Talk:Undeclared

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I don't know if it's proper protocol, but I just redirected this page to the existing one I created last month.

--Madchester 04:42, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Why is this categorized as "dramedy"? It's a sitcom. It's a comedy. There are dramatic elements, but no more than something you'd find in "Cheers." Mseyers 18:52, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Sitcoms have a laugh track. This is a dramedy... it's a hybrid of both genres. Wikipedia's sitcom article stresses the importance of laugh tracks within the genre, all the way back to I Love Lucy. --Madchester 23:06, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Arrested Development, The Larry Sanders Show, Sports Night, both the American and UK versions of The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Garth Merenghi's Darkplace, Malcolm in the Middle, Strangers with Candy are all listed as comedies. None of these examples have laugh-tracks, and in some cases, contain far more dramatic elements than Undeclared ever did during its brief run. So either Undeclared is a comedy, or you should go to each of the aforementioned shows and edit their classifications accordingly. And maybe you should look at the sitcom article you directed me to:

"A recent trend in sitcom production has been to dispense with laugh-tracks and with live studio audiences, thereby allowing (or forcing) the television audience to determine where the jokes are. NBC hits My Name is Earl and The Office as well as cult hits Arrested Development and Scrubs have been at the forefront of this trend." Mseyers 23:33, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Many media outlets have referred to the show as a dramedy:

• The Trades - Undeclared review
• IGN - Undeclared: The Complete Series
• Ads show questionable motives in tough times

and so forth.

The best compromise is to list both genres.

--Madchester 23:49, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough. It's so not a big deal, and sorry if I came off as belligerent. I'm still not sure why you edited my earlier addition about Paul Feig only having directed one episode, as opposed to "several." As far as I know, the one episode he directed was "Oh, So You Have a Boyfriend?" "Full Bluntal Nugety" is on the dvd... but is that a separate episode? It never aired, and the official website's insert lists it as "2b" rather than its own separate number, and it only has two or three different scenes. I don't think that Feig's contribution to the show can be described as having "several episodes" to his credit if it amounts to one actual episode, and one alternate cut that's only available on the dvd. Mseyers 00:22, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh, that's probably a mistake from the Rollback function. I simply wanted to revert from your last edit, but the software automatically reverts all edits made by the same user. --Madchester 00:28, 30 July 2006 (UTC)