CultureHow do you replace the show’s star?Three of the biggest hits on network TV are dealing with disappearing lead actors
UncategorizedScott Meets Brent; Brent Doesn’t Mention the DocumentarySo here’s the cold opening from last night’s The Office : The Brent-less episode that followed was a good one, and generally I...
CultureWhy no one likes Jim anymoreThe character who won the hearts of fans on ‘The Office’ has turned into ‘a stupid goofball’
UncategorizedJim Halpert sucks and we’re just now realizing itIn a way, The Office’s Jim is as immature and trapped in bad-movie stereotypes as Michael
UncategorizedWhere Sitcoms And Opera MeetThis hasn’t happened since Frasier was on the air, but there was an opera-sitcom convergence last night. I don’t know who was the...
UncategorizedWhen Is It OK For a Comedy To Do an Hour-Long Episode?Tonight is the big Office event that we’re all looking forward to, though maybe a little tired of hearing about: the wedding of...
UncategorizedTaking The Fun Out of DysfunctionI didn’t like the pilot of Community as much as most people did (though it is, after all, only a pilot). I found something a...
UncategorizedComedy Tonight -- Which Is To Say, Comedy Last NightSome Friday comedy thoughts: - The excellent season finale of The Office didn’t have a tag (a scene before the closing credits but...
UncategorizedQuick Thoughts On NBC Comedies- 30 Rock really seems to have gone all the way over to making Liz the crazy person and Jack the straight man. Earlier this season...