TY  - GEN
T1  - The sitcom
T2  - TV genres.
A1  - Mills, Brett
LA  - English
PP  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
YR  - 2009
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn650241959
AB  - Even though sitcom has been a consistent staple of broadcasting the world over, rigorous academic work on it as a genre remains limited. This book examines sitcom as an industry in terms of production, audiences and texts, drawing on a range of examples and case studies in order to examine the genre's characteristics, social position, and pleasures. In highlighting this long-lasting and popular form of television, it offers insights into genre theory and explores how the comic aim of sitcom forms a central characteristic of the genre. Brett Mills takes a global view of sitcom, examining international examples as well as those produced by the more dominant British and American broadcasting industries, in order to explore the relationships between sitcom, nation, and identity. Sitcoms considered include Extras, My Family, Curb Your Enthusiasm, One Foot in the Grave, Peep Show, Summer Heights High, Popetown, and Friends. Key Features  Draws on original research into the television industry, incorporating interviews with sitcom writers, directors and producers Includes research on audience responses to sitcom, with reference to offence, pleasure, and social change. Offers detailed textual analyses of a range of programmes, drawing on Humour Theory to explore the ways in which jokes and comic moments work. Outlines the future for sitcom, considering new media developments and the changing relationships between broadcasters and audiences.
OP  - 182
CN  - PN1992.8.C66 M45 2009eb
SN  - 9780748637539
SN  - 0748637532
SN  - 9781474471039
SN  - 147447103X
SN  - 0748671226
SN  - 9780748671229
SN  - 1282620320
SN  - 9781282620322
SN  - 9786612620324
SN  - 6612620323
SN  - 0748637516
SN  - 9780748637515
SN  - 0748637524
SN  - 9780748637522
KW  - Situation comedies (Television programs) : History and criticism.
KW  - Comédies de situation : Histoire et critique.
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS : Television : Reference.
KW  - ART : Popular Culture.
KW  - Situation comedies (Television programs)
KW  - Fernsehsendung
KW  - Situationskomödie
KW  - Großbritannien
KW  - Situationskomödie.
KW  - Fernsehen.
KW  - Filmgenre.
KW  - Television programs : History and criticism.
KW  - Situation comedies.
KW  - Komediserier i tv.
KW  - Geschichte.
KW  - Geschichte
KW  - Situation comedies (Television programs) : History and criticism
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ER  -