CBS has had some success with conventional sitcoms.

It's not that surprising to hear that the risky hybrid of conventional sitcom .

If "Back to You" fails with this pedigree, the conventional sitcom really should be buried.

However, after the first pilot failed with test audiences, NBC ordered that the show be retooled into a more conventional, office-based sitcom before its premiere.

For the moment, "Austin Stories" has carved out its own place as an amiable, unslick alternative to conventional sitcoms.

"Christine" is a conventional sitcom with a laugh track, and its premise is not particularly groundbreaking.

The conventional sitcom has declined in importance in the schedules over time, although the form is not extinct.

But the new television season has seen a lot of conventional sitcoms claim high ratings in the weekly Nielsen poll.

Most, if not all of them were conventional sitcoms filmed in front of live audiences.