The practice of building a situation comedy around a stand-up comedian is hallowed television practice, going back to Jack Benny and Danny Thomas and running forward through Bob Newhart, Roseanne Barr, Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen DeGeneres, George Lopez and Martin Lawrence, among others. These "based on the comedy" shows are predicated on the not unreasonable and frequently demonstrable idea that ...
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AM on August 1, 2025