About this episode

Adam Conover discusses the decline of new sitcoms in Hollywood despite the popularity of classic sitcoms on streaming platforms.

(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue originally aired on the Factually! YouTube page, but we are sharing audio versions of these monologues with our podcast audience as well. Please enjoy, and stay tuned for your regularly scheduled episode of Factually! Sitcoms from decades ago are dominating streaming platforms... so why is Hollywood fundamentally incapable of making new sitcoms? Visit https://groundnews.com/factually to stay fully informed, see through biased media and get all sides of every story. Subscribe for 40% off unlimited access through my link. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Adam Conover

Topics covered

• Hollywood
• TV Sitcoms
• Streaming Platforms
• Media Bias
• Entertainment Industry

Keywords

• Hollywood
• sitcoms
• streaming
• media
• entertainment

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