Browsing: Sitcoms

The family sitcom is nearly as old and storied as the sitcom genre itself and has produced some of the finest, funniest, and most rewarding TV comedies of all time. A great family sitcom can feel like a weekly check-in with beloved relatives we get to watch grow and mature alongside us — or, in…

The 1980s were a pivotal decade for not just TV, but for NBC specifically. At the start of the decade, the network had been trailing behind its major rivals, CBS and ABC. In the 1980-1981 season, NBC managed to get only one series ranked in the top ten rated shows of the season — “Little House…

The 1960s were an especially creative time for sitcoms, and shows like “Bewitched” and “The Addams Family” remain part of pop culture conversation 50-plus years later. Even so, this anything-goes era of TV created some shows that were, perhaps, a little too offbeat. For instance, Jerry Van Dyke turned down the title role on “Gilligan’s…

While the sitcom wasn’t invented in the ’70s, it certainly feels like this was the decade that perfected the genre. From expertly written workplace comedies to shows that make you think and laugh at the same time, the ’70s were the first golden age of television sitcoms. So many of these series produced iconic characters and scenes…

We’re back to recap a great couple weeks of Comics & Manga we read here at GamingTrend.com!

Hollywood producers have been known to look across the pond for inspiration for new TV shows — and a few times, they’ve struck sitcom gold doing it.

They say that you should never judge a book by its cover — the same goes for TV shows and titles. In a media landscape with endless options, a series needs to be able to stand out in order to keep the audience from changing the channel or scrolling onto the next thumbnail. Sometimes, a…

Some of the biggest shows of all time originally began as movies, with beloved stories from the silver screen being adapted for TV. Hit movies like as “M*A*S*H” and “What We Do In The Shadows” inspired TV shows that have stood the test of time and maintained a growing fanbase. Some might even say that…

Who says cartoons are just for kids? The best animated sitcoms on Netflix make for an ideal binge-watch where you can kick back, relax, and enjoy hours upon hours of colorful characters getting into all sorts of shenanigans, and we have 10 we think you should check out if you haven’t already.

There’s no question that the ’80s were a golden age of TV sitcoms. Nearly every network pushed to find the perfect combination of cast, writers, and plot devices to strike gold with the format, and, in doing so, pushed the boundaries of television itself. While the decade saw plenty of ideas that missed the mark…