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Early Family TV Classics Not So Black & White
A Colorful Look Back At Retro Television Family Gold
I have tried to watch and like new television shows, specifically so-called “family shows.” I really have. But my gosh, I just can’t. I try. But I just can’t.
The new shows are so unappealing, so mean-spirited, so unlikable. All the characters look the same, talk the same; everyone is sarcastic, and everyone rolls their eyes.
Ok, maybe not everyone.
But mostly everyone.
And it doesn’t help that there are like a bazillion TV commercials that air or stream while trying to watch an assortment of modern dramas, comedies, specials, or movies, be they family-oriented or not.
Those in front of and behind the scenes have talent. And it’s not anyone’s fault, in particular. It’s a group effort, actually. Those in power who greenlight these shows do so because they think audiences want these shows.
But in the end, it’s all mishandled, misguided and improperly presented not only by the creative forces at work who are directly responsible for the given show’s production, but the advertisers, and investors who allow such bunk to ever get on the air — or stream in the first place.
