Read more sitcom stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/12142/sitcom.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:24:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73684/shit-my-dad-says-heads-to-tv.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMove over, Al Bundy: A project based @shitmydadsays, the Twitter feed engineered by the son of a cantankerous father, has been picked up by CBS. The creators of Will and Grace are on board as executive producers, with that selfsame transcriber of a son taking writing duties. The microblog’s title...http://www.newser.com/story/73684/shit-my-dad-says-heads-to-tv.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 11:21:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71788/30-rock-in-danger-of-growing-stale.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTina Fey and crew return tonight with the season premiere of 30 Rock , and critics are worried that the show is losing its edge: Todd VanDerWerff, AV Club: "30 Rock is still nowhere near a bad show, but it risks turning into a show where one-dimensional people spend a lot...http://www.newser.com/story/71788/30-rock-in-danger-of-growing-stale.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 16:51:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70980/sitcoms-adapt-to-find-success.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOnce, sitcoms ruled the television landscape. Their stellar ratings and cheap production costs made them unstoppable in the ‘90s, but their success was also their undoing: With so many options, viewers tired of the format. TV moved on to serious dramas and trashy reality programming. Now, the sitcom, having adapted...http://www.newser.com/story/70980/sitcoms-adapt-to-find-success.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 16:23:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70921/pathetic-seinfeld-reunion-invades-curb.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTonight's episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm will go farther than usual to satisfy your Seinfeld craving, but it's hardly the real thing—nor is it meant to be. The eagerly awaited reunion arc kicks off with Jerry Seinfeld himself deeming the very idea "desperate" and "pathetic," which he explains is...http://www.newser.com/story/70921/pathetic-seinfeld-reunion-invades-curb.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 04 Oct 2009 15:01:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70230/fie-on-the-office-wedding.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter 5 years of the will-they-or-won't-they dance, Jim and Pam of The Office will tie the knot in the Oct. 8 episode, and the prenuptial PR blitz has sent one blogger around the bend. "We're already sick of these two insufferable lovebirds," enemy of drawn-out romance Brian Moylan writes for...http://www.newser.com/story/70230/fie-on-the-office-wedding.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 15:48:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70123/modern-family-is-startlingly-good.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagABC's Modern Family is a critics' darling, who generally think it's a clever update of the family sitcom, and one that doesn't sacrifice the tenderness we've come to expect from the classics of the genre. A sampling: The series, "with its multifamily approach and semi-documentary form, redefines, updates and invigorates...http://www.newser.com/story/70123/modern-family-is-startlingly-good.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 16:12:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69680/all-time-best-tv-and-movie-drunks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEveryone likes a funny drunk, right? Barstools lists the most lovable movie and TV boozehounds of all time: Who comes to mind first? Norm Peterson from Cheers , of course. "The crowd shouted 'Norm' every time he walked through the door to belly up to the bar." Will and Grace sidekick...http://www.newser.com/story/69680/all-time-best-tv-and-movie-drunks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Sep 2009 11:25:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68224/arrested-development-film-held-up-yet-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe good news: Will Arnett is teaming back up with Arrested Development writer Mitch Hurwitz on a new TV show. The bad news: That show is one of the reasons the Arrested film is still held up, he tells the New York Daily News . But the “movie is definitely going...http://www.newser.com/story/68224/arrested-development-film-held-up-yet-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 11:57:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66515/tina-talks-emmys-jay-and-sarahsorta.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs if its record 22 Emmy nominations weren’t enough, 30 Rock also recently landed a syndication deal. Tina Fey talks success—and Sarah Palin—with Broadcasting & Cable : On possibly hosting the Emmys: "No, I think it's a hard job and a thankless one. I think maybe it's also a...http://www.newser.com/story/66515/tina-talks-emmys-jay-and-sarahsorta.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Aug 2009 12:44:00 CDT