Barney Miller And Company
I grew up during the middle and end of what could be considered the Golden Age of television. It was an era when there were three channels. Almost inconceivable today in an era of endless variety. When I turn on my 150 channel cable package I search through pages of networks I have never heard of. I find my televisions on services like Hulu, Netflix, Apple and Amazon that don’t even broadcast a signal. Long gone are the broken signals of NBC, ABC and CBS that we pulled in with a split antenna extending out from the television set. The sitcoms we watched were more like theater productions often filmed before live audiences, almost always with canned laughter. They were made on studio sets and the actors seldom changed locations. The other day I was sitting at my desk in my corner of an office filled with modern half walled desks. There is a bit more privacy these days than the open squad room of eras past yet everyone still essentially works within sight and voice of each othe