Word: sitcoms
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Except for the natural nine-month dramatic arc (which is what attracts writers to the pregnancy plot), this is prime-time sitcom fodder. Oscar and Felix; Kate and Angie. I?m not making claims that Baby Mama transcends the format?s routine progressions - opposites not only attract, they learn from each other - only that, within these conventions, the movie is smart, funny and beguiling. Hitting familiar buttons isn?t a sin if the exercise is carried off expertly, as it is here. And the two stars, deprived of the opportunity for girlish giggling they took undue advantage of as SNL?...
...charm Kinnear has shown in As Good As It Gets, Sabrina, Nurse Betty and Feast of Love. His appeal is an anachronism; perhaps he should go back to playing the suburban sexaholic he did in Autofocus. Or maybe his domesticated grace is more suited for a high-quality sitcom...
...That film’s narrative fell apart by trying to weave together too many loose ends; “Deal” collapses at the other extreme, failing to explore the inner lives of its characters and trudging along slowly. Bret Harrison moves from a string of TV sitcom appearances to the big screen as Alex Stillman, a recent Yale graduate who pursues his dream of becoming a professional poker player. But his easy success in online poker tournaments does not translate to the professional poker circuit until he unexpectedly meets Tommy Vinson (Burt Reynolds), a retired poker star...
...show. Hell, it even made me cringe a few times. What it was, however, was an example of the kind of promise that can’t be easily recouped after a network makes a rash cancellation. “Jezebel James” was a traditional three-camera sitcom created and written by Amy Sherman-Palladino, best known as the creator of “Gilmore Girls.” It starred two terrific actresses, indie darling Parker Posey (as neurotic children’s-book editor Sarah) and “Six Feet Under” daughter Lauren...
...Ross-and-Rachel type stories over the Tony-and-Carmellas.It’s a stretch to say that the popularity of “Weeds” and “Californication” signal some sort of monumental sea change in the qualities television viewers value in their sitcom characters, or in the type and quality of content that will be produced in the future. But it is clear that at least one network has begun to do something completely different in their programming. In my book, that’s a good thing.—Columnist Ruben...