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Although the prèmiere is not until Sept. 13 (9:30 p.m. E.D.T.), Soap is already assured of its place in television history. This ABC sitcom, a bubble-headed parody of daytime soap operas, will always be remembered as the show that broke the TV sex barrier by spilling uninhibited promiscuity into the allegedly sacrosanct hours of prime time. Other prime-time shows trade in sex, of course, but Soap is the first to flaunt its carnal knowledge directly for the viewer. Even without the enfilade fire that has preceded its arrival, this series would still...
...Sitcoms For the first time since 1971, there will be no new fall comedy show on the networks from Norman Lear. Still, with TV violence out of fashion, the sitcom mills have been the busiest of all, with eight new shows. If Soap, a Lear-ish entry from ABC, is any indication, sex may replace the Shootout as a video pastime. The half-hour weekly serial is a family farce complete with philandering husband, a mother and daughter who pursue the same tennis pro, a transvestite son, and many, many others...
Still, it's hard not to see a clue in the fact that demographers, who in the '60s seemed to be saying that the median age of the population was something like seven, now pronounce that the U.S. is middleaged, and counting. Middle age is a sitcom joke no one wants to be the butt of, and the generation now turning 40 is the one that never trusted anyone over 30. Its members, who are among the most fanatical cyclists, joggers, iron-pumpers, lap-swimmers, rope-jumpers and cross-country skiers, were especially hard hit by the society...
...confused by the full title: The People's Almanac Presents the Book of Lists. You are not watching a movie or a TV sitcom spinoff, although you are not exactly reading literature either. The explanation is a) simple, b) to keep each of these hints short and punchy, given under rubric...
...places around the U.S., the Mary Tyler Moore Show changed the nature of Saturday nights; it even became fashionable to spend them at home. The show turned the situation comedy into something like an art form-a slight art form perhaps, but a highly polished one. MTM was the sitcom that was intellectually respectable. The writing, acting and directing on MTM have been the best ever displayed in TV comedy. Owing much to Moore, who always set a tone of perfectionism, the show has been technically superb and beautifully paced. Former CBS Executive James Aubrey used to say, "The American...