Laughter opens you up. Okay, ready . No no things we might be afraid to talk about. Some people that were supposed to protect us didnt do the right thing. Like racism. So cops are the bad guys . Yes. No. Class wars. And gender diversity. Hi, girls. You can reach in and really touch peoples hearts. I hate you. Are you as turned on as i am . More whether its a family living under the same Roof Dyno might now thats the kind of talk i like to hear. Or gathered together in a work workplace. Thats a glue stick. All the great sitcoms are about family. So wonderful its one of the great accomplishments of the modern age. What have we always said was the most important thing . Breakfast. Family. Family, right. Family is key to the sitcom. Mama its something we can all relate to. Shake Shake Shake youre in these peoples homes for years. Youre a part of the family. One good thing about moving here, is i have no friends and no distractions. Thats why i got all grandma, what does fonzie say . Aaay the Family Sitcom brings people together in an unexpected way. Theres so many different dynamics at work in families. I love you here. It will give us a chance to get reacquainted. Theres a lot of pain, theres a lot of laughter. You sort of recognize your dynamic in there and you go, well, their family is just as crazy as mine. I dont care who kissed who, who has a pimple on their head, who is wearing an outrageously inappropriate dress. We are going to get together and act like a normal family for onetenth of a freaking second. Lets go. Its amazing to track the history of the Family Sitcom, because you can see so much about culture throughout the years, now looking back. You know, it was really I Love Lucy that kicked it all off. First offering this evening, we expect go back and sit down it was a show about a ditzy woman who wanted to be in show business. Have you ever considered acting . Has she ever considered acting . And her husband, who was latin and a musician honey, you know how i feel about this, i dont want my wife in show business. Why not . Lucille ball was always trying to emancipate herself from the Wife And Homemaker role. Every time she gets the opportunity, something goes awry. Lucille ball was fearless in her physical comedy. Women were supposed to be demure, dainty, and in their place. Lucille ball was one of my favorites for timing her bits. What do you think youre doing . Well . I love lucy became a phenomenon instantly. When you think about the era that Lucille Ball came up in and what she was able to achieve, its astounding. Im a father, im a father when Lucy And Ricky had a baby, it was, like, huge. It was the highestrated show of the series. It changed the dynamic, because all of a sudden it became centered around the family unit. I think I Love Lucy was the Big Bang of the Family Sitcom. The family moved to the suburbs. Gee, isnt this exciting . Were in our very own home. That mirrored what was happening in america at the time. Advertisers wanted to cater towards that new suburban family that needed to buy that Kitchen Aflins or needed to buy that vacuum. After I Love Lucy, there was a formula for what the american family should look like. Ozzie and harriet. I just loved everybody in it, actually. Bring it in, im starved. It was a happy, gentle, american family of the 1950s. How much do you need . Never mind, pop, thats okay. Dont worry about it, you can pay me back. Honest, pop, i dont want it. Whats wrong with you, david . You got rocks in your head . The kids were very polite. Everybody was very nice to Each Other. Those were not real people, but they entertained and delighted us. All right, kids. Dinners on, were sitting down. When you get to fathers knows best, its patriarchal. Dealing with tiny little problems. Ah, a quiet evening at home. I can use it. And i played bud. Bud usually had a problem with truthtelling on some level. What was all that Racket Upstairs . I didnt hear anything. Father knows best represented the good life, The American Dream. Ill read you one story, then off to bed you go. Then Leave It To Beaver enters the sitcom relevant until 1957. Whats that . A haircut, i think. The real key to Leave It To Beaver is that its written from a Childs Point of view. Why dont you let stanley cut your hair . I lost all my money. You have the character of beaver, and you have wally, who is his older brother who usually does things right. Beaver is always the one that gets in trouble. And there were the parents to teach them, show them the right path. We want you to feel that you can come to me or to your mother with any problem, and well understand. In the 1950s, sitcoms were really giving us an idealistic version of america. But as we get into the 60s, well see different types of Family Sitcoms. Im sure ill be able to handle a little washing and cooking the occasional meal. 