TV-14
2021
1 Seasons
Documentaries
Pop Culture & Celebrities
History of the Sitcom
: Reminisce about the television you grew up watching and explore how sitcoms helped generations of Americans navigate a shifting cultural landscape.
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1. A Family Matter
American sitcoms have evolved to reflect the changing face of the fundamental social "situation" -- family.
2. Sex & the Sitcom
Americans' changing attitudes toward sex, women's rights and gender identity have been mapped out with remarkable clarity on the sitcom screen.
3. Just Friends
By the 1990s, sitcoms about friendship became the vital force driving the genre -- and in many ways, pop culture.
4. Working for Laughs
Sitcoms evolved in endlessly humorous ways as Americans' relationship with their jobs changed.
5. Facing Race
Pioneering sitcom creators and stars have opened viewers' minds to the problems of racial injustice and representation.
6. Movin' on Up
The American Dream of social mobility is so often beyond reach that sitcoms use humor to help audiences find laughter in the struggles.
7. Freaks, Geeks & Outsiders
Sitcom characters who are outsiders have given viewers permission to laugh at their own foibles in relatable ways.
8. Escaping Reality
What sitcoms offer an escape from -- and what visions they escape to -- reveal insights into the American psyche.
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