Situation Comedies Dominate Television Programming

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Article abstract: Situation comedies featuring ridiculous premises, gimmicky situations, bizarre characters, and slapstick silliness became popular on American television.

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By the early 1960’s, a number of factors resulted in the proliferation of youth-oriented situation comedies and other escapist fare on American television. The baby-boom generation had grown up with the medium and by that time constituted a viable market. Concurrently, escapist situation comedies were becoming the most popular programs among corporate sponsors....

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