situation comedy

noun

1. a comedy drama, especially a television series made up of discrete episodes about the same group of characters, as members of a family.

situation comedy

noun

1. (on television or radio) a comedy series involving the same characters in various day-to-day situations which are developed as separate stories for each episode Also calledsitcom

Word History and Origins

Origin of situation comedy¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

The theme song to the 1980s situation comedy "Cheers" celebrated an urban bar as a place where "everybody knows your name."

From The Daily Beast

Nevertheless, I contend that a special place in this story belongs to, of all things, a situation comedy: Father Ted.

From The Daily Beast

Related Words

• sitcom