With his newest TV comedy Bookie currently streaming on Max, Chuck Lorre once again transitioned from traditional multi-camera sitcom duties to the audience-free shenanigans of single-sitcom productions. Unfortunately, the Sebastian Maniscalco series’ arrived around the same time CBS revealed that two of Lorre’s successful co-creations are coming to an end, with Young Sheldon wrapping after Season 7, and Bob (Hearts) Abishola ending with Season 5. That doesn’t mean he’s giving up on the “dying” art of sitcoms, however.
Even though Bookie goes the more modern route in telling the story of Maniscalco’s sports bookie Danny attempting to collect on owed dues, Lorre doesn’t consider multi-camera comedy to be extinct, even if it’s fallen out of favor. In an interview with The Wrap, he credits The Big Bang Theory co-creator Bill Prady with the following bit of entertainment industry wisdom:
