Sitcom

Sitcom it is a estrangeirismo, being the abbreviation of situation comedy. For times, a version aportuguesada for term is used the same: situation comedy. Originally used in programs of radio - in of -, today is applied the ficcionais televising series, of mood, come from , which had appeared in middle of years 40 and if keeps popular until the present.

Normally, each episode has an inferior duration the 30 minutes and each season has right about 20 episodes. It is frequent to hear, in the scenes cómicas, outbursts of laughter of the spectators in studio or these to be added later during the edition.

Sitcoms produced in is called britcoms.