nyan-nyan-274-520299
I used to enjoy this show when it first aired. Watching it decades later I feel that it hasn't aged well. I also find it too preachy, the writers really shove their opinions down the viewers throats. A lot of the subject matters seem silly today, at least to me as a Scandinavian. (but judging by the comments here it seems that this show is still controversial to some people).Some of the stuff still works, the small absurd things, but all the politics really date the show.Perhaps interesting as a time document, but to a modern viewer a lot of the show feels awkward.
edwagreen
Outstanding television show where plenty was going on in that Wisconsin town.What an assortment of characters. From Fyvush Finkel to the late Ray Walston, they totally etched unforgettable characters. Kathy Baker and Tom Skerritt were wonderful as the town marshal and his doctor wife. Their children, the precocious Adam Wylie and Holly Marie Combs, gave us plenty of room to think. Then there was Ginnie, the Switchboard Operator, played with relish by Poltergeist's the late Zelda Rubinstein.Different situations were acted out each week with irony resulting at the end of each show. It gave one lots of cause to think rationally in a sometimes irrational world.
cootum
I used to watch this series to see how wild, outlandish, and liberal the plots would get each week. I was never disappointed. I quit watching this series after viewing the episode about the surrogate mother who gave up her child to be raised by her homosexual brother and his lover. Worse, the town and the church there supported the whole sordid affair. While I felt that this series was designed from the beginning to present episodes of a sensational and controversial nature, I found the particular episode in question highly offensive, decidedly immoral, and utterly blasphemous. I couldn't recommend the series as a source of wholesome, "family" entertainment. I am relieved that its reruns are no longer shown in my area.
talking_tree
When ever I open the television and Picket fences is coming, I get a satisfactioned smile on my face and I crawl into sofa to enjoy. Today I saw the very emotional episode "Frogman returns" and now I´m sure that this is one of the greatest American series ever showd onto the daylight. Like many others have said, it has something for everyone. Drama, jokes, family moments, moral questions, children, teens, funny moments, emotional moments... LIFE. And it hasn´t really aged at all. I highly recommend it to everyone.