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The Goldbergs
- Meals are eaten together, representing traditional family values. Limited signs of matriarchal input regarding important matters within the family
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The Life of Riley
- Male dominance in establishing family values. Strictly heterosexual viewpoints. Men frequently disapprove and invalidate wife's opinions and views.
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The Honeymooners
- Limited roles for women in families. Primarily male dominance in directing family matters.
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Leave it to Beaver
- Suburban family life at its finest. Family takes a collective stance on helping address social issues faced by children.
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The Brady Bunch
- Representation of a slightly better functoning mixed family. Mixed families are also becoming more socially acceptable at this time. Family quarrels are common but not left unresolved. Women's open expression of ideas and opinions appear more celebrated or accepted within families.
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All in the Family
- Presents dysfunctionally mixed family with idealistic differences between members of the family.
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Married With Children
- Dysfunctional family structures. Meals often eaten without each other. Respect for parents is limited, at best. Cultural traditions in families shifting based on popular culture (sports, style, materialism).
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Seinfeld
- Celebration of female independence in careers and relationships. Social dynamics in friendships strongly reflect those also in typical family structures.
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Friends
- Close friendships are essentially recognized as family structures. Common interests and efforts applied towards remedying issues for any single member of the group.
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Modern Family
- Celebration and absolute acceptance of diversity in families. Gender equality is recognized and promoted as a family value. Family values extend outside the immediate family to the community.