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I want you to know if i have sex or if i want to get high. Its dirty. Its funny. No, hide things from me please better things is a fascinating example of the way the Family Sitcom has adapted to the 21st century. Mom, wheres the broom . What are you being, a witch . No, im going to be a useless housewife from the 50s. I love that throughout years the boundaries have been pushed back and the walls have come down. If you look back to the 50s there was a lot of confines on what family looked like and what was acceptable and what wasnt. Hi, jacks the first show that deviated from the perfect pleasantville nuclear family. Are you going to blow up the stove again . No, eddie. I dont think ill make that same mistake again. It was a show about a single dad. He was a widower with three boys trying to raise them in an allmale household. Everyone had to do something. Everyone had to pitch in. We did dishes. You know, we were darning socks. These are things that you never saw in the Ozzie And Harriet show, or donna reid, or leave to it beaver. Hey, thats mine, i got it when you watch a show based on losing someone, that adds a deeprooted truth to the hardness of life. And then it gives comedy even more of a reason to go as crazy as you want to go. I think that shirts done. My shirt well, youll just have to wear your pants higher. In the 60s you see the Sitcom Move away from telling stories that are solely focused on the nuclear suburban family. Divorce, of course, had become more prevalent in the 60s, had become more part of normal american life. But it took awhile to be reflected in sitcoms. The Brady Bunch the Brady Bunch is the story of two separate families being glued together. A man with three boys, a woman with three girls. The man would be a widower and the woman divorced. But divorce was a Taboo Topic on television, so they said, lets just leave it so you dont know. Hey what are you yelling about, huh . She stole our ball. Im just trying to find out what they did with my scuba boards. The Brady Bunch was an evolution of Leave It To Beaver. It was shown from the Kids Point of view. Will you lend me your Skate Key . Im not lending anything to a snitcher. It was all about what children are having problems with. Their Appearance Or Schoolwork or their friends. Pete brady, interception, goes for a shot you know, oh, you broke the vase it was those kinds of everyday problems. Marsha, im proud to be your sister now matter how terrible you look. Thanks a lot this is airing in the Nixon Era when vietnam is raging and people are losing faith in government. All these things were happening and the Brady Bunch was kind of a refuge. Watching the Brady Bunch, having all these brothers and sisters, it was a great getaway for me. The Brady Bunch was a huge success for abc. That led to the Partridge Family which really attracted a young, hungry audience. Hey, kids. Hollywood boulevard. We were a musical family that would travel around doing shows. You made my day i was for sure going to marry david cassidy. That was definitely going to happen. Youre the look In My Eyes the Partridge Family is trying to embrace this hippy, cool culture. What did you hit, mom . I think it was a studebaker. You crazy hippies, its bad enough you dont trust anyone over 30. Now youre trying to wipe us out it takes this phenomenon of the counterculture and makes it very safe. Relax, mom. Just remember our whole future depends on these next few minutes. It was an escape from the real world for a lot of people. In new york, a Student Protest is met by construction work. And the tense state in ohio, four students are killed. But some people didnt want to hide from what was happening. People are like, no, we want to hear about all the stuff and how its affecting our families. Thats when shows like All In The Family came on. Norman was at the beginning of his career, was looking to find a show that he could really make his own. He was turned on to a british series called til death do us part. It was about a bigoted father. I said holy moly, thats the way i grew up. And i knew i had a show. Take one they shot the pilot at abc. Featured Carol Oconnor and Gene Stapleton as archie bunker. Archie and edith bunker. We dont see any evidence of god. Thats right, daddy. I know we had a couple of pinkos in the house, i didnt know we had a pair of atheists it was not well received by abc. They watched it and felt there wasnt the chemistry there. We make it again with two different young people. We dont see any evidence of god, thats all. Thats right, daddy. I knew we had a couple of pinkos in this house, but i didnt know we had a pair of Eighth Yists the network freaks out about whether people will be able to watch this show that has, like, real issues. 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Your parents have maintained a Farmers Home Policy for twelve consecutive months, right . We are farmers. Bumpadum, Bumbumbumbum Burke Start with a quote at 1800farmers. Show me the olympics. [ Buglers Dream playing ] in 1970, c. Is trying to change their landscape. They had all these rural Family Sitcoms. They were looking for more sophisticated sitcoms. After abc declined to move forward with the All In The Family pilot, Norman Lear made the decision to move the show over to cbs. They said, yes, but you need a new set of kids. So Rob Reiner and i were the third set of children for Archie And Edith bunker. So i made the pilot for the third time. Same script. I wouldnt change a word. So lets hear it again, huh . What did you mean by what god . We just dont see any evidence of god. Thats all. Thats right, daddy. Thats right, kid. I knew we had a Couple Pinkos in this house but i didnt know we had atheists i do remember seeing the Opening Episode and realizing, my god, the ground is shaking under me. And we reach over Each Other at