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That truism is based on truth.
There are not enough sitcoms about families with lower-level white-collar jobs who still cant pay for health care.
This timeline is not exhaustive.
Thus, noAccording to Jim, or2 Broke Girls, or even the one-season show actually titledWorking Class.
Riley would like his daughter to marry a college man, but his family will not starve.
One point to consider: how few of these sitcoms are about work, first and foremost.
Laverne and Shirley are roommates, and they also work together as bottle cappers at a brewery.
Very few of these series are about people without children.
Very few of them are about families of color.
Giventrends in the duration of employment, working-class shows should probably have more stories about changing jobs.
Theres little question that the future of the genre will continue to include them.
The hope is that the working-class sitcom will start to make more space for everyone else, as well.
