Yes - the one that has made the biggest impression on me is throwing away large amounts of food. Beverly Goldberg's Thanksgiving test turkey - the look on Barry's face when she dropped it in the garbage after he tasted it and pronounced it delicious! On Modern Family, Claire threw away a bunch of fancy sandwiches her assistant had made for her family, because she decided she was cheating by having him secretly do things she felt she should be doing along with her new responsibilities at work. In an earlier episode she threw away a whole batch of cupcakes when she realized her daughter had tricked her into doing all the work for her to take to school. On Fresh Off the Boat the dad threw away a whole pot of chili, preparing for a cookoff. And on the O'Neals the older son threw away a huge plate of food he had just been served at a church supper, after breathing in a deep whiff of the aroma - I don't remember why (not because there was anything wrong with the food).
I read an article about how pay TV shows (I only see broadcast TV with an antenna) are one-upping each other with shocking content (like rape and incest, apparently) and thought maybe broadcast TV was trying to be more shocking in their own way.
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