One problem everyone is facing–from music to TV to movies to books to videogames–is people have accessto the full history of awesome media. Who is going to watch a new TV show these days when they could be watching The Wire, Game of Thrones, Mad Men, ALF, The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, etc. for the first time?

I’d say it’s here that sitcoms have a real chance to shine, because, as you’ve said, most sitcoms (the aforementioned ALF being a notable example) have not aged well and even an ephemeral modern sitcom can compete in that space.