"Wives with Beehives" coming to TLC

[V.C. Brunswick]

Exactly. "Freedom for me, but not for thee," the cry of the fundamentalist no matter what the stripe.

There's a reason why these shows never focus on men. You never see, and will never see a "Time Warp Husbands," "Husbands With Brylcreem" type of show, because the stir-the-pot factor isn't there. They focus on women in these shows specifically to hold the women up to implied ridicule because of their life choices, not simply as a function of plot. It's a viciously, viciously misogynistic attitude -- put forward by exactly the sort of people who stand up and cry "we've come so far!"

That's because the clueless, goofball male is already the staple of the sitcom.

 

[Fletch]

We don't see Time Warp Husbands because they defy too many stereotypes too subtly for the general public to even comprehend. It would be, I dunno, stirring the pot with a fly swatter.

The reaction I imagine would be "OK, a guy with an old car and some cool clothes. He's probably a self-indulgent dweeb, but it takes all kinds. Why is this even a show? Show me something relevant. Even if it's about cake."