In india, by 2008 there were strings of long running successful shows (kyuki saas bhi kabhi bahu thi or kahani ghar ghar ki or kausati zindagi ki) which had lost their steam and completely become stale as there was only a Saas bahu melodrama, with the male and female protagonist never dieing even after several accidents and returning very much proper without a small scar or taking contant leaps and a full months of marriage in it, there came a completely revamped stories like Balika vadhu and Uttahran which really focused on child characters who constantly were in trouble within a span of 3 months colors were producing highest TRP in the history of Indian television! but but but on July 28th there came a sitcom named Tarak mehta ka oolta chashma on Sab TV!(where FIR was the only popular show at the time on sabtv) by asit modi on a book written by legendary late tarak mehta a comedyp show which comprised of total family humor, with respect to elders, equal rights to women, mischievous but smart children, respect to small level workers, a good quality and never seen before humor, respect to all the culture, tradition, with a mini indian set up and a lesson on mordern issues or situations with tarak mehta (Shailesh lodha) giving a detailed description at the end of every episode till today, of the events and upcoming episodes and a lesson to learn etc and major thing there was really no dark characters.all real human comman man characters by 2010 it gained highest trp breaking all records and really gained a great momentum with elders and childrens and even working class people really enjoying its humor and content and great real acting by the casts especially credits to dilip joshi to playing jethalal with his heart and soul! as years passed by whenever the show was falling in Trp or humor the makers gave a stories which really hooked us up again example of the Gulabo story or jethalal in Pakistan or popatlals marriage to bulbul etc this show gave us everything! That's all ,thank you.