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Humorous, it comes to screen – the full-length version? (9,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

situation comedy

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'version?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
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(Other definitions for situation comedy that I've seen before include "Spoof" , "Friends in this" , "TV series noted for its humour" , "Bottom perhaps" , "TV programme" .)

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