Funniest sit com ever?
Might be...laugh my ass off to this day at ol' Kenny Powers!!!
shareI wouldn't call this a sit com. But yeah, funniest comedy series for me. Vice principals is okay but it doesn't touch this.
shareIt is considered a sitcom or situation comedy as it is a televised comedy series with a fixed set of characters with storylines that carry over from one episode to another. Comedy series can include situation,sketch,improvised,standup and mucumentary. Some cross genres...the office although considered a sitcom would also be mocumentay,curb also a sitcom is heavily improvised. Def comedy jam is a fine example of a stand up series,while in living color was a straight up sketch series.
I've enjoyed VPs,but yeah...doesn't hold a candle to EBAD...
Again, it's not a sitcom. sitcoms have a lot of scenes on the same set over and over again, sometimes with a studio audience. Like the big bang theory, friends, how I met your mother, two and a half men, married with children.
Eastbound & down is also never mentioned when looking for examples of sitcoms.
Do you not see the difference? Especially in terms of the rhythm of dialogue, use of music and framing.
The definition is plain... A fixed set of characters✔️With story lines that continue from one episode to the next ✔️
As far as not being mentioned on a list...come on man...that would be a list of thousands of shows...gimme a break.
As far as the differences...what between this and some shit like Big Bang...sure and in all the things you list...but none of those qualities are on the...once again...very Plain and simple set of prerequisites that qualify a show as a situation comedy...do you not see that? In other words...the shows you mentioned,while definitely sitcoms, are shitty sitcoms...they can be better...like curb,EBAD,Archer,AD...none of those fit your very restrictive mold...but they are ALL sitcoms.
I never said those are examples of funny sitcoms but they are sitcoms.
Here is a list of sitcoms and Eastbound and Down is not on there.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_situation_comedies
Face it, this is a comedy series. Not a sitcom
Very good list...although there are many on the list that would not make your criteria...shameless,curb,AD,sex and the city...none fit your list of prerequisite qualities.
And if these are in fact sitcoms...why not high maintenance, entourage,Vice pricipals,you're the worst...and yes EBAD...All omitted from this very impressive list...not to worry...gonna submit all of them...and suggest shameless removed,because although not on my list of qualifications...most agree a one hour comedy becomes a dramedy just by General principal.
As I said...it's a nice list. However it is an incomplete list! Here are just a few of the shows missing from the list you provided...
Archer
Entourage
You're the worst
High maintenance
Wedding bells
Ferris Bueller
Fast times
These are shows of both spectrums...WB,FT and FB are of the style you accept...while the others are probably shows you would say are not sitcoms also...but if entourage is not a sitcom,then why is sex and the city, which is on the list you provided? The simple answer is they were omitted.
Of course it's a comedy series...every televised episodic show that is funny is a comedy series...but not every funny show is a sitcom. As mentioned previously sketch shows like ILC,SNL and KITH are all comedy series...of the sketch variety...hence sketch comedy series. Sitcom,sketch,improv...all genres of comedy series. You seem to be having a hard time with this....I'll explain it like this....if the show has the same characters, a plot and is funny...that's a sitcom.
"With story lines that continue from one episode to the next ✔️"
I dont think that bit is a requirement of a sitcom.
East bound takes place at the same locations throughout the season...first season goes back home...season two Mexico...three...Daytona???cant remember. It doesn't have built sets but freaks and geeks didn't either...was it not a sitcom?
shareFreaks and Geeks? I wouldn't even list that as a comedy series, let alone sitcom.
shareYou're not helping here froggy...just picked it because of the fact that it was a half hour a single camera multi location non laugh track non traditional episodic comedy that was aired on a major network...I'm pretty sure nbc...possibly part of must see tv...if that ain't sitcom then what is? Besides it was a good show considering its like 20 years old...any show that depicted weed smoking back then in any way other than "a special episode" type thing was ok in my book...LOL
shareIt was a great show, I only watched it finally just like two or three years ago, but I don't even remember it being funny, or trying to be. In my mind it feels more like a drama.
I would put it in a realm of being the TV analogue to a movie like The Breakfast Club, which is comedy-drama.
