How to Use sitcom in a Sentence

sitcom

noun
  • In the clip, they lip-synced to a scene from the sitcom Friends.
    Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Here, catch up with the stars of the sitcom, then and now.
    Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2023
  • As in any good sitcom, the plot of the pilot just jump starts the action.
    Esther Zuckerman, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The Caveman was even briefly at the center of an ABC sitcom that ran for a few weeks in 2007.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The Disney Channel aired Raven's Home, the sitcom where the couple met.
    Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Scroll ahead to see some of our favorite moments from the sitcom.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 14 Nov. 2023
  • And the most of those were like sitcoms, and Bill Cosby was at the top of the list, so there’s a sad ending to that story.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 3 May 2023
  • In this case, the sitcom Shakespeare is built around two contrivances.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Take a look at the best looks on one of the best ‘90s sitcoms to exist: Living Single.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Before their more vaunted show, the duo got a sitcom in 1965.
    Frazier Moore, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Shadows would be far from the first sitcom to go out of its way to maintain the status quo.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2023
  • One source of restraint is the sitcom friendliness of the writing.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Messing isn’t so quick to return to the sitcom franchise.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 6 June 2023
  • Perry was best known for his role as Chandler Bing on the 90s sitcom, Friends.
    Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Bell, who played Ron Johnson on the sitcom, helped organize the tour.
    Justin Gamble, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Stamos made a surprise cameo on the NBC sitcom in 2003 during the show’s ninth season.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Gone were the days of millions watching the same sitcoms every night and talking about them the next day at the water cooler.
    Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Raven-Symoné settles in for a sixth season of her eponymous sitcom.
    Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Another pokes fun at the wholesome sitcoms from the ’80s and ’90s, with the trio starring as three goth guys who lead very basic lives.
    Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The happy ending to that, of course, is that her hat-in-hand return to television produced one of the great sitcoms of all time.
    Brian Lowry, CNN, 26 May 2023
  • That’s where these five recipes come in, ranging in marinade time from shorter than a sitcom episode to as long as a 24-hour getaway.
    Kendra Vaculin, Bon Appétit, 16 July 2023
  • And, in 1965, the brothers debuted their very own sitcom, The Smothers Brothers Show.
    Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The New Girl star is known for sporting her sitcom character's brown hair and straight-across bangs, so this post kind of threw everyone for a loop.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 31 May 2023
  • Throughout the sitcom's 10 seasons, several big names stepped onto the set as guest stars.
    Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Meaning? Perfetti: There’s a great deal of pathos in our little sitcom.
    Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
  • The show emerged as a spin-off from Maude, another sitcom created by Norman Lear.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 8 Feb. 2024
  • As Cliff Clavin famously said in the series finale of the classic sitcom Cheers, the meaning of life just might be comfortable shoes.
    Robin Raven, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Not everyone had a parent who was the star of a hit sitcom, leaving a lasting legacy on-screen that anyone can watch again and again.
    Janine Rubenstein, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Perry's character was the sarcastic one on the hit sitcom.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Masterson, a once-popular sitcom star, did not take the stand at either of his trials.
    Angela Yang, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2023

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