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Reminisce about the television you grew up watching and explore how sitcoms have helped generations of Americans navigate an ever-shifting cultural landscape.more

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Episode 1

A Family Matter

American sitcoms have evolved to reflect the changing face of the fundamental social "situation" -- family.

Episode 2

Sex & the Sitcom

Americans' changing attitudes toward sex, women's rights and gender identity have been mapped out with remarkable clarity on the sitcom screen.

Episode 3

Just Friends

By the 1990s, sitcoms about friendship became the vital force driving the genre -- and in many ways, pop culture. But earlier shows set the stage for this trend.

Episode 4

Working for Laughs

Sitcoms evolved in endlessly humorous ways as Americas' relationship with their jobs changed -- especially as women broke through countless workplace barriers.

Episode 5

Facing Race

Pioneering sitcom creators and stars have opened viewers' minds to the problems of racial injustice and representation -- but it has been a long, hard road.

Episode 6

Movin' On Up

The American Dream of social mobility is so often beyond reach that sitcoms have used humor to help audiences find laughter in the struggles of getting ahead.

Episode 7

Freaks, Geeks, & Outsiders

Sitcom characters who are outsiders -- such as aliens, witches, nerds or teens -- have given viewers permission to laugh at their own foibles in relatable ways.

Episode 8

Escaping Reality

As antidotes to fear in a fast-changing world, what sitcoms offer an escape from -- and what visions they escape to -- reveal insights into the American psyche.

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History of the Sitcom

Reminisce about the television you grew up watching and explore how sitcoms have helped generations of Americans navigate an ever-shifting cultural landscape.

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