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Article: Laughing Matters.(Home Box Office Inc., Starz L.L.C. and Turner Broadcasting System Inc.)
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- November 9, 2009
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By R. Thomas Umstead
With a Dearth of Comedy on Broadcast, Cable Tickles Viewers With New Sitcoms
After years of focusing on original dramas, cable networks are launching a slate of several half-hour, live-action, adult-targeted sitcoms - a genre the broadcast networks had curtailed in recent seasons.
Nearly a dozen networks have launched or are planning to introduce original comedy series over the next year, while comedy staples such as HBO's Entourage , Showtime's Weeds , and FX's It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia continue to draw big ratings numbers for their respective networks.
Unlike the broadly targeted, feel-good, ...