Add to ORKGThrough exploring the use of documentary style in a selection of contemporary American comedy series, this thesis closes in on the question whether texts that stylistically differ from traditional sitcom can still be regarded as part of the sitcom genre. The contemporary American TV series that are being analyzed are The Office, Arrested Development, Modern Family, Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Michael J. Fox Show. As the series’ place within sitcom becomes apparent, the analysis ultimately leads to a critical investigation of the term “comedy verite.” Questioning the concepts applicability for the American series and their development leads to the investigation of new definitions. This analysis of contemporary televisual...
Television StudiesThis study examines British television situation comedy over the last fifteen year...
Television programming has not been subjected to close critical analysis of its underlying structure...
This writing might not be the most developed you will ever see, but it is something that nobody has ...
Digitalization, convergence and the proliferation of shows and platforms have changed television, wi...
Substance and style have been attended to separately in different strands of television studies, fro...
This thesis is asking whether the television series Community (2009-) can be defined as a Sitcom, co...
Television—like all other artforms—is informed by historical context; furthermore, comedy is a centu...
Thinking Outside the Box brings together some of the best and most challenging scholarship about TV ...
This thesis explores the way in which the institutional changes that have occurred within the post-n...
In my thesis I will try to analyze the two shows from a perspective that presents the new additional...
The work deals with the comparison of the 4 US sitcoms from the fifties and from the present. For th...
Throughout history, the sitcom has continually been used as a form of comfort for the viewer. The or...
The diploma theses "Representation of Homosexuality in American Sitcom, as exemplified by Will & Gra...
This chapter defines and overviews the concept of 'genre' in the context of contemporary screen stud...
The 1970s brought a change to the face of the television sitcom, particularly with the works of Norm...
Television StudiesThis study examines British television situation comedy over the last fifteen year...
Television programming has not been subjected to close critical analysis of its underlying structure...
This writing might not be the most developed you will ever see, but it is something that nobody has ...
Digitalization, convergence and the proliferation of shows and platforms have changed television, wi...
Substance and style have been attended to separately in different strands of television studies, fro...
This thesis is asking whether the television series Community (2009-) can be defined as a Sitcom, co...
Television—like all other artforms—is informed by historical context; furthermore, comedy is a centu...
Thinking Outside the Box brings together some of the best and most challenging scholarship about TV ...
This thesis explores the way in which the institutional changes that have occurred within the post-n...
In my thesis I will try to analyze the two shows from a perspective that presents the new additional...
The work deals with the comparison of the 4 US sitcoms from the fifties and from the present. For th...
Throughout history, the sitcom has continually been used as a form of comfort for the viewer. The or...
The diploma theses "Representation of Homosexuality in American Sitcom, as exemplified by Will & Gra...
This chapter defines and overviews the concept of 'genre' in the context of contemporary screen stud...
The 1970s brought a change to the face of the television sitcom, particularly with the works of Norm...
Television StudiesThis study examines British television situation comedy over the last fifteen year...
Television programming has not been subjected to close critical analysis of its underlying structure...
This writing might not be the most developed you will ever see, but it is something that nobody has ...