Prior to about 1987, American sitcoms were — generally speaking — very different. No matter the premise or intended demographic, most sitcoms (and, again, this is a wide generality) focused on a ...

Tom Cherones, the director and producer best known for working on 81 of the first 86 episodes of “Seinfeld” during the show's first five years, has died. He was 86. Cherones died on Jan. 5 at his home ...