UncategorizedThe Setting Doesn’t Really Matter MuchKen Levine’s new post "Your life is not a sitcom, " about people who think that their wacky workplace and co-workers would make a...
UncategorizedA Sitcom Scene With And Without Music and "Sweetening"One thing you rarely get to hear with TV comedies is an "unsweetened" version. That is, a version that doesn’t have any of the...
UncategorizedTV On DVD: Notes On MR. BELVEDERE From the Executive ProducerThe first season of the popular ’80s family comedy Mr. Belvedere comes out on DVD on March 17 , and Jeff Stein , one of the...
Uncategorized30 ROCK In its Re-Tooled FormJust to follow up on my last post with the most pointless YouTube video ever, here’s what I think 30 Rock might be like if it were...
UncategorizedComedy Tonight... Well, Maybe Not Tonight, But Some NightMore on this later, but Michael Schneider of Variety has a detailed look at how the networks are responding to the increased...
CultureHe makes Dr. House seem cuddlyA scientist incapable of social interaction is the reason to watch ‘The Big Bang Theory’
UncategorizedWeekend Viewing: Alyson Hannigan in 1989This is one of those Weekend Viewing posts that gives us a chance to see a beloved TV star Way Back When, in this case, Alyson...
UncategorizedLieutenant CableCBS is going to promote a cable comedy, TBS’s The Bill Engvall Show , by giving it a special one-time-only network showing in...
UncategorizedI’d Like It If They Liked Us, But I Don’t Think They Like UsTo me, one of the most interesting shows to revisit is a show that failed but became the template for many other, greater shows to...
UncategorizedSame Guys, New SitcomsBecause I’m always missing stuff, I didn’t realize until I read McGrath’s post that Fox had announced the cancellation of Back to...