Maybe this - more than many other TV/movie productions of lately - needs to be seen in context, as product of its time:

Global pandemic, global ecological crisis, the many social, political and economic uncertainties especially in the US... this may add up to a craving for certainties and assurance in the audience. What else then could be more comforting as a old fashioned sitcom, with old-school humor and recorded laughter?

I think this is the main appeal of the series, and my main reason for quitting it shortly after it had its premiere - I just think there are too many new shows and more exciting concepts out there than to bother with something that was artificially very well crafted and has a beautiful product, but in the end should have been a one-off Xmas Special, not a whole series. The charming ideas do not carry the weight of a whole season and my attention wandered off quite fast.

It's like re-watching The Munsters, or the 60ies Batman - but why should you?

For all those that desperately crave for old wine in new bottles - please go ahead.

For all others: Move along, there is nothing new to see here.