Sometimes TV shows drag their unfunny, uninteresting, yet highly rated feet across our living rooms for years. “Who let this happen?” we cry in vain. Other times, the powers that be get things right. That’s where Brilliantly Canceled comes in, looking at the shows that didn’t make it past their first season and saved us all a ton of grief.
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"Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor." — Horace
"Do you got a meat thermometer?" — Chevy Chase
Chevy Chase's time on Community ended last November after uttering that word in [...]
The Paley Center for Media, which has locations in both New York and LA, dedicates itself to the preservation of television and radio history. Inside their vast archives of more than 120,000 television shows, commercials, and radio programs, there are thousands of important and funny programs waiting to be rediscovered by comedy nerds like you and me. Each week, this column will highlight a new gem waiting for you at the Paley Library to quietly laugh at. (Seriously, it’s a library, so keep it down.)
As all of my surface dwelling readers are already aware, the winds of change are once again blowing around the gates of late night [...]
Here's Jerry Seinfeld doing five minutes of stand-up last night on Letterman. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that this guy's got a future in stand-up.
After airing at midnight for a decade, Jimmy Kimmel Live began running at 11:35 last night for the first time. With Jimmy Kimmel now squaring off directly with rivals Jay Leno and David Letterman, it looks like he won the first bout. These are still early ratings, but, according to The Wall Street Journal, Kimmel's show was viewed in 2.8% of households. Leno and Letterman fell closely behind with 2.7% and 2.4 %, respectively. It's expected that Kimmel's first show would score high and the audience will probably fall off significantly after this, but it's still great news for Kimmel, the show, and ABC. The last late [...]
