But the show does not observe any dramatic unities: one moment it plays at being a realistic comedy about kids (for adults), then it widens out to include piracy in east Africa or to launch an attack on bikers.
It began as a straight, studio-based gadget-testing magazine show and since then it has widened into broader family territory.
So basically you're cutting a chunk out of the armpit and then letting it widen for the legs.
First it was a porn scare, and then it was widening growth against competitors like SocialCam and Viddy.
It then widened the scope of official exemptions by abolishing all consultation and treatment charges for children, irrespective of the nature of the illness.
As far as Aranda de Duero, Spain, it is narrowly confined by its banks; it then widens across the broad plains of Old Castile.
If the debate is genuinely about consent, then it needs to be widened out considerably, rather than serving as a vehicle for an attack on religious practice.
The White House then announced it had widened its role in the Gulf ordering American warships to aid any neutral vessels under attack.
It then widens into the ʿAkkār Plain, which continues south across the Lebanon border.
"If these cracks keep widening then it's going to be very hard to bat on, and a little bit scary," the former Western Australia batsman said to an old mate from the Perth press, managing not to chortle or wink.
