Yes, I've set my TiVo to record the new CNN eight-part series, The History of the Sitcom. The first two episodes air this evening.
No, I don't expect it to do any more justice to its topic than CNN's History of Late Night — assembled by the same people — but there will still, I'm sure, be some great clips and recent interviews. The problem isn't with the assemblers. It's more with the Mission Statement. You could do eight hours on the history of just I Love Lucy, All in the Family and The Munsters and not cover the topic adequately especially with CNN's desire to run what feels like nine minutes of commercials every four minutes.
But hey, someone was smart enough to engage the great caricaturist Tom Richmond to do the key art for the series — though not smart enough to put out a poster of his amazing crowd scene of sitcom players. They won't let Tom put one out, either.