A "sitcom episode" refers to a single installment of a television show that is part of a sitcom (or situation comedy). It usually tells a standalone story with humor and jokes in a half-hour format. Full definition
For years, REALTOR ® Magazine featured true tales of crazed animals at a showing, unusual car troubles, and days that feel more like sitcom episodes than real life. (realtormag.realtor.org)
Know what to expect during labor Forget those TV sitcom episodes in which a woman goes into labor and a baby pops out by the second commercial. (babycenter.com)
Which is how you end up with «Hall Pass,» a particularly non-noteworthy sitcom episode gussied up in scatological humor, nudity and outré situations. (comingsoon.net)