Comparing The 70's Show And The Ranch

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These are two of my favorite television shows that I enjoy to watch. These television shows are
That 70’s Show and The Ranch. I watched the episode named “That 70’s Pilot” for That 70’s Show and for The Ranch I watched the episode named “Back Where I Come” from. Both television shows are great, but it depends on what the audience is up for. Both are family based shows, with slightly different types of comedy approach and in different scenarios and locations.

That 70’s Show is based on a guy named Eric Forman, leaving in the 70’s with his family and group of teenage friends in a fictional suburban town and struggling during recession. His family is composed by his dad, mom and sister. It emphasizes on social issues such as, sexism, drug use, underage drinking, and the economic problems of the 70’s. The Ranch is based on a guy named Colt Bennet, who comes back home
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It has a fun and easy type of comedy for everybody to understand it. Issues such as sexism, drug abuse and underage drinking are managed with fun but serious messages at the end. However, The Ranch has a mature type of language and deals with many double sense jokes and sarcasm. The Ranch is not meant to be seen by immature audience, but it is also not so obscene, for it not be seen for fun and family entertainment. When it comes to have fun and laugh for a few thirty minutes, both shows are recommendable.

That 70’s Shows takes place in a fictional town name Point Place, Wisconsin during the 70’s. The set is well composed by elements and decorations of those years. Everything is associated with what America experienced during the 70’s. In the other hand, The Ranch takes place in Garrison, Colorado. The Ranch set is based on a country family and a country style town. The lifestyle of a country community is well defined, by all it elements in this