The Sitcom Study
Media & Entertainment Podcasts
Welcome to the Sitcom Study, where we contemplate the TV shows we grew up with and search for the truth and wisdom amidst the tropes and clichés. Each week we’ll compare and contrast several TV episodes that share a common theme, be it characters...
Location:
United States
Description:
Welcome to the Sitcom Study, where we contemplate the TV shows we grew up with and search for the truth and wisdom amidst the tropes and clichés. Each week we’ll compare and contrast several TV episodes that share a common theme, be it characters plagued by amnesia, pop star guest spots, jump-the-shark moments, or women giving birth in elevators. It happens more than you think...
Language:
English
Website:
https://sitcomstudy.podbean.com/
Episodes
Saying No To Drugs!
3/26/2026
Zack Morris and friends take a stand for clean living, Webster witnesses the deadly effects of cocaine, and Moesha is embroiled in a sordid household marijuana scandal... This week's trope is Saying No To Drugs! Here's what we're watching:
Duration:02:27:36
The Mary Tyler Moore Mixtape & Trivia Exposé!
3/12/2026
Whether she's running the newsroom, organizing a dinner party or locked in a prison cell, Mary Tyler Moore is one of the all-time sitcom greats and this week we're revisiting the discussions we've had of her iconic show across four different tropes: Plus we'll stumble through a trivia quiz and see what kind of Mary-cred we've really got!
Duration:02:11:53
Surprise Parties!
2/26/2026
Major Dad is ambushed with a birthday hoedown, Sheldon purchases his first birthday present, and Dick Van Dyke matches wits in a clandestine party-planning chess game with his wife... This week's trope is Surprise Parties! Here's what we're watching:
Duration:01:49:05
Return of the Recurring Gags & Long-Standing Rivalries!
2/12/2026
Bar Wars rage on at Cheers! Halloween Heists strike again at Brooklyn 99! Paintball Armageddon is back with a vengeance at Greendale Community College! This week we're returning to the great Recurring gags and long-standing rivalries of the sitcom world! Here's what we're watching:
Duration:01:49:17
Sitcoms Go To The Superbowl!
1/29/2026
Ray Romano makes some questionable game-time decisions, Seinfeld spends some quality time in the stands with Newman, and Al Bundy sells his soul for a shot at playing in the big game... This week's trope is Going to the Superbowl! Here's what we're watching:
Duration:01:47:53
School Plays!
1/15/2026
Natalie and Tootie are plunged into bitter showbiz rivalry, Patty Duke dons the tiara of Cleopatra, and Mr. Moore's class goes together like ramma-lamma-lamma-ka-dingity-da-dinga-dong... This week's trope is School Plays! Here's what we're watching...
Duration:01:45:16
New Years Plans Gone Wrong!
1/1/2026
Frasier hits the road for the new millennium, Laverne and Shirley look for love at the dawn of the 1960s, and Paul Reiser brings time to a halt from the rooftops of Times Square... this week's trope is New Year's Eve plans gone wrong! Here's what we're watching:
Duration:01:33:52
Befriending The Homeless For Christmas!
12/18/2025
The Seavers take in a dumpster-diving teen runaway, Zack Morris woos an underprivileged shopping mall employee, and Family Matters postulates that Santa is real and he's a scruffy man in Chicago... This week's trope is befriending the homeless for Christmas! Here's what we're watching:
Duration:01:53:58
Visits From Alcoholic Relatives!
12/11/2025
Celebrity guest stars abound as Charles meets Buddy's boozy sister, the Hey Dude ranch is soaked in beer and whiskey, and Alex P. Keaton learns the terrifying truth about his Uncle Ned... This week's trope is visits from alcoholic relatives! Here's what we're watching:
Duration:01:43:26
The ALF Mixtape & Trivia Voyage!
11/20/2025
Hide your cats, this week we're revisiting all of our discussions of that rascally extraterrestrial Gordon Shumway and the mild-mannered family he lived with and terrorized, as well as testing our knowledge of the merry man from Melmac with a trivia quiz... It's time for the Alf mixtape!
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Duration:01:42:12
The Many Sitcoms of Matthew Perry
11/6/2025
This week we're exploring the many lovably sarcastic characters played by the late great Matthew Perry both before and after his iconic role as Chandler on Friends... Could we BE any more excited to discuss this fascinating career? Here's what we're watching:
Duration:01:51:51
Halloween Parties!
10/23/2025
Richie Cunningham bobs for apples in a haunted house, Tim the Toolman Taylor busts up a juvenile bacchanal, and Step by Step boasts a record-setting gourd... This week's trope is Halloween Parties! Here's what we're watching:
Duration:01:57:45
Horror Movie Parodies!
10/16/2025
Corey and Topanga are stalked by a ghost-faced killer, Community's college goes full zombie, and Salute Your Shorts creates the most terrifying figure in all of recorded media... this week's trope is Horror Movie Parodies! Here's what we're watching:
Duration:01:39:14
Earthquakes!
10/2/2025
Sanford fleas to Vegas, ALF nails his bed to the floor, and Nell Carter is marooned in a library with a deaf woman... this week's trope is Earthquakes! Here's what we're watching:
Duration:01:29:00
Babysitting!
9/25/2025
Clarissa Darling and Tina Belcher face pint-sized Lucifers, Mary Tyler Moore scrapes the bottom of the barrel, and the King of Queens gives his friends' kids and unintended lesson in fornication... this week's trope is Babysitting! Here's what we're watching:
Duration:01:33:14
Best Sitcom Horndogs!
9/4/2025
This one's for the leches, the lotharios, and the ladies men... From sexed up friends and neighbors to local ne'er-do-wells and aging seductresses, we're counting down our most beloved sitcom horndogs!
Duration:01:03:35
Bowling!
8/21/2025
Roseanne fudges the stats, Sheldon "becomes" the ball, and Jim Belushi communes with the gods of the lanes... this week's trope is Bowling! Here's what we're watching:
Duration:01:33:42
Winning the Lottery!
8/13/2025
Larry and Balki hit the jackpot (or so they think), Geoffrey the butler burns his bridges, and Mama puts her fortune in the hands of a celebrity chicken... this week's trope is winning the lottery! Here's what we're watching:
Duration:01:42:51
Going on a Cruise!
7/24/2025
Fran the Nanny searches for love on the high seas, the Designing Women meet an iconic maritime drag performer, and the gang from It's Always Sunny face the grim possibility of a watery demise... this week's trope is going on a cruise! Here's what we're watching:
Duration:01:41:02
The Family Ties Mixtape
7/3/2025
This week, Alex P. Keaton's middle name is Podcast as we revisit four of our past discussions of the legendary 80s sitcom Family Ties, including a rendezvous with an older lady, an unsupervised boy-girl party, and indeed a child who ages several years between seasons... It's not a clip show, it's a mixtape! Plus we'll try our hand at a couple of Family Ties quizzes which may or may not have been created by humans... Segments in this episode:
Duration:01:58:11