Air Quote by Scott Adsit

I can't imagine doing an hour-long dramatic series because it's so much work. A sitcom is a wonderful gig. You work from 10 to…

— John Lithgow

What I've observed is that television in the last decade has increased to something that's almost unrecognizable. They are feature films. That's a huge…

— John Noble

TV is designed to keep characters in place for years on end. The best example is 'M*A*S*H:' You have a three-year police action in…

— Vince Gilligan

Sitcoms are designed for normal people who just want to turn on their TV and get a laugh. It's not high-brow, you don't have…

— Megyn Price

Sitcoms are incredibly limiting. When you do a sitcom and it becomes a signature part for you, it's harder to do something else; but…

— Aunjanue Ellis

Sitcoms are bad in so many ways it's hard to say why. They can hype things as much as they want, but it's all…

— Karen Kilgariff

I don't believe, in a show like ours, that you really want to see character growth. That's just my opinion. Maybe to a small…

— Ty Burrell

I think shows that have more of a narrative and are about what's going to happen next, those need to wrap up as a…

— Scott Aukerman

The only thing I miss from the sitcom format is that immediate gratification of when you're, if we're talking about comedy, of the live…

— Ray Romano

Characters can become boring. That's what's tricky about television. It goes on and on - you're playing this same character for five seasons and…

— John Slattery

Apparently, sitcoms are like the dream job, I've been told. The hours are great, apparently.

— Phoebe Dynevor

I think the sitcom is the format for television. It's the essential form, and it represents more of the canon of TV, which is…

— Martine Syms