sitcom
/ˈsɪtkɒm
/noun informal
A situation comedy.Certainly when Carla started out writing in the Sixties, there were very few women writing comedy or sitcoms led by women....
- During the daytime there's the usual mix of American soaps, chat shows, dated sitcoms with the occasional old film thrown in.
- Radio Scotland's comedy writing initiative has produced pilots of three brand new sitcoms.
Origin
1960s: abbreviation.