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Topic: TELEVISION AND RADIO

Date: 1900-2000
Origin: situation comedy

sitcom

 noun
     
sit‧com [uncountable and countable]
AMT
situation comedy
a funny television programme in which the same characters appear in different situations each week
WORD FOCUS: television WORD FOCUS: television
similar words: TV, telly BrE informal, the box BrE informal, the tube AmE informal
programmes on television: the news, soap opera, sitcom, drama series, detective series, documentary, docusoap, game show, talk show also chat show British English, made-for-TV movie, cartoon, reality TV, infomercial
a TV programme shown on the Internet: webcast
a company that broadcasts programmes: channel, station
types of television broadcasts: terrestrial British English, cable, satellite, digital, pay-per-viewtelevision

➔ See also television
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