Based on close readings of three major sitcoms, this book unpacks how sitcoms understand later life sexualities and focusses how they negotiate, enable and limit representations of sexually active older adults.

"Based on close readings of three major sitcoms, this book unpacks how sitcoms understand later life sexualities and focusses on how they represent sexually active older adults. It focuses on three representative sitcoms - Waiting for God, The Old Guys and Vicious - to examine this trend, demonstrating the ways in which sitcoms specifically enable and restrict representations of later life sexualities"--