Wishful Thinking...

[Louise]

I have very little interest in American sitcoms in general.

I'm not a sitcom person, either. What drew me to TBBT was the vividness of the characters.

I like Seinfeld, Frasier, The Office (US), and TBBT, in that order. Frasier is probably the one that makes me LOL the most consistently. And in all cases, I prefer the
early-to-mid seasons of these shows, though none of them changed as dramatically as TBBT.

It would never occur to me to check out the new sitcoms on the fall TV schedule. I like cooking shows and other nonfiction things, or the crime/detective/suspense genre.

Like I said in another post, I truly believe that the traditional sitcom is a concept that needs to die, so as to open up the playing field for a greater variety of formats and ideas. I think we might be watching its death throes right now, with TBBT.

I don't know why I love Howard so much. I just do. I've always had a soft spot for short guys I think he's the most cuddly and adorable when he's being a sneering, naughty, smart-mouthed little sh*t, not when he's being "nice."