TELEVISIÓN CRÍTICA O INDUSTRIA DE LA RISA: EL CASO DE LA COMEDIA TELEVISIVA ESPAÑOLA (1990-2018)

Resumen: El potencial critico del humor en la comedia televisiva ha generado un extenso debate entre los investigadores de la ficcion televisiva. La sitcom, su principal exponente, ha sido valorada como vehiculo reproductor de la ideologia dominante por un numero significativo de estudiosos. Otros, en cambio, han destacado su capacidad transgresora. En este articulo se analizan las significaciones criticas o conservadoras de la comedia televisiva espanola de los ultimos 30 anos centrandonos, principalmente, en la introduccion de tematicas de actualidad y problematicas que conectan con las preocupaciones de la audiencia y su respectivo tratamiento narrativo. Abstract: 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.