| sitcom | |
| situation comedy | |
| sketch | |
| sloppiness(noun, sentimentality, soppiness, mawkishness, slushiness) | |
| sociodrama | |
| stagecraft(noun, performance, show, play, production) | |
| stimulation(noun, feeling, pleasure, passion, rage) | |
| stimulus(noun, feeling, pleasure, passion, rage) | |
| story(noun, novel, tale, yarn) | |
| straight drama | |
| suspense(noun, drama) | |
| suspense drama | |
| tableau | |
| tableau vivant | |
| tale(noun, story, novel, yarn) | |
| talk show | |
| tear-jerker(noun, performance, show, play, story) | |
| television drama | |
| television play | |
| tempest in a teapot(noun, expression, idiom, commotion, fuss) |
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