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    Review: Critic picks 3 new sitcoms worth your time — and one that needs time to grow

    The new year is here, and with it the dogged, half-noticed return of what used to be called midseason, back when television was set to the industrial ecology of the broadcast majors. The first days of 2022 bring the official premieres of four network sitcoms — three were "previewed" in December — two of them friendship comedies, two workplace comedies. In a world of flashy cable and streaming ...
    by Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times Jan 04, 2022 5 minutes

    The new year is here, and with it the dogged, half-noticed return of what used to be called midseason, back when television was set to the industrial ecology of the broadcast majors. The first days of 2022 bring the official premieres of four network sitcoms — three were "previewed" in December — two of them friendship comedies, two workplace comedies.

    In a world of flashy cable and streaming shows operating outside of FCC standards, network series no longer reap the big awards, and attract far less media interest, but people do watch them, often in greater numbers than watch Those Shows Supposedly Everyone Is Talking About. Is "What We Do in the Shadows?," the dark FX vampire comedy, better than "Ghosts," the light CBS haunted house comedy? It depends on what you're looking for (and you're allowed to like both).

    The perceived unimportance of broadcast

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