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Clowns are almost always fat, and I think it'd be fair to say that the leading man in most sitcoms is a clown -- somebody who interacts with the world in loony and immature ways. Roseanne could be fat, because she was the clown on her show. Of course I've known some screamingly funny thin guys, but on TV, "fat man" is a visual cue for "funny." It's okay for them to be fat. Nobody ever pressures them to diet.
TV wives are almost always thin and somewhat sexy, in sitcoms or otherwise. That's just what people expect, I guess: I suppose the networks think that at least some men are going to get a crush on any particular good looking woman on any particular show, which might bump up the ratings a trifle. So, the more good-looking women, the better. And if they get fat, they get gone.
In movies, you get a similar mismatch: the aged leading man and the sexy young heroine. Guys like Robert Redford, Kevin Costner, Sean Connery and Harrison Ford are in or near the Social Security Zone, yet any movie they manage to land usually pairs them with some hot 20-something. Again, it's for the guys in the audience. But it isn't usually reality.
In real life, I've known a couple of well-fleshed guys who settled down with gorgeous women. These guys were self-assured, good talkers, and fun to be with. When push comes to shove, such qualities are more important than looks alone.
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