Sitcoms

According to Bill Moyers, "tv is the campfire around which our nationtribe sits to weave and re weave our traditions and tales". The average american watches forty hours of television a week, basically making it a full time job. Television has dominated the lives for many american, as it serves as a full time job and even a hobby. The television world is specifically dominated by sitcoms.

Sitcoms last thirty minutes and the is including the multiple commercial breaks. The show usually ends just about where it begins and there usually is not much of a character arc. A common theme is sitcoms is teaching and learning an important lesson, but the plot development is quite predictable and becomes very familiar for the audience, as each episode usually resembles the prior ones.

An example of a television sitcom in Family Guy. Family Guy is a thirty minute comedic sitcom. Family Guy is an animated television series created by Seth MacFaralane for FOX. Family Guy re-runs are also played on other television stations, including TBS and Cartoon Network. Each episode centers around the Griffin family, consisting of father, Peter, mother, Lois, daughter, Meg, sons Stewie and Chris, and dog, Brian. Each episode has the same caste and each episode has a different story, so it is possible to follow this sitcom, without watching it from the beginning of the season. Each episode starts with a different problem, and ends with a solution, usually teaching some sort of lesson, which is an important aspect of a sitcom. The television deals with different life lessons, but in a comedic way. The Griffins are a dysfunctional family, but the shows deals with different aspects of teenagers growing up, as there are two teens in the families, Meg and Chris. The show also deals with different familial problems and lessons, and demonstrates that no family is perfect. For instance, if we focus on Meg, we see the different life struggles she goes through, as she struggles with high school. She deals with such problems as not being "popular" enough, too ugly or too fat. The sitcom deals with everyday problems.