
In the aftermath of the improbable, yet somehow completely predictable, Oscar victory of a black-and-white silent film, The AV Club's Erik Adams wrote a piece asking whether television is “a medium without a past.” It's difficult for the average TV viewer — or even the obsessive one — to watch many classic shows like I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners and All In the Family, even in the era of the DVD boxed set. Syndication space is occupied by Seinfeld and The Simpsons; Nick at Nite, where I soaked up TV history and learned all the lyrics to the Gilligan's Island theme song, is now running Friends and That [...]

Here's a fun thought experiment: of all the episodes of all the sitcoms that have aired over the years, what is the single best one? Obviously there is no objective "best" episode out there that everyone can agree on, but still, certain candidates come to mind immediately: Marge vs. the Monorail! The Contest! Lucy Does a TV Commercial!
Because there are few things more fun for comedy nerds than revisiting some of the best TV comedy ever produced and then talking about it, we're prepping a tournament pitting 32 of the greatest sitcom episodes ever against each other, March Madness style. We'll be creating a bracket and then opening [...]

Every year in the fall, and then again in the middle of winter, we get our hopes up for some of the new network sitcoms that are set to premiere on the Big Four (ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC), and The CW, kind of, and we immediately write off others. Take 2011, for instance: we all knew Whitney and Last Man Standing were going to stink, but hey, Free Agents (before it got cancelled…) and New Girl are actually kind of good! But how does this season so far (which isn’t full completely, and won’t be until Don’t Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23 and Napoleon Dynamite, among others, [...]

Oh hey, that Fred Durst CBS sitcom you wanted is on the way. You know, the one you are always dreaming about in which Fred Durst plays a "rock legend looking for balance between his high profile lifestyle and trying to raise a family." It's even named Douchebag, like you suggested, as sort of a wink to his public persona. Why you are shaking your head and pretending you don't know what I'm talking about? Are these all your friends? Do they know how much you love Fred Durst and want him to succeed in life? Good god, wait, don't sprint out into traffic! Oh god, no!

I'd like to imagine she still had her tiara on when she took the conference call. Deadline reports Melissa McCarthy sold a sitcom to CBS. Co-written by husband Ben Falcone, the multi-camera show follows a woman who "has a spectacular midlife crisis." McCarthy and Falcone will co-executive produce the show, as McCarthy is currently busy killing it on Mike & Molly apparently, and cannot star in all shows and movies as would be our most fervent desire.