In "Genre Expectations and Narrative Innovation in
Seinfeld," Amy McWilliams claims that from its inception
Seinfeld "depended on its comic predecessors, drawing familiar elements of the sitcom to create and populate its world" (77). (She also reminds us, however, that the New York-based sitcom combined these familiar elements in rather original ways, which often surprised its primetime audience). In any case, what sitcoms from the late 1990s and 2000s have done the same with
Seinfeld? In other words, what more recent shows have modeled themselves after
Seinfeld's characters, generic expectations, settings, narrative structure, etc.? As always, be sure to provide evidence to support your point.
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In "Genre Expectations and Narrative Innovation in Seinfeld," Amy McWilliams claims that from its inception Seinfeld "depended on its comic predecessors, drawing familiar elements of the sitcom to create and populate its world" (77). (She also reminds us, however, that the New York-based sitcom combined these familiar elements in rather original ways, which often surprised its primetime audience). In any case, what sitcoms from the late 1990s and 2000s have done the same with Seinfeld? In other words, what more recent shows have modeled themselves after Seinfeld's characters, generic expectations, settings, narrative structure, etc.? As always, be sure to provide evidence to support your point. NOTE: Please discuss something other than Friends, okay. Thanks!
