Current 8:30 p.m. resident "Up All Night" will go on hiatus while the single-camera comedy transforms into a multi-camera comedy that's shot in front of a live audience.
Even though many critics like Bark favor single-camera sitcoms as the more refined format, he said that it doesn't mean multi-camera sitcoms are not acclaim-worthy.
" Multi-camera sitcoms also "are usually cheaper to produce and take less time to shoot.
That could be why NBC is now experimenting with a new multi-camera sitcom lineup.
The multi-camera sitcom is now recognizing the value of a story mixed in with the joke.
The older-skewing network is heading into another television season focused on genres it has thrived in, procedural dramas and multi-camera sitcoms.
There are also a number of new and upcoming multi-camera sitcoms that were introduced this fall and will premiere in 2012.
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VanDerWerff also argues in his article that the multi-camera sitcom's success depends on how much attention the producers pay to the audience.
Some critics are also questioning the relevance of the studio audience in comedy, which is a key element in most multi-camera sitcoms.
Does this mean that multi-camera comedies are making a comeback with audiences?
This year however, it appears that the multi-camera format is fighting back.
He said that sitcom producers and writers should take up the challenge and figure out how to make multi-camera sitcoms more relevant today.
"I want there to be a good multi-camera sitcom, " VanDerWerff said.
Out of all of the networks, CBS appears to be aiding the resurgence with five of the eight highly ranked sitcoms, all of which are multi-camera sitcoms.
K., after all, already tried updating the sitcom with "Lucky Louie, " which kept the traditional multi-camera, studio audience formula but built episodes around real adult problems and mature jokes.
"There were so many bad multi-camera sitcoms, where there would be a punchline that was not really funny, but then suddenly the studio audience would erupt in laughter, " he said.
"Pre-premiere chatter helps, but if that doesn't eventually translate into sizable ratings ... the traditional multi-camera manner in which the show is shot could drop in demand to the level of a cord phone, " he wrote.
Scott Sedita, an acting coach and author of the book "The Eight Characters of Comedy: Guide to Sitcom Acting and Writing" said that the multi-camera sitcom's automatic invitation to laugh makes it much more accessible to everyone.
But Ed Bark, a TV critic behind the TV review website Uncle Barky's Bytes, said that CBS has captured the younger demographic with multi-camera sitcoms like "The Big Bang Theory" and is doing well with its Monday night lineup.
Then Los Angeles Times staff writer Martin Miller wrote about the upcoming show, "Back to You, " a multi-camera sitcom created by Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd, and cautioned that the format could slowly sink into oblivion if the networks didn't see results.
And the other is Modern Family, the single-camera, multi-family comedy that starts Wednesday on ABC.
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