Media Revelation #6 (The Sitcom)

My next main media revelation of this class is discussed by Hilliard on Page 434 in the section titled, "The Sitcom." This section was a topic of interest for me because I have always enjoyed sitcoms more than most other shows on TV. I particularly agreed with the part where Hilliard says that good sitcoms are like good plays, I have always felt like sitcoms are a lot like plays in a way and found it funny to see that Hilliard backed up my thought with evidence. Hilliard also defines sitcoms with his claim that good comedy had always been born out of contemplating the seriousness of life, and the first thing I thought of when I read this was Seinfeld. I feel that this show really defined how a sitcom should be, and filled all the criteria mentioned by Hilliard in this section of the book.