Monday 7 April 2008

its a bit late :D

sorry its a bit late


The situation comedy was born on the radio in 1926, on January 12th. The first sitcom was called Sam 'n' Henry. The 15 minute sitcom was the revamped in 1928, moved to another radio station and became one of the most successful sitcom of this period, Amos 'n' Andy. Fibber McGee and Molly was one of the most successful sitcoms of all time. It was on the radio from 1935 to 1959. In the late 1940s, the sitcom was among the first formats adapted for the new medium of television. Most sitcoms were half an hour long and aired weekly. Many of the earliest sitcoms were direct adaptations of existing radio shows, or vehicles for existing radio stars.
Nowadays, there are so many channels with so many sitcoms on,it is hard to keep track of all of them. Many television sitcoms over the years have been based on radio sitcoms, adapted from radio sitcoms, or have characters that are very alike to those on radio sitcoms. With all of these digital channels available, there is always space to cram in a new sitcom, the channel E4 is usually used to pilot sitcoms, if they are successful, then they will probably be moved to channel 4 as a mainstream sitcom.

1 comment:

CJ said...

Apology accepted, Sophie. Thanks. Missed you in class today - are you ok? remember work is on the blog so no need to panic about missing work. Hopefully see you soon.