It's Garry Shandling's Show
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"It's Garry Shandling's Show" is a groundbreaking 1980s American sitcom known for its meta-humor, frequent breaking of the fourth wall, and self-referential take on television conventions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| It's Garry Shandling's Show canonical | 3 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| composerOfTheme |
Alan Zweibel
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Bill Lynch NERFINISHED ⓘ Garry Shandling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator |
Alan Zweibel
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Garry Shandling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Alan Zweibel
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Brad Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ Garry Shandling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAiredYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Larry Sanders Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | sitcom ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Barbara Cason
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Bernadette Birkett NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Tucci NERFINISHED ⓘ Molly Cheek NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott Nemes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
season 1 of It's Garry Shandling's Show
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season 2 of It's Garry Shandling's Show ⓘ season 3 of It's Garry Shandling's Show ⓘ season 4 of It's Garry Shandling's Show ⓘ |
| influenced |
The Larry Sanders Show
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later meta-television comedies ⓘ |
| lastAiredYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Garry Shandling (fictionalized version) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
direct address to the audience
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frequent breaking of the fourth wall ⓘ meta-humor ⓘ self-referential jokes about television conventions ⓘ theme song that describes the show itself ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 72 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 4 ⓘ |
| originalChannelType | premium cable network ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyAiredOn |
Fox Broadcasting Company
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Showtime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastOn | Saturday nights on Showtime ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
Fox
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Showtime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalReleaseEnd | 1990-05-25 ⓘ |
| originalReleaseStart | 1986-09-06 ⓘ |
| pictureFormat |
NTSC color television standard
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surface form:
NTSC
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| productionCompany | Brillstein-Grey Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtimePerEpisode | 30 minutes ⓘ |
| setIn | Southern California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring | Garry Shandling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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