View Full Version : Sitcom families that broke boundaries


TMC
09-14-2012, 02:07 AM
http://www.flavorwire.com/326340/tv-sitcoms-most-boundary-breaking-families?all=1

From "The Jeffersons" to "I Love Lucy."

Buffyboy323
09-14-2012, 02:22 AM
I've never seen the sitcom Julia. But I agree with everything else....

I Love Lucy
The Brady Bunch
All In The Family
The Jeffersons
One Day at a Time
Good Times
Soap
The Cosby Show
Growing Pains
Married...With Children
The Simpsons
Roseanne
Murphy Brown
Arrested Development
George Lopez
Modern Family
Up All Night


Why aren't FAMILY TIES, GIMME A BREAK!, and DIFF'RENT STROKES mentioned on this list? Those shows are completely about boundary-breaking families!

comedyfreak
09-14-2012, 11:35 PM
I've never seen the sitcom Julia. But I agree with everything else....


It was one of my favorite shows, TVLand use to play Julia on the weekends in the morning with The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.

Ryan Chamberlain
09-24-2012, 05:18 AM
That writer apparently hasn't done his/her homework. Because, the Evanses from Good Times never moved to Mississippi!

They almost did. But, James died before the move.

The show always stayed in the Chicago projects. Until the series finale. When they finally got some money to move out of the projects.

Schmoopie
09-24-2012, 07:00 AM
Yep, I'd agree with most of these. Haven't seen many of the later shows listed though.

LittleRickyII
09-24-2012, 09:20 PM
Yep, I'd agree with most of these. Haven't seen many of the later shows listed though.

One comment: the writer refers to the Ricardos' marriage as biracial. Lucy and Ricky were of different ethnicities, not different races. Okay, I know it was still a big deal in 1951 to present a married couple who were of different ethnic backgrounds, but race and ethnicity are not necessarily the same thing.