Sentences with phrase «as sitcoms»

In 2009, for example, audio engineers released a paper highlighting how movies such as The Matrix had a range of 25 units from the loudest to the quietest moments where as sitcoms like Friends had a range of only six units.

While not as dramatic as sitcoms like «How to get away with Murder» portray, law school is time - consuming.

But Hornby knows a little something about screenwriting as well as sitcoms: He adapted Cheryl Strayed's Wild for film, and his novel About a Boy is now the basis for an NBC sitcom.

«Silver Spoons» is about as simple and conventional as sitcoms get.

... Although the humor — in the show's pilot at least — is less reliant on what most people would call «jokes» and more reliant on «a tiny child in a bowtie saying the word «brassiere,»» as far as sitcoms go, it's inoffensive and as comforting as Mrs. Cooper's tater tots.

As far as sitcom - cinema goes (and the movie does truly look terrible), you could probably do worse than this — probably because most sitcom - cinema casts don't allow Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline to share the screen.

Born in 1937 in West Cliff - on - Sea, England, screenwriter - turned - director Dick Clement cut his teeth on the small screen in his mid - to late twenties, as a BBC television writer and director, including such now - classic programs as the sitcom The Likely Lads (1964), the Dudley Moore and Peter Cook series Not Only... But Also (1965), and the brief Steptoe and Son successor Mr. Aitch (1967), starring Harry H. Corbett.Clement segued into big - screen comedy in 1966, co-scripting (with Ian La Frenais) the Michael Winner - directed picture The Jokers.

But plot isn't the primary interest here: this is as flimsy as a sitcom, and it's shot like one too.

Originally made for the Showtime Network in 1986, this was not so much a spoof of sitcom conventions as a sitcom that invites the audience into the fabric of the genre: the star literally taking audiences into his home as his guest.

Not bad for a writer / director who most people know as a sitcom star.

The movie may share the same plotline as sitcom episode, but thanks to its excellent cast and willingness to push its protagonist to emotionally unpleasant places, A.C.O.D. works for kids from broken and unbroken homes alike.

But the overall result is a little like Disney's «Fantasia,» with lots of off notes (including John Krasinski as a sitcom - ish prison guard).

Amazon's Red Oaks took no time at all to establish itself as a sitcom with a heart as much as a sense of humour.

There's little doubt that Hunt's experiences as a sitcom actress have played a significant role in her directorial style, as Then She Found Me is rife with the sort of timing - both in the dialogue and scene transitions - that one generally associates with a half - hour comedy.

It was a strange year for the family comedy, as Sitcom closely mirrors the look and style of Todd Solondz's equally disturbing Happiness.

Life would be much easier if you could resolve conflicts as easily as sitcom families.

Not exact matches

It's long been the case that advertisers paid up to two to three times more for a top - rated sports event compared to a top - rated drama or sitcom, and sports value as real - time programming and its finite availability have only caused its status to grow, says Michael Neale, a managing partner for investment at Mediacom, a global media agency that co-ordinates and purchases advertising space on behalf of marketers.

I don't revisit the goofy sitcoms of my childhood and I don't go see the bands I loved as a teenager, but nostalgia can still exert an inescapable pull.

Simon, who died from colon cancer in March, was best known as co-creator of the Fox animated comedy, «The Simpsons,» the longest - running sitcom in American television.

Henderson was best known for her role as Carol Brady, the cheerful mom on the 1970s sitcom «The Brady Bunch.»

The new report comes a few months after WSJ also reported that Facebook would be willing to pay up to $ 3 million per episode for potential high - profile shows — an amount that rivals the price of top shows on premium cable channels — as well as smaller outlays for original sitcoms and other scripted shows.

It stars Will Arnett as a horse who was once Hollywood's biggest sitcom star and is now attempting to make a comeback.

It disappeared faster than a bad Fall sitcom, leaving me to wonder why the only place I ever saw a pair were on my doctor as he conducted my appointments, complete with a note - taker on the other side of the connection (so many... jokes... can't pick... just one).

Nostalgia for the 1980s and the 1990s has peaked in recent years, as evidenced elsewhere in the fashion world with a denim comeback not to mention listicle upon listicle on BuzzFeed, reboots of countless nineties sitcoms from Boy Meets World to Full House (or original takes on dated themes like Netflix's Stranger Things), or even the release of the Nintendo NES Classic Edition that immediately became The Gift of the 2016 holiday season.

