Make Your Way 6, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

Sitcom categories 14 • There are so many sitcoms that TV academics have started to divide them into categories. Look at the examples below. What other sitcoms can you think of for these categories? • “singlescom” ( Friends , Seinfeld , , ) • “workplacecom” ( Spin City , The Office , , ) • “teencom” ( Sabrina , the Teenage Witch , Hannah Montana , ) • “familycom” ( Married with Children , The Nanny , , ) • “couplescom” ( Mad about You , The King of Queens , , ) • Invent some more “com-categories” and give some examples. Work with a partner. Think of a sitcom you’re both familiar with. Read through the following tips and write down examples from your sitcom to illustrate points 1 to 8. For points 4 to 8 you will need to talk about a specific episode. 15 Features of a good sitcom I • Remember – good characters are essential. Your sitcom should have: Tips Examples 1  a set of principal characters who appear in all episodes 2  supporting characters who appear every now and then 3  a number of transient characters who might appear for one or more episodes before disappearing from the show 173 4 Compact unit 4: Sitcoms Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv