Father knows best in ‘Growing Up Fisher’

Michael Starr
Sat, 15 Feb 2014 00:48:37 -0500

It’s always a slippery slope for TV shows traveling the ABC Afterschool Special-type “message” route and navigating around the precipice of preachiness. That can quickly alienate viewers, who don’t like to be hit over the head — repeatedly — with someone else’s moral convictions. It’s even trickier for a sitcom with a message to deliver:...