the table, and we have arguments. Because guys like you are unwilling to give the black man, the mexicanamerican, and all the other minorities their just and rightful share of The American Dream that didnt happen before. We got real. Political strife. Interpersonal issues. Generation gaps. And theyre dealing with it All In The Family. Now i suppose youre going to tell me that the black man has had the same opportunity in this country as you . More. Hes had more. I didnt have A Million people marching and protesting to get me my job. No, his uncle got it for him. [ laughter ] archie was saying things you dont say on television. Just because a guy is sensitive and hes an intellectual and he wears glasses, you make him out a queer. I never said a guy who wears glasses is a queer. A guy who wears glasses is four eyes, a guy whos a fag is a queer. Looking at that show, youre looking around like youre going to be arrested. It was jaw dropping. It was funny but very challenging. And you realized. Norman lear is taking us into a whole new realm of comedy. The blowback from the public was buried by the excitement and the applause. The show was Number One for a long time. It changed cbs and their brand as a network. As a result of All In The Family, they turned to Norman Lear to create more shows in that image. There is a person at the door. Maud Bea Arthur played maud as Ediths Cousin on All In The Family. Maudie is here. And she could take on archie headtohead. Now you can either come to the table and eat, or you can lie there and feed off your own fat. The story goes that by the time that episode had aired, Fred Silverman who was in charge of cbs at the time called Norman Lear and said, get that woman her own show. That was not your allamerican family. Maybe youre getting senile in your old age. Thank you, darling. I only hope i live long enough to become a burden to you. Maude is an independent, strong woman who speaks her mind. She was married to her fourth husband, walter, played by bill macy. I dont have time to fix your breakfast. Here, have some cold knockwurst. Loved their combative relationship. I still to this day, if somebody pisses me off, ill say, god will get you for that, walter. God will get you for that, walter. Maude was really the first time that we saw such a fiercely independent woman who wasnt afraid to speak her mind at the center of a Family Sitcom. Maude had a maid, florida, who was a great character. Her husband made an appearance. I am proud of you, florida, its just that i dont want you to be a maid no more. Your mother was a maid, thats how your brothers got through school and you got to be a fireman. When Joe Namath and Esther Role finished a scene, we thought, lets fill out that family. Good times thats the first time you ever saw a black family on television. Look who finally got back from her honeymoon in the bathroom mirror. Knock it off, j. J. , your mouth is always ahead of your think piece. Lets face it, this family aint ozzy and harriet. They were very different from other sitcom families, from the point that we were urban. Trying to survive on the South Side of chicago with a dad that has spotty job situations. Its a cold world out there, and we Cant Change it. Maybe we Cant Change it, james, but we sure cant let it change us. Good times was not only to show the problems but show the love of a minority family. Were staying in a used Car Lot of love. In 20 years we only turned out one clunker. The idea of white families seeing things on an episode of Good Times that they could relate to their own experience, that is a power that cannot be duplicated with hours of conversation. It showed how sitcoms werent afraid to discuss social issues that had formerly been taboo. This is it when you get to something like one day at a time, the single mother in that show is divorced. That was unusual for television. I havent had a happy minute since we moved to indianapolis. Sure was different before the divorce, when caddie was around. Yeah, yeah, i know. You used to wrap him around your little finger. All the single parents before had been widowed. So television begins to catch up with who we are. What you doing, mom . I am circling the jobs for which it would appear i am qualified. I dont see any circles. Exactly. I mean, it was the 70s. Women were feeling empowered to have lives of their own and to still have a family. Darling, would you like to tell me whats going on between you and chuck . Youre going to die i only did it because I Love You showing what a family goes through. Showing what its like to raise two daughters in a divorce. Well make it. I promise. 