The show I watched was "Malcolm In the Middle", and the family is portrayed as a

bunch of people who hate each other but somehow manage to put up with each
other. They are constantly bickering and trying to pull one over one another. But
despite all this there is some form of love there.
Gender is portrayed as males in the family being somewhat mentally challenged,
and females are portrayed as angry and argumentative.
Each member experiences the family differently Hal the father seems like he is
going to have a nervous breakdown all the time. He works and always tries to be
the mediator between the boys and his wife. Really just wanting to be a good guy
and wanting the most for his kids. The mother, whose name I can not remember, is
always arguing and angry all the time. She doesnt care what people think about
her and has that if they do not like me then tough attitude. Though she is always
angry she is only that way because she cares about her boys. Francis the oldest boy
no longer lives with the family but shows up now and again. He is incredibly stupid
but is always trying to dethrone whatever authority is around him. Reese is the
same in the respect that he is an idiot. He also has a problem with authority and is
always trying to be the alphamale of the boys that stay at home. Malcom is the
middle child he is supposedly reallly smart but always ends up doing somethinng
incredibly stupid and gets in trouble for it. Dewey is the youngest boy that actually
does stuff, the actual youmgest is just kind of there. He is very manipulative in
getting his way and never seems to get in trouble.