When I think about shows from the past and compare them to current shows, there has definitely been a big change. For example, when we watched “All in the Family” in class, we saw a family that showed a strong male presence in the father and had the wife as the ‘stay at home’ stereotype. They also had the wife play the not so smart role. We also saw in the episode that the father, Archie Bunker, had strong feeling towards homosexuality, whereas others in the storyline like his daughter and son-in-law didn’t have the same feelings.
If we compare that to shows of today, we see female characters are stronger and don’t necessarily have to just stay around the house. I see that topics presented haven’t changed much, but the approach to a certain issue has been censored. I can’t compare the episode of ‘All in the Family’ to many other shows I’ve seen with the topic of homosexuality, because I watch a lot of reality shows, but when the topic arises, words from certain people are blurred/censored out.
On the subject of reality shows, television is mainly consisted of these reality trash shows that draw in HUGE rating and audiences. I would really say the easiest way to say what each decade TV sitcoms are about depends on what’s going on/what’s popular at that time. “All of the Family” dealt with gender/sexuality issues, whereas the shows I enjoy are about pop culture and complete, stupidity, and randomness.
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