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I was listening to NPR the other day and there was an interesting interview with the writer of the Gilmore Girls. She mentioned that today's sitcoms are mostly written in a "assault" manner. A group of writers come together to meet and write a television episode together. There is no one leader, or even a developed idea to start with. It's a group idea. She said the last (worst) season of Roseanne was written that way. Most sitcoms are written that way now.
In the 70's it was different. One writer would write an entire episode by himself. Then all the writers would meet together and give their own input as they felt inspired, adding to the original drafted script. I really like this idea.
Here are a few of the classic 70's titles: The Bob Newhart Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Sanford and Son, Barney Miller, MASH, All in the Family, The Odd Couple.
Personally I would add Three's Company as one of the greats. But it was really in a different category. The so-called "great" sitcoms were modeled after the old Dick Van Dyke Show. Three's Company was modeled after the Honeymooners.
In the 70's it was different. One writer would write an entire episode by himself. Then all the writers would meet together and give their own input as they felt inspired, adding to the original drafted script. I really like this idea.
Here are a few of the classic 70's titles: The Bob Newhart Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Sanford and Son, Barney Miller, MASH, All in the Family, The Odd Couple.
Personally I would add Three's Company as one of the greats. But it was really in a different category. The so-called "great" sitcoms were modeled after the old Dick Van Dyke Show. Three's Company was modeled after the Honeymooners.
