I'm amazed to see that so many comments are from folks who saw this at such young ages: I was 15 and enraptured by a show that was completely different from anything else that was on the air then. The plots were realistic with a comic edge, the dialog was intelligent without pretension. Admittedly, I was attracted to the guys physically, as well as to their characters. Do you suppose that the show's end came because somebody caught on to the homoerotic or at least homosocial subtext? I mean, so many write here that they sent letters protesting cancellation--and it looks as if quite a few were young boys....network execs weren't afraid of exploiting sexuality within the bounds of existing "codes" but IAMW might have pushed too near the boundaries. With todays (relatively, misleadingly) relaxed attitudes , the idea of this show might float(as it were) but it wouldn't be done with such sweetness, brightness, innocence and whimsy. Seeing that so many other remember IAMW as I do, I am happier.
Review of It's a Man's World
