Sitcom Geek

In the last post , I looked at the desire to have a series arc in a sitcom or comedy drama. I showed how comedies had overarching narratives...

A question that comes up a lot when talking about plotting is the problem of the series arc. Do you need one? And if so, how does that affec...

In the last post , we saw how sitcoms are risky, but can really pay off. If you back key talent and take a few chances, in the long run, you...

In the previous two posts, I wrote about the lack of mainstream situation comedy on BBC1 , and the lack of confidence in sitcoms to get rati...

In the last post , I argued that the lack of mainstream rating-grabbing sitcoms is not because of lack of talent. There are dozens of write...

At the sad passing of the Duke of Edinburgh, TV stations began wall-to-wall obituaries and tributes. But soon the question began to be asked...