# Smart Comedies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-comedies/972239>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\
**Created:** [September 26, 2022, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-comedies/972239 "2022-09-26T05:30:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-comedies/972239/122 "2022-10-02T18:23:24Z")

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> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> Shows that are almost completely confined to a single set have to be smart to survive.

It may not be a perfect correlation, but shows that are almost completely confined to a single set tend to be [“three-camera”](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThreeCameras) or “multi-camera” shows, often shot in front of a live studio audience, as opposed to single-camera shows.

I don’t think they’re necessarily any smarter, on the whole, but they may well be written differently: more like a stage play, less like a screenplay.

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