TY  - BOOK
AU  - Austerlitz,Saul
TI  - Sitcom: a history in 24 episodes from I love Lucy to Community 
SN  - 9781613743843
AV  - PN1992.8.C66 A97 2014
U1  - 791.45/617 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - Chicago Review Press
KW  - Situation comedies (Television programs)
KW  - United States
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Reference
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "Obsessively watched and critically ignored, sitcoms were a distraction, a gentle lullaby of a kinder, gentler America--until suddenly the artificial boundary between the world and television entertainment collapsed. In this book we track the growth of the sitcom, following the path that leads from I LOVE LUCY to THE PHIL SILVERS SHOW; from THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW to THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW; from M*A*S*H to TAXI; from CHEERS to ROSEANNE; from SEINFELD to CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM; and from THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW to 30 ROCK. In twenty-four episodes, SITCOM surveys the history of the form, and functions as both a TV mix tape of fondly remembered shows that will guide us to notable series and larger trends, and a carefully curated guided tour through the history of one of our most treasured art forms"--
ER  -