‘BEAUTY IS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM — AND YOU’RE THE ELEPHANT HANDLER’

n the era of diluted reboots — think every superhero to ever pull on the lycra, and, God help us, — it was inevitable that the sitcom would get a call-up. Debuting in 1988, a scant four years after folksy shows like breathed their last, its titular female character was an abrasive news anchor fresh out of rehab at the Betty Ford clinic. So far, so controversial. Who would then go on to become an onscreen single mother. In so doing, scandalising America to such a degree that the then vice-president, Dan Quayle, a man best remembered for his, a character who supposedly epitomises today’s intelligent, highly paid professional woman, mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another lifestyle choice.”