An animated sitcom is a subgenre of the sitcom that is animated rather than live action. The American TV shows The Simpsons, Family Guy and South Park are all animated sitcoms.
Animated sitcoms, especially the ones from the 1990s onwards, have been criticized for their often explicit and extreme violent content that would not be permissible on a live-action show. In the United States, The Simpsons in the early 1990s and South Park in the late 1990s caused something of a moral panic.
Read more about Animated Sitcom: Early History (1960–1986), Rise of The Simpsons (1987–1992), Expansion of The Genre Beyond The Simpsons (1993–1999), Continued Success (2000–present)
Famous quotes containing the word animated:
“Uncle Ben’s brass bullet-mould
And powder horn, and Major Bogan’s face
Above the fire, in the half-light, plainly said
There’s naught to kill but the animated dead;”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)