Please help me find more comedies to fill the spectacular void that Green Wing has left in my TV viewing. [more inside]
posted by Ziggy500 on Oct 19, 2009 - 17 answers

Please help me figure out which incredibly clever British sitcom this is! [more inside]
posted by staveitoff123 on Sep 7, 2009 - 3 answers

I want an e-mail or RSS update that tells me all the shows I want to watch that day and give me a brief synopsis of said episode. Is there anything like this out there? [more inside]
posted by reenum on Mar 10, 2009 - 2 answers

Why in (nearly) every sitcom nominally about some kind of "nuclear" family do the children consist of an younger brother and older sister? [more inside]
posted by feelinglistless on Feb 6, 2009 - 23 answers

What sitcoms still film in front of an audience? Bonus points for NYC. [more inside]
posted by AlisonM on Nov 19, 2008 - 12 answers

Can you help me find the un-aired episodes of the short-lived sitcom Out of Practice? [more inside]
posted by chudmonkey on May 9, 2008 - 1 answer

What happened with Luanne's pregnancy on King of the Hill? [more inside]
posted by hjo3 on Dec 10, 2007 - 4 answers

My roommate and I are going insane trying to think of a sitcom (or possibly movie) we watched a few months ago where a male character gets a pierced ear, and it becomes grotesquely infected and swollen. The sitcom was likely single camera, and, if we remember correctly, fairly contemporary. It's equally likely to be British or American. Our first guess was Arrested Development, but it looks like that isn't the case. Your assistance will likely save us ours of frustration. Thanks!
posted by incomple on Apr 27, 2007 - 6 answers

TV Trivia question - what sitcom was this? Thanksgiving episode, frustrated wife & her mother-in-law's 'Secret Apple Pie Recipe'. [more inside]
posted by jaimystery on Jul 25, 2006 - 12 answers

Name that sitcom: I vaguely remember seeing a sitcom about a college or university faculty, where a new lecturer arrives (teaching english lit?) and tries to get to grips with the job. He had long curly dark hair. I think the theme tune was the Eels' Novocaine for the soul, but given how easily googleable that should make it (which it isn't), I might be wrong on that. It was aired somewhere in the middle of the nineties on NBC, though it was NBC in europe, parts of which differ from the US NBC broadcast, so it might not have been on in the US at that time. [more inside]
posted by fvw on May 25, 2006 - 5 answers

Does anyone remember a sitcom named Whoops? [more inside]
posted by jon_kill on Apr 4, 2006 - 12 answers

How would I go about pitching a sitcom to the BBC?
posted by jimmy on Mar 29, 2006 - 3 answers

Please help me identify the apotheosis of Simpsons episodes. [more inside]
posted by killdevil on Dec 14, 2005 - 81 answers

Name that show: late 70's or early 80's sitcom set in a lounge at the top of a hotel. [more inside]
posted by junkbox on Nov 11, 2005 - 12 answers

I'm trying to remember a sitcom in which midway through its life, or perhaps towards the end, one of the main characters (a housewife) starts a home-based catering business. What sitcom was it?
posted by swift on Oct 1, 2004 - 20 answers

I was reading the CNN.com article on the last Friend's episode and the last part about the "Cheers" live showing on The Tonight Show caught my attention. After reading some usenet articles, I found out that for some reason the entire Cheers' cast was at a bar getting smashed on the air. Jay Leno apparently hated it, and so did most commenters on usenet; except for a few that thought it was hilarious. So my question is thus, what happened on that show? Can anyone recall the antics? Kelsey Grammer drunk? I also heard that everyone except Sen. John Kerry was trashed. I have no idea what the atmosphere was but it would be neat to see Kerry at a bar interacting without everything being finely combed. Which leads me to question two, has anything like this happened before? The idea of celebrities/politicians being real and candid (albeit through alcohol, in vino veritas) is interesting, though it appears from the usenet post, being sloshed and "real" is taboo.
posted by geoff. on May 7, 2004 - 17 answers

I understand that in movies, the title of Producer is mostly about providing or arranging the financing & talent for a project. How about for a sitcom? If you watch Friends, there's around a half-dozen producers of varying stripes listed in the credits. What's the role of a producer in the context of an episode of a TV series?
posted by stupidsexyFlanders on Apr 27, 2004 - 8 answers

Does anyone remember the last episode of that old ABC show Dinosaurs (you know, with the puppets?) Something just triggered some strange memory of the last episode and I seem to remember all the characters kicking the bucket (even the baby). Is that what happened? Is there a detailed synopsis of this episode somewhere on the web? Tvtome doesnt have it to much detail. It was called "Changing Nature," i believe.
posted by Slimemonster on Apr 14, 2004 - 17 answers