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the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Newfangle has been described by different sources as being set in either 100,000 B.C. or two million years ago?
the 1980s CBS sitcom Frank's Place was set in New Orleans , Louisiana ?
the sitcom pilot Free Agents is likely to become the third show from Channel 4's Comedy Showcase to be given a full series?
the episodes of the BBC 7 sitcom Knocker have titles such as "Privinvasionacy", "Obselejectivitysence" and "Confidentialitydence"?
the opening scene of the first episode of BBC Three sitcom Mongrels features cats eating the corpse of their dead owner?
the new BBC Two sitcom Never Better has been unfavourably compared with other dark sitcoms such as Curb Your Enthusiasm and Lead Balloon ?
in the comic fantasy sitcom ElvenQuest , "The Chosen One" who will find the sacred Sword of Asnagar is a dog called "Amis"?
in 1997, Steve Carell played chef Yorgo Galfanikos in the ABC sitcom Over the Top ?
Ireland 's reality show Fáilte Towers takes its name from the BBC sitcom , Fawlty Towers ?
Nobel Laureate George Smoot , whose work cemented the Big Bang theory, made a cameo appearance on the sitcom The Big Bang Theory in the episode "The Terminator Decoupling " ?
British actress Stephanie Beacham played a nun on American sitcom Sister Kate after playing the glamorous Sable Colby on the drama Dynasty ?
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer made their sitcom debut with their 1992 Channel 4 pilot The Weekenders ?
five years before he was cast as banker Theodore J. Mooney on The Lucy Show , Gale Gordon played the co-owner of a department store on the NBC sitcom Sally ?
Blackadder Goes Forth , the final series of the BBC situation comedy Blackadder , is noted for its sensitive depiction of World War I trench warfare , and was placed 16th in the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes by the British Film Institute ?
Alison Brie , whose character "Annie" debuted in the pilot episode of the sitcom Community , was chosen after the producers failed to find a Latina or Asian girl for the role?
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Question 1 : The second attempt at Americanising Fawlty Towers was Amanda's , where the character of Basil became a woman played by ________ .
Question 2 : One notable sitcom from this period is Sherwood Schwartz's ________ , which centered on a blended family , perhaps the best-known domestic comedy in US television history.
Question 3 : ________ was one of the most successful sitcoms of all time, airing on radio from 1935 to 1959.
Question 5 : Most notable is ________ , the longest-running sitcom in US history.
Question 7 : sitcoms, seen as early as the 1950s but more prominent since the 1970s, is the black sitcom (not to be confused with black comedy), a sitcom featuring a predominantly ________ cast.
Question 8 : Often these other formats were presented within a variety format mixed with musical performances, as in ________ .