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Same room, same people, same problems, fresh laughs, until syndication makes someone immortal.
means A recurring comedy series built around a fixed cast and setting, resolving manufactured chaos in roughly half an hour.
from Short for situation comedy, a 1950s American TV coinage where the joke lived in the predicament, not the punchline.
Laugh trackRecorded canned laughter dates back to 1950s radio.
Standing setsThat apartment never changes because rebuilding costs money.
Syndication goldReruns, not airings, make the real fortune.