Aug 1st, 2008 · Everything may seem to go wrong for the villainous Dr. Horrible, but life's peachy for Neil Patrick Harris, the actor who plays the bumbling baddie in the eponymous Internet musical. He's moved on from life as Doogie Howser, M.D., and was recently nominated for an Emmy for his role in the sitcom How I Met Your Mother.
May 26th, 2008 · Dick Martin, co-host of Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, a TV comedy staple of the 1960s, died Saturday. Zany, frenetic, and daring in its references to sex and drugs, Laugh-In challenged the more tame TV sitcoms of the era with a fast-paced sketches, monologues and catch phrases, like "sock it to me."
May 25th, 2008 · Propelled by a catchy first single called "Boston" (featured on the NBC sitcom Scrubs), Augustana has released its second album, Can't Love, Can't Hurt. Three of the band's members perform in NPR's studio 4A.
May 20th, 2008 · In the old sitcom Roseanne, John Goodman's character saw no point taking down the Christmas tree. Why waste a perfectly good Easter Sunday? The town of Winsted, Conn., made it past Easter. Decorations there were removed only last week. Officials site soft ground as the hold up.
May 5th, 2008 · CBS is crossing over its sitcom Two and a Half Men with the procedural crime drama CSI. The shows aren't just going to share actors and storylines: Comedy writers are working on CSI, and Two and a Half Men is being written by CSI vets.
Feb 12th, 2008 · Members of the Writers Guild of America vote Tuesday on a proposed contract with studios. Most writers could go back to work Wednesday. Some have already returned to their jobs. Renee Montagne talks with Carter Bays, executive producer of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother," about how fast new episodes can make it to air.
Jan 15th, 2008 · The first Israeli TV show to prominently feature Arabs, Arab Work is drawing extremely high ratings. Frequently likened to The Cosby Show, the sitcom addresses contentious issues in a comic way, drawing thousands of fans, as well as critics.
Oct 6th, 2007 · The new sitcom Aliens in America premiered on the CW Network this week. It's a teen angst comedy with a politically charged twist. The Tolchuck family from Wisconsin gets an exchange student, who turns out to be a devout Muslim from Pakistan. The show plays post-Sept. 11 tensions between America and the Muslim world for laughs, tackling issues from terrorism to civil rights in a lighthearted high school setting. And the show is getting attention beyond its teen demographic.