This book offers an overview of the debates surrounding the sitcom genre.

Describes the writing method called premise-driven comedy, examines how comedy affects character development and story structure, discusses guidelines on script

In this new Routledge Television Guidebook, Jeremy G. Butler studies our love-hate relationship with the durable sitcom, analyzing the genre’s position as a m

This is the first anthology that examines the TV sitcom in terms of its treatment of gender, family, class, race, and ethnic issues. The selections range from e