sitcom writers
Comedy script creators
Sitcom writers create scripts for situation comedies—episodic television shows built around recurring characters and settings.
The work is typically collaborative, with writers' rooms where teams develop storylines, punch up jokes, and revise scripts together.
The phrase often carries connotations of formulaic humor or hack work: That dialogue sounds like it was written by sitcom writers.
- scriptsWritten texts for performances
- punchlinesJokes' concluding zingers
- running gagRepeated joke across episodes
- showrunnerTV series creative head
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
story arc · jokes · table read · laugh track · spec script · pilot script · staff room · pitch · tagline · cold open · callback · setup · timing · syndication · late night · episode · deadline · whiteboard
- humoristshumorists, wits, satirists, comics, comedians
- Writers GuildWGA, screenwriters, showrunners, credits, residuals
- dramatistsplaywrights, dramatists, dramaturgs, dramaturges
sitcom writersnovelists
Writers of long-form fiction
poets · technical writers · playwrights · journalists · essayists
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