I said a long time ago that I'd watch HIMYM from the beginning once it was over. I honestly didn't expect it to last this long, so now I'm screwed.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
Jami Gertz had a somewhat successful show! It was one of the worst sitcoms ever!
― Old Lunch, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
I watched maybe the first 3 episodes of HIMYM and was basically annoyed that they were wasting Allyson Hannigan and Neil Patrick Harris on some unfunny horsehit that was going to go off the air in 6 weeks; then I blinked and SEVEN YEARS went by and ppl were talking about how it was the funniest thing ever
xp: Square Pegs was awesome
― Technology of the Big Muff (DJP), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
Oh yeah, Jami Gertz was Mark Addy's wife on that one show.
― 50 Shades of Greil (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
Still Standing, DJP.
― Old Lunch, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, that one. #enougheps4syndication
― 50 Shades of Greil (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
how i met your mother is a better show than community
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
oh lol I had no idea, I avoided "Still Standing" like the plague
― Technology of the Big Muff (DJP), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
I wouldn't say HIMYM is the funniest ever, but it hits a sweet spot between straight-up multicamera laffery and something like Community that rewards long-time viewers. Plus, it still has the ability to pleasantly surprise (the arc with Marshall's dad's death was legitimately affecting).
― Old Lunch, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
i'm not trying to defend HIMYM or Modern Family too much in this thread, though I do enjoy both of them. I'm asking a serious question though - is there a currently existing viable sitcom model for NBC to actually follow without following the lead of Chuck Lorre? granted - i'm just as guilty as you guys - all my favorite sitcoms are the ones America doesn't give a crap about
i do gotta give ABC credit for trying to do some interesting stuff like Happy Endings or even The Middle or Suburgatory, but I'm skeptical those will ever blossom into network leading hits, as they are too "weird"
― Nhex, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
xxpost
As you should have.
― Old Lunch, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
Happy Endings is wonderfully weird and insane, no quotes
I did a few seasons of HIMYM but I guess I kind of got tired of it? Mostly Radnoor's emo sadsackery, lol. I'd like to revisit one day, maybe *shrug*
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 15:53 (eleven years ago) link
is there a currently existing viable sitcom model for NBC to actually follow without following the lead of Chuck Lorre?
The Seth MacFarlane model? These would be two strong arguments against models.
― Old Lunch, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
I don't really see a point in picking between the NBC critical darlings and the ABC critical darlings; they're all really, really funny shows. CBS is really the place where terrible sitcoms live, and even there I get and enjoy most of the humor fueling BBT.
― Technology of the Big Muff (DJP), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, Radnor (or his character, tbf) is kinda HIMYM's universally-acknowledged weak link. He does get less intolerable as the show progresses, fwiw.
― Old Lunch, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 15:57 (eleven years ago) link
tbh i'm ok with the Seth McFarlane model, but as it barely works as is, i wouldn't recommend it to NBC
HIMYM was way better when they acknowledged Ted being a douche, and whenever he had less focus on the show
CBS is #1 by a landslide in sitcom ratings right? but HIMYM is a definite exception to their lineup which mostly mediocre/crap stuff like Terms of Engagement. Poor David Krumholtz.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
2 Broke Girls + BBT + (to a lesser extent now) 2.5 Men are the heavy hitters. HIMYM and Mike and Molly do very well. Partners only got a 2.2 last night, which is bad news for it. On NBC that would be a smashing success.
― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
2 Broke Girls is the worst thing in the world
― Technology of the Big Muff (DJP), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
you're kidding me - 2 Broke Girls is a smash hit? I honestly had no idea
― Nhex, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 16:47 (eleven years ago) link
Depressing but unsurprising. It's so LCD. It's of a piece with that string of awful sitcoms NBC parked between Friends and Seinfeld in the '90s.
― Old Lunch, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
Or after Seinfeld, even. Must See TV wasn't so Must See even back then.
― Old Lunch, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 16:55 (eleven years ago) link
NBC Thursday night lineup history
Union Square is the show that immediately came to mind. Couldn't remember the name off the top of my head.
