Category: Sitcom
THE FOXTROT OF COMEDY DRAMA – SLOW, SLOW, QUICK, QUICK, SLOW – DON’T FORGET THE DRIVER by Tom Nicholls
How to write about a television programme that you love and that has even moved you to tears? Many...
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IN DEFENCE OF CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEAP: THE PROBLEMATIC NATURE OF WORKING CLASS NOSTALGIA by Ross Garner
N.B. Before reading this blog it is worth stating that my cultish sensibilities frequently draw me...
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COMFORT TELLY 2: COLD FEET, THE CASE OF THE COMFORTING RESURRECTION by Tom Nicholls
Some of you may have read my previous blog on Comfort Telly, where I pondered if in the end the...
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“I WILL BE YOUR TREASURE, I’M WAITING FOR YOU”: THE PLEASURES OF DETECTORISTS by Phil Wickham
At the end of the year BBC4 will be screening the third and final series of Detectorists...
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VIEWER REVERTIGO by Jamila Baluch
Reruns of television series have long been an integral part of the television market. Even though...
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WHERE HAVE ALL THE WRINKLES GONE? by Jamila Baluch
Contemporary media culture seems to suggest that it is unacceptable for a woman to look her age if...
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Inside Fawlty Towers by Marcus Harmes
The recent death of Andrew Sachs made me feel nostalgic and I re-watched Fawlty Towers. So much...
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WHAT ACTORS DO: ALEC BALDWIN IN 30 ROCK (PART II) by Gary Cassidy and Simone Knox
Having previously considered the ways in which Alec Baldwin has his character Jack Donaghy run...
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THE NAUGHTY, THE BLASPHEMOUS, AND AMERICAN TELEVISION by David Lavery
(First Published on 14 December 2012) Back in January America was all abuzz with the...
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WHAT’S IN A BURP? THERAPEUTIC GROSS-OUT HUMOUR IN UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT by Julia Havas
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015-) is a Netflix comedy produced by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, and...
Read MoreABSOLUTELY FABULOUS? POPULAR TV AND ITS TRANSITION TO THE BIG SCREEN by Kenneth Longden
The hit television comedy Absolutely Fabulous is set to hit the big screen as a movie (July 1st 2016), and as such it is worth considering the hype, the paratexts, and the anticipation that surrounds this venture. First the...
Read MoreI LOVE IT WHEN A PLAN COMES TOGETHER by James McLean
It is quite a joy to discover one of your personal fetishes on the internet. Indeed, I was beginning to feel that I was the only one with a dark, long-term fascination in sitcom studio floorplans, but in recent years there have...
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