American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties.
There is that stereotype of a nerd with the high pants and pocket protector and that kind of thing. That can sustain comedy for maybe a movie - hence the 'Revenge of the Nerds' franchise - but not for hopefully years on the air. It's a sight gag, not a story.
The man in our society is the breadwinner; the woman has enough to do as the homemaker, wife and mother.