Of course, many shows get canceled even when they stand pat or continue with time honored cliches. But Hollywood can often be very robotic in how they deal with things.

But that’s why Never Have I Ever stands out so much, because that’s NOT the writing staff of that show at all! And yet, the same stuff is happening!

Trends have changed, but because many of those in the industry have been working within it for 20+ years, “recent shifts” sometimes take time to set in. See also the comic book industry, where characters created during the Clinton administration (or even Bush Sr.!) are still considered “new.”

At least FRIENDS figured out that Ross was a jackass as it went along. HIMYM never quite understood that Ted was insufferable.

There’s this new show that I like well enough called the Grand Crew, and the lead there, Noah, is also basically the Black Ted Mosby and it’s ROUGH. Luckily, the rest of the cast is good.

One of the best touches in Promising Young Women was how often the would be rapists were played by actors who had played nice guys in the past.

Yeah, that was brilliant.