I didn’t find the end of S4 of the Wire to be overly depressing. The whole season was a downer. Unlike S3 which had some high points, it felt like the entirety of S4 was one big lump of depression. It was damn good tho.
S5 is off to a bit of a weird start. WTF is McNulty up to?
Just got into The New Girl for some mindless TV. It's got enough laughs to keep me along for the ride for now. Nothing earth shattering, but fun enough
I didn’t find the end of S4 of the Wire to be overly depressing. The whole season was a downer. Unlike S3 which had some high points, it felt like the entirety of S4 was one big lump of depression. It was damn good tho.
S5 is off to a bit of a weird start. WTF is McNulty up to?
Stick with it, 5th is good, but they make McNulty into a bit of a caricature of himself but was still satisfied I think with the ending though
My attempt at declaring the funniest TV show by year for the past 3 decades. Discuss:
1992-1996: The Simpsons
1997: Seinfeld
1998-99: King of the Hill
2000-2003: South Park
2004-2005: Arrested Development
2006: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2007-2008: The Office
2009-2010: 30 Rock
2011: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2012-2013: Veep
2014: Silicon Valley
2015-2017: Veep
2018: Silicon Valley
2019-2021: What We Do In The Shadows
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I was struggling to get into into it despite knowing it was awesome. It may have been a byproduct of too many god shows at the same time this summer. I'll definitely circle back to it this week.
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My attempt at declaring the funniest TV show by year for the past 3 decades. Discuss:
1992-1996: The Simpsons
1997: Seinfeld
1998-99: King of the Hill
2000-2003: South Park
2004-2005: Arrested Development
2006: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2007-2008: The Office
2009-2010: 30 Rock
2011: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2012-2013: Veep
2014: Silicon Valley
2015-2017: Veep
2018: Silicon Valley
2019-2021: What We Do In The Shadows
Curb Your Enthusiasm needs to be here somewhere.
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My attempt at declaring the funniest TV show by year for the past 3 decades. Discuss:
1992-1996: The Simpsons
1997: Seinfeld
1998-99: King of the Hill
2000-2003: South Park
2004-2005: Arrested Development
2006: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2007-2008: The Office
2009-2010: 30 Rock
2011: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2012-2013: Veep
2014: Silicon Valley
2015-2017: Veep
2018: Silicon Valley
2019-2021: What We Do In The Shadows
That's a solid list. I think 2019-2021 could have Curb Your Enthusiasm in there as well.
Edit: I should have read the whole thread before commenting. Strange Brew beat me to it.
My attempt at declaring the funniest TV show by year for the past 3 decades. Discuss:
1992-1996: The Simpsons
1997: Seinfeld
1998-99: King of the Hill
2000-2003: South Park
2004-2005: Arrested Development
2006: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2007-2008: The Office
2009-2010: 30 Rock
2011: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2012-2013: Veep
2014: Silicon Valley
2015-2017: Veep
2018: Silicon Valley
2019-2021: What We Do In The Shadows
South Park is too early IMO, early 2010's is when it was at it's peak. I'd take out 30 Rock and put SP and Parks & Recreation in it's place
Watched a bit of Yellowstone over the past few nights. It’s alright. I’ve found myself laughing out loud at some stuff I shouldn’t be. Just a little too corny and melodramatic for me. And a lot of Deus Ex Machina happening all the time.
Blow up a propane tank and find a perfectly preserved and intact full Dino skeleton? Please.
I also find the pacing painfully slow. Not the story pacing, but the scene pacing. I think I counted 15 straight minutes of just establishing scenery shots at one point. And music cues seem to come in too late to try and add to this slowness, but it just feels off too me.
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Watched a bit of Yellowstone over the past few nights. It’s alright. I’ve found myself laughing out loud at some stuff I shouldn’t be. Just a little too corny and melodramatic for me. And a lot of Deus Ex Machina happening all the time.
Blow up a propane tank and find a perfectly preserved and intact full Dino skeleton? Please.
Like all shows the inability of live round to puncture objects upsets me.
The office ambush where buddy flips the wood desk over and is fine.......
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American Rust was excellent. Right up until that garbage season finale.
The episode itself wasn’t bad but it seems quite clear they held an episode back. It’s only 9 episodes, which is bizarre. I’m convinced it was written, possibly even filmed, for 10 but they just withheld the last one.
It literally just ####ing ends with nothing resolved at all. So fair warning to anyone who wants to watch. I’d wait for S2 or just not bother.
I like P&R a lot, but the multiple layers and subtilty of jokes in 30 Rock is amazing.
Tina Fey is a comic genius. I mean Mean Girls, COME ON!
30 Rock has some of the sharpest writing in the history of TV and is thoroughly entertaining from start to finish, but sharp wit doesn't mean funniest show. I laughed out loud a lot more watching Parks than 30 Rock, even though I'd rate 30 Rock a technically better show. Also the casting for P&R was outstanding, just look at how many of those actors became A list stars
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30 Rock has some of the sharpest writing in the history of TV and is thoroughly entertaining from start to finish, but sharp wit doesn't mean funniest show. I laughed out loud a lot more watching Parks than 30 Rock, even though I'd rate 30 Rock a technically better show. Also the casting for P&R was outstanding, just look at how many of those actors became A list stars
I howled far more at 30 Rock than P&R. At times you needed to rewind scenes to capture all of it, it would come at you hard and fast.
30 Rock was certainly a case of the sum being greater than the parts.
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