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We saw american audiences losing interest in the socially relevant sitcoms, and really the sitcom started to die away. Dramas had really taken over. Those soaps were so big. Dynasty, dallas, magnum p. I. And so you saw the Family Sitcom really strive to find a new identity. I cant believe you guys can watch this, you look ridiculous. Family times has one of the great premises in sitcom history. Half A Million people trying to stop a senseless war. You find that ridiculous . Im talking about the outfits. These two Flower Children from the 60s grow up, and then in the 80s suddenly find themselves with this young republican son. Well, how do i look . Middleaged. It was about the clashes between two generations. Youre a young man. You shouldnt be worried about success. You should be thinking about hopping on a Tramp Steamer and going around the world. The 60s are over, dad. Thanks for the tip. Family ties is a reversal in many ways of All In The Family, except now you have the liberal parents and the conservative child. This morning i found a copy of the Wall Street Journal under his bed. I think maybe he was switched at birth and the rockefellers have our kid. Michael was just wonderful. He was young and energetic. And he had such good timing. Who did this . We started rather slowly. Nbc was moving us around a little bit, trying to find the right place for us. Family ties pumped a little bit of life into the Family Sitcom. But the sitcom in general had been pronounced dead. There were very few on the air. And then all of a sudden comes the Cosby Show in 84. Dad, can i have an advance on my allowance . Son, youre already backed up until your 50th birthday. The Cosby Show was a Game Changer to me. This was just a family i adored. Present history has tainted that a little bit. It didnt stop the fact that that was a groundbreaking experience. They had this really sort of idyllic family. Claire was a lawyer. He was a doctor. There was a very natural chemistry between Cliff Huxtable and claire and their children that wasnt cliched black poverty. Son, your mother asked me to come up here and kill you. How do you expect to get into college with grades like this . No problem. Theres a much more conservative paradigm that is driving the Cosby Show. Instead of acting disappointed because im not like you, maybe you can just accept who i am and love me anyway. You know, in any other sitcom, that would be the moment where the music would start and the father would embrace the son and say something, you know, really encouraging. Theo, thats the dumbest thing ive ever heard in my life. And you could hear the Audience Gasp because like, this is a strong father who is going to say to his son as he said, you know i brought you in this world and ill take you out the audience cheered because it was like the parents are saying yes, were taking back the house. I just want you to do the best you can. Thats all. There was such a Love And Camaraderie in the huxtable family that i think you had a universal audience. We got super bowl ratings every single week and theyre tuning in because everyone wants to be a huxtable. The Cosby Show revitalized the sitcom. All right. Then lets put cosby at 8 00. Lets put Family Ties at 8 30. And Family Ties went up in a huge way. That great Thursday Night lineup, cosby, Family Ties, cheers, night court. Nbc really created this idea of mustsee tv. Youre talking about 20 and 30 and 40 Million people tuning in. People say you were one of americas most successful fathers. I said, no, that was bill cosby. Cosby was Number One. With respect to whats happened of late, its like hugely disappointing to all of us. But he set the standard for what a Family Sitcom was. The Cosby Show had proven that the Family Sitcom was a viable genre again. By the late 80s, Family Sitcoms were very popular among the Big Three networks. There was this incredible resurgence. This is great. We should be mothers. Oh, yeah. Families tuned in to these Tv Shows to see an aspirational version of what family can be. Did i do that . Silver spoons and Growing Pains and all of that, its constant hugging and learning, right . With the Family Sitcom at the height of its popularity, fox started moving into the television arena. Fox was new, building their network. They were one of the last majors to build a network. They decided they would use the Family Sitcom to do that and compete against the Big Three. Al, look at our little girl. We dont really have to go to a recital, do we . They wound up going in a completely opposite direction, sort of the anti in a way, anti Family Sitcom. Bud, apologize to your sister. No. Okay. Married with children is full of trash people that do horrible things and say horrible things. Quiet you morons. Youre always aware there were wise guys zinging Each Other. Peg, how could you sell the family playboys . Looking back at it now, i dont know how that show stayed on air. This okay, mom . I havent worn it since grandmas funeral. It helped put fox on the map. This idea of a darker Family Presentation spoke to people. Who were bored with what the main Family Sitcoms were offering at the time. Family, before you go, would you bring ole Daddys Shotgun and stand close together . realtor the previous owners left in a hurry, so the house comes with everything you see. Follow me. realtor so, any questions . wife well take it realtor great. vo it will haunt your senses. The Heartpounding Audi Suv family. 