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Originally Posted by GoldenTV
I dont think I seen any other family sitcoms on TV beside GT that portrait struggling low income family to such a degree.
There were many working class family sitcoms on TV such as Married With Children or Roseanne that comes to mind. But they own their homes and finance was not a big issue.
But family in GoodTime was set in the most deprive and crime ridden part of Chicago. With theme of daily financial difficulties to boot, and children sleeping on the couch and not having their own rooms.
TV producers usually steer clear of shows that portrait poor people as they claim that it make audience sad and turned away. But Norma Lear probably deserve credit for going against grain by producing Goodtimes, and keeping it real.
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the Waltons was the poorest family on TV. There were many references made to them on the show