The Sitcom Study
Welcome to the Sitcom Study, where we contemplate the TV shows we grew up with and search for the truth and wisdom amidst the tropes and clichés. Each week we’ll compare and contrast several TV episodes that share a common theme, be it characters plagued by amnesia, pop star guest spots, jump-the-shark moments, or women giving birth in elevators. It happens more than you think...
Episodes
- Home Free S1 E1 "Pilot"
- Mr Sunshine S1 E1 "Episode #1.1"
- Go On S1 E1 "Pilot"
- The Odd Couple S1 E12 "The Audit Couple"
- Happy Days S2 E6 "Haunted"
- Step by Step S4 E6 "Something Wild"
- Home Improvement S5 E6 "Let Them Eat Cake"
- Parks & Rec S4 E5 "Meet and Greet"
- Salute Your Shorts S1 E2 "Ghost Story"
- Boy Meets World S5 E17 "And Then There Was Shawn"
- Community S2 E6 "Epidemiology"
- Blackish S3 E5 "The Purge"
- Sanford & Son S5 E1 "Earthquake II"
- Gimme a Break S4 E19 "Earthquake"
- ALF S3 E25 "Shake, Rattle and Roll"
- Modern Family S2 E3 "Earthquake"
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show S2 E18 "Baby Sitcom"
- Clarissa Explains it All S4 E12 "Babysitting"
- King of Queens S3 E9 "Twisted Sitters"
- Bob's Burgers S8 E4 "Sit Me Baby One...
- Taxi S2 E3 "Reverend Jim: A Space Oddysey"
- The Facts of Life S7 E14 "Tootie Drives"
- Sister, Sister S2 E9 "Two For the Road"
- 8 Simple Rules S1 E4 "Wings"
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- The Flintstones S2 E24 "Fred Strikes Out"
- Roseanne S4 E14 "The Bowling Show"
- According to Jim S1 E8 "The Turkey Bowl"
- The Big Band Theory S3 E19 "The Wheaton Recurrence"
- Perfect Strangers S4 E1 "The Lottery"
- Mama's Family S5 E15 "The Big Wheel"
- Fresh Prince of Bel-Air S3 E14 "Winner Takes Off"
- Malcolm & Eddie S1 E4 "Partnership of Fools"
From the coffee shop with Jerry and George to the oval office, we're breaking down the career of the most spongeworthy comic actor in town and her four very distinct sitcoms! Here's the lineup:
- Seinfeld S7 E9 "The Sponge"
- Watching Ellie S1 E1 "Pilot"
- New Adventures of Old Christine S1 E1 "Pilot"
- Veep S1 E1 "Fundraiser"
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- Designing Women S2 E8 "Cruising"
- The Nanny S3 E26 "Ship of Fran's"
- Hot in Cleveland S3 E2 "Beards"
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia S11 E9-10 "The Gang Goes to Hell...
Beaver cuts the grass, Screech disrupts the spaghetti sauce market, and iCarly disregards child labor laws... This week's trope is Kids starting a business! Here's the lineup:
- Leave it to Beaver S4 E36 "Beaver Goes Into Business"
- The Patty Duke Show S1 E18 "The Tycoons"
- Saved by the Bell S4 E3 "Screech's Spaghetti Sauce"
- iCarly S4 E4 "iSell Penny Tees"
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- Webster S2 E5 "Burn Out"
- Family Matters S2 E1 "Rachel's Place"
- Drew Carey Show S9 E19 "Burning Down the House"
- Abbott Elementary S2 E15 "Fire"
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- The Jeffersons S9 E8-9 "Death Smiles on a Dry Cleaner Part 1 & 2"
- Golden Girls S7 E2 "The Case of the Libertine Belle"
- Saved by the Bell S6 E10 "Mystery Weekend"
- The Office S6 E10 "Murder"
- Fuller House S2 E10 "New Kids in the House"
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch S2 E18 "The Band Episode"
- Just Shoot Me S5 E2 "A Night at the Plaza"
- iCarly S5 E2 "iGo One Direction"
- Bosom Buddies S2 E12 "The Grandfather"
- ALF S3 E13 "Hideaway"
- Head of the Class S4 E25 "Cement High Tops"
- Everybody Hates Chris S2 E19 "Everybody Hates Gambling"
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- Leave it to Beaver S1 E2 "Captain Jack"
- What's Happening S1 E10 "Puppy Love"
- Webster S2 E13 "It's a Dog's Life"
- Will & Grace S1 E9 "The Truth About Will and Dogs"
- I Love Lucy S4 E3 "Lucy Cries Wolf"
- Frasier S5 E4 "The 1000th Show"
- The Middle S5 E4 "The 100th"
- Blackish S5 E4 "Purple Rain"
- Kate & Allie S4 E10 "Stage Mother"
- Wings S8 E14 "Just Call Me Angel"
- 3rd Rock from the Sun S2 E23 "Fifteen Minutes of Dick"
- 30 Rock S4 E7 "Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001...
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