Blogger's note: I want to apologize again for this not being up last Thursday. My computer was in the shop and I had no way of posting anything on it. I won't go into details here. Just see my previous entry for that. And now without further a due my thoughts on Christian Themes in Classic Family Sitcoms of the 80s and early 90s.
Okay, there only a few more shows that aired on NBC to cover so I will tackle them first. And I will start with Silver Spoons. This show was about a single father who loved toys and his very adult young son. At least that is what I can remember from the read out about it in my "Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 6 CD. I don't remember much about it and repeats of it don't air that often anymore. But what I can remember is that there weren't any Christian Themes in the show. But it was indeed family friendly and I think that is what needs to be at the core of every TV show. Is it safe for small children to watch it. For this show the answer is yes.
Before I talk about the next program I want to admit that I am not remembering as many Christian Themes in these shows as I thought at first. But they all center around the idea of what a Biblical Family should be and as long as they fit that criteria I am going to include them.
Okay, the next show mention something Christian related in at least one time. That isn't enough to say it had Christian Themes but it was a reflection of the times of what TV sitcoms would do. I'm talking about Hogan Family. Originally, called Valerie because it focused on the mother. When the star wanted out of her contract or something another, it was changed (The last time I saw the show in repeats these episodes even used the "Hogan Family" title). That one mention was after the mom was killed off and her husband's sister join the cast (played by Sandy Duncan. I don't remember the name of the actress who played "Valerie" other than that was her first name). Sandy's character mention the oldest son (played by Jason Bateman) was once baptized and that was it.
The last one from NBC's lot of shows is one called Punky Brewster. It was about a girl who decides to live with an elderly man who became her guardian (somehow). The show was so popular that she was given a cartoon to run on Saturday Mornings. There wasn't a lot of Christian themes in the show that I can recall but it is worth mentioning because it was a family sitcom.
This is all for this post. Part 4 will be up Thursday night.
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