Sitcoms

WHAT IS A TV SITCOM?  As you could know, the term Sitcom is an abbreviation of Situational Comedy. This word is employed to define a specific type of comic, TV or radio series which shares the same characteristics between them. The argument of most situational comedies is the involvement and reaction of the characters to different comic and amusing situations. They are normally common conflicts of the daily life, with which you, as viewers, will enjoy. For this reason, situational comedies differ from other series in the direct participation of the public; maybe you are familiar with hearing the recorded laughs during the daily transmission. The number of main characters in these series are not more than 6 and their personalities play an important role for resolving those conflicts. For example, you could know who is Sheldon Cooper from Big Bang Theory, who is very manic and always consider himself better to othe people. WHAT ARE THEIR ORIGINS Now that

Hey readers! How are you ? Today, we are gonna focus on the several characteristics which are common to all types of sitcoms. Please, keep reading! 1. Consistency : it is very rare that something ever changes in a Sitcom. If there are problems that the characters should overcome, at the end they always solve them and everything goes back to normal once again so … don’t panic! 2. No changes on the setting or the characters : the characters never change or develop and the situation happens almost always in the same spot/place (for you to not get lost!) 3. When there appear new characters , they are barely introduced to the audience and usually they only appear for short periods of time. Don’t get too  fond of them! 4. The Hook : it is the moment that makes the people laugh and its main objective is to attract the audience. In other words, the climax of the situation! 5. Short duration of the episodes: in the majority of the

                          TYPES OF SITCOMS Most you, readers, will already know that there are different types of sitcoms, all having a trap in which people must exist-- friendship, family or marriage (you fucked up!). It can be said it is a little world where characters live according to some rules created by themselves. According to Naamah Hill , Teacher at Thurston Community College and Jamie-Lynn Giove ,  there are four main tv sitcom situations.  Here are the different situations! Family These situational comedies commonly deal with the normal daily life of a family, with its arguments and madness in the household.  Are you familiar with Modern Family? This sitcom belongs to this group. Friends From these sitcoms we learn how cool life is if you share a flat with our friends. Everyday is an adventure! The most important one? Friends, of course! Two posts below you can find a lot of info about this gr

What’s up, readers? Today we will be discussing what might be the most popular sitcom at the present time. No, it’s not Modern Family… that one has only broadcasted 192 episodes. We are talking about Big Bang Theory, which has already screened 255 episodes since its pilot episode was successfully premiered on September 24, 2007. Since then, nothing seems capable of making it stop: their fans keep demanding more and more episodes! To be honest, the plot may look very simple at first sight: it just moves around the lives of two geniuses named Dr. Leonard Hofstader and Dr. Sheldon Cooper and how they are altered with the arrival of her new neighbor, Penny. But the key factor of its success is found in the singular characters the sitcom includes. Here you have a list to introduce you the characters that make people love it so much! SHELDON LEE COOPER Played by : Jim Parsons Born : February 26, 1980 Occupation : Theoretical physicist Origin : G