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Why Bernie Mac is good.
7. Bernie Mac
Fox/8:00 Friday - Returning show
Originally inspired by comedian Bernie Mac's life, this returning sitcom centers on the career-driven Bernie and Wanda, who see their world turned upside down when Bernie agrees to take care of his sister's children. Bernie thinks he knows everything there is to know about parenting, but discovers along the way that growing up and raising children is a never-ending process.
As the children mature into adolescence the show has introduced the unavoidable conversations about relationships with the opposite sex and other mature topics, but all have been handled with responsibility and gentleness.
Why War at Home is bad
1. The War at Home
Fox/8:30 Sunday - 1st Season
Billed as a family comedy, The War at Home may be one of the raunchiest and least intelligent shows of the new season. The Washington Post described it as "unconscionably smutty," then went on to say, "the problem is not just that it's crude and gross, but that its crudeness and grossness are so pathetically forced and contrived. Its vulgarity has no integrity... all the characters are vile in spirit and objectionable in essence."
The first episode opened with Dave introducing viewers to his wife, Vicky, then saying, "Did you check out that rack? Nice, huh?" Of his daughter, Hillary, viewers learn, "I only have one simple rule for dating my teenage daughter: if she sees your penis, I'll cut it off." It goes downhill from there. An early episode this season had Dave buying his teenage son a lubricant because he was making himself sore from masturbating too often.
Do we see something here?
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