Behind The Evolution Of The Sitcom

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With WandaVision wrapped up, it’s a great time to look back on the series. Which is good, because really, the whole series is a look back. On the MCU, on Wanda and the history of the sitcom. In 9 short episodes, WandaVision took us from TV’s beginnings in the 1950’s all the way to the present. But WandaVision had its own story to tell, and it only scratched the surface of the format’s long history. Have no fear though viewer, Screen Rant has you covered. In this video, we’ll be diving into the factors that made the sitcom what it is today. That’s not just TV shows either, we’re talking political and social context, and doing our best to paint a picture of each era of American television.

What does that mean exactly? We’re looking at how a repressive culture shaped the politics of I Love Lucy, how a 60’s counter culture started to make TV very weird. How All in the Family dragged political debate into comedy TV. How Family Ties flipped a familiar formula. How Seinfeld elevated the sitcom format into something transcendent. How Malcolm in the Middle brought more experimental filmmaking to the single-cam sitcom. How The Office popularized the TV mockumentary, and how Community used TV to examine itself. Plus, easter eggs and in-jokes you might have missed on WandaVision. All this and much more in the full video.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:54 The 1950’s & I Love Lucy
1:18 Multi-Cam & Single Cam: What’s the difference?
4:40 The 1960’s & Bewitched
5:19 Practical Magic
5:49 The Weird Sitcoms of the 60’s
6:52 Two Beds are Better Than One
7:14 The 1970’s & The Brady Bunch
8:24 All in the Family: The Sitcom Gets Political
9:17 Mary Tyler Moore & Dick Van Dyke
10:22 The 1980’s: Full House & Family Ties
12:01 The 1990s: The Simpsons & Seinfeld
13:33 The 2000’s & Malcolm in the Middle
14:26 The Office & The Rise of the Mockumentary
14:56 The Meta-Sitcom & Community
17:42 Why We Look Back

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Written by: Sebastian Decter
Narrated by: Michael Keene
Edited by: Stuart Atkinson

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