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TELEVISION : BBC 1922 : PBS, inform, educate, entertain. ITV 1955 : Independent, commercial. |
Broadcasting : Wide appeal = 14b+ (BBC) Narrowcasting : Niche appeal = 1m- (Dave) |
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Radio : £60.5m of total licence fee. Radio 2 = wildest reach for all PBS station (27% share). |
OFCOM : Regulation. |
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Classic Sitcom : Limited space + Comedy trap + Canned laughter. (Classics) Linear, closed narrative. (Todorov) Family = Patriarchal fool + long suffering wife. Iconography : Clothes, catchphrases. Exposition dump, iconic theme tune, 3 cam set up, audience ignored. (Fawlty Towers) |
Revised Sitcom : Hybrids : Location sitcom. (Scrubs) Exposition : narration. (The Inbetweeners) Montage. (Friends) Friends / Framily = less comedy trap. (Friends) Audience acknowledged. (Mrs. Browns Boys) |
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Audience : Families, all ages/genders. Humorous relief. Relatable + Likable characters. Rather you than me. (Schaudenfreude) Producers : Cheap, limited sets + actors. Shows sold worldwide + re-runs. |
Genre : Closest thing TV has to live theatre. Postmodern sit-com = no audience. Genre is ADAPTING. Change ≠ improvement. (Garth Marenghi) |
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Friends (NBC, USA, 1994-2004) Mrs. Brown's Boys (BBC, UK 2011->) The Inbetweeners (C4, UK, 2008-10) Scrubs (NBC, USA, 2001-10) Miranda (C1, UK, 2009-15) Garth Marenghi (C4, UK, 2004) |
The One With Ross's Tan: Todorov - tan forgotten after episode. Framily. (The Big Bang Theory) Typical sets = 4 + extra set = tanning booth. Hetero + gay jokes. (Chandler pedicures) Gender equality? (Ross shirtless, Rachel takes off bra) TRADITIONAL SITCOM |
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Mami : Cast bow at end + speak to camera + break character = Normality. (Miranda) Comedy matriarch / man in drag. Explicit language = not family friendly. Intertextuality. (When Harry Met Sally) POSTMODERN SITCOM. |
Postmodernism : Theory introduced in 1971. Rejection of meta-narratives. (Lyotard) No originality = Simulacrum (Baudrillard) Bricolage = fusion for a new meaning. |
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First Day : Friends out of necessity = comedy trap.Location sitcom = no audience, different sets, uneven lighting, more like real life. Explicit language = not family friendly. REVISIONIST SITCOM. |
Quality writing, excellent casting + relatable characters = sitcom. Jay = boasts about sex life, compensating for endless put-downs by father + destroyed self confidence) |
