TMC
08-23-2020, 01:41 AM
What I mean is that do you agree that Barney Miller is a clear cut example of a show that ended right when they should have ended (https://www.quora.com/Which-TV-shows-in-your-opinion-ended-right-when-they-should-have-ended-being-neither-overly-long-nor-cancelled-prematurely/answer/David-Holliday-27), being neither overly long nor cancelled prematurely?
When Barney Miller (https://www.ibtimes.com/barney-miller-forty-years-later-most-intelligent-literate-us-sitcom-ever-1556406) debuted in the mid 1970s (https://www.criticsatlarge.ca/2017/06/very-well-put-watching-barney-miller.html), New York City (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_New_York_City_(1946%E2%80%931977)) was struggling, crime was rampant (https://guff.com/new-york-city-in-the-70s-was-crazy-af), the city had trouble meeting payrolls, and couldn’t provide anything close to the best equipment or training. In effect Barney Miller reflected that.
By the time that the series ended (https://tv.avclub.com/the-last-barney-miller-also-ended-an-era-1798276904) in 1982, NYC began to reevaluate their police department, closing down old precincts. So on that end, the show reflected this when the building was sold and the precinct disbanded.
When Barney Miller (https://www.ibtimes.com/barney-miller-forty-years-later-most-intelligent-literate-us-sitcom-ever-1556406) debuted in the mid 1970s (https://www.criticsatlarge.ca/2017/06/very-well-put-watching-barney-miller.html), New York City (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_New_York_City_(1946%E2%80%931977)) was struggling, crime was rampant (https://guff.com/new-york-city-in-the-70s-was-crazy-af), the city had trouble meeting payrolls, and couldn’t provide anything close to the best equipment or training. In effect Barney Miller reflected that.
By the time that the series ended (https://tv.avclub.com/the-last-barney-miller-also-ended-an-era-1798276904) in 1982, NYC began to reevaluate their police department, closing down old precincts. So on that end, the show reflected this when the building was sold and the precinct disbanded.