The context is that Cheers could be a multicam without pressure for constant laughs and they could take their time and develop the plot as long as there was a payoff at the end of the scene. By the time this young woman was writing sitcoms, Cheers as a multicam was obsolete and the pressure was on for constant laughs.
On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 4:44 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > Somebody said that one of the secrets behind "Modern Family"'s success was > that they were doing a one-camera mockumentary and still hitting a > punchline every 15 seconds like a multicam. > > Mark Jeffries > [email protected] > > > On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 3:38 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 1:09 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Like many here I used to read Ken Levine’s blog and he decried the >>> single cam sitcom in the days of The Office and Parks and Rec, harkening >>> back to the days of multicam. Then I heard a Maron interview with the show >>> runner of Fresh Off the Boat. She said she broke into TV writing for >>> Nickelodeon and she said she hated what Multicam sitcoms turned into. The >>> network was demanding a laugh every 30 seconds which meant the script was >>> just setup-punchline with no chance for plot or character development. >>> >> >> I guess I’d need to know the context in which that comment was made, but >> there’s a few decades of sitcom history featuring multi-camera productions >> that included plot and character development. Granted, there was also mind >> numbing pablum filmed before a live studio audience (especially in >> kid/family friendly programming), but any TV writer who struggles with the >> format should really consider a different line of work. >> >> >>> On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 11:22 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Same. >>>> >>>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 8:08 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> This is one of those series that will go to air, run for seven >>>>> seasons, and I still will never have heard of it. >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 10:48 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> "Shifting Gears," (w.t.) with Allen as "the stubborn, widowed owner >>>>>> of a classic-car restoration shop," and Kat Dennings as his moving-in >>>>>> estranged daughter (with kids), lost original showrunners Mike Scully and >>>>>> Julie Thacker Scully over the summer, but gains a new leader in Dennings' >>>>>> old "2 Broke Girls" and "Dollface" (Hulu) 'runner Michelle Nader, >>>>>> beginning >>>>>> an overall deal with studio 20th TV... >>>>>> >>>>>> https://deadline.com/2024/09/michelle-nader-shifting-gears-showrunner-20th-television-deal-1236099181/ >>>>>> (link) >>>>>> >>>>>> B >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b87354b2-6f88-432c-90ce-1928e3004726n%40googlegroups.com >>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b87354b2-6f88-432c-90ce-1928e3004726n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>> . >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHAOrb%3DttTMrHReZY%2BJzoL%2B6H%3DnT9wYCZQ%2Bk4U5mAeXsg%40mail.gmail.com >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHAOrb%3DttTMrHReZY%2BJzoL%2B6H%3DnT9wYCZQ%2Bk4U5mAeXsg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4B6Z6e%3DeyqeEH-5-fO-XHPCoi4hg%2BJ_MsK%3DR4snS_CtKQ%40mail.gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4B6Z6e%3DeyqeEH-5-fO-XHPCoi4hg%2BJ_MsK%3DR4snS_CtKQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHX2Lu-nxfnLe9SK4sr6X-wD_niovwP9PEoHpjBwp2g0g%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHX2Lu-nxfnLe9SK4sr6X-wD_niovwP9PEoHpjBwp2g0g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Ak%3DenVNbW-Px2zoVZ0M_6Hz%3D%3DDEPpGcjnx8uWCjJsf2w%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Ak%3DenVNbW-Px2zoVZ0M_6Hz%3D%3DDEPpGcjnx8uWCjJsf2w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi_xd7aGZc5TJEjPj1zRz%2BPhj2Q1RSoMgYzX0QKDuJdvfA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi_xd7aGZc5TJEjPj1zRz%2BPhj2Q1RSoMgYzX0QKDuJdvfA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGUGkBViqb-bVrtS3s%2BeyuVtMAsQ1An4VmDF0KoOcPGcQ%40mail.gmail.com.
