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Romantic Comedy Television Series
This is a list of romantic comedy television series in chronological order and/or by country. 1970s–1980s *''The Love Boat'' (1977–1986) (ABC) *''Urusei Yatsura'' (1981–1986) (Fuji TV) *''Tokimeki Tonight'' (1982–1983) (Nippon Television) *'' Miyuki'' (1983–1984) (Fuji TV) *''Who's the Boss?'' (1984–1992) (ABC) *'' Maison Ikkoku'' (1986–1988) (Fuji TV) *''Kimagure Orange Road'' (1987–1988) (Nippon Television) *'' Life Without George'' (1987–1989) (BBC) *'' Anything But Love'' (1989–1992) (ABC) *''Ranma ½'' (1989) (Fuji TV) 1990s *'' As Time Goes By'' (1992–2005) (BBC) *''Mad About You'' (1992–1999) (NBC) *''Living Single'' (1993–1998) (FOX) *''The Nanny'' (1993–1999) (CBS) *''Friends'' (1994–2004) (NBC) *''DNA²'' (1994) (Nippon Television) *''Boston Common'' (1996-2002) (NBC) *''Ally McBeal'' (1997–2002) (FOX) *''For Your Love'' (1998–2002) (WB) *'' The Secret Lives of Men'' (1998) (ABC) *''Will & Grace'' (1998–2006) (NBC) *''The Single Guy'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantic Comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Romantic comedy evolved from Ancient Greek comedy, Middle Ages, medieval romance, and 18th-century Restoration comedy, later developing into sub-genres like Screwball comedy, screwball comedies, career woman comedies, and 1950s Sex comedy, sex comedies in Hollywood. Over time, the genre has expanded beyond traditional structures, incorporating unconventional themes, challenging gender roles, and addressing adult topics while maintaining its core focus on romance and humor. A common convention in romantic comedies is the "Meet cute, meet-cute", a humorous or unexpected encounter that creates initial tension and sets up the romantic storyline. History Comedies, rooted in the fertility rites and satyr plays of Ancient Greek comedy, ancient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DNA²
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Katsura. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from August 1993 to July 1994, with its chapters collected in five volumes. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by Madhouse and Studio Deen, was broadcast on Nippon TV from October to December 1994. A three-episode original video animation (OVA) was released from February to June 1995. In North America, the TV series and the OVA were licensed by Central Park Media and released on DVD in 2003. Discotek Media re-licensed the series and released on DVD in 2014. Plot Junta Momonari is a high school student with a very unusual problem. Whenever he becomes sexually aroused by a woman, his "female allergy" kicks in, causing him to throw up. One day, Junta is confronted by a girl in strange clothing who claims to be from the future. The girl, called Karin Aoi, tells him about how the world has become terribly o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School Rumble
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jin Kobayashi. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga, manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from October 2002 to July 2008, with its chapters collected in 22 volumes. ''Magazine Special'' published ''School Rumble Z'' monthly from August 2008 to May 2009, with its chapters collected in a single volume. ''School Rumble'' is a romance comedy centering on relationships between Japanese high school students. The story focuses on a love triangle involving the series' two protagonists, List of School Rumble characters#Tenma, Tenma Tsukamoto and List of School Rumble characters#Harima, Kenji Harima, and one of their classmates, List of School Rumble characters#Oji Karasuma, Oji Karasuma. The series often discards realism in favor of comedic effect. ''School Rumble''s popularity has resulted in its adaptation into multiple forms of media. TV Tokyo broadcast a 26-episode anime program between October 2004 and A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime News Network
Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. The website offers reviews and other editorial content, forums where readers can discuss current issues and events, and an encyclopedia that contains many anime and manga with information on the staff, cast, theme music, plot summaries, and user ratings. The website was founded in July 1998 by Justin Sevakis, and operated the magazine '' Protoculture Addicts'' from 2005 to 2008. Based in the United States, it has separate versions of its news content aimed toward audiences in five separate regions: the United States and Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and India. History The website was founded by Justin Sevakis in July 1998. In May 2000, CEO Christopher Macdonald joined the website editorial staff, replacing editor-in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Love?
