When I was young, most of the sit-com where about families: 'Roseanne' (my favorite), 'Home Improvement', 'Family Matters', 'Major Dad', 'The Cosby Show'...

But nowadays?
It seems that there are no more families :confused:
Sitcom about young people, young couples without children, single moms, single dads, divorced parents etc... the last and only show with a classic family after 2000 that I remember is 'According to Jim'.

Maybe I'm missing something because Italian television simply doesn't broadcast them.
Can anyone please tell me if there are some new or recent sitcoms about classic families? If not, why? :( I loved those shows.

I was born in the late 50's so I grew up watching Hazel, Donna Reed, Father knows Best...that type of show. Later I enjoyed Major Dad and so on like yourself.
I also miss that type of family show and so do more people than the networks realize...or maybe they do know but don't care. They have stated they don't want the family friendly shows anymore, so that to me, says a lot.
They have said it's cheaper to do Reality shows and maybe, just maybe that's why the older shows are selling so big on DVD and why less people like myself watch the current shows and opt for older shows which are harder to find.

Maybe someday they'll listen but I doubt it.

um... The Middle??

Also one third of Modern Family is a "classic" family, and that's certainly a family sitcom overall.

Sitcoms are a reflection of the culture and the times in which they are produced. Sadly in our culture the family unit is not valued as highly as it used to be. It is the individual that is valued most highly in our culture. That is why there are so many sitcoms that feature single people and so few that feature families.

Could also be the stupid demographics the ratings systems go by these days.I don't know what type of viewers the clueless idiots running most tv stations these days are trying to attract. Granted I don't view ANY modern American tv shows,because they are all garbage IMO.I'm almost positive even if they made family sitcoms now they would be no good.It seems the BBC is still making a few decent family type sitcom shows.Both the BBCs "My Family" and "After You've Gone"(although it was cancelled) are ok shows.

Raising Hope on Fox is a family type show. But yeah, most of todays sitcoms are not the regular family shows we grew up watching.

Granted I don't view ANY modern American tv shows,because they are all garbage IMO.I'm almost positive even if they made family sitcoms now they would be no good.

so you know for certian that shows you don't watch are garbage? how can you know if you've never watched them?

Many of today's sitcoms are VERY good: Modern Family, The Middle, Raising Hope are all examples of very funny sitcoms currently airing.

i think also the younger writers who are writing todays sitcoms grew up in more cynical times then the older writers ie joe conelly paul west gary marshall who for the most part came from the old style family unit

I best guess is that shows like Friends and Seinfeld in the '90s led to the decline of traditional family oriented sitcoms (that The Cosby Show and to a certain extent, Family Ties two years earlier made popular).

i think also the younger writers who are writing todays sitcoms grew up in more cynical times then the older writers ie joe conelly paul west gary marshall who for the most part came from the old style family unit
Yeah, I thought of that too.

Writers today have a different view of the world, and they grew up in different times. But still, to me is impressive the lack of 'family environment' in today's sitcoms.

Modern Family, who someone cited above, is the opposite of the type of sit-com I miss. Its title speaks itself: modern, as opposite to the calssic which was represented in the past :)

so you know for certian that shows you don't watch are garbage? how can you know if you've never watched them?

Many of today's sitcoms are VERY good: Modern Family, The Middle, Raising Hope are all examples of very funny sitcoms currently airing.
I like all 3 of those shows but I also find myself not caring if I miss an episode, something that never happened to me in the old days. I have a bunch of episodes just sitting on my DVR.