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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 episodesTV-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 and 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 Americans' 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 and 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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Nudityviolencesubstance usealcohol usesmokingfoul languagesexual content

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Directors

Marshall Jay Kaplan

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Cast

Marshall Jay Kaplan

Studio

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