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Its okay, you can stare. When youre a twotime gold medalist, it comes with the territory. You just sit there and drink your beer. Ill fix the sink myself. The hell you will 1990s, we saw the big networks start to really experiment with the Family Sitcom. Some sitcoms were very edgy like roseanne and married with children. Talk is cheap, mr. Fix it. On the other hand, you had shows that were kind of going back to a more wholesome storytelling. You see that on abcs Home Improvement. In a broad stroke, what Home Improvement did, first off, it made a stable family and a loving family. No running in the house. Hold the ball with both hands so you dont fumble. Tim. Also, i really wanted to find out what made men tick . There is nothing like a ride and cool steel hanging under your hips. Tim the Tool Man Taylor has a Home Improvement show called tool time. We want a job done quick and quick what do we need . More power more power was my moniker my whole life. Plus the grunting and blowing stuff up. Hes like this supposed mans man. And then he comes home to a woman who is a feminist and under no circumstances do you ever treat the female sex as though they are housekeepers put here to wait on you hand and foot. Honey, want to pop that in the washer for me . What was great about our family was that even though we disagreed i think ill just pop on out of here. We loved Each Other and always made up. Home improvement was proof that a traditional Family Sitcom could still an hit. But through the 90s, we continued to see the family change. We saw people having children much later in the life, and the Family Sitcom reflected that. In mad about you, the marriage itself was the premise of the show. A strong Woman Character against the strong male character, and so the fireworks, they just kept happening. Watching how two people try to love Each Other over time it doesnt bother you that we havent had sex in five days . Hello. You know the feeling, you go to a party, you and your wife are having fun, you say good night and get in the car. The minute that Car Door closes, thats the show. Whats going on with us . Whats going on is were married five months and the sexual part is over. [ laughter ] see, i thought you understood that. Im sorry. Thats what happens. I play Checkers In The Park and you start arguing with buses. Come on. Thats not funny. They are two people who can voice their own opinions without fear, and be awful and apologize, and hit a dry spell in the marriage and then find the heat between them again. People were feeling probably that combination of i relate to it, and i aspire to it. More. Come here. That made it very much its own. Early on season one, i think the network said, you guys should have a kid. No, no, no, no. Thats too soon. Season two, time for a kid. The network was like annoying inlaws. So when are you guys going to try . Ill let you know. In raymond you never saw the kids. I saw your car pull up. You didnt call. No. We really wanted to focus on the marriage and their relationship with the parents. Hi. Im ray and i live here in Long Island with my wife, debra. The very first Season Ray says in the opening credits its not really about the kids. Its not about the kids. I say that for every year youre over 40, you should add an inch to the hemline of your dress. Well, then you should be dragging around a persian rug. Weve all had parents who, despite our best efforts, reject all of our kindness. And it backfires. I dont understand why you would use bleach on these towels. They just seemed a little yellow. Yes, they are yellow towels. We all come into a family. We need a family, love them or hate them, thats who, you know, we were given. The success of cosby resurrected the sitcom. Because of that, ushered in a lot of other great story telling. When the Cosby Show went off the air, we did have other black Family Sitcoms to fill that void. And one of them was the fresh prince, which was another version of aspirational black family wealth. I didnt know there were so many brothers living in this neighborhood. We doing all right, huh . Fox was one of the first networks that really took risk with black sitcoms that had minority people that were very much part of the writing and the creation of it. I think its vital that people of color write their own stories, because thats where the authenticity comes from. Hes probably tired. Well, he should be, he kept us up all night, gina. We should be the ones crying. We saw black Family Sitcoms like martin. Like the bernie mack show. Those sitcoms showed parenting to be difficult. Uncle bernie is too old to play with dolls. Can we play Something Else . Which was not something you saw on a show like the Cosby Show. Chris get in the bathroom and wipe the pee off the toilet seat. Disgusting. Fox network had Come On and done well with black sitcoms so the Wb And Upn at the time were coming on, and they started to diversify and grow that audience. They are able to snatch up this audience that the other networks were really ignoring up until that point. So these Shows Kind of set the stage for the diversity in the Family Sitcom that can be seen on television today. Welcome, wongs, im rick. The Length And Depth of my bow expresses my deep appreciation. Thats more of a japanese thing, but thank you, rick. Ce . I dont know. laughs breyers. 100 grade a milk and cream, and loaded with delicious cookie pieces. Better starts with breyers. Is your cleanser doing enough for your sensitive skin . Cetaphil gentle Skin Cleanser defends against 5 signs of skin sensitivity, and actively hydrates as it cleanses. Cetaphil. Dermatologist recommended. Complete care for your sensitive skin. 