I agree with some pretty strict definitions for a sitcom. A show that gets close to the outer edge of the definition would be Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
Never saw Eastbound & Down, though, so I can't comment on this one.
Well it was Judd Apatow...sometimes his comedy doesn't translate well to some viewers. Much like his better work the comedy is usually tempered with a fair to generous amount of poignancy. Also being a coming of age theme there are going to be some somber moments...much like breakfast club. I've yet to talk with anyone who found it not funny at all...guess there is a first for everything LOL!
As far as what defines a sitcom...the definition I gave wasn't mine,it was Webster dictionaries. Guess I gotta get used to the fact that I live in a time and country where things like definitions for words are subject to debate. I mean literal now means figurative, facts have alternates and Donald trump is presidential...
So by what I read, sitcom is a very specific subset of a comedy series.
There would be a hierarchy here:
Entertainment > TV Programming > TV Series > Comedy Series > Sitcom
Obviously not all entertainment is TV programming, not all TV programming is a series, not all series are comedy series, and not all comedy series are sitcoms... But each subset IS of course everything before it.
So the real focus here is mostly that each episode of a sitcom revolves around a specific comedic situation in that episode, and the TV definition also includes using a core location on a set, or a limited number of locations built on the set, that the characters generally meet in... which of course evolved from the necessary standards of being filmed in front of an audience.
So any comedy series with mostly real-world locations simply wouldn't fall into that tiny definition of a sitcom, but a sitcom is still a type of comedy series. "Sitcom" basically ends up becoming a term that more describes limitations to a comedy series imposed by the set-based format, causing the writers to focus on gimmicky "situations" for basic humor instead of being able to be more creative with the writing.
A general comedy series can use any locations they need, and can focus more on well-rounded characters with realistic drama in their lives, instead of caricatures that are expected to deliver consistent jokes.
I guess the debate will go on...
Here is Wikipedias definition...
A situation comedy, or sitcom, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use new characters in each sketch, and stand-up comedy, where a comedian tells jokes and stories to an audience. Sitcoms originated in radio, but today are found mostly on television as one of its dominant narrative forms. This form can also include mockumentaries.
A situation comedy television program may be recorded in front of a studio audience, depending on the program's production format. The effect of a live studio audience can be imitated or enhanced by the use of a laugh track. During filming productions, usually the laughing track is prerecorded however whether live audiences are there, the laughing tracks are live.
As you can see...there are not a lot of steadfast rules pertaining to its definition. The only absolute is"a fixed set of characters who carry over from episode to episode." The rest involve words like...can be or may be in reference to live audience and laugh tracks. There is a section on disagreement on the topic,but I'll have to end this reply before reading it as my iPad will delete all my text if I go to another window..
To me, sitcom really is one of those "we know it when we see it" types of things, even when the edges are blurry. Sort of like the difference between a photo of a woman and a "sexually provocative" photo of a woman. The two can have very subtle differences that aren't easily defined.
For sitcom, though, it comes down to the limited set-based location format combined with "constant jokes" birthed by a specific gimmicky situation introduced at the start of each episode. But still, not every sitcom, and not every episode of a sitcom, will adhere to all of that all the time.
By contrast, a general comedy series may never adhere to those restrictions -- And to me, "sitcom" really is all about the restrictions imposed by that format, very much like comparing a stage play to a movie (AND once again, the play format developed because of the presence of an audience!).
Modern critics have disagreed over the utility of the term "sitcom" in classifying shows that have come into existence since the turn of the century. Many contemporary American sitcoms use the single-camera setup and do not feature a laugh track, thus often resembling the dramedy shows of the 1980s and 1990s rather than the traditional sitcom.[119] Other topics of debate have included whether or not cartoons, such as The Simpsons or Family Guy, can be classified as sitcoms.[120]
And there it is...even the pros have no fucking clue! Oh well...I say if it has a cast,a plot,is ahalf hour and is funny...it's a sitcom...besides this is MY THREAD! Don't like it you can gargle my children LOL!
freaks & geeks was an hour-long series when aired,
and it's a comedy, but not sitcom