The Sitcom Study

Uncle Joey bungles the high-heel fashion show, The Big Bang Theory gals play truth or dare (it gets weird) and Louise Belcher sabotages her own girls' night... This week's sitcom trope is Slumber Party episodes! Here's the lineup: Full House S4 E4 "Slumber Party" That 70s Show S5 E13 "Your Time is Gonna Come" Big Bang Theory S4 E8 "The 21 Second Excitation" Bob's Burgers S4 E9 "Slumber party" This...

We're diving into the madness of the multiverse as Scrubs demonstrates the butterfly effect, Malcolm in the Middle and My Two Dads ponder the results of different parenting styles, and Community rolls the cosmic infinity dice... This week's trope is Alternate Timelines! Here's what we're watching: My Two Dads S2 E10 "In her Dreams" Malcolm in the Middle S2 E20 "Bowling" Scrubs S3 E16 "My Butterfly...

This week we're heading back to the 90s and celebrating Detroit's most excitable DJ and his equally comical lady-friend as we revisit all of our discussions of the 90s sitcom behemoth Martin! It's not a clip show... It's a mixtape! Plus we join forces to tackle a Martin trivia quiz with mildly embarrassing results...  Segments in this episode: Martin S2 E2 "Really Gina's Not My Lover" from our Hig...

Dwayne Wayne woos the campus through the airwaves, Alex P. Keaton DJs his way into a controversial romance, and Corey and Shawn become the bad boys of the FM dial... this week's trope is school radio stations! Here's what we're watching: Welcome Back Kotter S3 E16 "Sweatwork" Family Ties S2 E7 "Sweet Lorraine" A Different World S1 E15 "Dr Cupid" Boy Meets World S2 E17 On the Air"

Sheldon takes the stage, Blossom masters debate club, and the Golden Girls conquer terrors at 20,000 feet... This week's trope is fear of public speaking! Here's what we're watching: Golden Girls S3 E5 "Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself" Blossom S2 E17 "Losers Win" Herman's Head S2 E12 "Feardom of Speech" Big Bang Theory S3 E18 "The Pants Alternative" This is a good old fashioned RERRUN! We'll be ba...

Zack and friends take to the airwaves, Charles wades into the muck of schoolboard corruption, and Webster harnesses the power of his own cuteness, all to avoid their favorite businesses becoming parking lots! This week's trope is SAVE OUR HANGOUT! Here's what we're watching: Webster S2 E12 "Katherine Fights City Hall" Charles in Charge S2 E9 "Pizza Parlor Protest" Saved by the Bell S3 E3 "Save the...

From womanizing bartender to heavenly architect to inept mayor, we're examining the roles of sitcom legend Ted Danson! What is the secret to his charm, which show used him best, and most importantly, can a relationship survive if only one person likes "The Good Place?" The answers to all this and more in the Dansonest deep dive in town... Here's what we're watching: Cheers S6 E1 "Home is the Sailo...

Fran the Nanny risks life and limb for love, Nell Carter dishes out highly questionable romantic advice, and Mike and Molly's plans are derailed by baker-related jealousy... this week's trope is Valentine's Day Gone Awry! Here's what we're watching: Gimme a Break S3 E16 "Valentine" Wings S2 E17 "Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places" The Nanny S3 E19 "Love is a Many Blundered Thing" Mike &...

Night Court gets brainy, Good Times tackles racial bias, and Seinfeld presents a testing "caper" for the ages... This week's trope is I.Q. Tests! Here's what we're watching: Good Times S2 E7 "IQ Test" Night Court S6 E10 "Mental Giant" Seinfeld S3 E7 "The Cafe" Keenan & Kel S3 E7 "IQ Can Do Better"

Bart Simpson takes the wheel, Grace heads for Memphis, and Joey takes his ill fated spin-off on the open road... this week's trope is Road Trips! Here's what we're watching: Grace Under Fire S2 E21 "Memphis Bound" The Simpsons S7 E20 "Bart on the Road" Joey S1 E11 "Joey and the Road Trip" Parks & Recreation S3 E14 "Road Trip"

Ricky Schroder and Arnold Drummond join forces for the scoop of the century, Urkel drops by the Tanner house, and Lucille Ball crosses paths with the man of steel himself... This week's trope is Crossover episodes! Here's what we're watching: I Love Lucy S6 E13 "Lucy and Superman" Silver Spoons S1 E7 "The Great Computer Caper" Full House S4 E16 "Stephanie Gets Framed" Abbott Elementary S4 E9 "Volu...

The Golden Girls are mistaken for sex workers, Mary Tyler Moore refuses to name names, and Ellen's antics fail to amuse the penitentiary crowd... This week's trope is Going to Jail! Here's what we're watching... The Mary Tyler Moore Show S5 E1 "Will Mary Hart Go to Jail?" Golden Girls S2 E2 "Ladies of the Evening" Ellen S2 E21 "Three Strikes" Everybody Loves Raymond S7 E21 "The Shower"

Sanford and Son bring Dickens to the junkyard, Sophia makes the perfect Tiny Tim, and Mr. Belvedere gets a lot of use out of the old-timey sleeping cap and night gown that he already owned... This week's trope is episodes that spoof "A Christmas Carol!" Here's what we're watching: The Odd Couple S1 E12 "Scrooge Gets an Oscar" Sandford & Son S5 E12 "Ebenezer Sanford" Mr Belvedere S6 E11 "A Happ...

