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Millions following model company producing amusing programme (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sitcom

'amusing programme' is the definition.

'millions following model company' is the wordplay.
'millions' becomes 'm' (abbreviation).
'following' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'model' becomes 'sit' ('sit' can be a synonym of 'model'**).
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'sit'+'co'='sitco'
'm' put after 'sitco' is 'SITCOM'.

'producing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sitcom that I've seen before include "TV series (colloq.)" , "Friends, for example" , "Amusing TV series (abbr.)" , "TV show intended to be humorous" , "Episodical TV programme" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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