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solivia916 t1_jdwelg1 wrote

Reply to comment by Paula-Abdul-Jabbar in What do you think the issue with modern sitcoms is? (Discussion) by Paula-Abdul-Jabbar

It is not a unique problem to modern sitcoms, there is an intangible “it” factor those shows had or were given proper time to find (I refer to it as the soul, or heart) modern sitcoms have the advantage of knowing that thing exists, that doesn’t mean they have the time or even ability to find it. I thoroughly enjoy looking back at failed pilots and wondering what could have been. Today there is just a higher volume of content being produced so it seems like there are more failures, when I would gather it is probably about the same percentage of successful shows to failures.

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Paula-Abdul-Jabbar OP t1_jdwu1cq wrote

But even the successful shows now aren't typically considered to be as good as the successful shows then. Are there that many people who find American Auto, Welcome to Flatch, How I Met Your Father, Call Me Kat, Bob Hearts Abishola, etc. hilarious? Enjoyable, maybe. But hilarious the same way that audiences found 30 Rock, The Office, or even shows like That 70s Show or Everybody Loves Raymond to be hilarious? Even if you don't like a show like Raymond, I think it's clearly better in most ways to a show like Call Me Kat or The Neighborhood.

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solivia916 t1_jdwvdve wrote

Humor is so subjective. But I think “what we do in the shadows” is on par with the office or parks and recs, there are still game changers and successful sitcom type shows being made. Part of it is also nostalgia, that era of television was a special one, a renaissance.

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