TMC
06-15-2023, 01:33 AM
Somebody brought it up on Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/sitcoms/comments/1481qc3/if_you_look_at_it_without_context_the/), so I wonder if you agree with this sentiment?
It (https://forums.primetimer.com/forum/371-the-goldbergs/) ran for ten seasons and over 200 episodes.
Had recognizable names like veteran actor George Segal as part of the main cast, and Judd Hirsch in a recurring role.
Various ‘pop-culture fixtures appeared (“Weird Al”, Rick Moranis, Anthony Michael Hall, Charlie Sheen, etc.).
Somehow managed to get a spin-off in the middle of the parent show’s run, which you would think only happens to extremely popular shows.
Ended up becoming, by the time it ended, the longest running current comedy on the “Big Three” U.S. networks.
And yet, the show (https://www.reddit.com/r/TheGoldbergs/):
Never even broke 9 million in ratings—their highest-rated episode ever was the series premiere.
Only attracted a total of 2.54 million viewers for the series finale (and I know… decline of traditional TV and all that, but if you look at how long the show was on the air, you’d assume it had considerably better ratings and was a beloved hit. It’s very rare to go 10 seasons for a sitcom at all, let alone today. There are shows considered all-time classics (Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Tyler Moore, Golden Girls, etc.) that didn’t get to ten years.
Got cancelled abruptly in the middle of the farewell year without ample time to write a proper series finale.
Often got criticized for being formulaic.
It (https://forums.primetimer.com/forum/371-the-goldbergs/) ran for ten seasons and over 200 episodes.
Had recognizable names like veteran actor George Segal as part of the main cast, and Judd Hirsch in a recurring role.
Various ‘pop-culture fixtures appeared (“Weird Al”, Rick Moranis, Anthony Michael Hall, Charlie Sheen, etc.).
Somehow managed to get a spin-off in the middle of the parent show’s run, which you would think only happens to extremely popular shows.
Ended up becoming, by the time it ended, the longest running current comedy on the “Big Three” U.S. networks.
And yet, the show (https://www.reddit.com/r/TheGoldbergs/):
Never even broke 9 million in ratings—their highest-rated episode ever was the series premiere.
Only attracted a total of 2.54 million viewers for the series finale (and I know… decline of traditional TV and all that, but if you look at how long the show was on the air, you’d assume it had considerably better ratings and was a beloved hit. It’s very rare to go 10 seasons for a sitcom at all, let alone today. There are shows considered all-time classics (Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Tyler Moore, Golden Girls, etc.) that didn’t get to ten years.
Got cancelled abruptly in the middle of the farewell year without ample time to write a proper series finale.
Often got criticized for being formulaic.