三十年代早期起,喜剧就成为美国重要的广播节目形式。在一年一度由观众评选出的十五个最佳节目中,前十个总是喜剧节目。电视媒介继承了广播的这一特点,喜剧成为经久不衰的热门电视节目。美国广播公司在三大广播公司中曾长期处于弱者地位,由于创作播出了独树一帜的电视喜剧,其收视率在七十年代一跃成为三大广播网之 Since the early 1930s, comedies have become an important form of radio programs in the United States. Of the 15 best-of-the-year shows voted annually, the top ten are always comedy shows. Television inherited the characteristics of broadcasting, comedy become an enduring popular TV shows. As the third largest broadcaster in the United States, ABC has long been in the weakest position. Since its creation and broadcasting of a distinctive television comedy, its ratings became the three broadcast networks in the seventies