Sitcoms articles
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New sitcom Mammoth is often funny, sometimes subtle and gloriously unwoke
It is sometimes subtle, often not, always warm, consistently funny, occasionally side-splittingly hilarious and always gloriously, outrageously unwoke – PC, as far as Tony Mammoth is concerned stands for Police Constable. Mammoth is a PE teacher who is engulfed by an avalanche on a ski slope in 1979 and presumed dead. He is revived 45 years later and has to deal with life in 2024 – he is a throwback. After his 15 minutes of fame as the ‘Iceman cometh back’, he returns to his old job at his old...
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Steve Carell to Star in New Tina Fey Sitcom ‘Four Seasons’
NBC’s Thursday-night comedy block is crossing over on Netflix in Fey’s new The Four Seasons sitcom.
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Best podcasts of the week: The cast of Green Wing bring the beloved sitcom back to life
Original cast members Olivia Colman, Tamsin Greig and more return for a revamp of the show, 17 years later, in audio form. Plus: five of the best home improvement podcasts• Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereGreen Wing: ResuscitatedAudible, all episodes available nowSeventeen years after the anarchic and gloriously inappropriate medical show ended, it is revived in podcast form. The original cast, including Olivia Colman, Tamsin Greig and Stephen Mangan are all present. The...