Great sitcom characters are something creators are hopeful for, but the best of the best are almost always like finding lightning in a bottle . A great sitcom character is defined by a sense of clarity. They know who they are, they know what they want, and the way they move through the world is uniquely specific. For characters to be great, they have to be well-shaped.

Audiences should understand a character’s emotional logic within seconds, because that internal consistency is what makes the jokes land and the stories feel earned on screen. Sitcoms also depend on contrast. Some characters exist to anchor the story in emotional reality , grounding conflicts in recognizable human behavior and everyday vulnerability. Others are built to be larger than life, operating at the edges of pl

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