The Sitcom

Probably the first televised show, that wasn't the news, to air was a Situational Comedy. Yes, the Sitcom. Named to seperate itself from standup for sketch comedy, Situation comedy could also be considered dramatic comedy as it involves a situation, place and characters in a comedic way. Starting as radio programs, it didn't take long before the invention of the TV brought it's first Sitcoms, The Albert and Costello show, I Love Lucy, and more. Lucy, ironicaly being one of the first shows to record and save their show in order to begin a well known trend, Reruns.

The 60s brought about the rise of many other sitcoms that are considered classics today. I dream of Jeanie, bewitched, Gilligan's Island, Batman, and many more. Color began to be introduce to a wider audience and was the standards towards the later 60s. Some shows began in black and white, but later took advantage. Family shows began to be more popular with the rise of the Partridge family and the Brady Bunch.



Sitcoms still are one of the most popular genre's of televisiont oday, though few can truely live up to the names of some of the original classics that came about in the 50s and 60s.

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Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situation_comedy
Years of watching Nick at Nite.