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The Challenge of Sitcoms Working in Streaming

Mike shir seems to be the guy who has had all his finger prints on all f these successful network sitcoms. And they just cancelled his to show that he execut produced a ruthford falls, which is a peacock original. How do you get an original new sitcom to work a a hit in streaming? It's harder than with a drama series. Comedies need about two or three seasons to really get into who these characters are. I think the toughest gig right now in hollywood is trying to make comedy work on streaming,. but it is not going to bring in audiences for certain taste clusters.

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