| 1 | Likely to be a SitCom today, the half-hour comedy has been a staple since the very first days of television. The original half-hour comedies were influenced by the formats of Vaudeville shows, as artists began learning what would work in the new medium. Half-hour shows built on the variety model didn't play well, as they "felt short", due to the reduced time each player had to work with. |
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| 3 | A single comedy skit was eventually expanded to fill the entire half-hour, and what remained of the variety format was moved to an hourlong format. |
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| 5 | Of course, advertising means this is rarely a full 30 minutes today: even Creator/TheBBC, with its lack of advertising, reserves one minute for continuity announcements and previews -- in British comedy writing circles the "BBC Half Hour" is 29 minutes. |
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| 7 | !!Examples: |
| 8 | |
| 9 | [[AC:Live-Action TV]] |
| 10 | [[index]] |
| 11 | * ''Series/ThirtyRock'' |
| 12 | * ''Series/TreintaYUnMinutos'' |
| 13 | * ''Series/{{Beachcombers}}'' |
| 14 | * ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' |
| 15 | * ''Series/{{Community}}'' |
| 16 | * ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'' |
| 17 | * ''Series/FatherTed'' |
| 18 | * ''Series/HermansHead'' |
| 19 | * ''Series/TheHighLife'' |
| 20 | * ''Series/TheHoneymooners'' began as a skit on ''Series/TheJackieGleasonShow'' and eventually turned into a Half-Hour Comedy series. |
| 21 | * ''Series/ItsAboutTime'' |
| 22 | * ''Series/LifeSupport'' |
| 23 | * ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' |
| 24 | * ''Series/{{Miguelito}}'' |
| 25 | * ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' |
| 26 | * ''Series/NoSoapRadio'' |
| 27 | * ''Series/OutOfThisWorld1987'' |
| 28 | * ''Series/PoliceSquad'' |
| 29 | * ''Series/RemoteControl'' |
| 30 | * ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' |
| 31 | * ''Series/TheScotts'' |
| 32 | * ''Series/{{SCTV}}'' |
| 33 | * ''Series/{{Titus}}'' |
| 34 | |
| 35 | [[AC:Western Animation]] |
| 36 | * ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' |
| 37 | * ''WesternAnimation/ChinaIL'' |
| 38 | * ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'' |
| 39 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}}'' |
| 40 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Fatherhood}}'' |
| 41 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheFreakBrothers'' |
| 42 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' was spawned from animated short pieces on ''Series/TheTraceyUllmanShow''. |
| 43 | * ''WesternAnimation/SlackerCats'' |
| 44 | * ''WesternAnimation/TopCat'' |
| 45 | * ''WesternAnimation/WaitTillYourFatherGetsHome'' |
| 46 | |
| 47 | [[/index]] |
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