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The New TV Comedies Trade Jokes for Existential Inquiries
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“Seinfeld” was famously about nothing. Today’s most innovative half-hour shows are about everything.

“Seinfeld” was famously about nothing. Today’s most innovative half-hour shows are about everything: What does it all mean? Why are we here? What comes after death?

As content overload pushes writers to stand out with novel ideas, the half-hour TV format has become a vehicle for more ambitious storytelling. Long associated with escapist sitcoms, it is now the domain of knotty existential questions, high-concept narratives and queries into the human condition. Sometimes, there are jokes.

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