In the view of journalist and author Hanna Rosin, who wrote The End of Men, "the show's main innovation is creating a reliable stay-at-home dad whose wife still wants to sleep with him".
Social care was meant to offer care in the community, yet nearly half a million people are still institutionalised, some undoubtedly for want of reliable support at home.
Ensuring that there are community access points, like libraries and technology hubs, is important, but ultimately they're no substitute for reliable Internet at home. .
It is among the best-remembered lines of the 2008 presidential campaign, colorfully capturing the desire of many Americans for cheap, reliable energy produced at home rather than in unpredictable places like Iran or Venezuela.
This involves cooking the books to eliminate all evidence of stolen goods, bribing those in charge of supervision, reliable sales' outlets (at home, private pharmacies, in private clinics, in Dumbanengs [informal market outlets] etc).
Last Friday, the order on the Today programme's 8am news bulletin, usually a reliable guide to developments at home and abroad, was as follows.
Perhaps, too, say others outside the government, the shortage is due to sheer incompetence, and Nigeria should have negotiated more reliable contracts, or taken steps at home to satisfy the fuel needs of its people.
"My greatest commitment has always been to the people at home who want reliable information put over in an easily accessible manner".
But a more reliable route towards enduring popularity exists at home.Mr Koizumi needs to tackle the problem of the overbuilt network of roads and bridges that criss-cross Japan, often duplicating existing routes or going where nobody wants to drive.
The W200 is the Pocket Cam that you'd never want to leave at home – it's reliable and easy to use, whatever adventure you're setting out on".
