#12: Out with the Old and In with the New!

One of the many post- Seinfeld sitcoms to attract millions of television viewers is non other than Friends. Friends's structural traits derive from Seinfeld's unorthodox character, and storyline structure where according to Bond, there was no home, no family, and no workplace that was concretely established throughout the series. Likewise Friend's main plot revolving around friends and everyday issues is the main storyline throught the series.

Seinfeld's "revamping" has paved the way for future sitcoms to appraoch comedy from a different angle straying away from the typical family orientated storylines, where close-knit friendships, or rather grown up children living in a world surrounded by social norms, has enabled sitcoms such as Friends to gain immense popularity. One prime example of "no family" is the issue of friends Vs sex, in "The Deal" the audience gains an insight into the trivial but complex negotiations that take place between Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) and Elaine (Julia Louis- Dreyfus) as they try and balance their friendship and their past sex life. Likewise Chandler (Matthew Perry) and Monica (Courteny Arquette Cox)go to great lengths to hide their secret affair from their friends realising the complexity of their relationship.

What Seinfeld has accomplished with regards to "revamping" the sitcom model, although portrayed negatively according to Bond's analysis has proved to be a succesfull formula for many new and upcoming sitcoms, where the idea of a group of immature grown- ups surviving in a world filled with rules and norms not only gives a stirical comical light on society.