No Sitcoms to Sell, But Studios Still Sing 'I Will Survive'

摘要

That sitcom shortage you keep reading about is not going to be righting itself in 2014-15. Three of the big four broadcast networks are dumping three hours of comedy from their schedules: CBS is losing its once-strong Monday 9 p.m. hour, which formerly contained such power players as Two and a Half Men and Everybody Loves Raymond; Fox is dropping sitcoms from Tuesdays at 8 p.m. (although ABC is adding comedy in that slot); and NBC is ousting comedy on Thursdays at 8 p.m., the slot from which Friends once ruled primetime.