Picket Fence Post

Am I the only one who misses thirtysomething, even though the last new episode aired way back when I was in college . . . in the Stone Age?

For all of those who criticized the late 1980s/early 1990s show as whiny and self-absorbed, there were plenty of others (my hand is raised) who found it to be a smart and thoughtful portrait of people struggling with life in their 30s, once kids enter the picture.

I similarly fawned over the late 1990s/early 2000s show Once and Again, created by the thirtysomethingfolks about people who were in their 40s and coping with divorce and raising snarky teenagers.

In a new column for Mommy Track’d, I lament the fact that there just aren’t many working moms whose lives and struggles are the focus of TV dramas anymore.

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