Modern day family-based sitcoms like "According to Jim" differ from "All in the family" in many of ways. In "According to Jim" the show is focused on how the kids of today are living in a spoiled world where everything is handed to them. In "All in the family" the show is focused on the differences between the young adult population of that time and what was socially acceptable then opposed to when Archie was their age. Although both focus on the difference of generations, times have changed, hence the difference of issues from two family-based sitcoms that aired 30 years apart from each other.
Although times have changed many traditional roles in modern day sitcoms are the same as they were in the 1970's, as when we see Sharon in "According to Jim" and Edith (also known as dingbat) in "All in the Family" not typically outside of the home. The mothers of the housdehold always seems to be backing up her children while the father is saying how they are to sheltered and complaining about what America has become. Jim and Archie are the typical supporters of the family that like to have a drink with their buddies and associate themselves with "manly" activities like football.
The writers of "All in the Family" were a little ahead of their time for questioning things like what a typical gay man might look like. They incorporated many different social issues into the show throughout the course of its time on air. Although the sitcom "According to Jim" might even have an episode similar to the one we viewed of "All in the Family" that portrays what a typical gay man looks or acts like, it does not incorporate modern social issues into the program that others are not necessarily willing to talk about. A modern day family-based sitcom might incorporate issues like this into the program but not ones that the American public hasn't already seen like the writers of "All in the Family" may have been willing to show in the 1970's.
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