Ucheshi  ni aina ya vichekesho ambavyo vinahusisha wahusika wanaotumia au gawiana mazingira mamoja, kama vile nyumbani au mahali pa kazi, hasa ikiwa na majibizano ya kichale. Vipindi kama hivyo vilitokana na mchezo wa redio, lakini leo hii, ucheshi unapatikana sana kwenye televisheni ikiwa kama aina/tanzu/fani ya fasihi simulizi yake kubwa inayotawala.  Vichekesho Lewisohn, Mark (2003) Radio Times' Guide to TV Comedy. 2nd Ed. Revised - BBC Consumer Publishing. ISBN 0-563-48755-0, Provides details of every comedy show ever seen on British television, including imports. Padva, Gilad (2005) Desired Bodies and Queer Masculinities in Three Popular TV Sitcoms. In Lorek-Jezinska, Edyta and Wieckowska, Katarzyna (Eds.), Corporeal Inscriptions: Representations of the Body in Cultural and Homosexual Literature (pp. 127–138). Torun, Poland: Nicholas Copernicus University Press. ISBN 83-231-1812-4 Asplin, Richard (2004) Gagged - A Thriller With Jokes - Arrow books. ISBN 0-09-941685-9 is a contemporary comic thriller set in London and Los Angeles that covers the financing, production, creation, ratings and marketing of a modern American network half-hour situation comedy Situation Comedy Bibliography (via UC Berkeley) — mostly USA programs.