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Though multi-camera was the barometer for sitcoms during the 1950s (beginning with I Love Lucy), the 1960s saw added abstruse standards in bearings comedies which came to accept beyond casts and to advance a greater cardinal of altered locations in episodes. Several ball alternation of the era additionally presented affection blur techniques. To this end abounding comedies of this period, including The Addams Family, The Munsters, Get Smart, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, Gilligan's Island, Hogan's Heroes, The Andy Griffith Show and The Brady Bunch, acclimated the single-camera technique. Apart from giving a affection blur style, this was added ill-fitted to the beheld furnishings frequently acclimated in these shows such as bewitched appearances and disappearances, and lookalike doubles area the approved actors played a bifold role. These were created application alteration and optical press techniques, and would not accept been accessible had the shows been attempt application a multi-camera setup. In the case of Get Smart, the single-camera address additionally accustomed the alternation to present fast-paced and deeply edited activity and activity sequences evocative of the spy dramas it parodied. Single-camera comedies were additionally accustomed into the aboriginal 1970s. With its ample casting and assorted locations, the M*A*S*H TV alternation was attempt application distinct camera style. Happy Days began in 1974 as a single-camera series, afore switching to the multi-camera bureaucracy in its additional season. However, the success of All in the Family (which was taped with assorted cameras alive in advanced of a flat audience, actual abundant like a date play) and Norman Lear's consecutive ball productions led to a renewed absorption by ball producers in the multi-camera technique; by the closing allotment of the '70s, best sitcoms afresh active the multi-camera format.

By the mid-1970s, with calm bearings comedies in vogue, the multi-camera cutting appearance came to dominate, although the single-camera architecture was still apparent in television alternation classified as comedy-drama or "dramedy".

In the 2000s, television saw a improvement in the use of single-camera in sitcoms, such as Spaced (1999–2001), The Office (UK) (2001–2003), Curb Your Enthusiasm, Scrubs (2001–2010), Peep Show (2002–), Arrested Development (2003–2006,2013-), The Office (US) (2005–), My Name is Earl (2005–2009), It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (2005–), Weeds (2005–), Extras (2005-2007), 30 Rock (2006–), Community (2009–), The Middle (2009-), Modern Family (2009-), Castle (2009-), New Girl (2011-) . Unlike single-camera sitcoms of the past, about all abreast comedies attempt in this address are produced after a beam track.