Community: Todd VanDerWerff, television critic for the A.V. Club and all-around Community advocate said this was the best episode of the show so far. I don't know if I can jump on that but it was Top Five of a show that has yet to even really have a bad episode. I love the group with all my heart. Lock the group in a room for 22 minutes. You've got yourself a top-tier 'sode bro (That's how I say "episode" now). If you seriously aren't watching Community by now, take the Merlin Season 2 disc out of your DVD player and go buy Community's first season. Trust me.
The Office: If they are going to pursue outside storylines, at least make some headway on the Michael departure or Michael-Holly situation. I don't care about Jim and Pam anymore. I will say, Gabe would do/have/wear everything that Gabe did/had/wore. Also, seeing as this Glee-based episode is probably the easiest segue I will have to mention Glee here, I've been reading that the past few episodes of the show have just been God-awful. I saw those previews for the (and I'm assuming the plot from solely those) serious/emotional/gay kid is bullied/songless episode and they looked morose. Nothing's better than when a show based around musical numbers really digs into the plot. (I am being sarcastic.)
30 Rock: Needs to stop leaning on guest stars. And obnoxious accents. And screwing with my notion of Mad Men characters (Even though I thought John Slattery was funny). Liz-Jack and Tracy-Jenna/Kenneth plots can still entertain me on their own. And as far as story threads are concerned, does anybody even care about their allegiance to the Kabletown merger. I didn't think that was still a thing even.
Outsourced: Apparently this show is the highest-rated new show on NBC. I don't get it. Who is getting these Nielsen boxes?! Old people and Dane Cook fans? And my friend keeps calling me Gupta from the show as a joke. Nothing's worse than a low-brow Outsourced reference.
Conan: Too soon to tell in my opinion. But what was with the guest line-up last week. Who leads off with Seth Rogen and follows up with Tom Hanks and Jon Hamm (who both better be as awesome in real life as my mind imagines them to be)? But his filmed Standards and Practices bit and the Ted Turner bit are harbingers of unchained comic freedom.
Walking Dead: I really liked the first episode but haven't seen anything since. From what I hear (listening to a single friend), the second episode wasn't as good but apparently it's still worth watching. Sometimes I think I need to get really sick so I can catch up on watching television.
Animation Domination: God, I hate that name for Fox's Sunday night animation lineup. But I still make sure to catch the shows either when they air or on Hulu (Which makes my computer get really loud and hot when I play shows on it. That cannot be good anybody except my slightly warmer crotch.) Am I stupid for still watching Family Guy? I don't care for the stories but I like to watch it for the cutaways and cultural references. Whatever. I am not ashamed. And I've been following Alec Sulkin, a writer for the show, on twitter lately (twitter.com/thesulk) and he is hilarious and makes me want to watch. I don't know. So what, who cares?
Saturday Night Live: Still a SNL loyalist. I guess they are just going to use Jay Pharoah as a crutch for his spot-on impersonations. And I've been seeing a lot more of the new cast than I thought I would. But following that great hosting job from Jon Hamm, I thought Scarlett Johansson sucked (Boooo, short curly hair!). I don't think I liked anything about this show save the Unstoppable trailer and Arcade Fire. Eh, maybe Hollywood Dish too.
Running Wilde: This show is pretty much dead from what I understand. It's getting pushed out by Raising Hope and I don't think it's getting renewed. I am not that surprised. It was kind of doomed to fail. Mitch Hurwitz has cursed himself with his own genius. My thoughts?: Scratching out everybody's comparison to Arrested Development, it is still better written than about 80% of comedies on TV. Watch this and then watch Mike and Molly. And the only person that has ever put out two incredible shows consecutively is Larry David. And you can't be Larry David. It was never going to be Arrested Development because it only has about four or five actual characters. And, not to compare Arrested Development like everybody else, but it's missing a Michael Bluth. There.
I keep seeing but not paying attention to previews for this Glory Daze show. Poor man's Undeclared from what I can tell.
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