In the annals of sitcom history, there are your big-ticket itemsâyour
Cheerses, your
Friendses, your
Roseannesâand then there are the shows that slip joyfully under the radar, steadily evading network cancellation for just long enough to build a devoted following among television nerds.
Happy Endings, the David Caspeâcreated series that ran on ABC from 2011 to 2013, is most definitely in the latter camp. It never won any major awards, and none of its six stars ever really broke through on their own, but it occupies a sacred place in the television archives (and in my heart) all the same.