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clownfoot said:
Valid points for both sides of the arguement. For example, Arrested Development, which I think is the best sitcom ever made, wasn't watched in great number so was dropped by it's network, even though it won a host of Emmys and a Golden Globe. The reason for the low number was because the jokes are so layered, people recorded the show to watch a few times, and at the time the TEVO systems didn't register the recordings as views.

On the flip side, America is well known for drawing out television shows well past their saturation point. Popularity and money demand that they continue. Armando iannucci, who is one the of great sitcom writers of our time, is doing a lot of work in America at the moment. It will be interesting to see how he deals with demand for more series, as he was happy to stop Partridge and The Thick Of It at the height of their popularity.
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It IS the best sitcom ever made.

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I'll give America the best dramas, but we've done the best comedy, not recently I'll admit but Porridge/Blackadder/Partridge are as good as it gets sitcom wise and we've had the 3 best sketch shows as well in Python/NTNOCN/Fast Show .
 
galeforce said:
I'll give America the best dramas, but we've done the best comedy, not recently I'll admit but Porridge/Blackadder/Partridge are as good as it gets sitcom wise and we've had the 3 best sketch shows as well in Python/NTNOCN/Fast Show .
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All commendable. As you say though, in the past. 30 Rock has more punch lines in a typical 30 minutes than your examples would have in a series.
 
galeforce said:
I'll give America the best dramas, but we've done the best comedy, not recently I'll admit but Porridge/Blackadder/Partridge are as good as it gets sitcom wise and we've had the 3 best sketch shows as well in Python/NTNOCN/Fast Show .
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Get your hand off it. Simpsons and Seinfeld walk all over those three and that's not even bringing Cheers into it.

Just accept that US makes better TV than UK.
 
Superted said:
Get your hand off it. Simpsons and Seinfeld walk all over those three and that's not even bringing Cheers into it.

Just accept that US makes better TV than UK.
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:ross:

funny shows admittedly, love them both, not in the same league

as for cheers, again, its great, but its a different rung on the ladder
 
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