History Of The Sitcom
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History Of The Sitcom

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Reminisce about the television you grew up watching and explore how sitcoms have helped generations of Americans navigate an ever-shifting cultural landscape.
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  1. T1 E1 - A Family Matter

    10 de julio de 2021
    42 min
    TV-14
    American sitcoms have evolved to reflect the changing face of the fundamental social "situation" -- family.
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  2. T1 E2 - Sex and the Sitcom

    10 de julio de 2021
    42 min
    TV-14
    Americans' changing attitudes toward sex, women's rights and gender identity have been mapped out with remarkable clarity on the sitcom screen.
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  3. T1 E3 - Just Friends

    17 de julio de 2021
    42 min
    TV-14
    By the 1990s, sitcoms about friendship became the vital force driving the genre -- and in many ways, pop culture. But earlier shows set the stage for this trend.
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  4. T1 E4 - Working for Laughs

    24 de julio de 2021
    42 min
    TV-14
    Sitcoms evolved in endlessly humorous ways as Americans' relationship with their jobs changed -- especially as women broke through countless workplace barriers.
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  5. T1 E5 - Facing Race

    31 de julio de 2021
    42 min
    TV-14
    Pioneering sitcom creators and stars have opened viewers' minds to the problems of racial injustice and representation -- but it has been a long, hard road.
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  6. T1 E6 - Movin' on Up

    7 de agosto de 2021
    42 min
    TV-14
    The American Dream of social mobility is so often beyond reach that sitcoms have used humor to help audiences find laughter in the struggles of getting ahead.
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  7. T1 E7 - Freaks, Geeks and Outsiders

    14 de agosto de 2021
    42 min
    TV-14
    Sitcom characters who are outsiders -- such as aliens, witches, nerds or teens -- have given viewers permission to laugh at their own foibles in relatable ways.
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  8. T1 E8 - Escaping Reality

    21 de agosto de 2021
    42 min
    TV-14
    As antidotes to fear in a fast-changing world, what sitcoms offer an escape from -- and what visions they escape to -- reveal insights into the American psyche.
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