Part of the road comedy Emmy to die is a simple matter

20 years of drama will die once. Only a few million viewers . Newspaper obituary issued . Fear of the broadcast networks . Their side shouting , " with one voice " , or rooted in the "four- seat tradition" ; while producing fewer and fewer sitcoms , and ready to layoffs.

Then a surprise arrival - Cosby Show or Friends heaven, newspaper headlines screamed : Resurrection .

Since CBS 's Everybody Loves Raymond5 month and we say goodbye , no television sitcom into the front of a list of ten , Two and a Half Men is the only one broke 20 before the TV series .

In this implies that everyone wrote not optimistic news, warned : Unless the next quarter took a dramatic turn . Look back at the history of television , the new millennium will be any different ?

"In fact , my parents have 150 channels, under such circumstances everything becomes more difficult the ", Scrubs mastermind and producer Bill Lawrence said, "Now reality show appeared, more emphasis on our shoulders burden on in affected cable TV, sports channels and DirecTV squeezed environment, we have been trying to pull back the audience . "

A long time ago , the lack of drama phenomenon often requires one or two quarters to Huanguo Lai 1961 to 1962 , The Dick Van Dyke Show help out once fell first comedy , drama performances despite poor , almost to be canceled . Similarly 1980s comedy Cheers led out muddy.

Now the producer should have a crisis from high school comedy in the past , what? Wendy Chui Ling is the vice director of CBS comedy series developed , she chose " patience" as the current response, "as long as we insist on doing comedy ," she says, " Seinfeld will appear , there will be Murphy Brown," cheers "and" everybody Loves Raymond "appeared , I think this is what we should remind ourselves of the lesson ."

Jean Maynard is executive vice president of NBC prime-time program development , he carefully chose the record in the form of comedy The Office, which is a likely lies opportunity programs. "This show is not passive is watching ," Maynard said , "The next day people will talk about it, it's very influential ."

In support of Fox , he continued to produce promising though not comment , but Arrested Development was the best comedy Emmy nomination , executive vice president Earl Popovich Clegg said: "We feel that" Arrested Development " may still be red , I do not think we have time to walk away a stagnant wise . "

Wangchuck Lore is "Two and a Half Men ," the creators and producers , he did not recognize comedy recession , he believes that a good script and performances to win an audience.

Is a threat to cable television comedy series wireless networks in the ratings it?

New York, Syracuse U professor Robert Thompson television transmission support this view , but he noted that cable television does not play the traditional wireless networks as well as drama and therefore their market .

" The quality is very high sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 8 DVD set in wireless broadcast television network , and can not retain a certain number of viewers ," Thompson explained, " a sitcom features , like" Xin Fei Stewart " and "Friends" , you might miss the semi- set did not see , or take a phone call is not a continuous effort to see , then I'm sure anyone would not understand then look behind the story, you have to read a set attached to the job . "

" Everybody Loves Raymond " mastermind Phil Rosenthal look cool reality show , to make comedy out of the woods . He said: " flooded on TV now a reality show , the audience has to watch other people eat insects program tired ."