Superstore has become TV's most interesting workplace sitcom because of the way it portrays labor issues

The Atlantic

"The show’s focus on labor is notable considering Superstore’s unique position in the current prime-time lineup," says Amanda Wicks of the NBC comedy. "Many of the past decade’s sitcoms about middle- and low-income families—such as The Conners, Raising Hope, and The Middle—make home and work life equal parts of their storytelling. Meanwhile, more traditional workplace comedies, such as NewsRadio, Scrubs, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Office, 30 Rock, and Parks & Recreation (and even Britain’s The IT Crowd), tend to primarily feature characters in white-collar professions. Revolving as it does around the lives of hourly retail employees, Superstore takes place in a setting that many viewers have likely experienced at some point, or still do. Throughout its run, the show has usually framed the economic, social, and political problems that employees might face, whether layoffs or inadequate health care, as individual-level difficulties." ALSO: Superstore pays tribute to late cast member Linda Porter.