The American TV sitcom has to be one of the moat calming art forms I can think of. When it's running on all cylinders there really nothing else like it. A lot of that is my own latchkey existence growing up so I watched a lot of sitcoms in syndication, but it even applies to stuff I didn't watch till I was older.
Taxi is a good example. Not a show I have a specific nostalgia for, besides the fact a bunch of The Simpsons and Cheers DNA is in there. But my god if it is not just magic at work. Like a warm blanket.
I always feel a little guilty that I don't really keep up with modern sitcoms anymore, besides sporatically following Abbott Elementary. I still like comedy and all, but it's harder to get invested spend 40 hours watching television every week. Part of it is that I think a lot of modern television doesn't have the same rigor to it's writing structure that a lot of my favorite sitcoms do, but if we're being honest more then anything I'm probably just getting old and less willing to try new things. If you have any reccommendations on modern sitcoms I should try checking out lmk.
