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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
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I guess I should have emphasized "network TV"
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I can appreciate the difference, but my point still stands. Further, Norman Lear’s sitcoms were laughing at the racist / bigots. Not holding them up as examples of good family values.
Maybe you won’t see anything like Night Court or Married with Family again, where homeless, gays, trans, mental illness, obesity, etc. were ridiculed. I don’t know if anyone would laugh at some of that stuff now, so there are different reasons why shows like that wouldn’t be made.