Seth MacFarlane respectfully disagrees.
But as always, Simpsons did it first.
Homer is an abusive father, is he really an abusive husband though?
At least a dead beat one imho.
Emotionally maybe?
I wouldn’t call either of those family-friendly. The Simpsons more so though.
Flintstones was mostly for adults. It was prime time. Hell, they advertised cigarettes!
I’m not sure about now, but very much in the 90s. I wasn’t allowed to watch them growing up.
Make Family Shows Toxic Again.
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The Jetsons?
I don’t think George was abusive, just someone dumber and lazier than Homer Simpson. Then again, I barely remember anything about the Jetsons.
Was it really that common though? There were a couple shows with that trope but only a handful were popular. It’s kinda like the popularity of “Westerns” which is pretty low these days outside of isolated ranching shows like Yellowstone etc.
