https://screenrant.com/forgotten-nineties-shows-deserve-rewatch/

Spin City (1996-2002)

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Though it was one of his last major roles, Spin City was also one of Michael J. Fox's most underrated roles (https://screenrant.com/underrated-michael-j-fox-roles-movies/). Fox plays Mike Flaherty, the deputy mayor of New York City who must keep himself from spinning out of control in order to keep his bosses' administration together.

With shows like West Wing dramatizing the world of politics in the '90s, Spin City came along as a humorous alternative. The workplace comedy format is tried and true, but Spin City set its goofy antics within a workplace that is usually off-limits to the average viewer. Fox is his usual affable self, and the zany cast of characters that comprise the administration help to make it one of the funniest sitcoms of the decade.

This video (https://youtu.be/NW1Jio5DXN8) argues (beginning at the 8:59 mark (https://youtu.be/NW1Jio5DXN8?t=539)) Spin City (https://25yearslatersite.com/2019/07/04/how-the-brilliant-spin-city-spun-its-way-to-cancellation/) may now be "forgotten" (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/qaxkzw/spin_city_is_one_of_the_funniest_tv_shows_but_it/) because the show (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125314/http://www.jumptheshark.com/s/spincity.htm) was arguably so pre-rooted in a pre-9/11 New York political world, that it feels like a snap shot of an era and a city that doesn't exist anymore and therefore, doesn't resonate.

Also, the workplace sitcom format had evolved, with shows like The Office and Parks and Recreation, redefining what that type of sitcom could feel like. This made the traditional, multi-cam, laugh-track style of Spin City (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW1Jio5DXN8&lc=UgwfT-pCDIl-yR9D2hd4AaABAg) feel order than it actually was.