''Love Love?'' (stylized as ''LOVE♥LOVE?'') is a Japanese anime television series directed by Takeo Takahashi. It is a sequel to the series ''Hit o Nerae!'' (''Smash Hit''), with character design by Miwa Oshima. The plot centers on the relationships between screenwriter Naoto Ohizumi, and the all-female cast of a Super Sentai TV show he works on. The series was broadcast on Sun TV and TV Kanagawa from May 3, 2004, to June 28, 2004. An additional 4 episodes were released as straight to DVD OVAs. Premise Naoto Ohizumi is the screenwriter for the all-female Super Sentai TV show, ''The Super Transforming Cosmopolitan Prayers ("Cosprayers")'', although this is only known by the show's producer. Naoto has a crush on one of the show's stars, Natsumi Yagami. As the show proceeds so does their relationship, with many twists and turns along the way. Many of the other actresses are also in love with Naoto, creating various situations throughout the anime. Characters ; : : Naoto is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desperate Housewives
''Desperate Housewives'' is an American mystery comedy-drama television series created by Marc Cherry, and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. It aired for eight seasons on ABC from October 3, 2004, until May 13, 2012, for a total of 180 episodes. Executive producer Marc Cherry served as showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth season included Bob Daily, George W. Perkins, John Pardee, Joey Murphy, David Grossman, and Larry Shaw. Set on Wisteria Lane, a street in the fictional town of Fairview in the fictional Eagle State, ''Desperate Housewives'' follows the lives of a group of women as seen through the eyes of their friend and neighbor who commits suicide in the pilot episode. The series covers fifteen years of the women's lives, which includes a five-year timeline jump in the series' narrative. The women work through domestic struggles and family life, while being faced with the secrets, crimes, and mysteries hidden behind the doors of thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Of Us
''All of Us'' is an American sitcom that premiered on the UPN network in the United States on September 16, 2003, where it aired for its first three seasons. On October 1, 2006, the show moved to The CW, a new network formed by the merger of UPN and The WB (whose sister company Warner Bros. Television produced this series), where it aired for one more season before being cancelled on May 15, 2007. Synopsis The series, loosely based on the blended family of creator and executive producers Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith, revolved around Robert James Sr. ( Duane Martin), a divorced television entertainment reporter with a young son, Robert "Bobby" James Jr. ( Khamani Griffin), and his fiancée Tia Jewel ( Elise Neal), a kindergarten teacher who helped him through the breakup of his first marriage. Robert shares custody of his son with his ex-wife Neesee (LisaRaye McCoy), with whom he shares a tenuously friendly relationship for the sake of their son. Robert also finds himsel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Half & Half
''Half & Half'' is an American television sitcom created by Jeffrey Klarik and executive-produced by Yvette Lee Bowser through her Sister Lee Productions banner that aired on UPN from September 23, 2002, to May 15, 2006 (related to the comedy show, ''Living Single'' that aired out in 1993–1998). It was co-produced by CBS Studios under one of its former aliases, Eye Productions, Inc. Set in San Francisco, California, the show focuses on the lives of two paternal half-sisters in their early adulthood who were estranged throughout their childhood, and are finally developing a close relationship. The show was the second-most-watched on UPN's Monday night line-up (next to '' Girlfriends'') and fourth overall on the network. The series was almost renewed for a fifth season by UPN's successor network, The CW, but due to several circumstances — including the network's contractual obligation to pick up '' Reba'', the last-minute renewal of ''All of Us'', and the pick-up of the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girlfriends (2000 TV Series)
''Girlfriends'' is an American sitcom television series created by Mara Brock Akil that premiered on September 11, 2000, on UPN and aired on UPN's successor network, The CW, before being canceled in 2008. The final episode aired on February 11, 2008. Episodes Broadcast history The series debuted on UPN on Monday September 11, 2000. After airing for several years on the network at 9/8C on Mondays, The CW moved ''Girlfriends'' to Sundays at 8/7C. After this, the ratings plummeted. On October 9, 2006, ''Girlfriends'', along with The CW's other African-American programs, moved back to Mondays. At this point, ''Girlfriends'' returned to its original time slot. While UPN was still airing new episodes of ''Girlfriends'', the network also began airing reruns five days per week. When the show moved to The CW network after UPN merged with The WB network, MyNetwork TV (which was created to take over UPN's former affiliate stations) picked up the rights to air reruns of ''Girlfriend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Single Guy
''The Single Guy'' is an American sitcom television series that ran for two seasons on NBC, from September 21, 1995, to April 14, 1997. It starred Jonathan Silverman as struggling New York City writer Jonathan Eliot and followed several of his close friends (some of whom came and left as the show was re-tooled between seasons). The series also starred Joey Slotnick as Eliot's best friend Sam Sloan, Ming-Na Wen as Sam's wife Trudy and Ernest Borgnine as doorman Manny, throughout its entire run. ''The Single Guy'' was created by Brad Hall. Cast Main * Jonathan Silverman as Jonathan Eliot * Joey Slotnick as Sam Sloan * Ming-Na Wen as Trudy Sloan * Ernest Borgnine as Manny Cordoba * Mark Moses as Matt Parker (season 1) * Jessica Hecht as Janeane Percy-Parker (season 1) * Shawn Michael Howard as Russell (season 2) * Olivia d'Abo as Delilah (pilot episode of season 1), and Marie Blake (season 2) Recurring * Michael Winters as Mike (season 1) * Jensen Daggett as Charlie McCarthy (se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will & Grace
''Will & Grace'' is an American television sitcom created by Max Mutchnick and David Kohan. Set in New York City, the show focuses on the friendship between best friends Will Truman (Eric McCormack), a Gay men, gay lawyer, and Grace Adler (Debra Messing), a Heterosexuality, straight interior designer. The show was originally broadcast on NBC from September 21, 1998, to May 18, 2006, for a total of eight seasons, before returning to NBC on September 28, 2017, and permanently ending on April 23, 2020. ''Will & Grace'' has been one of the most successful television series with gay principal characters. Despite initial criticism for its stereotypical portrayal of gay characters, it went on to become a staple of NBC's Must See TV Thursday night lineup and was met with continued critical acclaim. It was ensconced in the Nielsen ratings, Nielsen top 20 for half of its 1998–2006 network run. The show was the highest-rated sitcom among adults 18–49 from 2001 to 2005. ''Will & Grace'' e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Lives Of Men
''The Secret Lives of Men'' is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 30, 1998 to November 11, 1998. The series aired in full in Ireland on RTÉ2. Premise Three divorced men get thrown back into the bachelor life. With nothing left but each other, Michael, Phil, and Andy form an exclusive club and embark on a new phase of their existence. Someday, they might comprehend the mysteries of women, love and golf. Until then, they'll continue carrying on The Secret Lives of Men. Cast *Peter Gallagher as Michael *Bradley Whitford as Phil *Mitch Rouse Edward Mitchell "Mitch" Rouse (born August 6, 1964) is an American film and television actor, director, and screenwriter. He is known for co-creating Comedy Central's '' Exit 57'' (1995–1996) and ''Strangers with Candy'' (1999–2000), with fel ... as Andy * Sofia Milos as Maria Episodes References External links * *Pazsaz Entertainment Network {{DEFAULTSORT:Secret Lives Of Men, The 1998 American television series de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
