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History Of The Sitcom

Season 1
Reminisce about the television you grew up watching and explore how sitcoms have helped generations of Americans navigate an ever-shifting cultural landscape.
IMDb 7.220218 episodes
TV-14
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - A Family Matter
    July 10, 2021
    42min
    TV-14
    American sitcoms have evolved to reflect the changing face of the fundamental social "situation" -- family.
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  2. S1 E2 - Sex the Sitcom
    July 10, 2021
    42min
    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. S1 E3 - Just Friends
    July 17, 2021
    42min
    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. S1 E4 - Working for Laughs
    July 24, 2021
    42min
    TV-14
    Sitcoms evolved in endlessly humorous ways as America’s relationship with their jobs changed — especially as women broke through countless workplace barriers.
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  5. S1 E5 - Facing Race
    July 31, 2021
    42min
    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. S1 E6 - Movin’ on Up
    August 7, 2021
    42min
    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. S1 E7 - Freaks, Geeks & Outsiders
    August 14, 2021
    42min
    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. S1 E8 - Escaping Reality
    August 21, 2021
    42min
    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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Content advisory
Nudityviolencesubstance usealcohol usesmokingfoul languagesexual content
Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
Marshall Jay Kaplan
Producers
Not Specified
Starring
Jason AlexanderTracy MorganEmily St. James
Studio
discovery plus Adventure & Documentaries
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