― Old Lunch, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
oh god UNION SQUARE
― Technology of the Big Muff (DJP), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
2 Broke Girls isn't just bad, it's actually offensively bad. And not just to good taste, like the overt racism is just 0_0
― Nhex, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
What if they brought back the NBC Thursday Night Movie?
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
I liked Good Morning, Miami btw.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
Cosby Show, Family Ties, Cheers. Done and done
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
And not just to good taste, like the overt racism is just 0_0
They make a lot of rape jokes too, it's so edgy.
― controversial cabaret roommate (Nicole), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
I've watched a total of five minutes of 2 Broke Girls and that was enough to ensure I will never of my own free will watch it again; nothing should EVER make you pine for Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
― Technology of the Big Muff (DJP), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
hahah DJP otfm
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
I wonder how pissed the suits are at NBC that CBS got 2BG and they got stuck with Whitney.
― 50 Shades of Greil (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
strange no one's mentioned fox's live action shows, all of which (afaict, i've only seen commercials) are single-camera non-laugh track shows. if mindy project and ben and kate can catch on, at least. ABC's only multi-cam show is last man standing.
that is the model for NBC, maybe. it seems like they want to ignore the other two networks that have successful (if less funny/'intelligent'/'creative') single-cam shows and shoot for CBS numbers.
― zachylon (zachlyon), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 03:36 (eleven years ago) link
what the fuck is rules of engagement and how is it on its sixth season btw
― zachylon (zachlyon), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 03:37 (eleven years ago) link
SEVENTH! i mentioned this on an SNL thread recently but David Spade has had one sitcom or another on network primetime for 16 seasons straight now o_O
― some dude, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 03:42 (eleven years ago) link
oh lol i remember seeing a promo for a new david spade show but i thought that was maybe last year at the earliest
― zachylon (zachlyon), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 03:44 (eleven years ago) link
So far this season New Girl is the best sitcom.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 03:46 (eleven years ago) link
yeah rules of engagement has been sticking around for several years by being an option cbs has plugged in whenever there's a hole in their schedule. it's been on for seven seasons but i believe last season was the first season where they actually started it in the fall and gave it it's own scheduled time. granted it was on saturday nights in some admirable attempt at bringing original programming back to saturdays but i think they scrapped that plan and moved it somewhere else as soon as there was a hole in their programming. did spade jump to 8 ways to fuck my daughter immediately after whenever just shoot me died? crazy to think he's managed that. plus if he jumped right from snl to just shoot me (which i think he did) then he's had a steady network tv gig for around twenty years. david fucking spade.
― balls, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 03:57 (eleven years ago) link
rules of just shooting my teenage daughter
― zachylon (zachlyon), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 03:59 (eleven years ago) link
the david spade story
So glad we have the internet, sounds like network TV really sucks.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 04:00 (eleven years ago) link
i did appreciate how new girl had hipsters on but didn't feel the need to do 'ugh hipsters' pat storyline and instead just treated them as young ppl, i don't think i could've handled the cognitive dissonance of zooey deschanel show mocking tumblr whites. really enjoying mindy project.
― balls, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 04:00 (eleven years ago) link
engagement is basically half to a third a good sitcom with Krumholtz and half to two thirds some really irritating b-plots with annoying people i don't care about.
― s.clover, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 04:05 (eleven years ago) link
wait not krumholtz i meant warburton. warburton delivers.
― s.clover, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 04:07 (eleven years ago) link
oh, and mindy project is good? saw the pilot and decided it would be awful. guess it picked up?
yeah, it's nothing i'd go testifying for but it's watchable, if you have any mindy kaling tolerance you'll be ok w/ it i'd imagine.
― balls, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 04:12 (eleven years ago) link
i'm still enjoying raising hope, though it feels like it's running out of gas a bit
― Nhex, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 05:17 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LV7M_WeGX8
― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Friday, 19 October 2012 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
Haaaa. That kinda gives me hope. I'm looking forward to the 2015 season 4 premiere on nbc.com.
― Burgled Hams (Old Lunch), Friday, 19 October 2012 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
Sometimes I think Virtual Systems Analysis was kind of great.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 19 October 2012 18:56 (eleven years ago) link