CRITICAL TELEVISION OR LAUGHING INDUSTRY: THE CASE OF THE SPANISH TELEVISION COMEDY (1990-2018)

The critical potential of humour in television comedy has generated an extensive debate among researchers of television fiction. The sitcom, its main exponent, has been valued as a reproductive vehicle of the dominant ideology by a significant number of scholars. However, others authors have highlighted their transgressive capacity. This article analyses the critical or conservative meanings of the Spanish television comedy of the last 30 years focusing, mainly, on the introduction of current issues and problems that connect with the concerns of the audience and their respective narrative treatment.