In terms of the comedy zeitgeist, the sadcom – a frequently bleak drama hybrid – continues to rule (see: I May Destroy You, Feel Good, This Way Up, Insecure). There are a few reasons why the sitcom seems, if not comprehensively deceased, then at least less responsive than it has ever been. But what if this time it’s actually true? Declaring the sitcom dead now seems more like an annual ritual than a convincing take on the state of comedy. The following year, the former ITV director of programmes, David Liddiment, made a programme called Who Killed the Sitcom? In the decade and a half since, similar questions have been posed repeatedly by publications on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1999, Entertainment Weekly noted the genre’s demise.
According to the former NBC president of entertainment, Warren Littlefield, in the early 1980s many people believed the sitcom was over. The sitcom has a long history of being dead.
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