multi-cam

"I think people are closed off to the notion of multi-cam to a huge degree," she says.

Exec Producer Betsy Thomas: There's Room Among NBC's Snobby Sitcoms for Whitney's Comedy 2011

"I think people are closed off to the notion of multi-cam to a huge degree," she says.

Exec Producer Betsy Thomas: There's Room Among NBC's Snobby Sitcoms for Whitney's Comedy 2011

Here's this beautiful woman who has this reputation as a stand-up comedian who's on an NBC multi-cam.

Exec Producer Betsy Thomas: There's Room Among NBC's Snobby Sitcoms for Whitney's Comedy 2011

If I were an executive at NBC, if I were Bob Greenblatt, I would be trying to develop multi-cam comedy too because that was the bread and butter.

Exec Producer Betsy Thomas: There's Room Among NBC's Snobby Sitcoms for Whitney's Comedy 2011

If I were an executive at NBC, if I were Bob Greenblatt, I would be trying to develop multi-cam comedy too because that was the bread and butter.

Exec Producer Betsy Thomas: There's Room Among NBC's Snobby Sitcoms for Whitney's Comedy 2011

I think there are a lot of people that enjoy smart comedy that feel that multi-cam is an old-fashioned, lesser form; it's for broader, cheaper humor.

Exec Producer Betsy Thomas: There's Room Among NBC's Snobby Sitcoms for Whitney's Comedy 2011

Here's this beautiful woman who has this reputation as a stand-up comedian who's on an NBC multi-cam.

Exec Producer Betsy Thomas: There's Room Among NBC's Snobby Sitcoms for Whitney's Comedy 2011

I think there are a lot of people that enjoy smart comedy that feel that multi-cam is an old-fashioned, lesser form; it's for broader, cheaper humor.

Exec Producer Betsy Thomas: There's Room Among NBC's Snobby Sitcoms for Whitney's Comedy 2011

Question: People continue to complain about multi-camera sitcoms and their laugh tracks, but they never mention the real difference between them and the single-camera competitor: the fact that multi-cam, studio audience shows are stuck on a stereotypical set.

Ask Matt: Once Upon a Time, Grey's, Fringe, More on Laugh Tracks and More! 2011

And they are all classic, multi-cam, situation comedies.

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