situation comedy

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Meaning

a humorous television program based on situations that could arise in everyday life

a humorous drama based on situations that might arise in day-to-day life

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There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation of show business, and especially situation comedy. Sally Field

Certainly situation comedy is harder than people who are good at it make it look, but it's fun to do something different. Laura San Giacomo

The male image has been so pulled down by situation comedy in the last 15 years, it is frightening. I don't like what has happened to the American male. Bill Bixby

I've an idea for doing a Situation Comedy myself but its always difficult to get people to listen to you because they like to put their own ideas forward. Norman Wisdom

Situation comedy on television has thrived for years on canned laughter grafted by gaglines by technicians using records of guffawing audiences that have been dead for years. Russell Baker

I'd like to come back because I really miss doing situation comedy. John Goodman

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