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some sitcoms are still shot on tape... they don't all use film. shows like two and a half me, the class and the new adventures of old christine still use tape.

Good question...I have no clue!! :lol:

some sitcoms are still shot on tape... they don't all use film. shows like two and a half me, the class and the new adventures of old christine still use tape.

but they look like they are shot on film, what was the last show not to do that? This seemed to stop around 2000 or 2001

some sitcoms are still shot on tape... they don't all use film. shows like two and a half me, the class and the new adventures of old christine still use tape.
no; all those shows are shot on FILM. A show that's shot on tape look like a stage play, like ALL IN THE FAMILY, SANFORD AND SON, THE JEFFERSONS, etc...

I think the very last(primetime)network sitcom to be shot on regular unprocessed videotape was Cosby on CBS which,ended in 2000. The last Saturday morning TNBC sitcom City Guys ended in 2001 and was shot on video.
NBC's last primetime videotaped sitcom was The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air.
I think ABC's last videotaped sitcom was Home Improvement.
The recent short lived HBO sitcom Lucky Louie was shot on video.
There is children's show that looks like a sitcom on CBS Sunday mornings called "Cake" that is shot on video.(I don't know if that counts,LOL!)
These days,sitcoms not shot on film are using the Hi Definition video,which looks a lot like film. I believe Reba was shot this way.
Even though The Disney channel sitcoms The Suite Life of Zack and Cody,That's So Raven,Hannah Montana and Cory In The House are actually shot on video,they are processed in FilmLook(just like the former soap icon All My Children has been subjecting viewers to since late July).
This edits out every other frame to give the video a distorted look and takes away the live immmediate look that videotape has.

why have they stopped using regular videotape to shoot the episodes?

why have they stopped using regular videotape to shoot the episodes?


because film has a better quality and lasts longer than videotape.

has film become cheaper? why a distorted film look shot on tape? Aren't most filmed shows eventually transfered to tape for editing?

I don't think that film is cheaper,but the trend lately for networks/show producers has been to move away from video for sitcoms and spend the money on film. IMO,I think a brightly lit sitcom shot on videotape looks good,but that doesn't seem to be the trend in network TV sitcoms anymore.
It is either film or the Hi Definition video that looks like film.
The Disney channel sitcoms and the soap All My Children are shooting on video,but processing it in the cheaper,uglier distorted FilmLook.

I think the very last(primetime)network sitcom to be shot on regular unprocessed videotape was Cosby on CBS which,ended in 2000. The last Saturday morning TNBC sitcom City Guys ended in 2001 and was shot on video.
NBC's last primetime videotaped sitcom was The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air.
I think ABC's last videotaped sitcom was Home Improvement.
The recent short lived HBO sitcom Lucky Louie was shot on video.
There is children's show that looks like a sitcom on CBS Sunday mornings called "Cake" that is shot on video.(I don't know if that counts,LOL!)
These days,sitcoms not shot on film are using the Hi Definition video,which looks a lot like film. I believe Reba was shot this way.
Even though The Disney channel sitcoms The Suite Life of Zack and Cody,That's So Raven,Hannah Montana and Cory In The House are actually shot on video,they are processed in FilmLook(just like the former soap icon All My Children has been subjecting viewers to since late July).
This edits out every other frame to give the video a distorted look and takes away the live immmediate look that videotape has.

Well, you're wrong about the very last sitcom shown on videotape. ABC's last sitcom on tape was Boy Meets World (which ended in 2000), NBC's was The John Larroquette Show (which ended in early '97), and the very last sitcom shot on regular videotape was The Steve Harvey Show (which ended in February 2002).

Well, you're wrong about the very last sitcom shown on videotape. ABC's last sitcom on tape was Boy Meets World (which ended in 2000), NBC's was The John Larroquette Show (which ended in early '97), and the very last sitcom shot on regular videotape was The Steve Harvey Show (which ended in February 2002).
I'm impressed, very good.:clap

no; all those shows are shot on FILM. A show that's shot on tape look like a stage play, like ALL IN THE FAMILY, SANFORD AND SON, THE JEFFERSONS, etc...


you are just wrong. i was a broadcasting and television major and we studied this for a long ti me... Those shows are shot on TAPE. NOT FILMED. Shows like Scrubs, Grey's Anatomy, Law and Order are filmed, but not Christine, Men, Class... etc... sorry youre just not right...

you are just wrong. i was a broadcasting and television major and we studied this for a long ti me... Those shows are shot on TAPE. NOT FILMED. Shows like Scrubs, Grey's Anatomy, Law and Order are filmed, but not Christine, Men, Class... etc... sorry youre just not right...
Actually, "Scrubs," "Grey's," and "L&O" are all single camera shows, shot on film and looking like movies. The sitcoms you mentioned are also shot on film, but using the multiple camera set-up, which was used for most sitcoms throughout the 1970s-1990s.

"All My Children" looks like complete and utter crap with its film-style processing. Soap opera should ALWAYS be done on tape, and should always look like tape. It takes so much away from the effect of the show to have it look film-like.

Well, you're wrong about the very last sitcom shown on videotape. ABC's last sitcom on tape was Boy Meets World (which ended in 2000), NBC's was The John Larroquette Show (which ended in early '97), and the very last sitcom shot on regular videotape was The Steve Harvey Show (which ended in February 2002).

You're right,I forgot about those shows.
John Larroquette was the very last NBC sitcom to shoot on video,but they processed it in FilmLook so the live immediate look wasn't there.
However,when USA Network showed the reruns of it several years ago(and the one episode on TV Land as part of the Warner Brothers 50th anniversary),they showed it without the filmlook.
So,I'll say that The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was the last NBC sitcom to be presented in the live video look.

What happened to videotaped-looking sitcoms? (http://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?684474-What-happened-to-videotaped-looking-sitcoms)

what where the tapes they used?

also 90's shows that where filmed on 35mm film look bad compered to video tape

"Bob" was shot on film in the early 1990's...long after the tradition had been scrapped. No doubt, Newhart might have had something to do with that.

They never did another videotaped sitcom again, after The Steve Harvey Show came to an end in 2002.

because film has a better quality and lasts longer than videotape.

Many sitcoms that used video tape (especially those from the 1970s and '80s) have simply aged worst than if they had been shot on film. Video taped shows tend to have a very washed out and harsh (due to the lighting) look to the decidedly warmer filmed shows. Also, watching a show on video tape doesn't feel as polished or high quality as otherwise because it for better or worse, feels more like you're watching a televised stage play.

Britcoms still use videotapes... or hard-drive recording? The IT Crowd, Coupling (apparently), Vicious... I can't think any of most recent Britcoms that use videotaping