Primetime TV in the 90s
They're
underachievers and proud of it. Bart, Homer and the rest of the
Simpsons put the "nuclear" in the nuclear family sitcom, while Jerry
Seinfeld scores with a show about "nothing" Six Friends make
twentysomething coffee talk chic, teens turn on to Buffy, Dawson, and
the kids from 90210, something weird this way comes on The X-Flies, and success comes to everything from the silly (Home Improvement) to the serious (ER)
to the seriously silly (can you say "Urkel"?). With six networks and
umpteen cable channels, everybody's got a show, anyone can be a star,
and by the end of the decade, everybody wants to be a millionaire. |
