: Re: Is there an accepted format for comedy sketch writing? I have been doing Google searches for examples or teleplays to download that may offer insight for sketch comedy writing. Is there a

From what I can tell from some brief research, it is the same format as when writing a script for radio, or television. For example, from this article regarding Comedy Sketch Writing (written by Richard Herring, David Mitchell and Robert Webb):

I started my professional career
writing topical sketches for the now
defunct Radio 4 show Weekending. I
actually pretty much loathed the
programme, as it was rather formulaic
and rarely biting. Yet I stayed for a
year, serving an apprenticeship that
taught me many skills: from the
mundane business of how to format a
script (for this and further advice
see bbc.co.uk/writersroom) to
technical tricks such as how to avoid
clunky exposition

Emphasis mine.

I recommend having a look at the BBC Script Archive for examples of sketch comedy scripts for TV and radio.

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