Well, none of those characters are presented as any kind of normal. Quite the opposite, in fact. And it is just a fact that non-married people having sex nowadays is pretty much the norm in our society, however one feels about that.
I just get the feeling cbs is trying to say “this is how people are these days”. I just dont trust em.
MIKE and MOLLY is the same way (also cbs) lots of sexual overtones ans situations, even a sister that smokes pot living in the same house with a cop. Since its set in chicago its probably not far from acurate. just sayin...
This brings to mind a larger problem; the disappearance the sane, confident, self-assured father figure.
When was the last time you saw one? Not an emasculated unstable nut (the guy on that “Modern Family” show on now), an overweight slapstick buffoon (”King of Queens”), or an outsmarted-by-the-wife manic (”Everybody Loves Raymond”), but just a normal Dad-figure? Where it was ok to portray husband and wife as normal and on equal footing with their kids.
I’m racking my brain here, but has there been one since Cliff Huxtable?