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Sarah Hyland has revealed the reason she most missed out on the role of a lifetime in the hit sitcom "Modern Family."

Summer is the perfect time for catching up on old shows, and Hulu has 5 great sitcoms that are perfect to watch to beat the heat.

More reality-TV and fewer scripted productions in Colorado as the SAG-WGA strike continues in Hollywood

Whatre we gonna live on until this layoff is over. suppose it does last a month? ralph: well, we just gotta face it. we gotta cutdown and cut out this high living. dan levy: the honeymooners is an example of the idea of class and struggle and what it was like to be a family who didnt have a lot. ralph: you dont know how to handle money. alice: of course, i dont, i never had any practice. peter scolari: these were people born with blue collars. drew carey: lower middle-class people that could do ...

Tina fey: the andy griffith show. that was another whole camp. aunt bea: here you are. tina fey: the comfort food aspect of sitcoms. aunt bea: you do like pickles, dont you? barney: sure! who dont? drew carey: andy griffith was a small-town sheriff. he didnt have a lot of money. and they were kind of simple. aunt bea: im going to enter the competition after all. yessir, im going to enter these pickles. opie: these? barney: these? andy: these? aunt bea: these. emily vanderwerff: that was like a f...

Aramide: because a lot of really wealthy people have gotten in their positions by stepping on working class people. lois: im sorry, we cant afford to live lavishly anymore. drink your milk. dewey: its lumpy. lois: then chew it. patrick: by the twenty first century, americas shaky economy begins to shrink the middle class. and we see that represented in sitcoms like foxs malcolm in the middle. hal: weve had to economize before. remember last year when we were saving up for disneyland? dewey: were...

Frasier: no,no. patrick gomez: in the 90s, we saw a lot of sitcoms really geared towards whole family viewing, and they shied away from the more political nature of the 1970s. frasier: every item here was carefully selected, this lamp by korboo. this chair by eames. diana: but because social class is a part of someones identity, that everyone can relate to, its one of the ways that sitcoms can reach the broadest audience. man: delivery for martin crane. martin: oh, in here! kelsey grammar: the i...

Of the 1970s. frasier: every item here was carefully selected, this lamp by korboo. this chair by eames. diana: but because social class is a part of someones identity, that everyone can relate to, its one of the ways that sitcoms can reach the broadest audience. man: delivery for martin crane. martin: oh, in here! kelsey grammar: the idea of class structure in frasier was about a father that had been alienated from his sons because they were so unlike him. martin: wheres the tv? niles: its in t...

Struggle and what it was like to be a family who didnt have a lot. ralph: you dont know how to handle money. alice: of course, i dont, i never had any practice. peter scolari: these were people born with blue collars. drew carey: lower middle-class people that could do regular things but didnt have a lot of money. patrick gomez: in the 1950s, you had a major push to move out to suburbia. lorraine ali: and consumerism. you have all these perfect family sitcoms with these housewives in it. and new...

To sort of, you know, expose them for everyone to see. lucille: luce, that coat costs more than your house. oh, thats how we joke, she doesnt even have a house. aramide: because a lot of really wealthy people have gotten in their positions by stepping on working class people. lois: im sorry, we cant afford to live lavishly anymore. drink your milk. dewey: its lumpy. lois: then chew it. patrick: by the twenty first century, americas shaky economy begins to shrink the middle class. and we see that...