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Luke just shot me. What we want to do was portray these characters as real. I didnt mean to. Are you okay . No. The Little Bitch shot me. Language. But the network said, you cant have a kid swear, like that. And i said, that line came from my daughter. My attitude about it is, telling stories from our own lives, and not being afraid of those stories. Thats what people can relate to. I am gloria, mannys mother. Actually, im her husband. Dont be fooled by the give me a second here. None of these people look like they would be a Fam Ily Bu they are. What the hell is that . I had andre do it while we were gone. Is that us with wings . I was just really taken by the portrayal of a Gay Couple as part of an equal part of the cast. A bit of a drama queen. No, stop. You come into myohouse and you insult me and my boyfriend who, by the way, is not that dramatic. So, when he actually reveals lily, its to the Theme Song from lion king. We adopted a baby. This loving, Gay Couple who were just adopting a child. This was the most progressive thing on broadcast television, at that particular moment. In this family, do we kick and punch Each Other . Or do we love Each Other . Love Each Other. Thats right. Modern family took this genre that seemed kind of played out, updated it, and breathed life back into the Family Sitcom. After that, we start to see more perspectives, new perspectives, fresh perspectives. Youre going to love orlando. Ive grown to love it, like the daughter we wish devon had been. In fresh off the boat, an asianamerican story centers the narrative, as opposed to being, like, the butt of the joke. Class, i would like you all to give a warm welcome to hongi yeah, call me eddie. Thank god. Its about an asianamerican family that moves from a multicultural city to a very white, suburban town. Hi, welcome to the neighborhood. Im deirdre. This is amanda. This is samantha. It was a really good window into how mainstream culture could feel strange to somebody else. Fresh off the boat made a major impact in proving, to the industry, that a show like this can be successful. Still, to this day, i get people on The Street who come up to me in tears saying how meaningful it was seeing themselves represented. And feeling like you are apart of america. Its a part of a progression of representation in tv. Okay. So im just your standard, regular, old incredibly handsome, unbelievable charismatic, black dude. Now, this Drooling Pigment challenged mixraced women is my wife. Blackish is a Family Sitcom that is interested in talking about topics of racial identity in Ways Television is sometimes uncomfortable about discussing. Youre not serious about naming our kid devante, are you . I want a strong, black name. Okay . Because we have given our kids white names and theyve all ended up blackish. The father feels like his family is losing touch with their roots. And he wants them to sort of know their heritage. I just want at least one of my kids to end up being black so i can love it. Whereas, the Cosby Show was a much more safe kind of here is us living every day. The blackish family is very unapologetic about their blackness, in ways that really hadnt been seen, like, on primetime television, before. So, next saturday, when you turn 13, youre becoming a man, too. A black man because im throwing you an african rites of passage ceremony. That does not sound as fun. No, it does not. Blackish was a show that was really good at talking about individualsocial issues, in a way we hadnt really seen since Norman Lear. And that leads us right up to the free boot of Norman Lears 1970s classic one day at a time. I get it, were cuban. Follows three generations of latinas. Everything that we would get into, as a normal family. But then, it also tackles a lot of things that are going on in the world that, normally, are seen as taboo. Like, queer issues. Where are we with the idea of telling him . Who think its a great idea to greet my latino Veteran Dad with, hey, i like girls. You know, there is ptsd with the mom. There is anxiety and depression. So when he called you a name, whatd he call you . Stupid . Dummy . Goober . He saw me and said build the wall. I think it allows audiences to have those conversations in their own living rooms. Even these days, in this openlyracist world, ive managed to never have an incident. You and your brother are of different shades. Yes. If you put something in your show thats shocking and radical, the hope is, in five years time, its gonna become more normal. Who even decides what latinx looks like . I look latinx. Of course, you do. Youre beautiful. I always thought you looked like anne hathaway. Oh, no, no, no the future of the Family Sitcom, to me, is most present in shows like one day at a time. Telling stories about an america you dont always see on television in ways that are funny, and fresh, and invigorating. And if you look at the bestFamily Sitcoms on tv right now, thats what theyre doing. This american family is headed to their american home. That is so cool. Anne hathaway just totally stood up for this mexican. Hello and welcome to our viewers here, in the united states and all around the world. Im michael holmes. Appreciate your company. Coming up here on cnn newsroom. A covid Reality Check in the form of new data from the u. S. Centers for disease control. The jawdropping stats on just how important vaccines are in protecting your life. Plus, japans Olympics Chief insists the games are not to blame for the spike in covid cases in his country. And american gymnast Simone Biles withdraws om