![]() ![]() I had to figure out how such shows were built, and fast.įortunately, the answer presented itself very quickly.įirst of all, word-processing programs often come with screenwriting templates. My approach was more deconstructionist, and directly applicable to my new gig. Talib Visram recently wrote in The Atlantic about his experience counting jokes per minute in popular TV shows. And by study, I mean hopping into my pajamas, cuddling up to my Peruvian Hairless, and watching TV with a notebook in hand. With little idea as to where I should begin, I turned to the confidence-inspiring blog, Wise Sloth (whose author, like me, has no TV writing experience), which provided a 15-page breakdown of sitcom formats that I used as a point of departure for my own study. My giddy-panicked Googling actually produced fruitful results. And once you know the formula, it makes it much easier to write them, and much harder to watch them without seeing that formula-the “sitcom code”-everywhere you look. You Won’t Regret Rewatching The Ring Kevin Townsendįrom The Simpsons to Seinfeld, from Everybody Loves Raymond to Everybody Hates Chris, from Taxi to Arrested Development to Parks & Recreation, there is a highly-specific, minute-by-minute recipe used to write the vast majority of sitcoms out there. ![]()
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