Patty Duke, who won a best supporting actress Oscar for her performance as Helen Keller in «The Miracle Worker» and starred as two cousins on her own sitcom, has died, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Summary: «Sitcom following estranged foster - brothers Stephen (David Mitchell) and Andrew (Robert Webb) as they vow to take over the family business following the death of their father.»

Founded in 1969, the Bull & Finch Pub in Boston became internationally known when it was used as the exterior of the NBC sitcom bar Cheers.

As they used to say in 1960s sitcoms, that is so crazy it just..

A HubSpot writer characterized the value proposition as the marketer's version of a sitcom catchphrase — but try to be more telling than the Fonz's «aaayyy.»

This fall, Ellie Kemper, best known for her role as Erin on The Office, will star in her own NBC sitcom, Brenda Forever.

As the E4 series Chewing Gum comes to an end, Danielle Dash explains why the the cult sitcom has been so significant for Black British women More

Yesterday, Angus T. Jones — who is actually the famed «half» in the frustratingly popular Two and a Half Men sitcom and not, as his name would suggest, a Civil War general — made...

She has a keen understanding of her place in Hollywood, right now — as one of the breakout stars of a beloved sitcom; as the most fascinating character on Legion, one of current TV's most fascinating shows; as a high - profile woman in an industry currently under an enormous amount of scrutiny for how it treats women; and as an actress building a singularly astonishing resume of excellent, low - flying indie oddball films like Ingrid Goes West and Safety Not Guaranteed.

is an actress, producer, and New York Times bestselling author, beloved by millions worldwide from her role as D.J. Tanner on the iconic family sitcoms Full House and Fuller House.

As Owen on the ABC sitcom Less Than Perfect, Dick builds on his News Radio persona of a gentle, lost soul, but one ready to snap at the most unlikely provocation.

Andy Dick came to our attention as the quirky reporter Matthew on the 1995 sitcom News Radio.

For although Austen can be legitimately claimed as the formal forerunner of the vulgar romance fiction now clogging whole sections of the world's bookstores, her own novels far transcend the very genre she is supposed to have inaugurated ¯ and precisely because of the moral vision that came from her upbringing and which has now, it would seem, all but disappeared in the wake of Sitcom World.

Now the boat was almost elegant, serving food and regaling the passengers with Hongkong - made sitcoms and science - fiction movies (the two, as far as I could tell, overlap).

From clueless bosses to wacky neighbors, One Day at a Time hits refresh on your usual sitcom character tropes by bringing a distinctive familiarity as the cast uses their synergy to deliver their scripts and convince audiences that they do in fact care about one another and the journey they're all on together.

However, Black - ish cuts through the noise of countless cookie cutter crime procedurals and sitcoms that could exist in 1994 as much as today (yes, we're looking at you Last Man Standing).

The video shows Jones, the CBS sitcom's «half man,» describing the show he has appeared in for nearly a decade as «filth» and discouraging viewers from tuning in — which has attracted a crush of media attention.

Fey is the creator of Kemper's hit Netflix sitcom, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, as well as a producer and writer on the show, which was just picked up for a third season.

She most recently stared as Melanie Moretti in TV Land's critically - acclaimed sitcom Hot in Cleveland, and co-hosted Food Network's Kids Baking Championship.

But as well as being brilliant to see, the footage from the Malaysian GP briefing also ended up being unintentionally hilarious as the camerawork made it look like something straight out of a sitcom.

Mayim Bialik, Ph.D., is perhaps best known for her lead role as Blossom Russo in the 1990s television sitcom Blossom, and she currently appears on the top - rated comedy The Big Bang Theory.

But holding my baby as I fed her, the TV on low, and some old favorite sitcom playing was my heaven.

No matter what you learned from watching sitcom re-runs, there is no such thing as «the talk.»

I loved sitcoms as a child.

She is best known for her lead role in the 1990s NBC sitcom Blossom, as well as for her portrayal of the young Bette Midler in «Beaches.»

This here is a picture of Estelle Getty from the beloved sitcom, The Golden Girls, as a newborn.