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Tubehead · 09-09-2010, 10:19 PM

i think these show wouldworktoday:
sanfrod and son
perfect strangers
family ties
threes company
the incdaible hulk
the gloden girls
whos the boss?
bewitched
i dream of jennie

one wouldn't work today;
alf
i love lucy
the hooneymooners
the munsters
happydays

retrofan05 · 09-10-2010, 11:05 AM

None of the Norman Lear shows would have worked today. The networks are all terrified of controversy. It's hard to say which shows would have worked today. I feel like there aren't too many that would. All shows were created and aired during a different time and place in society. Society has changed and evolved so much over the years that I just don't think the special qualities that each of these shows had could be recreated. I think this is the main reason so many of the remakes have flopped. You just can't recreate the past.

09-09-2010, 10:19 PM	#1
Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	What show would have or wouldn't worked today? i think these show wouldworktoday: sanfrod and son perfect strangers family ties threes company the incdaible hulk the gloden girls whos the boss? bewitched i dream of jennie one wouldn't work today; alf i love lucy the hooneymooners the munsters happydays

09-10-2010, 11:05 AM	#2
retrofan05 Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 25, 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,111	None of the Norman Lear shows would have worked today. The networks are all terrified of controversy. It's hard to say which shows would have worked today. I feel like there aren't too many that would. All shows were created and aired during a different time and place in society. Society has changed and evolved so much over the years that I just don't think the special qualities that each of these shows had could be recreated. I think this is the main reason so many of the remakes have flopped. You just can't recreate the past.