it is the those kinds of comedy bit I was getting at I guess (i.e. which kind is your kind, if any ?) since to me "sitcom means those you list and stuff like e.g. 'Bored to Death' or 'Californication' (though some might argue they are more "sitdramcoms") or one of my recent favourites, the loosely situational Louie written and directed by Louie C.K.