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PJ and AGS were more like TV versions of romantic comedies. Their humor was more of the feel-good type and derived a lot from the charm of their settings and the mild eccentricity of some of the characters, as well as a moral message (the small-town Sheriff whose peaceful manner fits well with his environment, the widowed mother trying to raise three be-good daughters). GA and TBH were more of the howler-type comedies which drew on the obvious mismatch of the protagonists to their surroundings and happenstances. Of course, being a teenager coming of age in the sexually liberated ‘60s, I must admit to some measure of attraction for the female characters of both PJ and GA. I was terribly smitten with Eva Gabor as well as two of the three Bradley sisters (Linda Kaye Henning never tickled my fancy as much as the others).

TBH and the AGS also benefited from excellent writing keyed to some fine performances. Barney Fife and Granny were two of the greatest TV characters ever, surpassed only by Homer Simpson.

I always thought that PJ was too soft and gentle for a TV comedy. GA, on the other hand, felt like the writers were toking MJ.

As for hitting puberty in the midst of all that fine femininity, what you said.