UncategorizedWho Will Get the Rose? I Mean, Replace Steve Carell?The latest bit of news out of the NBC critics’ tour is that Steve Carell’s character won’t actually be leaving The Office in the...
UncategorizedBack to the Future of Sitcoms - Leg Warmers OptionalTodd VanDerWerff has a follow-up to his ’70s sitcoms primer: an extensive guide to the U.S. sitcom in the 1980s . Even though my...
UncategorizedBut Then I Thought About the Game, The Game, The GameThe return of The Game on BET, years after being canceled when the CW divested itself of African-American sitcoms, did better than...
UncategorizedArchie Bunker Turns 4040 years ago tonight, CBS aired the pilot episode of All in the Family . It was actually the third pilot (or fourth if you count...
UncategorizedLaw & Order Los Angeles Is Finally InterestingNot for anything that’s happening on the show, mind you. The interesting part is that several cast members have been let...
UncategorizedSitcoms: Triumph of the Linear"The Middle" was always going to get picked up for a third season (it’s doing quite well in a difficult time slot), but I’m glad...
CultureRichard Nixon, Opera Superstar‘Nixon in China,’ once derided as ‘a novelty item,’ has turned out to be a modern classic
UncategorizedTV: First the Reagans, Now the KennedysWell, this is some strange news. The History Channel in the U.S. put a lot of money into The Kennedys , an eight-part miniseries...
CultureCan’t get enough of compulsive hoardersShows from CSI to South Park are cashing in on our fascination with the disorder
UncategorizedThe Pitch: It’s Like Mad Men With Skimpy OutfitsNBC has ordered pilot for a drama about Playboy bunnies in the ’60s