I have a feeling Gen Z would enjoy these mild family shows. In various reddit groups I belong to, younger fans seem to really dislike any characters that have, well, personality. In the I LOVE LUCY group, younger fans complain about everything. Lucy is too conniving, Ricky is too hot tempered, Fred is too miserly, little Ricky is too fussy, Cousin Ernie is a freeloader, Caroline is two faced, etc. (They all love Ethel though.) The traits that make the characters funny are considered "cringe". The same holds true in dramas, where characters who are dramatic are disliked. It seems like they want pleasant, happy shows where the characters are all pleasant and happy.
I guess that makes some sense for a younger generation who grew up with dramatic and comedic characters who were as pathological as could possibly be.
When I was growing up, all the regulars on TV had to be "nice" with all the sins & evils committed by guest characters you'd never see again. At the worst, sitcom costars could be scampy or pesky or a bit adorably racist (e.g., Eddie Haskell, Ted Baxter, Archie Bunker) but that was about it.
So it was rather refreshing when the J.R.s and Alexises came in as the '80s set sail and we could see a (mild) version of how nasty folks could be on television, too... But then, things went overboard, and every show of every genre required an overt villain, such that series eventually adopted literal serial killers as the main characters.
Today, a sweet, pleasant character who has no satanic agenda probably comes off as a breath of fresh air for younger viewers.
Funny how perspectives change. After all, I LOVE LUCY is now three-quarters of a century old.
And VitaMeataVegamin is now made from the flesh and bile of toddlers.
