Sitcom

Why promise that you book is “a history in 24 episodes” and then spend each chapter discussing multiple episodes of multiple TV shows? I mean, it wasn't uninteresting, but it wasn't what I was expecting. Nothing really new and surprising about most of the shows that are profiled, but I guess the through line - sitcoms reflected American society until the last 20 years or so when they went all post-modern and started reflecting their own history - was moderately intriguing.

I've read more comprehensive sitcom guides and more insightful commentary on television in general, but skimming through this wasn't a bad way to spend a dreary weekend.