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I don’t usually do group reviews of the Thursday comedies,* but today there’s a point to it. There’s been a lot of discussion this week on this blog and elsewhere about what the broadcast networks can and can’t do that cable can. But while most of what’s interesting in drama is getting done on cable, comedy is a different story. And …
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There are sitcoms you enjoy because you have such a good time watching them, and then there are the sitcoms you enjoy because the people involved clearly have such a good time making them. Community, which returns tonight on NBC, is an example of the latter. (The former too, but especially the latter.) The show, about a motley study …
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Because of a mad rush of stuff at the end of last week and the beginning of this one, I didn’t manage end-of-season writeups on any of NBC’s Thursday comedies except The Office. Tuned Inlanders have asked about them since then, and thought I might as well post something an even week later. Briefly, then, and starting with Community …
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Since Community debuted, viewers have gone two ways on its pop-culture referentiality—actually, this viewer right here has felt both ways, often within the same episode. It can be hilarious; and it can be too much. I really like the show and think it’s only gotten better, but I love its characters as well as its meta-references, and …
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I’ve never really thought too much about the flow of NBCs Thursday night comedies and why which shows run in which order. From a scheduling standpoint, NBC wants to put its established heavy hitters (The Office and 30 Rock) in the 9 p.m. slot, and the relative newbies (Community and Parks and …
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