Many sitcoms tend to be episodic which means that they tend to have things happen only once during that episode and usually they are not brought up again in other episodes. Sitcoms also tend to be based on TV’s. The set is usually set up stage like and the living is usually focused around the TV. Most of the time you don’t see the TV in the set but it’s always implied that it is there by the way the furniture is set-up.
In the Cosby Show one episode Vanessa has a Halloween party and while daydreaming about one of her crushes she drops a tray of food and gets really embarrassed this shows how the Cosby show is an episodic show because this only happens in one episode and is never brought up in future episodes. The Cosby show also shows the TV set up very well. In their living room you usually don’t see the TV, but they usually gather in there and sit on the couch while they are looking at the TV. Their living room is set up so it implies that the TV is there and sometimes when they are in the living room you can hear the TV on but you can’t see it. These are some of the ways that the Cosby Show shows some of the characteristics of a sitcom that Mr. Tain talked about in Wednesdays lecture.
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