The Comedic Compromise. Politics and Comedy in the History of Italian Television (1969-1982) by Matteo Marinello

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Ethnic Minorities, Comedy and British Television. Interview with Sharat Sardana. London, Friday 26 of November 2004 by Amandine Ducray, Sharat Sardana

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Beyond the Male Stereotype: Complicating Female Geek and Nerd Figures in Contemporary US Comedy Series by Ankita Dolai

“…The “nerd” or “geek” in US-American film and television has been a popular mainstay to represent distinct social hierarchies. …”
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The Pragmatics of Stereotypes in Trevor Noah’s Stand-up Comedy Routines by Idania Rosa Castro Bravo

“…To carry out this study, we used and analyzed a real corpus based on 11 television-mediated stand-up comedy shows. These routines were performed by Noah between 2009 and 2022. …”
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A Wild Bunch: Older “Funny Girls” and the Small Screen by Franziska Röber

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Le désert des héros : récits de vies solitaires dans les séries américaines de fiction by Joseph Belletante

“…In a post-critic perspective, this article offers a portrait of human “states of mind” that will restitute the spectator his symbolic autonomy, through singular solitudes or the loneliness of a group as is shown by four television series that are no longer in production (Friends, The Sopranos, The West Wing and Ally McBeal) in order to allow a global interpretation and that correspond to the main genres of fiction broadcasted by the American network (comedy, drama, and dramedy).…”
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RUSSIAN AND LITHUANIAN TRANSLATION OF HUMOUR IN THE ANIMATED SITCOM “THE SIMPSONS” by Živilė Nemickienė, Dovilė Urbonienė, Ričardas Povilaitis

“…Created in the USA, the sitcom (an abbreviated version of the situation comedy) has always been an extremely popular genre of a television show. …”
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