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Just one day after receiving her first Emmy nomination, writer and actress Quinta Brunson is being sued for alleged copyright infringement over her hit ABC sitcom, "Abbott Elementary."

Those characters, that i never got tired of writing that show. >> sophisticated surveys, telephonic samplings, test audiences. all of those things help to separate winners from losers and make midcourse corrections. but you cant cut all comedies from the same cookie cutters. all you can hope is every night turns out like thursday. >> yo, angela! >> next! >> how rude. >> hes quick, ill give him that. >> all of television said, oh, well, maybe the sitcoms are alive again. and thats all that it too...

“Succession” received a leading 25 Emmy nominations Tuesday, but the satirical drama about the rich and ruthless has a landmark rival in “Squid Game,” the first non-English language series to

Arnold? you know they say? >> sit on it, arnold. >> thats what they say. >> fonzie just wouldnt be the fonz. >> girls, knock yourselves out, sorry, it was a slip of the fingers. >> its a fantasy of what team life could be. >> hey the fonzie over here. all right. luverne, and this is shirley, shes yours as you can see. >> nice to meet you, richie. >> my pleasure. >> when luverne made a guest appearance, look at this two shot, thats a series. >> tuesday night between 8:00 and at 9:00 is called the...

Started seeing a lot of experimentation. >> "the simonsimpsons" was not d or anything. it was a distrust. >> tv disrespects me, it laughs at me, not with me. >> the sitcoms of the eighties were sort of a warm, safe humor. >> the kids, they listen to the rap music which gives them the brain damage. >> there was a real yearning for another type of humor. >> we were able to spoof fatherhood which at the time and i stress, at the time was bill

The 90s with having extremely successful sitcoms but they werent the only network that found their way to having some success. tgif was on abc on friday, and it was their block of family-oriented comedies. >> i cant take it. i need the cake. >> it was not sophisticated television. but these were shows that people adored. [ laughing and snorting ] >> cbs. >> cbs was in a really bad spot. they had just fallen apart over the early part of the 90s and had gone through a couple different network exec...

Cosby as the shining example. ♪ >> stuff that got away with because it is a cartoon. the father strangling the child. >> we are going to keep on trying to strengthen the american family, make american families a lot more like the waldens and a lot less like the sim simpsons. >> we go to the bizarre period of time when the sitting president is raging against sitcoms. >> they dealt with issues of racism and sexism. >> dont ask me, i am just a girl. >> it is not funny, bart. >> they have found ...

Ever seen and got huge laughs. >> dont consider a move until my fingers have completely cleared the piece. >> whats taking so long? >> but i am analyzing my options. unlike your wing-it approach i like to plan a strategy, like a general leading his troops into battle. >> checkmate, schwarzkopf. >> i think "frasier" stands as the single most successful spinoff, at least in the history of sitcoms. >> and the emmy goes to "frasier." >> "frasier." >> "frasier." >> we were lightning hot, and it was c...

Oblivion. >> how about a boilermaker? >> make it a mimosa. >> we had the luck to be able to rotate cast, and every time we put somebody in, they were explosions. >> buh! >> there was something very special about that setting, those characters, that i never got tired of writing that show. >> sophisticated surveys, telephonic samplings, test audiences. all of those things help to separate winners from losers and make midcourse corrections. but you cant cut all comedies from the same cookie cutters...

But everyone loves us. >> you guys have been so nice to us during our stay. >> isnt that special. >> i am hans. >> and i am franz. and we just want to pump you up. >> a lot of things they could do on "saturday night live" they couldnt do on a sitcom. the humor was more daring and more satirical, and it was political. >> you still have 50 seconds left, mr. president. >> let me just sum up. on track, stay the course, a thousand points of light, stay the course. >> governor dukakis, rebuttal? >> i ...