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The Writers Panel

Structure of a Sitcom

The Writers Panel

Ben Blacker

Tv & Film, Tv, Writing, Movies, Hollywood, Screenwriting

4.7796 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2013

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Structure of a Sitcom and Rise of the Anti-Sitcom panel from ATX Television Festival: Dan Harmon (creator, Community), Paul Scheer (creator, NTSF:SD:SUV), Dave Finkel (New Girl; 30 Rock), Tim Doyle (Last Man Standing), and Rob Schrab (director, Mindy Project, Childrens Hospital) discuss the rise of new-comedy formats and the changing rules of writing comedy.

Moderated by Emily Moss Wilson.


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It's structure of a sitcom and the rise of the anti-sitcom.

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