Celebrities and experts, including Dan Levy, Bob Saget and Norman Lear, reflect on family sitcoms from the 1950s onwards and the significance of representing inclusive families on screen.
Since America has long found it easier to laugh about sex than talk seriously about it, sitcom humour has had a critical role ushering in a new era of openness, not just towards sex, but toward women's rights and gender identity.
When Americans look beyond family or work for their identity, sitcoms about hanging out with friends redefine the genre and reveal television's challenging quest for inclusivity and authentic representation.
Celebrities and experts reflect on their favourite sitcoms set in workplaces, offering fascinating insights into the changing attitudes and behaviours of the American workforce over the decades.
In many homes, difficult conversations about race and diversity have first happened on the sitcom screen, helping pave the way for progress with hilarity and laughter.
Sitcom laughs have helped generations of Americans to come to grips with their place in a supposed classless society.
Amy Entelis
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David Brady
John Ealer
Kate Harrison
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