Transcripts for CNN History of the Sitcom 20240604 06:13:00

CNN History of the Sitcom June 4, 2024 06:13:00

fascinating example of the ways the family sitcom has adapted to the 21st century. >> where is the broom? >> you are going to be a witch? >> the boundaries have been pushed back. if you look back to the 50s there was a lot of confines on what was acceptable and what was not. >> it was the first show that deviated from the perfect nuclear family. >> thinking of blowing up the stove again? >> i do not think i will make that same mistake again. >> it was a show about a single dad, a widower with three boys trying to raise them in a all- male household. everybody had to pitch in. we were darning socks.

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