The Sitcom

Even though sitcom has been a consistent staple of broadcasting the world overrigorous academic work on it as a genre remains limited. This book explores thesit... » 

Even though sitcom has been a consistent staple of broadcasting the world overrigorous academic work on it as a genre remains limited. This book explores thesitcom in terms of production audiences and texts drawing on a range ofexamples and case studies in order to examine the genres characteristicssocial position and pleasures. It takes a global view of sitcom examininginternational examples as well as those produced by the more dominant Britishand American broadcasting industries in order to explore the relationshipsbetween sitcom nation and identity. Key Featuresincludes extensiveinterviews with members of the British television comedy industryoffersdetailed textual analyses of a range of programmes drawing on Humour Theory toexplore the ways in which jokes and comic moments workinvestigates audienceresponses to sitcom with reference to offence pleasures and socialchangeattempts to outline the future for sitcom considering new mediadevelopments and the changing relationships between broadcasters and audiences. «