, these ‘hanging out with friends’ sitcoms became the vital force driving the genre and, in many ways, pop culture. But it's earlier shows like The Odd Couple, Happy Days, Laverne, and Golden G...
39:52The workplace is a rich source of comedy as it binds vastly different people together with laughter. From The Mary Tyler Moore Show to Murphy Brown, from WKRP to 30 Rock, from Barney Miller to Brooklyn 99, as America's relationship with their jobs changes - and especially as women break through countless workplace barriers...
39:44This episode explores how sitcoms evolve to reflect the changing face of the fundamental social unit that is the family. From I Love Lucy to the blended Brady Bunch, from working class families in All In The Family, Good Times, One Day At A Time, from the groundbreaking Black-ish to Fresh Off The Boat, sitcom humour has he...