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Latter_Feeling2656 t1_jdwq3cd wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in What do you think the issue with modern sitcoms is? (Discussion) by Paula-Abdul-Jabbar

>Also, there was fewer competition, only a few networks, so people gave them time and patience because they didn't have 25 different choices.

One problem is dispersal of talent. it's always been that popular shows lost their creative people, but now there's fifty outlets throwing money at writers. it's tough to keep a team together.

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Auran82 t1_jdxp4qq wrote

I can also imagine that there are a lot of cases where the success of a show isn’t because of one particular writer, but the team doing the writing. You take one piece out and split the team up and suddenly the magic is gone.

Which is why “From the writers of X” often means nothing unless it’s the entire creative team, not just a couple of people with that show on their resume.

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