re: Why does "How I met.." get love, but "The Big Bang..." gets hate?

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so b/c it follows the traditional sitcom formula is targeted at an older audience?

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No. I never said that.

I'm saying that it's content doesn't point to its audience and it's not a "Nerd Comedy."

Whereas everything in HIMYM has everything to do with being an a young, urban adult, from content to story structure to characters, it is targeted at a very specific audience (of course SOME people watch it who are not targets, that goes for everything), in BBT while the content is nerd in nature, it doesn't really celebrate it or structure itself to use that wisely. It takes nerd content, puts it into formulaic sitcom fare and creates a show that is targeted to a much wider, and older than its content, group.

Shows that are ACTUALLY targeted at Geeks, Community and Futurama, reflect that in everything they do. BBT isn't on the same level.

That's nothing against it, but BBT is not targeting young adult Geeks.

You realize, I like and can enjoy (sometimes) BBT? I just want people to not let "nerd content," get in the way of what the show is actually doing.

I stand by this statement:

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The nerds and the comic book stuff are just window dressing on what is mostly banal humor and normal 35+ sitcom fare.

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And I'll change the age slightly to reflect Middle America, its primary audience.