Who's the Boss

Leadership inquiry sitcom

Who's the Boss is an American television sitcom that aired from 1984 to 1992, featuring Tony Danza as a retired baseball player who becomes a housekeeper for a female advertising executive.

The title phrase itself poses a question about authority or leadership, often used rhetorically when power dynamics are unclear or being challenged: After she got promoted, there was no question who's the boss.

Related

Tony Danza · Alyssa Milano · 1980s · maid · employer · domestic · authority · workplace · manager · supervisor · hierarchy · household · family · single parent · Mona · Samantha · Jonathan · NBC

Opposites
sentence type/illocutionary force

Who's the Bossassertion

Confident statement of fact

answer · command · imperative · proclamation · announcement

power dynamic inquiry

Who's the Bosssubmission

Yielding to another's will

deference · anarchy · leaderlessness

TV SITCOM TONE (as 1980s TV show)

Who's the BossThe Simpsons

Roseanne · dark comedy · Seinfeld · The Office

Family

boss, whose, whom, bossy, bossed, bossing, bosses, bossiness

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Everyday, not technical · Rated G