Something funny is happening to American broadcast television, which kicked off a new season this week, abc, a network owned by Disney, has added four new sitcoms to its Wednesday evening prime-time schedule. More radically, nbc has replaced five hours of drama per week with Jay Leno, a large-chinned comedian. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays viewers will have the option of watching nothing but comedy on the four big English-language broadcast networks between 8pm and 11pm. Then it is on to the late-night and late-late-night comedy shows.
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