Damon Wayans and Reba McEntire triumphantly(?) return to prime time, an Oregon hospital becomes the setting for the latest "Office"-style mockumentary, and we boldly attempt to watch a second-degree Big Bang Theory spinoff while skipping Young Sheldon entirely... This week we're casting nostalgia aside and talking about the new sitcoms of 2024! Here's what we're watching: Georgie & Mandy's Fir...

Grace gets kinky with Jeremy Piven, Ted rides the sweet tricycle of love, and the gals of Absolutely Fabulous relive the swinging sixties, all with smoldering guest stars galore! Plus, Party Down provides an unofficial sequel to Eyes Wide Shut... This week's trope is Threesomes and Orgies! Here's what we're watching" Absolutely Fabulous S3 E3 "Sex" Will & Grace S3 E6 "Love Plus One" How I Met...

The Facts of Life gals pull a classic department store caper, Danny Partridge helps himself to a corner store yoyo, and Tim the Toolman Taylor must ferret out the Swiss army thief among his children... This week's trope is Shoplifting! Here's what we're watching: The Partridge Family S3 E22 "The Partridge Connection" Facts of Life S2 E6 "Shoplifting" Small Wonder S2 E11 "The Shoplifter" Home Impro...

Bob Newhart vows to eat nothing but water, Old Christine breaks down the science of the protein shake, and my sister Sam takes on body-shaming in a mildly special episode... This week's trope is Going on a Diet! Here's what we're watching: The Bob Newhart Show S2 E11 "The Fit, the Fat and the Forty One" Gimme a Break S1 E5 "Do or Diet" My Sister Sam S1 E8 "Mirror Mirror on the Wall" New Adventures...

From bars and restaurants to attics and garages, we're celebrating all the places where the gangs congregate and the zany schemes are hatched... This episode is all about our favorite sitcom hangout spots!   Let us know what we missed at sitcomstudypodcast@gmail.com or instagram.com/sitcomstudypodcast   Next week's trope is Going on a Diet!

This week is all about the new boy in the neighborhood, who lives downstairs and it's understood... You know the rest- the hunky housekeeper and sage advice-giver has come up four times on the podcast so far, and we're revisiting all of our discussions about Charles, Buddy, the Powell Family, and to a lesser degree the Pembroke Family! Plus we'll face off in a brutally intense trivia challenge on...

Martin and Gina dive into debauchery, Lucy goes undercover at Ricky's "Daddy Shower," and Archie and Edith head upstate for a politically polarized wedding weekend (not to mention the back-door pilot for Maude)... This week's trope is Bachelor Parties! Here's what we're watching: I Love Lucy S2 E14 "Ricky Has Labor Pains" All in the Family S2 E24 "Maude" Martin S3 E25 "The Bachelor Party" Parks &a...

The immortal Fonz takes on the immortal Bard, Gilligan and the gang turn Hamlet into an opera, and Frasier and Niles stage a must-miss production for the ages... This week's trope is Shakespeare in Sitcoms! Here's what we're watching: Gilligan's Island S3 E4 "The Producer" Happy Days S2 E10 "A Star is Bored" Head of the Class S1 E8 "Critical Choices" Frasier S8 E12 "The Show Must Go Off"

Cheers forms a rivalry that will last for generations, How I Met Your Mother gets slap-happy, and the Community campus engulfs itself in paintball apocalypse... for the first of many times! This week's all about storylines that became beloved every-season traditions! Here's what we're watching: Cheers S4 E9 "From Beer to Eternity" & S6 E23 "Bar Wars" Community S1 E23 "Modern Warfare" How I Met...

The Tanners return after three decades, Boy Meets World spawns a new generation, and the Fresh Prince is FINALLY reimagined as a gritty, melancholy drama... This week we're discussing 90s REBOOTS! Here's what we're watching: Girl Meets World S1 E1 "Girl Meets World" Fuller House S1 E1 "Our Very First Show Again" Bel-Air S1 E1 "Dreams and Nightmares"

From the Keatons to the Seavers to the rich tapestry of Modern Family, sitcoms have a habit of blithely skipping over the terrible twos and playing fast and loose with the ages of their youngest cast members... This week's trope is kids who age several years between seasons! Here's what we're watching: Family Ties S5 E1 "Be True to Your Preschool" Growing Pains S6 E13 "The World According to Chris...

Beaver packs the perfect pipe, Arnold Drummond hits tobacco road, and Hank Hill employs the age-old parenting technique of making your child smoke the whole carton... This week's trope is Getting Caught Smoking! Here's what we're watching: Leave it to Beaver S2 E9 "The Pipe" Diff'rent Strokes S6 E12 "Where There's Smoke" King of the Hill S1 E10 "Keeping Up With Our Joneses" Abbott Elementary S3 E4...