Before television became crowded with formats and genres, it learned how to make people laugh-with the history of classic TV serving as proof. In the 1950s, sitcoms weren't just another category of ...

The best reason to produce a revival of the 1950s comedy The Desk Set today may also be its biggest weakness. The script speaks directly, even presciently, to our fears about automation, job security, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What's striking about these early sitcoms is how foundational they were. Many of the storytelling rhythms, character archetypes ...