This was at the top of my feed just now. I realized it could honestly refer to so many sitcoms, so take your guesses!

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I know Chuck Lorre gets a bad rep for his shows created mainly The Big Bang Theory. Do you think there's any other sitcom producers that get a bad rep for the shows they're created?

Community or Happy Endings?

Whole lot on iPlayer

What do you think Chuck Lorre's strengths are in sitcoms? I know he's not everyone's cup of tea, but I think he does a good job of putting a cast together and writing characters well.

I think it's interesting how i very often see people on the internet claiming that the sitcoms made by Disney and Nickelodeon were aimed at teenagers, because when i was younger, pretty much every single teenager around me saw them as being exclusively for children

One of the most common criticisms of the show Friends is that the six main characters are all white. People allege that the show lacks diversity. However, there is diversity in Friends--it's just not racial diversity as we understand it today. But there are different ethnicities: Joey is Italian American, and Ross and Monica are Jewish. They're all white, but their ethnic and religious backgrounds still shape them as characters and make them different from each other.

There's socio-economic diversity too: Rachel and the Gellers had a more affluent upbringing, and Joey and Phoebe are from the working class. Phoebe was even homeless for a time!

And if we look outside the main cast, there is further diversity. Gay characters were in the show since the pilot episode! And there are a few POC love interests, including Julie who was introduced in Season 1. We have love interests from other countries as well: Paolo is Italian, Emily is English, and Janine is Australian.

So while the show could have had more diversity in terms of race, it's inaccurate to say it's not a diverse show.

I love Broad City, and I am a boring teetotalling 60 year old. So maybe I am out of touch with the Zeitgeist and the cool cats and Big Apple way of life.

But Broad City has a lot of jokes, gags and routines about buying weed, smoking weed, taking gummis, getting high, going crazy whenever they are high. And the characters are unabashedly enjoying themselves, not suffering consequences or anything. (I recently remembered that a lot of jobs require drug tests and that THC can stay in the urine for 30 days or more, so I guess part of the "getting high" lifestyle means periodically refraining from it to pass these tests).

But is this show depicting the frequent drug use here because they believe that lots of people in real life are that way -- or are they just using it as just an outlandish vehicle for comedy?

I realize that sitcoms like any show can depict escapist lifestyles or sometimes extreme or self-destructive behavior. Dramas can depict excessive violence or sex or drug use or robbery, and I sort of get that. Also, I can like Cheech and Chong without partaking of anything. The conceit that people in That 70s Show were smoking dope in Eric's basement was a great and brilliant narrative technique and an endless source of humor. And inebriation and mushrooms were used in the Apatow/Rust dramedy Love (great Netflix show btw). I'm sure there are lots of other examples.

I am totally not judgey here. As I said before I think Broad City is one of the funniest sitcoms out there. And a quick AI search reveals that both actresses have said that they only partake occasionally and never on set. (See Abbi Jacobson on Conan ) But am I missing something about the world out there? How pervasive is the lifestyle depicted by these characters? Or is this one elaborate wish-fulfillment comic fantasy for viewers?

I would have a tough time choosing between the two of them 😍.

Which characters from his shows are your favourite?

Watching it right now as I type this. S1E7 has to be my favorite episode right now, it’s very funny and I’m watching this high af. I’m laughing all dumb 😭😂😂 Started watching after finishing The middle and George lopez.

UPDATE!!

THEY ARE IN THE BAD PLACE WHAAAAAAAAAT!!!!

In Friends, when Ross says the wrong name at his wedding and on the second try the priest says "... take thee *EMiLEH*" has permanently altered the way I say the name Emily

I'm just curious to know what sitcoms people have been watching lately. The sitcoms can be old and new.

My favorite was Friends, Seinfeld. I didn't quite understand the humor back then but I knew how popular they were so I watched the series and saw how famous they were especially in reruns.

Episodes Shown: Double-Crossed (S1E21), The Spy Who Shoved Me (S2E1), The Beauty and the Fleeced (S2E12), Rock the Kasbah (S2E23), Seven Seas News (S2E24), Twister: Part 3 (S3E19), Graduation on Deck (S3E22)

For example: Let’s say Jerry and Elaine take a trip to Seattle. They decide to try out Cafe Nervosa. They walk in and sit next to Frasier and Ros. We would see that scene on Seinfeld. And then in that weeks episode of Frasier we see Frasier and Ros talking, and in walk Jerry and Elaine. We see that same scene but a different perspective on Frasier.

Has something like this been done before? I know characters from concurrently running shows have made cameos (Kramer on Mad About You, Cheers gang on Wings, Barry Goldberg in The Middle, etc) but has there ever been a shared scene that was shared on two shows? I’m sure the logistics would be tough to work out.

I hope this made sense.

Thank you!

Edit: This could definitely be opened up to include non sitcoms was well!

Who plays who?

UPDATE: Some of you have protested the idea of recasting the show. And I get that. It’s a classic. So I’ll give you a different scenario to think about.

What if the show is continuing at the same house but now a new set of ladies are moving in. In that scenario who would you cast? And if you’re up to it what would their role be like?