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This docuseries reunites audiences with the television friends, families, and co-workers they grew up with while introducing cutting-edge comedies that are sure to be your...
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Season 1

  • A Family Matter
    7.4/10125 votes
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    A Family Matter

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/11/2021

    Moms, dads, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters — more than just a hilarious reflection of the people we grow up and old with, sitcoms have opened our hearts to a more inclusive visions of what “family” can mean.

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  • Sex & the Sitcom
    7.2/10114 votes
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    Sex & the Sitcom

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/11/2021

    Since America has long found it easier to laugh about sex than talk seriously about it, sitcom humor has had a critical role ushering in a new era of openness, not just towards sex, but toward women’s rights and gender identity.

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  • Just Friends
    7.7/1098 votes
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    Just Friends

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/18/2021

    When Americans look beyond family or work for their identity, the “hanging out with friends” sitcom hilariously redefines the genre while also revealing television’s challenging quest for inclusivity and authentic representation.

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  • Working for Laughs
    7.4/1075 votes
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    Working for Laughs

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/25/2021

    Work families can be even funnier than our biological ones, since the endless array of wacky sitcom characters on the job offers hilarious insights into the state of the American workplace.

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  • Facing Race
    7.1/1074 votes
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    Facing Race

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/1/2021

    In many homes, difficult conversations about race and diversity have first happened on the sitcom screen, helping pave the way for progress with hilarity and laughter.

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  • Movin' On Up
    7.3/1071 votes
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    Movin' On Up

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/8/2021

    Upward mobility, the American Dream, pulling yourself up by your bootstraps – sitcom laughs have helped generations of Americans come to grips with their place in a supposed “classless” society.

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  • Freaks, Geeks & Outsiders
    7.2/1060 votes
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    Freaks, Geeks & Outsiders

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/15/2021

    Aliens, geeks, monsters, immigrants, witches… the fresh perspective of sitcom fish-out-of-water give us funny new insights into the ever-changing face of America.

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  • Escaping Reality
    7.2/1056 votes
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    Escaping Reality

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/22/2021

    Sitcoms have long been the ultimate comedy comfort food, but what sitcoms offer escape from – and what they offer escape to – reveal a lot about the state of the American mind, and the state of sitcom form itself.

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