Word: sitcoms
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...predictably as Harold strives to live his life to the fullest and, of course, bag the girl of his dreams (Maggie Gyllenhaal) along the way. “Stranger Than Fiction” is screenwriter Zach Helm’s first movie, and it shows. Built on quirky narration, sitcom level wit, and self-conscious onscreen visuals, it’s a workmanlike indie-comedy for a mainstream audience.With the success of low-scale Charlie Kaufman meta-films (“Adaptation” comes to mind throughout the movie), it was only a matter of time until someone tried...
...phrases we use or used everyday—“duh” and “I don’t think so” are favorites—and traces their origins from the 1930s to the title of an obscure and deliciously kitschy 1980s sitcom...
Aniston, best known for her role as Rachel in the popular NBC sitcom, will also co-direct the movie, titled “Counter Clockwise...
...following evening, my wife and I were telling our friends about Tina Fey?s hilarious new NBC sitcom, 30 Rock, but found we couldn?t do it justice. I suddenly realized that I could simply stream the pilot episode, via laptop, from my cable box at home. We gathered around the dining room table, and I launched the SlingPlayer, which produced a virtual remote control identical to the one sitting on my coffee table back home. Within seconds we were watching a show I had originally recorded in high-def. It may not have looked as good-the already scaled...
...shows will work in which foreign markets is always a bit of a crapshoot. "Rule 1 of the global TV market is that each market is different," says Grindon. Comedies, which often get lost in translation or bad dubbing, have been inciting mini bidding wars. 'Til Death, a conventional sitcom starring Everybody Loves Raymond alum Brad Garrett, and NBC's offbeat comedy My Name Is Earl are getting as much as $500,000 an episode, compared with $200,000 for sitcoms five years ago. Touchstone's Ugly Betty is on its second global lap. Based on the wildly popular Spanish...